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Hodgson Russ attorney Jack Trachtenberg elected to Community Music School board of trustees

October 26, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
716.848.1335
lkane@hodgsonruss.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jack Trachtenberg, an attorney in Hodgson Russ LLP's State & Local Tax Practice Group, was recently elected to the Community Music School of Buffalo board of trustees.

"The Community Music School provides an important service to many members of our community," said Mr. Trachtenberg, "and I'm proud to play a part in helping Hodgson Russ continue to support this and other local cultural organizations."

Mr. Trachtenberg concentrates his practice in state and local tax law, with a focus on New York State and City taxes. He counsels clients on individual, business, corporate, and trust taxation issues, and represents taxpayers in contested state and local tax matters of all types. Mr. Trachtenberg is a member of the Tax Sections of the New York State and American Bar Associations.

Founded in 1924, Community Music School of Buffalo is committed to providing musical public service programs to Western New York and quality music instruction for individuals of all ages and levels of ability regardless of aspirations or financial resources. 

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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