Super Lawyers, a regional and national legal rating organization, has recognized four Goodell DeVries attorneys as all-around Super Lawyers for 2013. Top honors went to Donald L. DeVries, cited as one of Maryland's Top 10 attorneys for the seventh year in a row, and Susan T. Preston, making her fourth appearance in the Top 10. Charles P. Goodell, Jr. was selected as a Top 50 attorney, and Craig B. Merkle placed in the Top 100. Additionally, the organization recognized those four attorneys and nine others as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in a total of 10 separate practice areas. The full roster of Goodell DeVries honorees was as follows:
Richard M. Barnes - Super Lawyer in Products Liability, Business Litigation, and Class Action/Mass Tort
Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. - Super Lawyer in Products Liability, Class Action/Mass Torts, and General Personal Injury Defense
Donald L. DeVries, Jr. - Top 10 Super Lawyer; Super Lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense and Civil Litigation Defense
Charles P. Goodell, Jr. - Top 50 Super Lawyer; Super Lawyer in Products Liability and Class Action/Mass Torts
Kelly Hughes Iverson - Super Lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense
Sidney G. Leech - Super Lawyer in Products Liability, Business Litigation, and Employment Litigation
Craig B. Merkle - Top 100 Super Lawyer; Super Lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense, Products Liability, and Health Care
Thomas V. Monahan, Jr. - Super Lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense, Civil Litigation Defense, and Professional Liability Defense
K. Nichole Nesbitt - Rising Star in Civil Litigation Defense
Marianne DePaulo Plant - Rising Star in Medical Malpractice Defense and Health Care
Susan T. Preston - Top 10 Super Lawyer; Super Lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense
Linda S. Woolf - Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, and Class Action/Mass Torts
