Mintz is pleased to announce that 12 attorneys have been named New York Metro Super Lawyers and eight attorneys have been named New York Metro Rising Stars for 2020.

Super Lawyers and Rising Stars recognize attorneys who exhibit excellence in the practice of law rated by a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

The following Mintz attorneys were named 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers:

• Kevin N. Ainsworth – IP Litigation
• Michael S. Arnold – Employment & Labor
• Richard H. Block – Employment & Labor
• Robert I. Bodian – Business Litigation
• Charles E. Carey – Government Finance
• Peter A. Chavkin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Stephen J. Gulotta, Jr. – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Patricia L. Kantor – Real Estate
• David R. Lagasse – Employment & Labor
• Jeffrey A. Moerdler – Real Estate
• Brian J. Platton – Health Care
• David M. Siegal – Criminal Defense: White Collar

The following Mintz attorneys were named 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars:

• Amanda B. Asaro – Business Litigation
• Whitney M. Costin – Civil Litigation: Defense
• Kaitlyn Anne Crowe – Business Litigation
• Vincent M. Ferraro – IP Litigation
• Gregory H. Jaske – Real Estate
• Bridgette A. Keller – Health Care
• Brie Kluytenaar – Employment & Labor
• Cliff M. Silverman – Securities & Corporate Finance

Only five percent of lawyers are recognized to the annual Super Lawyers list, which is a compilation of “outstanding lawyers...who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement,” as determined by a multiphase process consisting of independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. With no more than 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys recognized, the Rising Stars list consists of candidates age 40 and younger, or in practice for 10 years or less.