With the Fourth of July festivities still ringing in our collective ears, we are having our own celebration at Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC. We avoid using this blog as a platform for self-promotion as we want to keep relevant construction industry news and notes hitting your inboxes. Longtime readers will know, however, that we make an exception to recognize the Super Lawyers of the firm, who are each humbled to receive this peer-voted award. We also share this news in recognition of our clients and industry-partners who have put their trust and confidence in us. Without these relationships, these industry acknowledgments would have no significance.
Super Lawyers is a wholly independent company that identifies outstanding lawyers in the profession. It selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process based on legal excellence, industry involvement, and civic leadership. Super Lawyers’ initial pool of candidates is based on peer nominations and evaluations from outside the firm, which is then combined with Super Lawyers’ own third-party research. Only five percent of all lawyers in Washington State are selected for the honor of Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent are selected for the honor of Super Lawyers Rising Stars. What makes this award meaningful is it is based upon evaluation of individual merit—as opposed to a “pay-to-win” award.
John P. Ahlers, one of the firm’s founding partners, is again recognized as one of the 10-Best Lawyers in the State of Washington across all practicing industries.
Founding partner Paul R. Cressman, Jr. and partner Brett M. Hill are also recognized as two of the 100-Best Lawyers across all practicing industries in Washington State.
In addition, three other firm members are also recognized as Super Lawyers: Founding partner Scott R. Sleight, Bruce A. Cohen (of counsel), and Lawrence S. Glosser (partner). In addition, Ryan W. Sternoff (partner), Lindsay (Taft) Watkins (partner), Ceslie A. Blass (associate), and Scott D. MacDonald (associate) were selected as Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Well over half of the firm’s lawyers received Super Lawyers distinction.
Much of the honor of being named Super Lawyers is due to all of the firm’s hardworking and talented professionals, including associates, administrative staff, legal assistants, paralegals, and law clerks. As always, we will continue to strive to offer high-quality legal services to the construction industry.
John P. Ahlers is a Super Lawyer and named one of the 10-Best lawyers in Washington State across all practicing industries for the second year in a row. A founding member of Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC, he has been named a Super Lawyer since 2003—16 years in a row. To read Mr. Ahlers’s full profile, click here.
Paul R. Cressman is a Super Lawyer and named one of the 100-Best lawyers in Washington State across all practicing industries. A founding member of Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC, he has been named a Super Lawyer since 2003—16 years in a row. To read Mr. Cressman’s full profile, click here.
Scott R. Sleight is a Super Lawyer in Construction Litigation for 2018. A founding member of Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC, he was previously recognized as a Rising Star from 2005-2009, and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2011. To read Mr. Sleight’s full profile, click here.
Brett M. Hill is a Super Lawyer and named one of the 100-Best lawyers in Washington State across all practicing industries. A partner at the firm and a member since its inception, he was previously recognized as a Rising Star from 2010-2014, and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2015. To read Mr. Hill’s full profile, click here.
Bruce A. Cohen is a Super Lawyer in Construction Litigation for 2018. Mr. Cohen has been of-counsel at Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC since its inception and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2012. To read Mr. Cohen’s full profile, click here.
Lawrence S. Glosser is a Super Lawyer in Real Estate for 2018. A partner at Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC, Mr. Glosser joined the firm months after its inception and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2014. To read Mr. Glosser’s full profile, click here.
Ryan W. Sternoff is a Rising Star in Construction Litigation for 2018. A partner at the firm and a member since its inception, Mr. Sternoff has been named a Rising Star since 2010. To read Mr. Sternoff’s full profile, click here.
Lindsay (Taft) Watkins is a Rising Star in Construction Litigation for 2018. A partner at the firm and a member since 2009, Ms. Watkins has been named a Rising Star since 2016. To read Ms. Watkin’s full profile, click here.
Ceslie A. Blass is a Rising Star in Construction Litigation for 2018. Having joined the firm as a law clerk during her second year of law school in 2015, Ms. Blass has been an attorney with the firm since 2016 and is receiving the honor of Rising Star in her first year of eligibility. To read Ms. Blass’s full profile, click here.
Scott D. MacDonald is a Rising Star in Construction Litigation for 2018. Having joined the firm as a law clerk during his second year of law school in 2015, Mr. MacDonald has been an attorney with the firm since 2016 and is receiving the honor of Rising Star in his first year of eligibility. To read Mr. MacDonald’s full profile, click here.