Senior New York Attorney Joins Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP

25 October 2006

Announcement was made today by the Management Committee of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP that Matthew Gluck, a long-time partner at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP and a prominent litigator, was joining the firm as a senior partner.

Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP is a leader in many of the most important class and complex cases currently being litigated in such practice areas as securities law, shareholder corporate governance and antitrust litigation, mass tort, labor, employment and false claims act litigation, healthcare and insurance litigation and human rights litigation.

"We are delighted that Matthew Gluck has chosen to join us at Milberg Weiss," stated Sanford Dumain, a Milberg Weiss Managing Partner. "His distinguished career as a litigation partner with special expertise representing U.S. and foreign businesses in diversified complex matters as well as his superb credentials in the area of bankruptcy law will greatly enhance our practice," Mr. Dumain added.

"As I near the end of a long and rewarding career at one great law firm I have the rare privilege of joining another," stated Mr. Gluck. "I have known Milberg Weiss for decades, usually as an adversary, and have the highest respect for their diligent and expert representation of their clients. They have conducted themselves in the most professional manner and I look forward to working with them as my partners in the future and hope I can contribute to the continuation of their outstanding performance," Mr. Gluck added.

Mr. Gluck served as a litigation partner in Fried Frank's New York office since 1973. During his tenure at the firm, Mr. Gluck represented Fortune 500 companies as well as international businesses in major litigation cases. He is recognized nationally for assisting clients in both formal bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings of financially troubled companies. Mr. Gluck served as an adviser to the court in the restructuring of the Manville Trust and as the legal representative for future claimants in Keene Corporation's Chapter 11 filing.

Mr. Gluck received his LLB in 1966 from Harvard Law School and his BA in 1963 from Cornell University.

Source: prnewswire

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