12 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named 2016 PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Philadelphia, PA, May 19, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Philadelphia labor, employment and workers’ compensation firm Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that 12 of its attorneys have been named 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

This is the 13th year that firm partners Deborah R. Willig, Alaine S. Williams and Stuart W. Davidson have been recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, having been named to the list each year since 2004. Additional firm partners making return appearances on the Super Lawyers list include Nancy B. G. Lassen, Ralph J. Teti, Deborah M. Lerner, Irwin W. Aronson, Bruce M. Ludwig, Michael G. Dryden, and John R. Bielski. Partner Richard G. Poulson has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for the first time, and associate Lauren Hoye has been named a Rising Star for the third year in a row.

Part of Thomson Reuters, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who, through a peer review and independent research process, have been identified as attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only the top 5 percent of Pennsylvania’s 50,000 lawyers and the top 2.5 percent of up-and-coming Pennsylvania lawyers are named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, including verdicts and settlements; honors and awards; special licenses and certifications; pro bono and community service efforts; and scholarly lectures and writings. The ultimate objective of Super Lawyers is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse list of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for other practitioners and consumers searching for legal counsel.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson (www.wwdlaw.com) is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Media, Jenkintown and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; tax and benefit law compliance issues; discrimination and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond.