Associate Catherine M. Palumbo has been named a Georgia Rising Star for 2012 by Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check. No more than 2.5 percent of all lawyers in the state are named to the Rising Starts list.