FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Balestriere Lanza PLLC Welcomes Benjamin Mintz as Consultant

NEW YORK, August 17, 2006

This week attorney Benjamin W. Mintz joins Balestriere Lanza PLLC (www.balestriere.net) as Consultant and will serve clients with regulatory and compliance concerns. Professor Mintz, a graduate of the Columbia Law School, served as a U.S. government attorney for more than 20 years, completing his government service as chief attorney of the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the U.S. Department of Labor during the first decade of the OSHA program's existence. He has written extensively on OSHA, including one textbook, OSHA: History, Law and Policy, chapter contributions to several other books, and articles.

John Balestriere, a senior trial counsel at Balestriere Lanza PLLC, is excited about the unique experience and perspective that Professor Mintz will bring to the firm. "Professor Mintz is an intellectual who can ground his analysis in years of experience. He understands how government works. In a world where compliance and addressing government regulation are important concerns, Professor Mintz gives us the ability to serve clients in these two crucial areas as the firm expands."

Professor Mintz received his rabbinical ordination for Yeshiva University. He has lectured and taught on Jewish scholarly subjects, mostly related to the Hebrew Bible, before various community groups in the Washington, D.C. area, and in 1997 he received the Master Teacher Award from the Foundation for Jewish Studies of Washington, D.C. Professor Mintz teaches employment law, administrative law, legislation, law and public policy, professional responsibility, torts and Jewish law.

Balestriere Lanza PLLC is a trials and investigations law firm. We represent individuals, companies, and institutions in criminal and civil matters in trial and appellate courts, in intense negotiations, during arbitrations, and before grand juries, securities regulators, and government agencies. The firm also conducts internal investigations of alleged misconduct at companies and organizations, and provides monitoring services to companies in different industries. Our firm is unique: unlike most firms, we combine a complex and sophisticated litigation background and hard nosed negotiation experience with the willingness and ability to push cases to trial and win at trial. Our offices are located at 225 Broadway, Suite 2900 New York, NY 10007.

Contact:
Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Director of Communications
es@balestriere.net