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Date: February 4, 2019

Four Named to Illinois Rising Stars® List

by foleyandmansfield
Date: February 4, 2019
by foleyandmansfield

Four Named to Illinois Rising Stars® List

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Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that attorneys Claire C. KossmannMeredith S. Hudgens and Michael T. Antikainen from the firm’s Chicago office and Katie M. Pritchard of its Edwardsville office have been named to the 2019 Illinois Rising Stars® list.

All focus their work in the firm’s national product liability and asbestos defense practice. Foley & Mansfield’s Illinois offices provide a broad range of complex litigation defense services to regional and national companies, either directly, or through appointment by their insurers.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. Rising Stars follows a similar process to recognize up-and-coming attorneys who are age 40 or younger, or who have been in practice for 10 years or less.

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