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Starfield & Smith Attorneys Named to Pennsylvania 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Starfield & Smith is proud to announce that six of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists. The lawyers selected practice in the areas of banking; business and corporate; bankruptcy; civil, business, and securities litigation; criminal defense (white collar); creditor debtor rights, and real estate. 

2020 Super Lawyers:

  • David Starfield
  • Norman Greenspan

2020 Rising Stars:

  • Jennifer Borra
  • Demetri Braynin
  • Lyndsay Rowland
  • Katherine Tohanczyn

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the honor of being selected to the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the honor of being selected to the Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

Starfield & Smith is a boutique SBA and government guaranteed lending compliance firm representing lenders nationwide for their SBA and government guaranteed loan compliance needs.  Starfield & Smith handles all aspects of government guaranteed lending, from closings, through servicing and liquidation, to regulatory audits and guaranty recovery.  For more information about Starfield & Smith and the services it provides, visit www.starfieldsmith.com.

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