Ulmer & Berne LLP Adds Three New Associates
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[##_1L|1029167249.jpg|width="120" height="36" alt=""|_##]Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today the addition of three new associates to the Firm. LaDavia Hatcher and Reem Shalodi joined the Firm’s Cleveland office while Dacia Crum joined the Firm’s Cincinnati office.
“We are pleased to be adding these very talented individuals to Ulmer & Berne,” stated Larry Pollack, the Firm’s recruiting partner. “They all previously were summer associates for the Firm, and we know they are hardworking, bright individuals.”
Dacia Crum earned her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati (2007) while being heavily involved in the Black Law Students Association. She earned her B.A., with honors, from the University of Michigan (2004).
LaDavia S. Hatcher earned her J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (2007) while being heavily involved with the Midwest Region Executive Board of the Black Law Student Association. She earned her B.S. from Miami University (2004).
Reem Shalodi earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (2007). She was the senior editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. Ms. Shalodi received her B.A. from Ohio University (2002).
Ulmer & Berne LLP, established in 1908, is one of Ohio’s largest law firms. The Firm was recently recognized in The BTI Consulting Group’s most recent survey of corporate counsel as one of only 85 firms nationally that “delivers the best value for the dollar.” Also, in a survey of Fortune 500 companies by Corporate Counsel magazine, Ulmer & Berne has been chosen as a Go-To Law Firm® for both 2007 and 2008. Less than one-half of one percent of all the law firms in the US and abroad received this distinction.
A full-service Firm with 180 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.
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