Charlie Faruki and Jeff Sharkey won another case before the Ohio Supreme Court.
FI&C's record before that Court is 5-0. The Court affirmed an order by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that set The Dayton Power and Light Company's rates through 2010. The victory was FI&C's fifth win (against no losses) before the Ohio Supreme Court, all within the last three years.

Charlie Faruki was a participant in a mock trial program in Columbus sponsored by the American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only organization of lawyers with substantial jury trial experience, which Charlie is a member, which sponsored the continuing legal education program.
Many law firms send their associates to the program for training. The program, the Masters In Trial Program, takes the students through the trial of a case, from jury selection to verdict. Charlie handled the voir dire (jury selection) for the defendant. All of the faculty of program were members of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and some, like Charlie, are also Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Charlie Faruki has been selected for inclusion in the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in the categories of Bet-The-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, and White-Collar Criminal Defense.
Charlie is one of a group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers for over 20 years. Selection to the Best Lawyer's list is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than two million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.

Ron Raether published an article titled "Preparing for the Rule 26(f) Scheduling Conference and Other Practical Advice in the Wake of the Recent Amendments to the Rules Governing E-Discovery," in The Federal Lawyer, August 2007.
Ron's article provides practical advice based on his vast experience in dealing with electronic discovery issues. The recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require parties to directly address questions relating to the preservation, discoverability, and admissibility of electronic information. Ron has been navigating these issues for years, entering preservation agreements, designing discovery and data management protocols and otherwise addressing issues raised by (e-discovery even before the recent amendments. Ron's article can be found at here.

Andy Reitz, Katie Wahl, and Brian Wright were presenters at a one-day seminar in Columbus, Ohio, on August 2, 2007, that was sponsored by the National Business Institute.
The seminar, titled "Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web," focused on teaching both in-house and outside counsel methods for using the internet for efficient and cost-effective legal research. The written materials for the August presentation can be found at here.