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Hodgson Russ partner Garry M. Graber a panelist at WNY Bankruptcy Conference

May 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Garry M. Graber, Esq., a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP and chair of its Bankruptcy & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, was a panelist at the second annual Western New York Bankruptcy Conference, held recently in Batavia, New York. The conference was sponsored by the Erie Institute of Law and the Monroe County Bar Association.

Mr. Graber was a member of a panel entitled "Corporate Governance and Ethics," which addressed topics including the status of directors and officers insurance in bankruptcy, duties of directors of troubled companies and insolvent companies, planning for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and corporate governance in Chapter 11, and liability of lenders and other third parties.

Mr. Graber has over 25 years of experience practicing bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, creditors rights, financial services, and commercial and corporate litigation and general business law. He represents troubled business entities, their secured and unsecured creditors, and their shareholders and principals inside and outside of bankruptcy, as well as creditor's committees, equity committees, trustees, examiners, and purchasers in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings across the United States and in cross-border matters, primarily with Canada.

With more than 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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