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Date: June 17, 2014

Keith Ameele, Shaun Swiger Named to 2014 Southern California Rising Stars® List

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Date: June 17, 2014
by foleyandmansfield

Keith Ameele, Shaun Swiger Named to 2014 Southern California Rising Stars® List

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Keith Ameele, Shaun Swiger Named to 2014 Southern California Rising Stars® List

The national law firm of Foley & Mansfield today announced that defense attorneys Keith M. Ameele and Shaun Swiger has been named to the 2014 Rising Stars® list.  

Ameele, Managing Partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s executive committee, was recognized for his work in Civil Litigation Defense. Ameele serves as both national coordinating counsel and regional counsel in the defense of manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and premises owners in high-risk toxic tort, products liability and complex business litigation matters. Swiger was recognized for his work in Commercial Litigation.  He has represented individuals and businesses in commercial disputes in a variety of federal and state court actions, with additional experience in the areas of employment law, intellectual property, and toxic torts. 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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