17 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named 2021 PA Super Lawyers, Managing Partner Named Among Top Attorneys in State

Labor, employment and workers’ compensation lawyers recognized among Pennsylvania’s best attorneys

PHILADELPHIA (June 2021) – Pennsylvania labor, employment and workers’ compensation law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that 17 of its attorneys have been named 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and Managing Partner Deborah R. Willig has been named to elite lists of the state’s top attorneys.

Willig has been named among the Top 100 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Top 100 2021 Philadelphia Super Lawyers, and Top 50 2021 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. This is the 18^th year that Willig and firm partners Alaine S. Williams and Stuart W. Davidson have been recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, having been named to the list each year since 2004.

Firm attorneys named 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers include Irwin W. Aronson, James S. Beall, John R. Bielski, Michael G. Dryden, Ryan A. Hancock, Lauren M. Hoye, Nancy B. G. Lassen, Deborah M. Lerner, Bruce M. Ludwig, Richard G. Poulson, Amy L. Rosenberger, and Ralph J. Teti. Additionally, attorneys Jessica C. Caggiano and Joseph D. Richardson have been named 2021 Pennsylvania Rising Stars, which recognizes attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for no more than 10 years. The attorneys were recognized for their prowess in employee benefits, employment & labor, and workers’ compensation law.

A program of Thomson Reuters, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who, through a peer review and independent research process, have been identified as attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only the top 5 percent of Pennsylvania’s 50,000 lawyers and the top 2.5 percent of up-and-coming Pennsylvania lawyers are named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, including verdicts and settlements; honors and awards; special licenses and certifications; pro bono and community service efforts; and scholarly lectures and writings. The ultimate objective of Super Lawyers is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse list of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for other practitioners and consumers searching for legal counsel.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson (www.wwdlaw.com) is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Jenkintown Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; election and campaign finance; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; family law matters; benefits law design and compliance issues; discrimination, overtime and unpaid wages, and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; social security disability; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond. Workers inspire us.