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LAW

Atty. Frederick S. Coombs III, a Youngstown bankruptcy and creditors rights attorney and member in the law firm of Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd., has been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list for the seventh consecutive year. Coombs was recognized in the area of business bankruptcy.

Meanwhile, Matthew M. Ries, an employment and civil litigation lawyer with HHM, has been named to the Super Lawyers “Rising Star” list for the second straight year. Ries was recognized in the area of employee litigation defense.

The lists of top lawyers are published annually, based on balloting and peer review by lawyers throughout the Buckeye State. Only about 5 percent of the state’s attorneys appear on the Super Lawyer list. The “Rising Star” distinction recognizes outstanding lawyers under age 40 who have practiced law for fewer than 10 years.

The lists are distributed to more than 43,000 lawyers throughout the Buckeye State and will be published in the January editions of Inside Business, Cleveland Magazine, Columbus Monthly and Cincinnati Magazine.

ELECTED

At its annual business meeting, members of the Builders Association elected the 2016 slate of officers and executive committee members. This group of local construction industry veterans will all serve a one-year term – president: Jim Santini, president, Jim Santini Builder Inc. of Washingtonville; first vice president: Jeff Mason, vice president, Youngstown Tile & Terrazzo Co. Inc. of Canfield; second vice president: Jeff Donatelli, assistant director of operations, Donatelli Electric of Sharpsville, Pa.; third vice president: Sam Boak, president, Boak & Sons Inc. of Austintown; treasurer: Mark Zeidenstein, corporate secretary, L. Calvin Jones & Company of Canfield; past president: Howard Agueda, subcontractor manager, VEC Inc. of Girard; and executive vice president: Kevin Reilly, executive vice president of The Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western PA, based in Vienna.