Rothman Gordon: Rothman Gordon Attorney Named a Fast Tracker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROTHMAN GORDON ATTORNEY NAMED A FAST TRACKER

Pittsburgh, PA — May 28, 2004 — William E. Lestitian, a co-managing shareholder of law firm Rothman Gordon P.C., has been chosen as a 2004 Fast Tracker by the editors of the Pittsburgh Business Times. Fast Trackers are those business professionals under the age of 45 who are making a difference in their business life and their community. Fifty are chosen each year.

Mr. Lestitian is the head of the Business and Corporate Department of Rothman Gordon. At 38, he became the youngest shareholder in the Firm and a year later was elected to the Management Committee. Mr. Lestitian is also a Certified Public Accountant. His commitment to his profession and the community have been recognized in the past by the Allegheny County Bar Association, who named him Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in 1997, by the International Association of Lions Clubs, who gave him the Presidential Excellence Award in 1999 and by Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) who recognized him as one of Western Pennsylvania's "Forty Under Forty" in 2002. Mr. Lestitian was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and was nominated as a Fellow to the Allegheny County Bar Foundation in 2004.

Mr. Lestitian earned his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D, cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He resides in Brookline with his wife, Debbie. They have two children: Chloe and William Ryan.

About Rothman Gordon
Rothman Gordon is a Pittsburgh-based law firm that has been advocating its clients' interests since 1954. Over the past 50 years, Rothman Gordon has created a suite of services for closely-held businesses and individuals. Our areas of practice include business and corporate law; commercial real estate; commercial litigation; estate planning and administration; taxation; banking and finance law; telecommunications; employment and labor law; and workers' compensation and social security disability.