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2002 Archive

Highlights

January

FG&I Partner Mary Wiseman completed her tenure as a Dayton City Commissioner
FG&I associate Ron Raether was featured in a December 7, 2001, Dayton Business Journal
Charlie Faruki gave two CLE programs last month at the request of the Dayton Bar Association

February

The FG&I family is saddened to report the tragic death of Howard Vernon Gardner, III
The Dayton Business Journal's 2002 Book of Lists
Recently the firm succeeded in disposing of an employment law action filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
Mary Wiseman recently presented an overview of intellectual property issues
Although law firm billing rates in Dayton are rising, they are low and reasonable

March

Tom Kraemer and Ron Raether are teaching a new course offering at The University of Dayton School of Law -- Trademark Trial Practice
Ron Raether spoke as part of the educational series sponsored by i-Zone
The Gardner Scholarship Fund
This month Charlie Faruki presented a CLE talk for the Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association

April

Chief Judge Walter Rice of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled favorably in March on a motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss plaintiff's Complaint filed by Charlie Faruki, Jeff Cox and Melinda Burton
Charlie Faruki and Jeff Ireland will co-chair the Annual Antitrust Institute in Columbus
On March 14, 2002, the firm was proud to continue its tradition of being the lead sponsor for the YWCA of Dayton's Annual Circle of Influence Luncheon
Charlie Faruki is co-chairing a fundraiser for Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton
In an antitrust and Michigan franchise act suit defended successfully by Jeff Ireland, Mary Wiseman and Lisa Parilo, Watkins & Son Pet Supplies vs. The Iams Company
Mary Wiseman, Tom Kraemer and Dan Gentry gave presentations on March 19 to tenants and staff of The Entrepreneurs' Center
Mary Wiseman and Dan Gentry filed suit in March on behalf of our client The Reynolds and Reynolds Company seeking recovery for copyright infringement

May

Once again, Faruki Gilliam & Ireland P.L.L. is a proud co-sponsor of the Dayton Business Journal's "Dayton Inc." publication
FG&I is pleased to announce that Martin A. Foos will be returning to the firm in August, following a clerkship with United States Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
FG&I continues its support of i-Zone, www.i-zone.org, and recently sponsored the May 8, 2002 i-Zone meeting at Dayton's fabled Engineers Club
Charlie Faruki co-taught a day-long CLE seminar, on the subject of Insurance Coverage Law in Ohio

June

FG&I partner Mary Wiseman has been asked to serve on the Board of Trustees for The Entrepreneurs Center (TEC) in Dayton.
FG&I welcomed its 2002 summer associates to the firm in May.
FG&I recently upgraded its telephone system

July

In June Charlie Faruki participated in the New Lawyer Training CLE program
Jeff Cox has been chosen as President of the Parish/Pastoral Council to lead the Church of the Holy Angels in Dayton for 2002-2003.
In May 2002, Tom Kraemer traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of a Dayton Sister City delegation.
As reported in the June 2002 newsletter update, Mary Wiseman has been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees for The Entrepreneur's Center in Dayton
FG&I associate Caroline Gentry is commencing her second year as Chair of The Dayton Bar Association's Federal Practice Committee.

August

FG&I commences its fall recruiting season at the end of this month with trips planned to eleven law schools around the country
FG&I succeeded in obtaining reversal in the Second District Court of Appeals
Brad Anderson joins FG&I this month as an associate following his stint as a trial attorney in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps.
Returning to FG&I this month is Martin Foos
Within the last month the Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District (Montgomery County, Ohio), affirmed a trial court award of summary judgment to FG&I's client The Dayton Power and Light Company
The Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Dayton among the top mid-sized cities considered a destination for the "creative class."
FG&I 2002 summer associate Mark Mahoney, who will earn his law degree in 2003 from the University of Dayton School of Law has accepted the firm's offer to become an associate of the firm in August, 2003

September

Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. is pleased to introduce its new firm name, which debuted August 21, 2002.
Within the last month the Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District (Montgomery County, Ohio), affirmed a trial court award of summary judgment to FG&I's client The Dayton Power and Light Company
FI&C associate Ron Raether has been selected as a member of the Management Committee and as Chair of the Committee on Educational Programming for Dayton's technology business incubator, the "i-Zone."
FI&C has been representing DPL Inc. (the parent company of The Dayton Power and Light Company) and the other DPL defendants in two shareholder suits, containing class action and derivative claims, filed in Dayton and Cincinnati recently.

