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Date: June 6, 2016

Ameele, Groseclose Named to 2016 Southern California Rising Stars® List

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Date: June 6, 2016
by foleyandmansfield

Ameele, Groseclose Named to 2016 Southern California Rising Stars® List

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Foley & Mansfield today announced that Keith Ameele and M. Amadea Groseclose have been named to the 2016 Southern California Rising Stars® list.  

For the third consecutive year, Keith Ameele,  Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s executive and technology committees, was recognized for his work in Civil Litigation Defense. 

For the second consecutive year, M. Amadea Groseclose has also been recognized for her work in Civil Litigation Defense. We invite you to learn more about these remarkable defense attorneys and their practices.  

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 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. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in a state are named to the Rising Stars list, which is comprised of up-and-coming Los Angeles area attorneys under the age of 40, having practiced fewer than 10 years. 

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