Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that eight attorneys in the firm’s Charlotte office have been named 2017 Super Lawyers or Rising Stars.

The firm’s North Carolina Super Lawyers are partners Robert A. Cox Jr., who was recognized in the practice area of Bankruptcy: Business, and Christopher C. Lam, who is listed in the practice area of Business Litigation.

The firm’s North Carolina Rising Stars (and their practice areas) are:

--Matthew K. Lilly, associate, (Civil Litigation: Defense)

--Brian M. Rowlson, associate, (Construction Litigation)

--Avery Simmons, partner, (Business Litigation)

--José D. Vega, partner, (Civil Litigation: Defense)

--Mark S. Wierman, partner, (Business Litigation)

--Monica L. Wilson, associate, (Construction Litigation)

“We congratulate our attorneys in Charlotte whose outstanding service to the local business community has earned them high praise from our clients and recognition by the North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars,” said Bradley’s Charlotte Office Managing Partner Dana C. Lumsden.

Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys who have achieved a significant level of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only the top 5 percent of lawyers in North Carolina are named Super Lawyers. No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are selected as Rising Stars, who must be 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for 10 or fewer years. Super Lawyers uses independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to determine the honorees. The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are published in Super Lawyers Magazine and in special sections in leading city and regional magazines across the country, as well as distributed to attorneys and ABA-accredited law school libraries.