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Zuber & Taillieu LLP Attorneys Chosen to Lead Multiple ABA Committees

July 27, 2009

Zuber & Taillieu LLP is proud to announce the appointment of four of its partners to leadership positions at the American Bar Association. These new appointments will reinforce the firm’s thought-leader status with respect to litigation-related issues most important to in house counsel, and increase its exposure and influence abroad.

Patrick Del Duca, a Partner in the Corporate / Finance Department of Zuber & Taillieu LLP, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Mexico Committee of the ABA Section of International Law. His term will run from August 04, 2009, to August 5, 2010. Patrick currently occupies the Vice Chair position of the Committee. While Mr. Del Duca’s appointment reflects his extensive experience and expertise in matters of law pertaining to Latin America and Latin American companies, his thought leadership in the international legal community extends far beyond the borders of Latin America. Mr. Del Duca is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and an adjunct professor at UCLA School of Law, Loyola Law School, and U.C. Davis School of Law, where he teaches International Finance, European Union Law, Latin American Infrastructure Development and International Arbitration.

Gerold “Jerry” Libby, a Partner in the Corporate / Finance Department of Zuber & Taillieu LLP, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions, has been named to the American Bar Association’s Asia Law Initiative Council, which oversees and coordinates all ABA activity relating to Asia. With several years of experience practicing at one of the largest firms in each of Japan and South Korea, and as the most recent past President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Mr. Libby is recognized as a thought leader on Asian law, and a leader of the international legal community. Mr. Libby’s new leadership position re-affirms Zuber & Taillieu LLP’s commitment to practicing and influencing the practice of law in Asia, and to stimulating the exchange of legal information and ideas on a global scale.

Olivier Taillieu, a Partner in the Litigation Department of Zuber & Taillieu LLP, and a co-founder of the firm, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Billing and Budgeting Sub-Committee for the ABA Litigation Section, Committee on Corporate Counsel. His year-long term will begin his term on September 1, 2009. Mr. Taillieu’s goals as Co-Chair include focusing the Subcommittee’s informational material on effective corporate litigation cost management practices and innovative legal budgeting techniques. Mr. Taillieu welcomes this opportunity to lend his expertise and experience to the Subcommittee.

Jeffrey Zuber, a Partner in the Litigation Department of Zuber & Taillieu LLP, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Diversity Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section Trial Practice Committee. His term will begin his term on September 1, 2009. A co-founder of Zuber & Taillieu LLP, Mr. Zuber’s commitment to diversity is made further evident by Zuber & Taillieu LLP’s status as a minority-owned law firm. Intent on confronting many of the work/life balance issues diverse litigators face, Jeffrey Zuber has embraced his appointment with enthusiasm.

In addition to the foregoing appointments, Zuber & Taillieu LLP is proud to recognize Yuri Mikulka, the Chair of Zuber & Taillieu LLP’s Litigation Department, for her ongoing role as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation Committee on Corporate Counsel. For the past three years, Ms. Mikulka has regularly moderated or planned general counsel forums and corporate counsel roundtable programs. Her advocacy of such ABA programs has helped to establish her as an important leader on topics of law most relevant to corporate counsel and her colleagues in the legal community to work with them.

 
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