January 9, 2012

 

CHICAGO, ILL. – The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that eighteen of its attorneys have been named by Illinois Super Lawyers^® magazine as among the top five percent of attorneys in Illinois for 2012. 

Peter A. Sarasek and Theodore I. Yi were named in the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers while Adrianne C. Mazura and Janice E. Rodgers were recognized in the Top 50 Women Illinois Super Lawyers.

Additionally, eighteen Quarles & Brady attorneys were named by Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars as among the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state for 2012. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are named to the list.

Attorneys from the Firm’s Chicago office who were selected for inclusion in the 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers list are: 

Donald R. Cassling - Business Litigation 
Faye B. Feinstein - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights 
Robert L. Gamrath III - Real Estate 
Kirk A. Hoopingarner - Estate Planning & Probate 
Mark J. Horne - Real Estate 
Janine M. Landow-Esser - Environmental 
Thomas J. Magill - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights 
Philip V. Martino - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights 
Adrianne C. Mazura - Employment Litigation: Defense 
Michael S. Mostow - Environmental 
E. King Poor - Business Litigation 
Janice E. Rodgers - Non-Profit 
Peter A. Sarasek - Real Estate 
Leonard S. Shifflett - Business Litigation 
Kathleen J. Swan - Securities & Corporate Finance 
Everett S. Ward - Real Estate 
Theodore I. Yi - Real Estate 
Richard W. Young - Intellectual Property Litigation

Quarles & Brady attorneys from the Firm’s Chicago office who were named to the 2012 Illinois Rising Stars list are: 

Kristen M. Danyluk - Business/Corporate 
Christopher T. DeMent - Real Estate 
Jennifer Dorn - Real Estate 
Sepideh Esmaili Smith - Employment & Labor 
Christopher J. Fahy - Intellectual Property Litigation 
Ellen Girard Georgiadis - Employment & Labor 
Charles E. Harper - Business Litigation 
Brian A. Hartstein - Employment & Labor 
Matthew D. Heinke - Land Use/Zoning 
Andrew Fisher Hettinga - Employment & Labor 
Steven V. Hunter - Business Litigation 
Norah L. Jones - Non-Profit 
Eric D. Ledbetter - Immigration 
Thomas A. McCarthy - Real Estate 
Benjamin Naylor - Employment & Labor 
Jodi Patt Pellettiere - Non-Profit 
Jacquelyn Pinnell Reed - Business Litigation 
Anthony P. Steinike - Business Litigation

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Super Lawyers can be found online at www.superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.

About Quarles & Brady LLP
Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with 425 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples and Tampa, Fla.; Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.; and Shanghai, China. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Additional information about the Firm may be found at www.quarles.com. Follow the Firm on Twitter @QuarlesandBrady or on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/quarles-&-brady-llp.