CHARLOTTE, NC – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that five of its Charlotte lawyers have been recognized by Super Lawyers® magazine as North Carolina Rising Stars 2010.

The Shumaker attorneys selected are:  Ryan L. Beaver (Construction Litigation), Steven A. Meckler (Business Litigation), Joseph (Jack) Santaniello (Business/Corporate), Stacy Stevenson (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice), and Frederick M. Thurman, Jr. (Employment & Labor).

Rising Stars are nominated by their peers who are asked to vote for the top up-and-coming attorneys they have personally observed in action who are either age 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing law for 10 years or less.  Only 2.5 percent of North Carolina attorneys are selected for the Rising Stars list.

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm with 215 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.