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Five Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram Attorneys Recognized Among 2020 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers

WASHINGTON, D.C.Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram is pleased to announce that Ronald S. Shapiro, Judah Lifschitz, Steven H. Schram and Laura C. Fraher are named among the 2020 Super Lawyers for Washington D.C., and Daniel A. Kapner is recognized as a 2020 Rising Star. The complete list of honorees is available here.

Lifschitz, Fraher and Kapner are included for their work in Construction Litigation, Schram for Business / Corporate work and Shapiro for Real Estate. Washington D.C. Super Lawyers has ranked Shapiro for the past 13 years, Lifschitz for the past 12 years, Schram for 10 years and Fraher for the past four years. Kapner has been recognized by Rising Stars for five consecutive years.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of lawyers in Washington D.C. are selected as Super Lawyers and no more than two-and-a-half percent are honored as Rising Stars, which includes attorneys who are 40 years old or younger and / or have been practicing for 10 years or less.

Selections for Super Lawyers are made through a rigorous process entailing independent attorney-led research, evaluations and peer evaluations. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, including verdicts / settlements, transactions, special licenses and pro bono service.