Super Lawyers® has named seven Wilson Elser attorneys to the 2026 San Diego Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists:

Super Lawyers

• David J. Aveni (Partner) – Business Litigation
• Patrick J. Kearns (Partner) – Aviation & Aerospace

Rising Stars

• Katharine J. Burlington (Associate) – Civil Litigation: Defense
• Kammann S. Cole (Partner) – Civil Litigation: Defense
• Jessica R. K. Dorman (Partner) – Civil Litigation: Defense
• Natalie F. Lakosil (Associate) – Civil Litigation: Defense
• Wilson Petty (Associate) –Business Litigation

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 Rising Stars lists, comprising the best attorneys who are 40 and younger or who have practiced law for 10 years or less, are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to these lists.