Our firm congratulates the seven Walkup attorneys who gained recognition as top attorneys inNorthern California via this year’s SuperLawyers ranking process. More than fifty percent of our lawyers were recognized this year, an achievement few firms can boast.
The SuperLawyers magazine is an influential, widely - circulated report which identifies the top attorneys inNorthern California. It is the law-firm equivalent to the U.S. News and World Report’s college ranking system.
Attorneys are selected for inclusion on the basis of peer nominations, professional achievement, verdicts and settlements, experience, honors, awards, scholarly lectures, writings, educational background, and other achievements.
Walkup partners Paul Melodia, Mike Kelly, Daniel Kelly, Rich Schoenberger, and Matthew Davis have all been selected as top attorneys for at least six years running. So it is no surprise that they were ranked among 2009’s top attorneys. Mike Kelly and Paul Melodia have also had occasion to be ranked among the “Top 10” attorneys in Northern California, and both are consistently on the “Top 100” list.
This year, Walkup partner Khaldoun Baghdadi and Associate Melinda Derish were identified among the “Rising Stars” of the profession, a title given to fewer than 2.5 percent of qualifying attorneys
