Super Lawyers®, a national rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas, recognizes 30 Goodell DeVries attorneys as Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2025. 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.
Kelly Hughes Iverson and Craig B. Merkle were once again selected for the "Top 100 Maryland Super Lawyers" list. Kelly was also selected for the "Top 50: Women Maryland Super Lawyers" list.
The following Goodell DeVries lawyers were named Maryland Super Lawyers for 2025:
- 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
- Shannon M. Madden - 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
- Carrie J. Williams, Appellate
- Linda S. Woolf, Class Action
Goodell DeVries's 2025 Rising Stars are:
