Fourteen Curtin & Heefner Attorneys Recognized as 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars

Oct. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- DOYLESTOWN, PA  – Pennsylvania and New Jersey regional full-service law firm, Curtin & Heefner LLP, is pleased to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been recognized as 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars. The firm’s 2010 Super Lawyers are Real Estate Section Partner John W. Donaghy; Commercial Services Section Partners Gilbert J. Golding and Robert Szwajkos; Litigation Section Partners Frank S. Guarrieri, firm managing partner, and Bonnie S. Stein; and Employment and Public Sector Partner David J. Truelove. The attorneys selected as Rising Stars are Carolyn M. Angelaccio, Matthew J. Bass, James J. Esposito, Kyong Ha Growney, Joseph F. Kampherstein, III, Michael P. Maguire, Lisa M. Patterson and Sean R. Sullivan.

One of Pennsylvania’s oldest law firms, Curtin & Heefner LLP is a regional law firm with offices in Morrisville and Doylestown, Pa., and Lawrenceville, N.J. Ranked in size among the Top 100 Law Firms in Pennsylvania, Curtin & Heefner LLP represents clients throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The firm has an extensive practice that includes Business and Municipal Finance, Estates, Trusts and Tax, Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Banking, Creditors’ Rights, Personal Injury, Bad Faith and Insurance Defense Litigation, Employment and Public Sector, and Disability Law.

Curtin & Heefner LLP enjoys a distinguished legacy of leadership within the legal profession, various facets of government and national and regional organizations and associations. For example, members of Curtin & Heefner LLP have served as President of the Bucks County Bar Association, President of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, District Attorney of Bucks County, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, U.S. Representative (8th Congressional District), President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and solicitors to numerous townships, municipalities and authorities.

“We are very pleased to have so many of our attorneys recognized as 2010 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars,” said Guarrieri. “We are dedicated to providing outstanding service to our clients, our profession and our communities, and are honored to have our efforts recognized by our peers.”

No more than 5 percent of lawyers in Pennsylvania are selected to the annual 2010 Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers are selected through a comprehensive, multiphase rating process that includes peer nominations and evaluations combined with third-party research. Each Super Lawyer candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Exceptional up-and-coming attorneys throughout the state are recognized in the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is similar to that of the Super Lawyers list. However, no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys statewide are named to the Rising Stars list.

The lists of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are published annually in Philadelphia magazine, which reaches nearly 800,000 readers, and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, with a distribution of nearly 50,000 readers.

Curtin & Heefner LLP is a regional law firm with offices in Morrisville and Doylestown, Pa., and Lawrenceville, N.J., ranked in size among the Top 100 Law Firms in Pennsylvania. To learn more about Curtin & Heefner LLP, please visit www.curtinheefner.com.

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