COHEN AND WOLF ADDS TWO NEW ASSOCIATES

Bridgeport, December 11, 2007 - Cohen and Wolf, P.C., has announced that Austin D. Kim and Joseph B. Schwartz have joined the law firm as associates. The lawyers are based in the firm's Bridgeport office.

"Our single greatest resource is legal talent," said Irving Kern, the firm's managing partner. "We are excited to be adding three talented attorneys who will help our clients to find legal solutions to their challenges."

Austin Kim, a resident of Stamford, will focus his practice on commercial litigation. He gained litigation experience during law school as a law clerk at Hatch and Parent in Santa Barbara, California and at Kenney and Sams, P.C. in Massachusetts. He also worked at the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, which links law students with individuals and organizations in need of legal help who cannot afford private attorneys.

He earned his J.D. in 2007 from the Boston University School of Law. While in law school, he served as Articles Editor for the Annual Review of Banking and Financial Law. Mr. Kim received his B.A. in 2003 from the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Kim is from Cerritos, California.

Joseph Schwartz, who lives in New Haven, practices business and real estate related litigation, as well as telecommunications and municipal law. He previously was a law clerk at two Hartford-based firms: O'Connell, Flaherty & Attmore and Cranmore, Fitzgerald and Meaney. While in college, Mr. Schwartz interned for two summers at The Blackstone Group, where he contributed to a variety of accounting and forecasting projects.

Mr. Schwartz received his J.D., in 2007, from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was a Pudlin Scholar. While at law school, Mr. Schwartz was awarded the CALI excellence Award for Class Performance in Moot Court and served as the Administrative Editor of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal. He graduated magna cum laude, in 2004, from the George Washington University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Mr. Schwartz is from East Brunswick, N.J.

Cohen and Wolf, P.C. provides a wide range of sophisticated legal services to leading businesses, organizations and individuals, both regionally and nationally. For more than half a century, Cohen and Wolf has successfully represented business and individual clients in matters involving litigation, corporate and securities law, real estate, land use, tax, employment and labor, municipal law, personal injury, family law, estate planning, elder law and asset protection planning. The firm's team of 50 experienced lawyers is based in its three Connecticut offices in Bridgeport, Danbury and Westport. For more information please visit http://www.cohenandwolf.com/.

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