New Jersey Super Lawyer

New Jersey "Super Lawyer"

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. was selected as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2008. An independent firm conducted the polling, research and selection of Super Lawyers in a process designed to identify New Jersey lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers are outstanding attorneys, representing a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic locations. Only the top 5% of New Jersey lawyers are named Super Lawyers.

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, lead corporate counsel and the ABA-approved law school libraries.

Super Lawyers Selection Process

Step One: Creation of the Candidate Pool
Each year, the Super Lawyer selection process begins with a statewide survey of lawyers. Lawyers eligible to participate include those who have been in practice for at least five years. Lawyers are asked to nominate the best attorneys they've personally observed in action. Lawyers cannot nominate themselves. Lawyers may nominate attorneys in their own firm, but these nominations count only if each in-firm nomination is matched by at least one out-of-firm nomination. Additional names are added to the candidate pool through a process by which an attorney-led research staff searches for outstanding lawyers by reviewing national and local periodicals as well as legal trade journals; searching numerous databases and online sources; and conducting in-person and telephonic meetings with law firms.

Step Two: Evaluation of Lawyers in Candidate Pool
The background and experience of each candidate is examined for evidence of peer recognition and professional achievement. Factors considered in evaluating candidates include: verdicts and settlements; transactions; representative clients; experience; honors and awards; special licenses and certifications; position within law firm; Bar and or other professional activity; pro bono and community service; scholarly lectures and writings; education and employment background; and, other outstanding achievements.

Step Three: Peer Evaluation by Practice Area
Candidates are grouped according to primary area of practice. Those with high point totals from the balloting and qualitative evaluation steps are asked to be on a blue ribbon panel for their practice area. Panelists review and score a list of candidates from their practice area. Panelists may add names to the list.

Final Selection
Final candidates are segmented according to firm size (firm size categories vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction). Those with the highest point totals from each category are selected. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.

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New Jersey "Super Lawyer"

About Super Lawyers

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