Super Lawyers®, a national rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas, recognizes 27 Goodell DeVries attorneys as Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2024. Additionally, Kelly Hughes Iverson and Craig S. Merkle were selected for the "Top 100 Maryland Super Lawyers" list. Kelly was also selected for the "Top 50: Women Maryland Super Lawyers" list. The publication identifies those individuals who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
The following Goodell DeVries lawyers were named Maryland Super Lawyers for 2024:
- James B. Astrachan, Intellectual Property
- Richard M. Barnes, Class Action
- Bonnie J. Beavan, Personal Injury - Products: Defense
- Malcolm S. Brisker, Class Action
- Craig S. Brodsky, Civil Litigation: Defense
- Janet A. Forero, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Jared M. Green, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Amy B. Heinrich, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Jeffrey J. Hines, Personal Injury - Products: Defense
- Kamil Ismail, Insurance Coverage
- Kelly Hughes Iverson, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense; Top 100 Maryland Super Lawyers; Top 50 Women Maryland Super Lawyers
- Joseph S. Johnston - Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- George S. Mahaffey - Professional Liability: Defense
- Craig B. Merkle, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense; Top 100 Maryland Super Lawyers
- Thomas V. Monahan, Jr., Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- K. Nichole Nesbitt, Civil Litigation: Defense
- Marianne DePaulo Plant, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Derek M. Stikeleather, Appellate
- Donna M.D. Thomas, Intellectual Property
- Linda S. Woolf, Class Action
Goodell DeVries's 2024 Rising Stars are:
- Jessica Ayd, Civil Litigation: Defense
- Kaitlin D. Corey, Intellectual Property
- Ifeanyi O. Ezeigbo, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Jhanelle A. Graham Caldwell, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Sean Gugerty, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- James Phelan Robinson, Civil Litigation: Defense
- Christina Stringer, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Victoria E. Thornton, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense