Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) is proud to announce that 21 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers and 2014 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 2014 edition of North CarolinaSuper Lawyers magazine.
The 10 attorneys named to the 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers list and their practice areas are:
- Richard Boyette; Professional Liability, Defense
- Susan Burkhart; Insurance Coverage
- Paul Derrick; Employee Litigation, Defense
- Patrick 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
- Robert Sumner; Personal Injury General, Defense
- David Ward; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
The 11 attorneys named to the 2014 North Carolina Rising Stars list and their practice areas are:
- Joseph Adams; Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Defense
- Rupen Fofaria; Intellectual Property
- Jennifer Morris Jones; Workers’ Compensation
- Bradley Kline; Workers’ Compensation
- Meghan Knight; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Janelle Lyons; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Stephanie Gaston Poley; Civil Litigation, Defense
- Pankaj Shere; Intellectual Property
- Melody Jolly; Professional Liability, Defense
- Erin Taylor; Workers’ Compensation
- Jason Toups; Workers’ Compensation
*For more information about Super Lawyer honors and methodology, please visit www.superlawyers.com.
