18 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named 2023 PA Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

Firm recognized among Pennsylvania’s best labor, employment and workers’ compensation lawyers

PHILADELPHIA (May 2023) – Pennsylvania labor, employment, workers’ compensation and family law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that 18 of its attorneys have been named 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and Managing Partner Deborah R. Willig has been named to several elite lists of the state’s top attorneys.

This is the 20^th year that firm partners Deborah R. Willig, Alaine S. Williams, and Stuart W. Davidson have been recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, having been named to the list each year since 2004. All three are recognized in the practice area of Labor & Employment. In addition, Willig has been named among the Top 50 Pennsylvania Women Attorneys, Top 100 Philadelphia Attorneys, and the Top 100 Pennsylvania Attorneys for 2023.

The following firm attorneys have been named among 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers:

Employee Benefits

Deborah M. Lerner

Labor & Employment

Workers’ Compensation

Michael G. Dryden

Additionally, attorneys Jessica C. Caggiano, Elizabeth Deegan, and Ashley Sullivan have been named 2023 Pennsylvania Rising Stars, which recognizes attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for no more than 10 years. Caggiano was recognized for Labor & Employment law, Deegan for Family law, and Sullivan for Bankruptcy: Consumer 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.

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