(Washington, DC)—Eight lawyers in the Washington, DC office of Andrews Kurth were selected to the 2014 Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Super Lawyers recognizes only the top 5% of lawyers in the Washington, DC area. Andrews Kurth partners included in the list of Super Lawyers in the Washington, DC area are as follows:

  • Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Shemin V. Proctor, Energy & Natural Resources
  • Vera A. Rechsteiner, International
  • Mark F. Sundback, Energy & Natural Resources
  • Kenneth L. Wiseman, Energy & Natural Resources

In addition, the following three Andrews Kurth lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2014 Washington, DC Rising Stars list. Only the top up-and-coming DC attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice for fewer than 10 years are considered for the Rising Stars list.

  • Leasa Woods Anderson, Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Christian D. McMurray, Energy & Natural Resources
  • Meena Sinfelt, Criminal Defense: White Collar

Special distribution of the Washington, DC Super Lawyers Magazine will be distributed with the May 2014 Washington Lawyer magazine. The list will also appear in The Washington Post Magazine on April 27, 2014.

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA-approved law school libraries. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991.  

As released by the former Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP