Super Lawyers has recognized 21 Smith Haughey attorneys as Michigan Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in 2022.
Super Lawyers is a rating service that evaluates lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. Its selection process starts with peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluations conducted by a Blue Ribbon panel of attorneys. In the end, only 5% of attorneys make the Super Lawyers list and 2.5% are recognized as Rising Stars. Rising Stars must be 40 years old or younger or practicing for 10 years or less.
The following attorneys are 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers:
- A. Tony Taweel – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- Charles F. Behler – Business Litigation
- Cheryl L. Chandler – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- In addition, Chandler was named to the 2022 Top 50 Women List for the second time.
- D. Adam Tountas – Business Litigation
- E. Thomas McCarthy, Jr. – Personal Injury General: Plaintiff
- John R. Oostema – Professional Liability: Defense
- Matthew L. Wikander – Personal Injury General: Plaintiff
- Nicholas Nahorski – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- Nicholas A. Reister – Estate Planning & Probate
- Patrick F. Geary – Business Litigation
- William W. Jack, Jr. – Alternative Dispute Resolution
The following attorneys were named 2022 Michigan Rising Stars:
- Ashley C. Quackenbush – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- Charissa C. Huang – Personal Injury General: Plaintiff
- Jeremy N. Orenstein – General Litigation
- Jonathan B. Koch – Appellate
- Laura A. Johnson – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- Matthew J. Wiebe – Nonprofit Organizations
- Patricia H. Jander – Intellectual Property
- Rachael M. Roseman – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Ryne J. Takacs – Personal Injury Medical Practice: Defense
- Thomas J. Vitale – Construction Litigation
Read the Michigan 2022 edition of Super Lawyers magazine here.