Foley announced today that 16 attorneys from the firm’s Boston office have been named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers by Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine. In addition, seven attorneys from the Boston office have been named 2012 Massachusetts Rising Stars by the publication.
Attorneys named Super Lawyers represent the top legal practitioners in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars include the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
The Boston office attorneys named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:
Kenneth R. Appleby, Tax
Michael L. Blau, Health Care
Paul D. Broude, Business Corporate
Alan H. Einhorn, Health Care
Thomas I. Elkind, Intellectual Property Litigation
Gabor Garai, Securities & Corporate Finance
Marc N. Henschke, Intellectual Property Litigation
Lawrence M. Kraus, Business Litigation
Roger A. Lane, Business Litigation
John D. Lanza, Intellectual Property
Lawrence B. Litwak, Health Care
Matthew B. Lowrie, Intellectual Property Litigation
Susan E. Pravda, Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael J. Tuteur, Business Litigation
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Health Care
J. Mark Waxman, Health Care
The Boston office attorneys named 2012 Massachusetts Rising Stars and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:
James F. Ewing, Intellectual Property
Matthew A. Karlyn, Information Technology/Outsourcing
Emily M. Kelley, Business Litigation
Geoffrey M. Raux, Business/Corporate
Joseph Teja, Jr., Intellectual Property
Michael Thompson, General Litigation
Courtney Worcester, Business Litigation
To compile its annual list, the research team at Super Lawyers, which is part of the Thomson Reuters Legal division, undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff and a peer review of candidates by practice area.
