Holland & Knight issued the following announcement on Oct. 18.
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that 19 attorneys in the firm's Boston office have been named Massachusetts "Super Lawyers" and 8 named "Rising Stars" for 2018 by Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The names exceptional attorneys annually in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers uses a rigorous selection process that begins with peer nomination. Once an attorney has been nominated they are then evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement through third-party researcher.
The following attorneys were named in their respective practice areas this year:
Super Lawyers
Deborah E. Barnard, General Litigation
Deborah S. Griffin, Construction Litigation
Robert J. Kaler, Business Litigation
Mark C. Kalpin, Energy & Resources
Gordon P. Katz, Business Litigation
Joshua Krumholz, IP Litigation
Paul G. Lannon Jr., Schools & Education
Philip S. Lapatin, Real Estate
Ralph T. Lepore III, General Litigation
Shari A. Levitan, Estate & Probate
Diane M. McDermott, Real Estate
Miriam J. McKendall, Employment & Labor
John J. Monaghan, Bankruptcy: Business
David J. Santeusanio, Employment & Labor
David Scott Sloan, Estate & Probate
Daniel I. Small, Securities Litigation
James D. Smeallie, Business Litigation
Suanne C. St. Charles, Real Estate
Steven H. Wright, Business/Corporate
Rising Stars
Michael T. Abramson, IP
Katrina Chapman, Employment & Labor
Jessica Ragosta Early, Business Litigation
Stephen P. Hall, General Litigation
Benjamin Howe, Business/Corporate
Christopher M. Iaquinto, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Jacob Schneider, IP Litigation
Melissa A. Wong, Health Care
Original source can be found here.