Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that five attorneys in Taft’s Chicago office were selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers 2015. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding attorneys — no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected. Additionally, three attorneys were selected for inclusion in Illinois Rising Stars 2015. Rising Stars recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state — no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected.

Following are the five Taft attorneys named to Illinois Super Lawyers 2015:

• Cary E. Donham, Employment & Labor
• J. Timothy Eaton, Appellate
• Anthony R. Licata, Real Estate
• Richard T. Ruzich, Intellectual Property
• Lloyd E. Shefsky, Business / Corporate

Following are the three Taft attorneys named to Illinois Rising Stars 2015:

• Jonathan B. Amarilio, Appellate
• Roger J. Kiley, Business Litigation
• Daniel R. Saeedi, Business Litigation

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding attorneys 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.

About Rising Stars

Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state — those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Each year, attorneys are given a general survey and are instructed to nominate lawyers they have personally observed in action, whether as opposing counsel or co-counsel or through other firsthand courtroom observation. In addition to the general survey, an attorney-led research team reviews the credentials of potential candidates and assigns points based on a set of defined evaluation criteria. The point totals from the general survey and research process are then added to arrive at a final tally. The lawyers are ranked by point totals and those with the highest point totals are named to the Rising Stars list.