Brandon Neuman and John Branch, attorneys with Raleigh-based Shanahan Law Group, PLLC, have been named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2011 by North Carolina Super Lawyers® 2011, a comprehensive listing of North Carolina attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This is the second straight year in which Neuman and Branch have earned this recognition.

The North Carolina Super Lawyers list and the North Carolina Rising Stars list are compiled by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc., through the balloting of more than 17,000 active attorneys in North Carolina. Super Lawyers are limited to the top 5% of attorneys in North Carolina. Rising Stars are limited to the top 2.5% of attorneys in North Carolina who are under the age of 40 and have been practicing law for less than 10 years.