Super Lawyers is a highly respected rating service for attorneys from more than 70 different practice areas, including personal injury. Each year, the organization completes a comprehensive peer-review alongside their patented evaluation process to determine which lawyers in the U.S. will be included on its Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. At Wagner Reese, we’re thrilled to announce that seven of our lawyers have been selected to this list for 2023. For all seven Wagner Reese attorneys chosen, this year’s announcement represents a consecutive year of recognition by Super Lawyers for their legal skill, professional achievement, and exceptional reputation among their peers in the legal field. Our founding partners are also counted among our recognized group of attorneys, with Attorney Stephen Wagner receiving this honor for the 19th year and Attorney Jason Reese, who was also named a Distinguished Barrister by The Indiana Lawyer in 2019, receiving this honor for the 13th time. Both partners were also recognized by Super Lawyers among the elite Top 50 in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, further distinguishing them as among the best personal injury lawyers in Indiana. Attorney Stephanie Cassman is being recognized by Super Lawyers for the 14th consecutive year. Take a look at our firm’s Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars℠ members:
  •  Stephen Wagner:
    • Super Lawyers®: 2004, 2006 – 2023
    • Super Lawyers® Top 50 Attorneys in Indiana: 2019 – 2023
    • Indiana Top 50 and Selected to Super Lawyers for Personal Injury – General, Civil Litigation, and Civil Rights
  • Jason Reese:
    • Super Lawyers®: 2004, 2012 – 2023
    • Super Lawyers® Top 50 Attorneys in Indiana: 2017 – 2023
    • Top 50 and Selected to Super Lawyers for Professional Liability, Personal Injury – General, and Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
  • Stephanie Cassman:
    • Super Lawyers®: 2014 – 2023
    • Rising Stars℠: 2009 – 2013
    • Super Lawyers® Top 25 Women, Top 50 Women
    • Indiana Top 25 Women and Selected to Super Lawyers for Personal Injury – General
  • Tim Karns:
    • Rising Stars℠: 2017 – 2023
    • Selected to Rising Stars for Personal Injury – Products
  • Laura Walker Swafford:
    • Rising Stars℠: 2019 – 2023
    • Selected to Rising Stars for Personal Injury – General
  • Jeff Gibson:
    • Super Lawyers®: 2014 – 2023
    • Rising Stars℠: 2010, 2012 – 2013
    • Selected to Super Lawyers for Class Action/Mass Torts
  • Timothy F. Devereux:
    • Super Lawyers®: 2021-2023
    • Selected to Super Lawyers for Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Products, and Construction Litigation

What Does It Mean to Be Part of Super Lawyers®?

Super Lawyers® organizes an annual rating system for lawyers and attorneys of various practices and specialties. Super Lawyers® members are formally nominated by their peers before being selected based on their professional achievements. The rigorous, patented selection process involves 12 indicators of success and outstanding professional merit, as well as independent research and peer evaluations.

Before the final selection, each candidate’s standing is verified with their local licensing authority and checked for a clean record of disciplinary or criminal proceedings. The lawyers are grouped into four categories based on firm size to ensure fair competition, and the final list of Super Lawyers® members represents no more than 5% of all practicing attorneys in each state.

To be a Rising Stars℠ member, an attorney must go through the same intense selection process and be held to the same high standards. The key difference is Rising Stars℠ members must also be under the age of 40, or have less than 10 years of practice experience. The increased restrictions on membership means no more than 2.5% of all lawyers in each state can be Rising Stars℠ members for a given year.

The list of Super Lawyers® appears annually in the state edition of Super Lawyers® Magazine, as well as in city and regional newspapers and publications. The list serves as a helpful resource for consumers who need a lawyer to provide counsel or representation. We are so proud of all our attorneys who have made the cut, often repeatedly, and they are so honored to be recognized by such an outstanding organization.

Need Representation? Get a Super Lawyers® Member!

With so many Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars℠ on staff at Wagner Reese, we are confident we should be your first and only choice for personal injury representation throughout Indiana. We provide award-winning representation for claims involving vehicle accidents, birth injuries, medical malpractice, workplace accidents, and much more. Call our law firm today at (888) 204-8440 to schedule your free initial case consultation with our Indianapolis injury lawyers.