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Jessica Odum Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®
Grotefeld Hoffmann proudly shares that Jessica Odum was recognized in the fourth edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for her work in Product Liability Litigation. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®, more than 2.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 25,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.
Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in the Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor.
Best Lawyers®
Lawrence T. Bowman and David H. Fisk Recognized in Best Lawyers®
Grotefeld Hoffmann proudly shares that Lawrence T. Bowman and David H. Fisk were recognized in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for their work in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Construction Law. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 30th edition.
Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor.
Grotefeld Hoffmann proudly shares that Patrick P. Jarosch and Meghan M. Rodda were named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers Rating Service for 2023. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, and Super Lawyers’ attorney-led research staff identifies other outstanding lawyers who have been overlooked in the nomination process. Super Lawyers then evaluates each lawyer in the candidate pool based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and a peer evaluation by practice area is completed followed by a final selection. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Minnesota are named to the Rising Stars list.
Illinois Chapter of the IAAI Northern Zone Conference
Brad Gordon presented at the Northern Zone Conference for the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators in Aurora, Illinois.
Grotefeld Hoffmann proudly shares that Michael J. Scola was named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers Rating Service for 2023. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, and Super Lawyers’ attorney-led research staff identifies other outstanding lawyers who have been overlooked in the nomination process. Super Lawyers then evaluates each lawyer in the candidate pool based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and a peer evaluation by practice area is completed followed by a final selection. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Illinois are named to the Rising Stars list.
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) 2022 Annual Conference
Tim Poeschl and Patrick Jarosch, together with Allison Pettey of AFICS and Paul Rocheford of Arthur Chapman, will present “Back to the Future–Zoom Deposition Tips, Tactics, and Tricks“ on Monday, November 7th from 1:00-2:00pm at the NASP 2022 Annual Conference.
David Fisk, along with Todd Metzger of Schaefer Engineering, will present “Let’s Get Physical–Considerations When Conducting Physical Experiments in Fire Investigations” on Tuesday, November 8th from 12:30-1:30pm at the NASP 2022 Annual Conference.
Meghan M. Rodda was named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers Rating Service for 2022, a recognition of the top up-and-coming attorneys awarded to no more than 2.5 percent of practicing attorneys in Minnesota.
Jordan Everakes co-authored an Insights Article titled “Fire Protection Systems Need Fire Protection Engineers” with Adam Farnham and Andrew Bennett for Envista Forensics Knowledge Center.
