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Hodgson Russ partner Benjamin M. Zuffranieri a co-chair of Hamilton Law Assn cross-border seminar

April 11, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
716.848.1335
lkane@hodgsonruss.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Benjamin M. Zuffranieri, Esq., a senior partner and lead attorney in Hodgson Russ LLP's Business Litigation Practice Group, served as co-chair for the first annual Emerging Issues in Cross-Border Commercial Litigation Seminar, April 8, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

The seminar, presented by the Hamilton Law Association, addressed topics such as international arbitration, enforcement of foreign judgments, cross-border issues in class-action lawsuits, and more. Mr. Zuffranieri gave a lecture entitled "Enforcement of Forum Selection Clauses" at the seminar. Other speakers at the conference included the Honorable Eugene Piggott, presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department.

Mr. Zuffranieri led the U.S. delegation to the seminar, while co-chair Jon-David Giacomelli of the Hamilton, Ontario, firm Ross & McBride LLP led the Canadian presenters.

Mr. Zuffranieri has experience in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including general business, construction, and cross-border litigation. He is also the Dispute Resolution Division representative of the Firm's International/Cross-Border Practice Group. Recently he spoke to litigation attorneys from across the United States at a Florida meeting of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.

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 six offices of Hodgson Russ are located in Albany, Buffalo, Johnstown, and New York City, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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