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Robert N. Gottfried speaks at U.N. pre-retirement conference

February 21, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
212.661.3535
lkane@hodgsonruss.com

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Robert N. Gottfried, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Immigration Practice Group, was a featured speaker recently at a pre-retirement conference at the United Nations.

Mr. Gottfried spoke to a group of approximately 300 U.N. employees on procedures for U.N. retirees to obtain permanent U.S. residence and ancillary U.S. immigration benefits. It marked the seventh consecutive year he was invited to make this address.

Mr. Gottfried has 28 years of immigration law experience in the New York City area. His clients are individuals and corporations, including an international airline and hospitals. Mr. Gottfried also represents U.N. employees and the diplomatic community in U.S. immigration cases. He obtains work visas, permanent resident status, and U.S. citizenship for his clients. Mr. Gottfried has obtained permanent residence for world-famous artists, photographers, athletes, scientists, and authors based on their extraordinary ability in their chosen professions. 

With more than 225 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 offices in Albany, Buffalo, Johnstown, and New York, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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