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. Published by Thomson Reuters, the Rising Stars lists are part of the Super Lawyers program that uses independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to rate lawyers, organized by states and regions. 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.