(CHARLOTTE, NC) Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Daniel S. Huffenus, managing partner of the firm's Charlotte office, was named to the 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list. Additionally, Litigation and Dispute Resolution partner Becky K. Lindahl was included in the 2016 Rising Stars list.

As head of Katten's Charlotte Real Estate practice, Huffenus oversees a sophisticated commercial real estate finance practice that is national in scope and covers all asset types. He has extensive experience representing real estate capital markets lenders in the origination of mortgage loans and is particularly knowledgeable in issues related to lending transactions involving commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). In addition, Huffenus is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer and non-practicing partner in Katten's London office.

Lindahl focuses on complex commercial litigation and the financial services industry, representing both closely held and publicly traded companies in class action and individual lawsuits in state and federal courts in North Carolina and elsewhere.

Super Lawyers is a rating service that selects outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The Rising Stars list includes outstanding lawyers that are either 40 years old or younger, or have been in practice for 10 years or less, and have attained high degrees of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is the same process used for Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are named to the Rising Stars list.