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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sara Musfeldt
Marketing
Communications Manager
Tundra
Headquarters
Phone:
877.648.2632;
E-mail:
smusfeldt@nita.org
Robin G. Weaver
Elected to Board of National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Louisville,
Colo., May 21, 2008—The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) elected
Robin G. Weaver, partner at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey LLP, to its board of
trustees, effective May 1. Weaver will serve on the board until the end of
2010.
NITA is the
nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. A 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization based in Louisville,
Colorado, NITA promotes justice
through effective and ethical advocacy; trains and mentors lawyers to be
competent and ethical advocates in pursuit of justice; and develops and teaches
trial advocacy skills to support and promote the effective and fair
administration of justice.
Weaver is a
partner in the Cleveland office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. A
fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International
Society of Barristers, he has represented the likes of Merck, Pfizer, Eli Lilly
and Company, Bridgestone–Firestone, and DuPont.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University in 1970
and his juris doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1973. He focuses his practice exclusively on
general civil litigation including complex commercial litigation, complex
environmental and complex product liability.
About Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
L.L.P.
Founded in
1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has lawyers in 32 offices and 15
countries around the world. With one of the strongest integrated global
platforms and our longstanding one-firm philosophy, Squire Sanders provides
sophisticated seamless legal counsel worldwide. Offices in the Americas are
located in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New
York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons Corner,
Washington DC, West Palm Beach, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo and São
Paulo. In Europe, offices are in Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt,
Kyiv, London, Moscow, Prague and Warsaw. In Asia, offices are in Beijing, Hong
Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Associated firms include Bucharest, Buenos Aires,
Dublin and Santiago.
About NITA
The
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s leading provider
of legal advocacy skills training. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
based in Louisville, Colorado, NITA pioneered the legal skills
learning-by-doing methodology over thirty-five years ago and has since remained
the ultimate standard in continuing legal education. With an average
student/faculty ratio of 4:1 and an all-volunteer faculty drawn from a cadre of
judges, law professors, and practicing attorneys, NITA’s multi-day “boot camps”
deliver unparalleled professional development for nearly 6,000 attorneys each
year. As a public service organization, NITA provides, at little or no cost,
the same high-caliber training we provide to the nation’s largest firms to
legal service attorneys, public defenders, and attorneys who have chosen to
work in child advocacy, tribal law, death penalty defense, immigration,
domestic violence, and other vital areas of public interest. NITA is also the
nation’s third largest publisher of legal publications. NITA’s references,
texts, case files, and audio-visual materials are used by thousands of
attorneys and are incorporated into the curriculum at over 85 percent of the
nation’s law schools. For more information, visit www.nita.org.
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