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Date: May 31, 2019

Seven Named to 2019 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® List

by foleyandmansfield
Date: May 31, 2019
by foleyandmansfield

Seven Named to 2019 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® List

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Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that seven attorneys have been named to the 2019 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® list.

Virginia Easley Johnson, managing partner of the Miami and Tampa Bay offices, has been recognized for her work in the area of Personal Injury/Products Defense for the 14th consecutive year.  

Firm partner Kevin O’Connor was recognized as a Super Lawyer for the 12th consecutive year in the area of Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Defense.  

Partner Timothy J. Ferguson was recognized for his work in Personal Injury/Product Defense for the fourth year in a row.

H. Wayne Clark, who recently joined the firm’s Miami office as Of Counsel, has been recognized for the fourth year as a Super Lawyer in the area of Construction Litigation: Business.

Partner Eduardo J. Medina, has been recognized as a Rising Star for the third year in the area of Personal Injury/Products Defense.

New to the Rising Star list in 2019 are partner Jaime Alvarez and attorney Mary J. Street for their work in Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Defense.

The Miami office of Foley & Mansfield provides a broad range of complex litigation defense services to regional and national companies in areas including product liability, construction, medical malpractice,  employment, environmental, personal injury and professional liability.

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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