Ari J. Hoffman Elevated to Shareholder

Bridgeport, January 4, 2008 - Cohen and Wolf, P.C. has elected Ari J. Hoffman to the position of shareholder in the firm. He resides in Trumbull, Connecticut.

Mr. Hoffman is a principal in the law firm's Litigation and Securities groups, based in Cohen and Wolf's Bridgeport office. He joined Cohen and Wolf as an associate in 2000 after graduating from Boston College Law School.

Mr. Hoffman's practice focuses on commercial and criminal litigation, securities law, and condominium law. He practices in both state and federal courts handling complex commercial litigation cases; business tort claims; securities fraud actions; various criminal matters; and condominium litigation.

Mr. Hoffman regularly represents broker-dealers, investment advisors, broker-dealer agents, and their clients and customers before securities regulatory and self-regulatory agencies and in litigation and arbitration. He also has significant experience in the law of common interest communities, including reviewing and amending common interest community documents, and frequently provides governance advice to common interest community boards of directors.

In 2003, Mr. Hoffman received a prestigious New Leaders of the Law Award. Sponsored by the Connecticut Law Tribune, the awards program honors Connecticut lawyers who demonstrate leadership, innovation, and dedication within their profession and communities.

Mr. Hoffman is admitted to practice in Connecticut and the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. He is a member of the American, Connecticut and Greater Bridgeport Bar Associations. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Center for Community Services, Inc. where he previously chaired that organization's Allocations Committee.

Mr. Hoffman received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1996, from Brandeis University and his J.D., in 2000, from Boston College Law School.

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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