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Â鶹ֱ²¥ & Lardner LLP announced that 26 attorneys have been named 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers and eight attorneys have been named 2018 Illinois Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers 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. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The Chicago attorneys named 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers and their primary practices are:

• Stephen Bedell, Securities Litigation
• Myles Berman, Government Relations
• Laura Bilas, Government Finance
• John Brooks, Estate & Trust Litigation
• James Dasso, Business Litigation
• Patrick Daugherty, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Bennett Epstein, Employment & Labor
• Craig Fochler, IP Litigation
• Jeanne Gills, IP Litigation
• Geoffrey Goodman, Bankruptcy
• David Goroff, Appellate
• Mark Hebbeln, Bankruptcy
• James Hellige, Estate & Probate
• Harold Kaplan, Bankruptcy
• Joanne Lee, Bankruptcy
• William McKenna, Business Litigation
• Jill Nicholson, Bankruptcy
• Lisa Noller, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Wayne Osoba, Real Estate
• John Palmer, III, Tax
• Mark Prager, Bankruptcy
• Donna Pugh, Land Use/Zoning
• Zaldwaynaka Scott, Civil Litigation: Defense
• Michael Small, Bankruptcy
• Eley Thompson, IP Litigation
• Michael Woolever, Employee Benefits

Jill Nicholson was also named a Top 100 Super Lawyer in Illinois, and a Top 50 Women Super Lawyer in Illinois.

The Chicago attorneys named 2018 Illinois Rising Stars and their primary practices are:

• Jonathan Garlough, Business Litigation
• Joseph Janas, Intellectual Property
• John Litchfield, Employment & Labor
• Matthew Martin, Intellectual Property
• Jeffrey Mikrut, Intellectual Property
• Susan Poll Klaessy, Business Litigation
• Sara Suleiman, Intellectual Property
• Christopher Ward, Employment & Labor

The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters.