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Hodgson Russ partner Pamela D. Heilman honored at Girl Scouts Women of Distinction dinner

September 14, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
716.848.1335
lkane@hodgsonruss.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Pamela Davis Heilman, Esq., a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Corporate & Securities and International/Cross-Border Practice Groups, was honored by the Girl Scout Council of Buffalo and Erie County at the organization's annual Women of Distinction awards dinner, September 8, Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Ms. Heilman has devoted substantial time to promoting women in international business and advancing the status of women in Western New York, and she has been recognized for her longtime contributions. In May she was inducted into the Western New York Women's Hall of Fame and in 2004 she received the Athena Award from the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Ms. Heilman is one of the lead lawyers in Hodgson Russ's cross-border Canada/U.S. practice and regularly counsels Canadian organizations and businesses considering expansion into the United States. She also has extensive experience counseling nonprofit organizations and closely held businesses.

Women of Distinction is a national Girl Scouts of the USA program that recognizes the achievements of women, provides mentoring opportunities for older Girl Scouts, and funds local Girl Scout educational opportunities and programs for girls five to 17 years of age.

With more than 220 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In June 2005, Hodgson Russ received the Carol S. Knox Family-Friendly Employer Award from the Capital District Women's Bar Association. The Firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the United States, is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. Hodgson Russ has seven offices: Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, and two in New York, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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