Ten Burns White attorneys from across Pennsylvania were named to the 2025 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:
Philadelphia
- James A. Young, Member, recognized for Medical Malpractice Defense
Pittsburgh
- David R. Johnson, Member, recognized for General Litigation
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:
Philadelphia
- Adrienne R. Abner, Associate, recognized for Medical Malpractice Defense
- Meredith A. Lowry, Associate, recognized for White Collar Criminal Defense
Pittsburgh
- Sean T. Bollman, Associate, recognized for Health Care
- Courtney C. Brennan Yanosick, Associate, recognized for Employment Litigation Defense
- Corey C. Kirkwood, Associate, recognized for Medical Malpractice Defense
- Meghan M. Matscherz, Associate, recognized for Business Litigation
- Kenneth N. Schott, III, Member, recognized for Business Litigation
- Corey A. Stanford, Associate, recognized for Business Litigation
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