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8 Burns White Attorneys Named to Prestigious Pennsylvania Super Lawyers/Rising Stars List

May 19, 2023 | News

Eight Burns White attorneys from across Pennsylvania were named to the 2023 Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists. These attorneys have been identified as outstanding among their peers in the legal profession.

The Pennsylvania Super Lawyers rating is a distinction received by no more than five percent of attorneys practicing in the state. Burns White’s distinguished recipients for this year include:

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Additionally, Burns White Member, James A. Young, is ranked among the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the Philadelphia region for Medical Practice Defense.

The Rising Stars rating is a distinction given to no more than 2.5 percent of the top up-and-coming attorneys in each state who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been in practice for ten years or less. Our firm’s recipients include:

Pittsburgh

An annual rating service of the Thomson Reuters’ Legal Division, inclusion on the Super Lawyers lists is based on a rigorous, patented selection process that consists of: 

  • a statewide survey of lawyers in more than 70 practice areas
  • independent research to identify outstanding lawyers
  • evaluation of candidates based on 12 indicators of peer recognition
  • a practice area panel review
  • a discipline check of each candidate