Heyl Royster’s attorneys make Super Lawyers list

    In the recently published 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers listing, three attorneys from law firm Heyl Royster’s Edwardsville office were named 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers.
    Office managing partner/shareholder Kent Plotner was listed as a 2019 Illinois Super Lawyer in the Class Action/Mass Torts category. In the category Civil Litigation: Defense, partner Barry Noeltner was the only Edwardsville attorney listed as a 2019 Illinois Super Lawyer.
    In the Super Lawyers’ Rising Star category, attorney Neil Schonert was listed in the practice area of Personal Injury Products: Defense, his first time being listed as an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star.
    Overall, 19 Heyl Royster attorneys were listed as 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers/Rising Stars; 17 in Illinois, and two in Missouri.
    Super Lawyers selects outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. The Super Lawyers list represents no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state, and the Rising Stars list represents no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state from the pool of lawyers who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters publication.