For the third year in a row, congratulations to Brynne Gant of Gant Law for being given the Rising Star award by Super Lawyers!

Every year, Super Lawyers recognizes a select 2.5% of attorneys from law firms around the entire United States to be given this recognition. To be recognized as a Rising Star there is a formal selection process to ensure that only the best are given this recognition.

Step 1: First, the candidate must be nominated by a peer or independently identified through the Super Lawyers research department.

Step 2: Super Lawyers’ researched department does an in-depth evaluation on each candidate based on 12 indicators.

• Verdicts/Settlements

• Transactions

• Representative Clients

• Experience

• Honors/Awards

• Special licenses/certifications

• Position within the law firm

• Bar and/or professional activity

• Pro bono and community service

• Scholarly lectures/writings

• Education/employment background

• Other outstanding achievements

Step 3: The candidates in each practice area with the highest point totals from steps one and two are asked to serve on the blue-ribbon panel. Those panelists are then provided a list of candidates from their practice areas to review, rating them on a scale of one to five.

Step 4: Candidates are grouped into four firm size categories. Those with the highest point total from each category are selected and given the Rising Star Award.