Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH) is proud to announce that 20 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers and 2015 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 2015 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.
The nine attorneys named to the 2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers list and their practice areas are:
- Richard T. Boyette; Professional Liability, Defense
- Susan K. Burkhart; Insurance Coverage
- Paul H. Derrick; Employment Litigation, Defense
- Patrick H. Flanagan; Employment 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
- David D. Ward; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
The 11 attorneys named to the 2015 North Carolina Rising Stars list and their practice areas are:
- Joseph B. Adams; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Dexter M. “Chip” Campbell III; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Rupen R. Fofaria; Intellectual Property
- Dan M. Hartzog, Jr.; Employment and Labor
- Melody J. Jolly; Professional Liability, Defense
- Jennifer Morris Jones; Workers’ Compensation
- Bradley P. Kline; Workers’ Compensation
- M. Jenelle Lyons; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Stephanie Gaston Poley; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Pankaj “PK” Shere; Intellectual Property
- Benton L. Toups; Employment and Labor
*For more information about Super Lawyer honors and methodology, please visit www.superlawyers.com.