October

Jeff Cox gave an October 4 lunch presentation to the Corporate Counsel Committee of the Dayton Bar Association
Last month Charlie Faruki was again selected by other lawyers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America
Tom Kraemer is once again teaching as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton School of Law this fall.
Charlie Faruki spoke at the Dayton Bar Association's October 4 continuing legal education seminar focusing on the subject of professionalism
On Monday, September 30, FI&C Associate Andy Gottman successfully argued State v. Ruby, a criminal appeal before Ohio's Second District Court of Appeals that Andy accepted on a pro bono basis
Once again, FI&C is participating in the Dayton Bar Association-Thurgood Marshall Law Society Barbara Jordan Roundtable's Summer Minority Clerkship Program

November

On November 1 the CLE Institute of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Antitrust Section of the Ohio State Bar Association co-sponsored their 36th Annual Antitrust Institute.
FI&C is pleased to welcome Adam Sherman
Along with Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara Gorman, FI&C associates Lisa Parilo and John Fischer are working as volunteer advisors to the Mock Trial Team at Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton
Earlier this year, Tom Kraemer was a member of Dayton's Sister City delegation that traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

December

FI&C is completing a successful fall law school recruiting season
Charlie Faruki reprised this month two, updated CLE presentations he gave in 2001 for the Dayton Bar Association on intellectual property and internet issues.
On December 18, 2002 Mary Wiseman presented a CLE program covering the ins and outs of electronic discovery as part of the Dayton Bar Association's annual year-end "CLE Roundup"
FI&C attorneys were once again acknowledged this year for the contribution of their time and energies to the efforts of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project

