Eighteen Attorneys Earn Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Designation for 2016
February 3, 2016
Much Shelist is pleased to announce that 13 attorneys have been selected as 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than five percent of Illinois lawyers receive this honor. In addition, five attorneys have been named 2016 Super Lawyers Illinois Rising Stars, which is dedicated to those lawyers under 40 or who have been practicing less than 10 years. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor each year. Attorneys are selected using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement and third-party research.
2016 Illinois Super Lawyers
- Steven Blonder, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Irv Geslewitz, Labor & Employment
- Thomas Koessl, Labor & Employment
- Josh Leavitt, Construction Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Jonathan Loew, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Warren Lupel, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Gregory Mann, Wealth Transfer & Succession Planning
- Christopher Nybo, Labor & Employment
- Martin O’Hara, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Jeffrey Schwartz, Creditors' Rights, Insolvency & Business Bankruptcy
- Edward Shapiro, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Gregg Simon, Wealth Transfer & Succession Planning
- Anthony Valiulis, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
2016 Illinois Rising Stars
- Marissa Downs, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- David Eisenberg, Construction Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Juli Dreifuss, Wealth Transfer & Succession Planning
- Courtney Mayster, Real Estate Law
- Shawn Staples, Litigation & Dispute Resolution