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Date: January 26, 2017

Claire C. Kossmann and Michael T. Antikainen Named to 2017 Illinois Rising Stars® List

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Date: January 26, 2017
by foleyandmansfield

Claire C. Kossmann and Michael T. Antikainen Named to 2017 Illinois Rising Stars® List

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The national law firm of Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that attorneys Claire Kossmann and Michael Antikainen from the firm’s Chicago office have again been named to the Illinois Rising Stars® list. Both attorneys were selected for their work in the area of Personal Injury – Products Defense.

Antikainen has been recognized on the Rising Star list for four consecutive years, Kossmann has been recognized in both 2016 and 2017. In addition to a core focus in asbestos defense, Foley & Mansfield’s Chicago office provides 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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