Marvin L. Karp of Ulmer & Berne LLP is Named to the ALI-ABA's Professional Responsibility Advisory Panel

Business Wire, March 27, 2006

CLEVELAND -- Ulmer & Berne LLP, one of the Midwest's fastest growing law firms, announced today that one of its partners, Marvin L. Karp, was named to the ALI-ABA's Professional Responsibility Advisory Panel. The ALI-ABA, an undertaking of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association, provides post-admission education for the legal profession.

ALI-ABA Advisory Panels lend their expertise to developing new and enhanced ALI-ABA projects, courses, publications, and other ALI-ABA services and products. Drawn from throughout the country, members of the panels are known for their experience and in-depth knowledge of the law. The Program Committee of the ALI-ABA Board of Directors selected the Professional Responsibility Advisory Panel.

Mr. Karp, Chair Emeritus of Ulmer & Berne LLP's Litigation Group, has more than 45 years of trial and appellate experience in business, corporate, and insurance litigation. Some of his career accolades include listings in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers; recognition as a "Top 10 Ohio Super Lawyer"; and receiving the American ORT Jurisprudence Award for his many contributions to the community and to the legal profession. He also served three consecutive terms as Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Ulmer & Berne LLP, established in 1908, is one of Ohio's largest law firms, as well as one of the fastest growing in the Midwest. A full-service firm with more than 185 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies, and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.

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