Foley announced today that 10 Washington, D.C. office attorneys were named Super Lawyers and one was named a Rising Star in the April 2013 issue of Washington D.C. Super Lawyers magazine. Attorneys named to the list of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers represent the top legal practitioners in the region who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars include the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
The 10 attorneys named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, along with their primary practices, are as follows:
- Stephen A. Bent, Intellectual Property
- John Feldhaus, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Scott L. Fredericksen, Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Michael J. Lockerby, Business Litigation
- John M. Lynham, Jr., Estate Planning & Probate
- Irwin Raij, Entertainment & Sports
- David Ralston, Government Contracts
- Richard G. Stoll, Environmental
- Harold C. Wegner, Intellectual Property
- Samuel J. Winer, Securities Litigation
The attorney named a Washington, D.C. Rising Star is:
- Erika L. Morabito, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
To compile its annual list, the research team at Super Lawyers, which is part of the Thomson Reuters Legal division, undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff and a peer review of candidates by practice area.