Cody L. Cofer Selected as Super Lawyer Rising Star 2015
Super Lawyers is a nation wide rating service that people looking for an attorney can use to vet and gather information. The selection process includes more than 70 legal practice areas. Cody Cofer was selected in the area of criminal defense. This honor indicates a “high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.”
The selection process for Super Lawyers includes independent research by the publication along with nominations and evaluations by other attorneys.
Candidates for Super Lawyer Rising Star are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection is made on an annual basis.
Cody Cofer became a candidate through formal nominations by other Texas attorneys. The nomination process begins each year when Super Lawyers sends out a request for attorney feedback about peers in their legal community. The system is designed to avoid “gaming” the system. After the nomination process, Super Lawyers continues with their “patented” research process. Through this the research staff evaluates a nominated attorney who have attained certain honors, results or credentials.
Once a lawyer is selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star then the research staff confirms the candidates standing with the local licensing authority (i.e. Texas State Bar). Finally, after the evaluation process is complete, Super Lawyers chooses which attorneys will be published in their print-magazine and online. Attorneys qualified as “Rising Stars” are those that meet the Super Lawyer standards and are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
