Lawyer of the Year honorees Riley and Welin among 42 McDonald Hopkins attorneys recognized as 2021 Best Lawyers
CLEVELAND (Aug. 20, 2020) — Lawyer of the Year honorees Shawn M. Riley and Peter D. Welin headline a list of 42 McDonald Hopkins LLC attorneys who have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America. In addition, three attorneys have been named in the 2021 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.
Riley is the president of McDonald Hopkins and the founder of the firm’s Business Restructuring Services Department. As president, he chairs both the firm's Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. Riley is a 2021 Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. It is his third time receiving this recognition. Welin, who is the managing member in the firm’s Columbus office and co-chair of the firm’s Construction Practice Group, was named Lawyer of the Year in the Construction Law category for the third time following his 2018 selection.
McDonald Hopkins congratulates the following attorneys for their inclusion in Best Lawyers 2020:
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Peter D. Welin (Columbus)
Construction Law
Shawn M. Riley (Cleveland)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
FLORIDA
- Peter M. Bernhardt
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Trust and Estates
- Alan M. Burger
- Commercial Litigation
- John T. Metzger
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
ILLINOIS
- David A. Agay
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Steven M. Harris
- Health Care Law
- James P. Muraff
- Patent Law
- Jeffrey Van Winkle
- Corporate Law
MICHIGAN
- John E. Benko
- Commercial Litigation​
- James J. Boutrous II
- Litigation - Labor and Employment​
- Stephen M. Gross
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Patrick A. Karbowski
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Michael G. Latiff
- Commercial Litigation
- Antoinette M. Pilzner
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Miriam L. Rosen
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
OHIO - CLEVELAND
- Chad Arfons
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Jennifer Armstrong
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Teresa Metcalf Beasley
- Economic Development Law
- Richard H. Blake
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Jeffrey P. Consolo
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Richard S. Cooper
- Health Care Law
- David B. Cupar
- Patent Law
- David Drechsler
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- M. Collette Gibbons
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Carl J. Grassi
- Corporate Law
- David H. Gunning II
- Real Estate Law
- Jeffrey R. Huntsberger
- Real Estate Law
- Brian J. Jereb
- Trusts and Estates
- David M. Kall
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- Bernard L. Karr
- Trusts and Estates
- Sean D. Malloy
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Michael J. Matasich
- Commercial Litigation
- Michael J. Meaney
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- William J. O’Neill
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability - Defendants
- Michael G. Riley
- Trusts and Estates
- Shawn M. Riley
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Roger L. Shumaker
- Trusts and Estates
- James E. Stief
- Banking and Finance Law
- Dale R. Vlasek
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Katherine Esshaki Wensink
- Trusts and Estates
- John M. Wirtshafter
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Michael Wise
- Government Relations Practice
OHIO - COLUMBUS
- Peter D. Welin
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
McDonald Hopkins congratulates the following attorneys for their inclusion in Best Lawyers 2021: Ones to Watch:
ILLINOIS
- Serena G. Rabie
- Commercial Litigation
OHIO
- Adam C. Smith
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Amy Wojnarwsky
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
