Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that 10 attorneys in Taft’s Chicago office were selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers 2017. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding attorneys — no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected. Additionally, nine attorneys were selected for inclusion in Illinois Rising Stars 2017. 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 10 Taft attorneys named to Illinois Super Lawyers 2017:

• Kathryn Kovitz Arnold, Real Estate
• Stephen R. Auten, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Cary E. Donham, Employment & Labor
• J. Timothy Eaton, Appellate
• Cezar “Cid” M. Froelich, Gaming
• Graham C. Grady*, Land Use/Zoning
• Anthony R. Licata, Real Estate
• John M. Riccione, Business Litigation
• Richard T. Ruzich, Intellectual Property
• Lloyd E. Shefsky, Business/Corporate

Following are the 9 Taft attorneys named to Illinois Rising Stars 2017:

• Jonathan B. Amarilio, Appellate
• Elizabeth E. Babbitt*, Business Litigation
• Jillian S. Cole, Banking
• Erin Lynch Cordier*, Gaming
• Richard Hu, Business Litigation
• John C. McDonnell*, Real Estate
• Daniel R. Saeedi, Business Litigation
• Roshan P. Shrestha, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Brianna Skelly, Business Litigation

*First time honorees

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.