Super Lawyers Blog : Information and Opinion on Legal Marketing and Lawyer Ratings

Published by Law & Politics, Super Lawyers is an annual jurisdictional listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 areas of practice. Only five percent of the lawyers from any state or region are included each year. A rigorous multiphase selection process, considering a wide range of objective indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, is used.

The objective of Super Lawyers is to provide a diverse and comprehensive listing of outstanding attorneys that can used by consumers and referring lawyers as a beginning resource in the search for legal counsel.

Super Lawyers began as a special section in Minnesota Law & Politics in 1991, and in Washington Law & Politics in 1997. The national expansion of Super Lawyers began with the publication of Texas Super Lawyers in November 2003. Today, Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Law & Politics also publishes Super Lawyers lists in special advertising sections of the nation’s top city and regional magazines and newspapers.

In April 2008, Law & Politics began publishing Super Lawyers – Corporate Counsel Edition, which is distributed nationwide to 25,000 in-house counsels and CEOs. All lawyers who have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers from 2003 to the present are listed on superlawyers.com.