Ireland Stapleton Pryor &amp; Pascoe, PC, announces four attorneys have been selected as Colorado Super Lawyers and two attorneys have been selected Colorado Rising Stars.

For the seventh consecutive year, K.C. Groves, the firm's Managing Partner, has been selected a Colorado Super Lawyer for his business litigation practice.

Laura J. Hazen, selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer, leads the firm's child care/early education practice and has an active employment and civil litigation practice.  Hazen is recognized for her employment and labor work. This is Hazen's second year as a Colorado Super Lawyer.  She was previously selected as a Colorado Rising Star.

Russell W. Kemp has been selected for real estate.  Kemp leads the firm's real estate practice group.  This is Kemp's fourth consecutive year on the Colorado Super Lawyers list.

Kimberley H. Tyson, selected a Colorado Super Lawyer for bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights, heads-up the firm's bankruptcy practice group.  This is Tyson's fourth consecutive year on the list.

Business litigator and head of the firm's litigation practice group, Kelley B. Duke, has been selected as a Colorado Rising Star.  This is the third consecutive year Duke has been selected.

Michelle B. Ferguson, who leads the firm's employment practice group, has been selected a Colorado Rising Star.  This is the fourth year Ferguson has been selected.

Super Lawyers uses a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.  The published list of Super Lawyers represents no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state.  Rising Stars are attorneys who are 40 years old or younger and who have been practicing for 10 years or less.  No more than 2.5 percent of the qualifying lawyers in the state are named to the Rising Stars list.  Information about Super Lawyers and Rising Stars can be found online at www.superlawyers.com.