Fifteen attorneys from Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. have been named New York Super Lawyers for 2015 and eight have been named New York Rising Stars.  The list will be published in a special advertising supplement in The New York Times Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, New York Super Lawyers - Metro Edition.

The annual publication identifies lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of New York lawyers were named 2015 New York Super Lawyers. 

The following Mintz attorneys were named 2015 New York Super Lawyers:

Kevin N. Ainsworth

Michael S. Arnold

John H. Bae

Richard H. Block

Robert I. Bodian

Charles E. Carey

Peter A. Chavkin

Stephen E. Friedberg

Marvin S. Gittes

Stephen J. Gulotta, Jr

Narges M. Kakalia

David R. Lagasse

Heidi A. Lawson

Jeffrey A. Moerdler

Joel I. Papernik

The following Mintz attorneys were named 2015 New York Rising Stars:

Samuel Effron

Daniel S. Harary

Scott A. Rader

Brad M. Scheller

Peter F. Snell

Jonathan R. Talansky

Kaitlin R. Walsh

Nili S. Yolin

Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers and must be 40 years old or younger, or in practice 10 years or less. Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in New York were named 2015 New York Rising Stars.