Joe Tunstall III, with the O’Malley-Tunstall law firm, was named to the North Carolina Rising Stars list as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in North Carolina for 2012.

The law firm has offices in Raleigh and Tarboro.

Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the eligible lawyers in the state receive this honor.

Tunstall practices in the area of personal injury, workers’ compensation and social security disability.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.

The Rising Stars lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country.  For more information about Super Lawyers, go to http://www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.