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Center for Conflict Resolution Elects
Edward D. Shapiro to Leadership Position

CHICAGO – July 11, 2007 – Edward D. Shapiro, a Principal in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group, was recently elected Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) Board of Directors. Involved with CCR for approximately seven years, Ed joined the Board in 2006. He also serves as a volunteer mediator and trainer, and is currently a member of the Peer Review Committee. The 24-member Board of Directors consists of lawyers, non-lawyers, judges, and former presidents of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and the CBA's Young Lawyers Section.

About CCR

Based in Chicago, CCR is one of the nation's premier not-for-profit providers of mediation services and conflict management training. Every year, the organization provides free mediation services in more than 2,000 cases, trains hundreds of new mediators, facilitates meetings, and works with dozens of businesses, government agencies and organizations to create custom-designed dispute resolution systems and training programs. For more information, visit http://www.ccrchicago.org/.