FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Russell B. Cate Joins Stuart & Branigin LLP

Lafayette, Indiana – October 19, 2007 – Russell B. Cate, has joined the Lafayette office of Stuart & Branigin LLP and is to be admitted to the Indiana State Bar on Oct. 19.

An associate practicing in the area of litigation, Cate received his J.D. degree from the Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis in 2007 after earning a B.A. from Purdue University in 2004. As a law student, Cate served as executive production editor for the Indiana Health Law Review. He also completed clerkships with Rolls-Royce North America and with the Honorable Daniel J. Pfleging of Hamilton County Superior Court 2.

Stuart & Branigin LLP, a full-service firm with offices in Lafayette and Indianapolis, has been providing legal services in Indiana since 1878. Today, the law firm has more than 30 experienced lawyers providing legal representation in such diverse areas as civil litigation and appellate matters; banking and creditors’ rights; business counseling; business transactions; buying and selling businesses; design and construction; education; employment; environmental; estates and trusts; health care; insurance; intellectual property; international; real estate, development, and zoning; and taxation.

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