Nearly Half of Stokes Lawrence Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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Stokes Lawrence is proud to announce that nearly half of the firm's attorneys have been named to the 2014 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Eighteen lawyers were nominated by their peers to receive this distinction.
To be named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists, attorneys must be nominated by their peers. A third-party research firm then evaluates nominees on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. To qualify as Rising Stars, lawyers must be younger than 40 years of age and practicing for 10 or fewer years.
No more than 5% of lawyers in the state are named Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5% are named Rising Stars.
The Stokes Lawrence 2014 Super Lawyers include:
Brad Axel
Carolyn Cairns
Kelby Fletcher
Katie Groblewski
Mat Harrington
Karolyn Hicks
Shannon Jost
Aviva Kamm
Doug Lawrence
Brendan Monahan
Leslie Vander Griend
George Velikanje
The 2014 Rising Stars include:
Sean Griffee
Andre Penalver
RoseMary Reed
Sean Russel
Theresa Wang
Dustin Yeager
In addition to being named to the Super Lawyers list, Carolyn Cairns, Kelby Fletcher, Karolyn Hicks and Doug Lawrence were recognized as being among the Top 100 Lawyers in Washington. Carolyn Cairns and Karolyn Hicks, along with Shannon Jost, were named among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Washington.