James D. Stevens and Richard W. Hoffmann have been named 2018 Super Lawyers

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James D. Stevens and Richard W. Hoffmann have been named 2018 Super Lawyers, and Shannon K.
Smith, Corey M. Beaubien, Michael J. Druzinski, and Scott A. Hogan have been named 2018 Rising
Stars by the Super Lawyers’ publication. Less than 5% of lawyers are named Super Lawyers and less
than 2.5% of eligible lawyers are named Rising Stars (under 40 years old or in practice for less than
10 years.)

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