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Hodgson Russ partner Jeffrey W. Stone speaks on refundings at NYS Government Finance Officers' Association seminar

December 14, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lisa Kane

716.848.1335

lkane@hodgsonruss.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jeffrey W. Stone, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group, was a featured speaker at the December 2 New York State Government Finance Officers' Association's western region holiday seminar at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester.

Mr. Stone addressed "Legal Issues Surrounding Advance Refundings," giving useful advice with respect to the refinancing of existing municipal and school district debt. Mr. Stone also addressed the issue of rising pension system costs facing municipal issuers, and gave advice on several options for financing those costs.

Mr. Stone represents counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, underwriters, and corporate trustees on a wide range of general obligation, revenue bond, and securitized lease and asset-backed financings.

The New York State Government Finance Officers' Association is a nonprofit professional organization composed of more than 1,230 public and private sector government finance professionals throughout New York State. Its mission is to enhance and promote the professional management of governmental resources.

With approximately 200 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is the 205th largest law firm headquartered in the United States, as reported by the National Law Journal. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In addition, Hodgson Russ was recently named one of the country's most admired employers by American Employer Digest. The Firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the U.S., is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. The eight offices of Hodgson Russ are located in Albany, Buffalo, JFK International Airport, Johnstown, and New York City, New York; Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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