Today Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) proudly announced that 20 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers and 2018 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 2018 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.
The 12 attorneys named to the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list and their practice areas are:
- George Autry, Jr.; Eminent Domain
- Stephanie Autry; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Richard T. Boyette; Professional Liability, Defense
- Susan K. Burkhart; Insurance Coverage
- Patrick H. Flanagan; Employee Litigation, Defense
- Dan M. Hartzog; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Rebecca Knudson; Construction Litigation
- John D. Martin; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Lee Poole; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Ted Smyth; Insurance Coverage
- Marshall Wall; Civil Litigation, Defense
- David D. Ward; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
The eight attorneys named to the 2018 North Carolina Rising Stars list and their practice areas are:
- Katherine Barber-Jones; Business Litigation
- Dan M. Hartzog, Jr.; State/Local/Municipalities
- Melody J. Jolly; Professional Liability, Defense
- Bradley P. Kline; Workers’ Compensation
- Janelle Lyons; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Patrick Mincey; Criminal Defense, White Collar
- Stephanie Gaston Poley; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Mica Nguyen Worthy; Civil Litigation, Defense
