Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2012 Lists Seven Vandeventer Black Attorneys

NORFOLK, VA. – Seven Vandeventer Black LLP attorneys have been named to the Virginia Rising Stars list as the top up-and-coming attorneys in Virginia for 2012. Each year, no more than 2 ½ percent of Virginia lawyers receive this honor. The selection for this respected list is made by the research team at Super Lawyers.

Vandeventer Black lawyers receiving this designation include: Anne Graham Bibeau, Megan B. Caramore, Shalanda N. Franklin-Verdell, Sean M. Golden, Heather M. Kofron, Casaundra M. Maimone, and Gretchen M. Ostroff.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous, multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

Vandeventer Black lawyers have provided legal services to businesses nationally and internationally since 1883. The Firm has offices in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, Kitty Hawk and Raleigh, North Carolina, Pasadena, California and Hamburg, Germany.

For more information, visit www.vanblk.com or call (757) 446-8600.