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Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP Welcomes New Attorneys in New York and Chicago

October 17, 2008

(NEW YORK, October 17, 2008)— Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP is pleased to announce that Jeremy M. Weintraub has joined the firm in its New York office and Deborah H. Bornstein, Barbara Anderson Wald and Gayle A. Stein have joined the firm in its Chicago office.

Deborah H. Bornstein joins the Firm as Counsel in the Litigation Practice area. Ms. Bornstein concentrates her practice in complex business litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She has three decades of experience in contract and business tort litigation, antitrust, employment, energy and public utility, healthcare, ERISA, environmental and administrative agency litigation and counseling. She has represented clients in federal and state trial courts and on appeal, and in AAA and International Centre for Dispute Resolution arbitrations. She is a former President of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago and an adjunct professor of trial practice at Northwestern University Law School. Ms. Bornstein received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and her B.A. from Bennington College.

Barbara Anderson Wald joins the Firm as Counsel in the Litigation Practice area. A major focus of Ms. Wald's practice centers on Information Technology and Intellectual Property matters, including pre-litigation counseling and dispute resolution, as well as multi-million dollar patent infringement and other information technology litigation, based on computer software and hardware technology, cell phone technology, VOIP, and many other technology and sourcing matters and issues. Ms. Wald also has managed multi-million dollar complex commercial litigation, including breach of contract, securities law, consumer fraud, statutory, regulatory, and tort cases, including class actions, both at the lower level and through the state and federal appellate court levels. Ms. Wald received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was on the Law Review, her M.A. from Northwestern University, and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Rochester. Prior to joining Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, Ms. Wald was Technology Liaison for Litigation, VP, and Assistant General Counsel for JPMorgan Chase (formerly Bank One).

Jeremy M. Weintraub joins the Firm as Counsel in the Litigation Practice area. Mr. Weintraub has significant experience in commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has represented clients in state and federal courts in disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, the securities laws, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, professional malpractice, and insurance coverage. In alternative dispute resolution, his experience includes FINRA and AAA arbitrations. He is an adjunct professor of Legal Writing at New York Law School and also serves as a mediator for the Commercial Division of New York State Supreme Court and as an arbitrator for New York City Civil Court. Mr. Weintraub received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from Yale University.

Gayle A. Stein joins the Firm as an associate in the Employment Law Practice area. Ms. Stein concentrates her practice in employment, human resources and labor law. Her practice encompasses litigation, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings in the areas of employment discrimination, labor law, employment agreements/restrictive covenants and related tort litigation. She also has participated in training managers, supervisors and employees in ADA, FMLA, sexual harassment, union avoidance,workplace violence, and other labor and employment topics. Ms. Stein received her J.D. from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law and her B.A. from The George Washington University.