{"id":17605,"date":"2015-06-24T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=17605"},"modified":"2015-06-24T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:45:46","slug":"whos-again-rising-to-the-top-stetson-grads-among-super-lawyers-legal-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2015\/06\/24\/whos-again-rising-to-the-top-stetson-grads-among-super-lawyers-legal-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s again rising to the top? Stetson grads among Super Lawyers, Legal Elite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Stetson Law graduates were ranked among the best lawyers in the state of Florida again this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC0060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC0060-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, more than 400 Stetson Law graduates are named in the 2015 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superlawyers.com\/index.html\">Florida Super Lawyers<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson placed third among the list of law schools with the most honorees this year in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatrend.com\/legal-elite\">Florida Trend\u2019s Legal Elite<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Florida Super Lawyers<\/em> includes 307 Stetson Law graduates and <em>Florida Super Lawyers<\/em> Rising Stars includes 178 Stetson Law graduates. Stetson Law alumnus Christian D. Searcy is listed among the Top 10 <em>2015 Florida Super Lawyers. <\/em>Stetson Law graduates Tae Kelley Bronner, Tracy Raffles Gunn, Lynn Welter Sherman and\u00a0Caroline Black Sikorske are listed among the Top 50 Women<em> Florida Super Lawyers<\/em>. The Top 100 <em>Florida Super Lawyers<\/em> list includes Stetson Law graduates Stephen D. Busey, Shane J. Kelley, Christian D. Searcy, Lynn Welter Sherman,\u00a0Caroline Black Sikorske and Troy K. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 117 Stetson Law graduates were selected for Florida\u2019s Legal Elite in the July 2015 <em>Florida Trend<\/em> magazine. Stephen D. Busey, Mark A. Hanley and Rhea F. Law are included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame. This year, 18 Stetson Law graduates were selected by their peers as \u201cup and coming&#8221; attorneys and six Stetson Law graduates were voted outstanding attorneys working in the government and non-profit sectors among Florida Trend\u2019s Legal Elite.<\/p>\n<p><em>Super Lawyers<\/em> magazine rates lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement through independent research, peer nominations and evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s Legal Elite, now in its 12th edition, showcases attorneys chosen by their peers who exemplify a standard of excellence in their profession.<\/p>\n<p>Read the Super Lawyers list of Stetson Law alumni here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Super-Lawyers-2015-Stetson-University.pdf\">Florida Super Lawyers 2015 Stetson University<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0the Florida Trend list of Stetson Law alumni here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Copy-of-Stetson-Alumni-2015-Florida-Trend-Legal-Elite.pdf\">Florida Trend Legal Elite 2015 Stetson University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Stetson Law graduates were ranked among the best lawyers in the state of Florida again this year. 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