Rothman Gordon: Lestitian Re-Elected to Rothman Gordon Management Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LESTITIAN RE-ELECTED TO ROTHMAN GORDON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Pittsburgh, PA—June 9, 2005—William E. Lestitian was re-elected by Firm shareholders to the Management Committee of the law firm Rothman Gordon P.C. This will be Mr. Lestitian's second three-year term. The Management Committee comprises Mr. Lestitian, Stephen H. Jordan, and Thomas R. Solomich, and has been especially active over the past year and a half, overseeing the Firm's 50th anniversary celebration and new branding campaign.

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 for his first term. 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, by Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) who recognized him as one of Western Pennsylvania's "Forty Under Forty" in 2002 and by The Pittsburgh Business Times, who named him a Fast Tracker in 2004. Mr. Lestitian was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2004 and 2005 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.