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17 Benesch Attorneys Selected to 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
January 23, 2025
Benesch is pleased to announce that six attorneys have been selected by their legal community peers to the 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers list, and eleven have been named to the 2025 Illinois Rising Stars list.
The Super Lawyers selection process evaluates lawyers based upon multiple criteria, including professional achievement and peer recognition; honors and awards; firm and bar involvement and leadership; scholarship and professional writings; community service and pro bono activities; and other outstanding achievements.
Rising Stars honorees are top up-and-coming attorneys who are no more than 40 years old or who have been practicing for no more than 10 years. Only five percent of attorneys are chosen for the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent are selected to Rising Stars. Learn more about the Super Lawyers selection process by clicking here.
2025 Illinois Super Lawyers Honorees:
1. Christopher Grohman – Crime Def: White Collar
2. Manish Mehta – IP
3. Juan Morado, Jr – Healthcare
4. Margo Wolf O’Donnell – Employment Lit.
5. John E. Rooney – Energy & Resources
6. Kal K. Shah – IP Lit.
2025 Illinois Rising Stars:
1. Patrick James Beisell – Business Lit.
2. Katie Burnett – Business Lit.
3. Joy Kerr – Real Estate
4. Andrew Maratea – Real Estate
5. Samantha Roth – Business Lit.
6. Samuel Ruggio – IP Lit.
7. Craig Sanders – Business Lit.
8. Laura Schaefer – IP
9. Cassie Gawron Sikorski – Healthcare
10. Zachariah Snyder – Mergers & Acq.
11. Michael W. Ward – Real Estate
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