CLEVELAND, Ohio –McDonald Hopkins LLC is pleased to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers 2007 list by Law & Politics Magazine. This distinction is only given to five percent of all Ohiolawyers.

The following McDonald Hopkins attorneys received the Super Lawyer recognition:

Jeffrey P. Consolo
Jeffrey R. Huntsberger
John T. Mulligan
Richard S. Cooper
Brian J. Jereb
Michael G. Riley
Anthony J. DiVenere
Bernard L. Karr
Shawn M. Riley
Steven L. Gardner
Roger L. Kleinman
Roger L. Shumaker
Victor T. Geraci
George L. McGaughey

Attorneys are nominated for this award by their legal peers. Each year Law & Politics Magazine sends ballots to 35,000 active lawyers in Ohio, asking them to nominate “the best attorneys they’ve personally observed in action.” Lawyers may nominate other members of their own firm, provided that they nominate an equal or greater number of attorneys from other firms.

"I am very pleased, yet not surprised, that so many of our attorneys were voted Super Lawyers by their peers," said Carl J. Grassi, firm president. "I am proud of their collaborative work ethic and their dedication to serving our clients so well."

After nominations have been collected, a panel reviews all the applications and researchers conduct interviews with nominees, and their respective law offices, to ensure accuracy of information and more thoroughly evaluate the candidates. All Super Lawyers must have clean disciplinary records and be in good standing with the appropriate regional or state licensing authority.

These 14 Ohio Super Lawyers will be included in the 2007 volume of the book The Best Lawyers in America, which is regarded as one of the leading referral guides to the legal profession in the United States.

McDonald Hopkins, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is a full-service business law firm with more than 120 attorneys with offices in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; and West Palm Beach, Florida.