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Additional honors were given to the firm's attorneys, Peter Hoffman, Roberta Jacobs-Meadway and Christopher Opalinski. Hoffman, a civil litigation defence attorney, was named one of Pennsylvania's top 10 lawyers, Jacobs-Meadway,
specializing in intellectual property, was named one of the top 50
female attorneys in the state, and Opalinski, Construction Litigation, is among one of the top 50 attorneys in Pittsburgh.
The criteria for attorneys selected for Super Lawyers, Law & Politics involves ''a rigorous, multiphase process.'' Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. ''The Super Lawyers selection process involves three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool; evaluation of candidates by the research department; and peer evaluation by practice area.'' Furthermore, ''polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991.''
The Eckert Seamans' team of attorneys are in the top five percent of
Pennsylvania lawyers to be recognized by their peers and the legal industry. The remaining Eckert Seamans' attorneys honored with the
super lawyer distinction work in various sectors of the firm including business and corporate, bankruptcy and credit/debtor rights, personal injury defense/medical malpractice, class action, estate planning and probate and mergers and acquisitions to name a few.
Nationwide other attorneys from other prominent legal firms that have been granted the honor as Super Lawyer include 17 attorneys from the Colorado law firm of Rathgerber Johnson & Lyons, 13 attorneys from the Los Angeles office of
Foley & Lardner LLP, 19 attorneys from the New York law firm Kelley Drye, and 22 lawyers from law firm of
Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A 
. in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
For a complete list of attorneys dating back to 2003, who have been selected for the honor of Super Lawyers, visit www.superlawyers.com
