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T H E P R I M E R U S P A R A D I G M
ruth e. martin, Esq., is General Counsel and Senior Vice President of
Primerus' Corporate Client Division. She works to connect Primerus
members with corporate clients around the world.
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Ruth E. Martin
Primerus greatly values its relationship
with the Association of Corporate Coun-
sel (ACC), the world's largest association
of in-house corporate counsel with over
29,000 members in 75 countries. The re-
lationship has blossomed over the years
due in large part to Primerus' continued
commitment to the organization and
financial support of its Annual Meeting,
the largest gathering of in-house counsel.
Primerus will be a sponsor, for the
fourth year in a row, of the 2012 ACC
Annual Meeting, to be held September
30 ­ October 3 in Orlando, Florida.
As part of the evening festivities at the
meeting, Primerus will host a cocktail
reception on Tuesday, October 2, from 7
to 8:30 p.m., at the Mikado Steak House
in the Orlando World Center Marriott.
Last year, three Primerus members
were chosen as panelists for continuing
legal education presentations at the ACC
Annual Meeting. Brian Davidoff of Dav-
idoff Gold LLP and Barry Kaltenbach of
Kubasiak, Fylstra, Thorpe & Rotunno,
P.C. participated in a presentation
titled "Doing Business with Financially
Troubled Companies." Brian Davidoff's
article on page 9 is based on this presen-
tation. In addition, Osayaba Giwa-Osagie
of Giwa-Osagie & Company participated
in a panel presentation titled "Doing
Business in West Africa."
At the 2012 ACC Annual Meet-
ing, Primerus member David Henry of
Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. has been
chosen to participate in a presentation
titled "Optimize Bond and Lien Pro-
cesses and Case Management to Boost
Company Revenue."
Primerus continues to show its sup-
port for the ACC by regularly contribut-
ing to the ACC Docket, the organization's
magazine that is published 10 times per
year and received by its entire member-
ship. In addition to providing financial
support in the form of regular advertis-
ing in the ACC Docket, Primerus and
its members have contributed articles
for the Docket and its European Brief-
ings
. An article co-authored by Primerus
members Osayaba Giwa-Osagie and
Nneka Ikwueze of Giwa-Osagie & Com-
pany titled "Overview of the Principles of
Law Regarding the Establishment and
Operation of a Business in Nigeria"
appeared in the June issue of the ACC
Docket
. (This article was adapted from
Giwa-Osagie's presentation at the 2011
ACC Annual Meeting.)
Due to the goodwill and trusted
relationships that have developed over
the years between Primerus and the
ACC, the Primerus brand has become
increasingly recognized by ACC mem-
bers as the world's finest boutique law
firms, committed to the things that are
most important to them: high quality
work product and legal representa-
tion, excellent "customer" service and
reasonable rates. As a member of the
ACC myself and Senior Vice President
of Primerus' Corporate Client Division,
I encourage anyone in need of a lawyer
who is committed to excellence and
reasonable legal fees to look to Prim-
erus. The perfect Primerus lawyer can
be found at www.primerus.com or by
contacting Primerus' Corporate Client
Division for assistance.
Primerus and the Association of
Corporate Counsel