Thompson-Reuters, publishers of Super Lawyers magazines, announced that Wayne, New Jersey, personal injury plaintiff and environmental litigation attorney Jon L. Gelman has again been named to the 2011 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor.
Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding attorneys in more than 70 areas of practice using a rigorous, multiphase selection process that considers 15 separate indicators of peer recognition, professional achievement and high ethical standards.
Bar associations and courts across the country have recognized the legitimacy of the Super Lawyers selection process. Most recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the findings of a Special Master assigned by the court to, among other things, examine the details of our process. In his July 2008 report, the Special Master lauded our process, stating:
“[The Super Lawyers selection process] is a comprehensive, good-faith and detailed attempt to produce a list of lawyers that have attained high peer recognition, meet ethical standards, and have demonstrated some degree of achievement in their field.”
“Suffice to say, the selection procedures employed by Key Professional Media, Inc., are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex.”
“It is absolutely clear from this record that [Super Lawyer does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”
"No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court."