Hoffman Crews Nies Waggener & Foster LLP is proud to announce that four of its attorneys have been named to the 2014 list of Colorado Super Lawyers.

Each year, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process that combines peer nomination and evaluations with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. Up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers also designates a list of Rising Stars. This is a list of the state's top up-and-coming attorneys—those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the Rising Stars list.

The following attorneys were named to the 2014 list as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars:

SUPER LAWYERS

Julia T. Waggener

• Named to Super Lawyers each year since 2007 in the area of Real Estate Law

Denise D. Hoffman

• A newcomer to the Super Lawyers' list named in the area of Nonprofit Organizations

RISING STARS

S. Kato Crews

• Named to Rising Stars each year since 2009 in the areas of Employment & Labor Law, and in 2014 in the area of Business Litigation

Nicole R. Nies

• Named to Rising Stars each year since 2012 in the area of Real Estate Law