2002 Archive	Highlights
January	FG&I Partner Mary Wiseman completed her tenure as a Dayton City Commissioner FG&I associate Ron Raether was featured in a December 7, 2001, Dayton Business Journal Charlie Faruki gave two CLE programs last month at the request of the Dayton Bar Association
February	The FG&I family is saddened to report the tragic death of Howard Vernon Gardner, III The Dayton Business Journal's 2002 Book of Lists Recently the firm succeeded in disposing of an employment law action filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Mary Wiseman recently presented an overview of intellectual property issues Although law firm billing rates in Dayton are rising, they are low and reasonable
March	Tom Kraemer and Ron Raether are teaching a new course offering at The University of Dayton School of Law -- Trademark Trial Practice Ron Raether spoke as part of the educational series sponsored by i-Zone The Gardner Scholarship Fund This month Charlie Faruki presented a CLE talk for the Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
April	Chief Judge Walter Rice of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled favorably in March on a motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss plaintiff's Complaint filed by Charlie Faruki, Jeff Cox and Melinda Burton Charlie Faruki and Jeff Ireland will co-chair the Annual Antitrust Institute in Columbus On March 14, 2002, the firm was proud to continue its tradition of being the lead sponsor for the YWCA of Dayton's Annual Circle of Influence Luncheon Charlie Faruki is co-chairing a fundraiser for Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton In an antitrust and Michigan franchise act suit defended successfully by Jeff Ireland, Mary Wiseman and Lisa Parilo, Watkins & Son Pet Supplies vs. The Iams Company Mary Wiseman, Tom Kraemer and Dan Gentry gave presentations on March 19 to tenants and staff of The Entrepreneurs' Center Mary Wiseman and Dan Gentry filed suit in March on behalf of our client The Reynolds and Reynolds Company seeking recovery for copyright infringement
May	Once again, Faruki Gilliam & Ireland P.L.L. is a proud co-sponsor of the Dayton Business Journal's "Dayton Inc." publication FG&I is pleased to announce that Martin A. Foos will be returning to the firm in August, following a clerkship with United States Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein FG&I continues its support of i-Zone, www.i-zone.org, and recently sponsored the May 8, 2002 i-Zone meeting at Dayton's fabled Engineers Club Charlie Faruki co-taught a day-long CLE seminar, on the subject of Insurance Coverage Law in Ohio
June	FG&I partner Mary Wiseman has been asked to serve on the Board of Trustees for The Entrepreneurs Center (TEC) in Dayton. FG&I welcomed its 2002 summer associates to the firm in May. FG&I recently upgraded its telephone system
July	In June Charlie Faruki participated in the New Lawyer Training CLE program Jeff Cox has been chosen as President of the Parish/Pastoral Council to lead the Church of the Holy Angels in Dayton for 2002-2003. In May 2002, Tom Kraemer traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of a Dayton Sister City delegation. As reported in the June 2002 newsletter update, Mary Wiseman has been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees for The Entrepreneur's Center in Dayton FG&I associate Caroline Gentry is commencing her second year as Chair of The Dayton Bar Association's Federal Practice Committee.
August	FG&I commences its fall recruiting season at the end of this month with trips planned to eleven law schools around the country FG&I succeeded in obtaining reversal in the Second District Court of Appeals Brad Anderson joins FG&I this month as an associate following his stint as a trial attorney in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. Returning to FG&I this month is Martin Foos Within the last month the Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District (Montgomery County, Ohio), affirmed a trial court award of summary judgment to FG&I's client The Dayton Power and Light Company The Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Dayton among the top mid-sized cities considered a destination for the "creative class." FG&I 2002 summer associate Mark Mahoney, who will earn his law degree in 2003 from the University of Dayton School of Law has accepted the firm's offer to become an associate of the firm in August, 2003
September	Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. is pleased to introduce its new firm name, which debuted August 21, 2002. Within the last month the Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District (Montgomery County, Ohio), affirmed a trial court award of summary judgment to FG&I's client The Dayton Power and Light Company FI&C associate Ron Raether has been selected as a member of the Management Committee and as Chair of the Committee on Educational Programming for Dayton's technology business incubator, the "i-Zone." FI&C has been representing DPL Inc. (the parent company of The Dayton Power and Light Company) and the other DPL defendants in two shareholder suits, containing class action and derivative claims, filed in Dayton and Cincinnati recently.
October	Jeff Cox gave an October 4 lunch presentation to the Corporate Counsel Committee of the Dayton Bar Association Last month Charlie Faruki was again selected by other lawyers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America Tom Kraemer is once again teaching as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton School of Law this fall. Charlie Faruki spoke at the Dayton Bar Association's October 4 continuing legal education seminar focusing on the subject of professionalism On Monday, September 30, FI&C Associate Andy Gottman successfully argued State v. Ruby, a criminal appeal before Ohio's Second District Court of Appeals that Andy accepted on a pro bono basis Once again, FI&C is participating in the Dayton Bar Association-Thurgood Marshall Law Society Barbara Jordan Roundtable's Summer Minority Clerkship Program
November	On November 1 the CLE Institute of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Antitrust Section of the Ohio State Bar Association co-sponsored their 36th Annual Antitrust Institute. FI&C is pleased to welcome Adam Sherman Along with Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara Gorman, FI&C associates Lisa Parilo and John Fischer are working as volunteer advisors to the Mock Trial Team at Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton Earlier this year, Tom Kraemer was a member of Dayton's Sister City delegation that traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
December	FI&C is completing a successful fall law school recruiting season Charlie Faruki reprised this month two, updated CLE presentations he gave in 2001 for the Dayton Bar Association on intellectual property and internet issues. On December 18, 2002 Mary Wiseman presented a CLE program covering the ins and outs of electronic discovery as part of the Dayton Bar Association's annual year-end "CLE Roundup" FI&C attorneys were once again acknowledged this year for the contribution of their time and energies to the efforts of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project