Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH Law) is proud to announce that 17 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers and 2016 North Carolina Rising Stars lists.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selection for Super Lawyers includes a multi-phased rating process consisting of independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The Rising Stars list is compiled using the same criteria as Super Lawyers but candidates must be 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less to be considered.
The Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys in each state, and the Rising Stars list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.
The attorneys will be featured in the February 2016 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.
The nine attorneys named to the 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list and their practice areas are:
- Richard T. Boyette; Professional Liability, Defense
- Susan K. Burkhart; Insurance Coverage
- Patrick H. Flanagan; Employee Litigation, Defense
- Dan M. Hartzog; Civil Litigation, Defense
- John D. Martin; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Samuel H. Poole, Jr.; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Theodore B. Smyth; Insurance Coverage
- Marshall Wall; Civil Litigation, Defense
- David D. Ward; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
The eight attorneys named to the 2016 North Carolina Rising Stars list and their practice areas are:
- Katherine Barber-Jones; Business Litigation
- Dexter “Chip” Campbell; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Dan M. Hartzog, Jr.; Employment and Labor
- Melody Jolly; Professional Liability, Defense
- Todd A. King; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Matthew K. Lilly; Business Litigation
- Janelle M. Lyons; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Stephanie Gaston Poley; Civil Litigation, Defense
*For more information about Super Lawyer honors and methodology, please visit www.superlawyers.com.
