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McGlinchey Attorneys Named to 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Read Time: 2 minsMcGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that 17 attorneys in the firm’s Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices have been named to the 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
Eleven attorneys were named to the 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers list:
- Rodolfo “Rudy” J. Aguilar, Member, Baton Rouge, listed in the primary area of Business/Corporate
- Magdalen Blessey Bickford, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Employment & Labor
- Rasch Brown, III, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Personal Injury Products: Defense*
- Rudy Cerone, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Bankruptcy: Business
- Katherine Conklin, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Employee Benefits
- José R. Cot, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Insurance Coverage
- Michael D. Ferachi, Member, Baton Rouge, listed in the primary area of Business Litigation
- Marshall R. Grodner, Member, Baton Rouge, listed in the primary area of Business/Corporate
- Christine Lipsey, Member, Baton Rouge, listed in the primary area of Business Litigation
- Kathleen A. Manning, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Personal Injury – Products: Defense
- Michael H. Rubin, Member, Baton Rouge, listed in the primary area of Appellate
Member Magdalen Blessey Bickford was named among the top 25 women attorneys in the state of Louisiana, Member Rudy Cerone was named among the top 50 attorneys in the city of New Orleans, and Member Michael H. Rubin was named among the top 50 attorneys in the state of Louisiana.
Six attorneys were selected to the 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list:
- Andrew M. Albritton, Associate, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Employment & Labor
- Lauren N. Baudot, Member, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Insurance Coverage
- Jaina Dara Green, Associate, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Insurance Coverage*
- Morgan E. Kelley, Associate, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Transportation/Maritime
- Gillian Miculek McCarroll, Associate, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Business Litigation*
- Taylor Lombardo Willis, Associate, New Orleans, listed in the primary area of Business Litigation*
* denotes that 2025 is the first year the attorney has been named to a Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers names outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than the top 5% of attorneys in each state, as nominated by their peers, are reviewed by an independent research team that focuses on professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement to be recognized. The Rising Stars list recognizes the top 2.5% of lawyers in the state who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or fewer.
For more information about Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, and its selection process, please visit the Super Lawyers website.