‘Super Lawyers’ Recognizes 9 Orr & Reno Attorneys Plus 6 ‘Rising Stars’

Nine attorneys from Orr & Reno have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Super Lawyers and six additional attorneys have been chosen as “Rising Stars”.

Long-time honorees earning the distinction of “Super Lawyer” include: Peter F. Burger, Robert S. Carey, Jonathan M. Eck,  Judith A. Fairclough, Margaret R. Kerouac, John A. Malmberg, Virginia Symmes Sheehan, Jeffrey C. Spear, and Lisa Snow Wade.

Recognized as a “Rising Star” are: Nicole A. Forbes, Meredith Farrell Goldstein, Petar Leonard, Bradford Melson, Julie Morse, and Lindsay E. Nadeau.

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. Attorneys are selected in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. following a multiphase selection process, including peer nominations and evaluations combined with independent research.

Here is a breakdown of recognition for Orr & Reno attorneys currently listed among Super Lawyers:

• Burger was selected as a top-rated business and corporate attorney. He has been listed since 2007.
• Carey was selected in practice areas of business litigation. He has been listed since 2019.
• Eck was selected in the practice area of Estate & Trust Litigation. He has been listed since 2020.
• Fairclough was selected in the practice area of family law. She has been listed since 2016.
• Kerouac was selected in the practice areas of family law. She has been listed since 2015.
• Malmberg was first selected as a top-rated health care attorney in both 2007 and 2008. He was honored again in 2013 and each year since.
• Sheehan was selected in the practice area of estate planning, and probate and elder law. She has been listed since 2008.
• Spear was selected in the practice area of business litigation. He has been listed since 2014.
• Wade was selected in the practice area of business litigation. She has been listed since 2019.

In the “Rising Stars” category:

• Forbes was recognized in the practice area of family law. She has been listed since 2019.
• Goldstein was recognized in the practice area of personal injury law general (plaintiff). She has been listed since 2021.
• Leonard was recognized in the practice area of family law. He has been listed since 2015.
• Melson was recognized as a business and corporate attorney. He has been listed since 2018.
• Morse was recognized in the practice area of mergers and acquisitions. She has been listed since 2014.
• Nadeau was recognized in the practice area of government relations. She has been listed since 2019.

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