DAVIS & GILBERT ATTORNEYS RONALD R. URBACH AND HOWARD R. WEINGRAD TO SERVE ON FACULTY OF AMERICAN CONFERENCE INSTITUTE'S 15th NATIONAL ADVANCED CORPORATE COUNSEL FORUM ON ADVERTISING LAW

NEW YORK, March 21, 2005 — Davis & Gilbert announced today that partners Ronald R. Urbach and Howard Weingrad would be participating as faculty in a leading advertising law conference sponsored by American Conference Institute.

On June 6-7, 2005, in Chicago, IL, Ronald R. Urbach, a partner in and co-chair of Davis & Gilbert's Advertising, Marketing & Media Department, will discuss the reality of creating aggressive advertising in an era of high risk. Howard R. Weingrad, also a partner in Davis & Gilbert's Advertising, Marketing & Media Department, will discuss working with talent unions.

Ronald R. Urbach is considered one of the country's leading advertising, promotion and marketing lawyers. His clients include numerous multinational, national and regional advertising agencies, including those agencies that are viewed as being the top creative agencies in the world. Agency clients include the full range of below the line agencies from promotion, direct marketing, telemarketing, public relations, health care, interactive, event and other businesses. Some of the largest advertisers and marketers in many different product categories are his clients, including those in the automotive, telecommunications, wireless communication, video games, consumer electronics, publishing, membership services, cable television, entertainment, internet, alcoholic beverages, magazines and travel sectors.

Howard R. Weingrad counsels our advertising and media clients on legal aspects of copyright, unfair competition, rights of privacy and publicity, and music, and in connection with the use of performing talent in broadcast advertising including relations with the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and other advertising and entertainment industry guilds. He also litigates intellectual property disputes and performers' guild agreements.

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