Vice President and Deputy General Counsel with Sears Holdings Corporation Joins NAMWOLF Advisory Council

25 October 2005

The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) is pleased to announce that Matt Myren, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Merchandising, Marketing and Intellectual Property at Sears Holdings Corporation has been appointed to the NAMWOLF Advisory Council.
“NAMWOLF is very pleased to welcome Matt Myren as a new member to our Advisory Council,” said Renuka Vishnubhakta, Associate Director of The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms. “As NAMWOLF grows, we are always looking for people who support our efforts to create greater opportunities for minority and women-owned law firms.”
The NAMWOLF Advisory Council has been established to serve as a consultative and advisory body to provide valuable input to the Board of Directors on matters related to the mission, objectives and goals of the association. In addition, the Advisory Council provides the means for discussing and evaluating NAMWOLF affairs and provides the opportunity for reporting on, exchanging ideas about, and evaluating the activities and programs.
“Many corporations committed to diversity focus their attention on the presence of minorities and women in majority law firms,” notes Mr. Myren. “NAMWOLF’s advocacy for law firms that not only employ women and minorities, but are owned and managed by them, adds an important and needed dimension to the discussion of diversity in the legal profession.”
Mr. Myren received his B.B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. also from the University of Iowa-College of Law.
Sears Holdings Corporation, the publicly traded (NASDAQ: SHLD) parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit www.searsholdings.com.
The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (www.namwolf.org) was founded in June 2001. It is a national trade association comprising a select group of minority and women-owned law firms who exhibit excellence in the legal profession. The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.

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