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Selection Criteria for Legal Industry Guides:

BEST LAWYERS INTERNATIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA
Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Lawyers are nominated to Best Lawyers in three ways. First, all of the lawyers in the previous edition of Best Lawyers are automatically nominated into the next edition. Second, during the voting process, voting lawyers are asked to nominate any outstanding lawyers who have not yet been nominated. These lawyer nominations are generally for lawyers at other firms and register as votes as well as nominations. Finally, now that most large firms have marketing departments, Best Lawyers allows marketing directors to nominate lawyers from their own firm.

The voting pool consists primarily of lawyers listed in the previous edition of Best Lawyers. Nominees who get particularly high votes may also be ased to vote. Best Lawyers is published annually. To view a complete explanation of the Best Lawyers selection process, please click here.

SUPER LAWYERS CONNECTICUT SELECTION PROCESS
The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel.

The process is as follows:
    1) Creation of the candidate pool
    2) Evaluation of Lawyers in Candidate Pool
    3) Peer Evaluation by Practice Area
    4) Final Selection
    5) Publishing the list

To view the Super Lawyers selection process in its entirety, please click here.

Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers are not legal referral services. They are publications, and not a title or moniker conferred on individual lawyers. No representation is made that the quality of the legal services performed by the attorneys named to these lists will be greater than that of other licensed attorneys, and past results do not guarantee future success.