CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP WELCOMES 2004 SUMMER ASSOCIATES

NEW YORK, May 24, 2004 -- Today, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP welcomed summer associates: Alain A. Dermarkar, Lindsay Frye, Benjamin Hackett, Catherine M. Janasie, Laura Anne Reeds, Pamela Stacey Shelinsky, Leonardo Trivigno, and Judith Wallace.

Alain A. Dermarkar

Alain A. Dermarkar is a member of the joint JD/MBA program at Georgetown University. He has completed one year at Georgetown University Law Center and one year at Georgetown University Business School. He received his B.S.B.A. magna cum laude from Boston University in 2000.

Lindsay Frye

Lindsay Frye has completed her second year at Brooklyn Law School. She received her B.A. from Haverford College in 2000.

Benjamin Hackett

Benjamin Hackett has completed his second year at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. He received his B.B.A. first overall from York University, Schulich School of Business in 2002.

Catherine M. Janasie

Catherine M. Janasie has completed her second year at Rutgers University School of Law - Newark. She received her B.A. with high honors from Rutgers University - Rutgers College in 2002.

Laura Anne Reeds

Laura Anne Reeds has completed her second year at New York University School of Law. She received her B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan in 2002.

Pamela Stacey Shelinsky

Pamela Stacey Shelinsky has completed her second year at Cornell Law School. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Northwestern University in 2002.

Leonardo Trivigno

Leonardo Trivigno has completed his second year at Brooklyn Law School. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2002.

Judith Wallace

Judith Wallace has completed her second year at Georgetown University Law Center. She received her B.A. from New York University in 1987.

Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP (www.clm.com), established in 1854, has approximately 104 attorneys and has been headquartered on Wall Street since its founding and has additional offices in midtown Manhattan and Washington, DC. Carter Ledyard's general practice includes corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, litigation, intellectual property, environmental, employment, media and technology, immigration, investment regulation, antitrust, trusts and estates, maritime, ERISA, exempt organizations, real estate, tax and bankruptcy. A significant part of the firm's practice involves representing overseas-based clients and their U.S. affiliates, financial institutions and other financial services providers, governmental entities and media and technology clients.