International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that nine lawyers in the Firm’s New York office have been named to the 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers® list, and six lawyers have been named to the 2019 New York Metro Rising Stars® list, published by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters.

Super Lawyers Honorees

  • Nathaniel "Nick" H. Akerman
    Business Litigation
  • Bryon J. Benevento
    PI-Products: Defense
  • Sandra Edelman*
    Intellectual Property
  • Bruce R. Ewing
    Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Jonathan M. Herman
    Business Litigation
  • Christopher G. Karagheuzoff
    Business Litigation
  • Eric E. Rytter
    Mergers & Acquisitions
  • David A. Scheffel
    Banking
  • Richard H. Silberberg
    Business Litigation 

Rising Stars Honorees

  • Elizabeth Rozon Baksh*
    Business Litigation
  • Daniel P. Goldberger
    Business Litigation
  • David Mack
    Business/Corporate
  • Kaleb McNeely
    Business/Corporate
  • Jonathan Montcalm
    Business Litigation
  • Brian R. Rosenau
    Securities & Corporate Finance

* In addition to Sandra Edelman being named a Super Lawyers honoree and Elizabeth Baksch being named a Rising Stars honoree, both will be included in the forthcoming Super Lawyers Women’s edition.

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. Only a small percentage of attorneys in each state are named each year to these annual lists – no more than 5 percent to the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.