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Date: June 11, 2015

Miami Attorneys Named to 2015 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® List

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Date: June 11, 2015
by foleyandmansfield

Miami Attorneys Named to 2015 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® List

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Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that three attorneys from the firm’s Miami office have again been named to the Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® list.

Virginia Easley Johnson, managing partner of the Miami office, has been named a Super Lawyer for the 10th consecutive year for her work in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products. Firm partner Kevin O’Connor was also recognized as a Super Lawyer for the eighth consecutive year in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice. Recognized as a Rising Star for the sixth time is partner Beranton J. Whisenant, Jr. for his work in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products.

The Miami office of Foley & Mansfield, repeatedly named among Florida’s “Best Places to Work” provides a broad range of complex litigation defense services to regional and national companies in areas including construction, employment, environmental, medical malpractice, personal injury, professional liability, product liability, securities, and transportation.

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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