Mark Bradshaw Named Partner at Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian.

Business Editors/Legal Writers

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004

The law firm of Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP (MSHB) today announced that Mark Bradshaw has been named partner at the firm, and will continue to focus on complex bankruptcy matters

"We are proud to have Mark continue his excellent work and client service in his new role as Partner," said Leonard M. Shulman, managing partner at MSHB. "Mark's advancement strengthens our bankruptcy practice, enabling us to serve clients better while contributing greatly to our presence and growth in Southern California."

A California native, Mr. Bradshaw is a 1991 graduate of the University of California Irvine and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1997 from Whittier Law School where he graduated summa cum laude. He joined the firm in 1998 after working for four of the bankruptcy judges in the Central District of California. Mr. Bradshaw is a member of the American Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association and the bankruptcy-based Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. Additionally, he has written on numerous topics related to bankruptcy.

About Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP

The firm was founded in the early 1990s by Richard Marshack, now of counsel to the organization. By the mid to late 1990s, the firm had evolved into a full-service bankruptcy law firm whose growth rate outpaced that of the local economy. Leonard M. Shulman joined the firm in the mid '90s to expand the firm's bankruptcy trustee and litigation practice. Ronald S. Hodges joined the firm in 1995 and immediately contributed a depth and breadth to the firm's emerging bankruptcy litigation department, which continues to expand today.

As the firm matured through the 1990s, new clients and partners were added, including James C. Bastian, who was named partner in 1999. Mr. Bastian specializes in a variety of insolvency and bankruptcy related matters, and successfully led trade vendors through the unprecedented County of Orange bankruptcy proceedings, in fact, recovering 100 cents on the dollar for this constituency.

Throughout the firm's expansion, Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian has earned its reputation as one of the finest law firms of its kind, not only in Southern California, but throughout the region. The business community has recognized that the firm's team is bright, vibrant, quick-thinking and able to devise solutions to severe and complex problems. Practice areas currently handled by the firm include: committee representations, trustee representation, bankruptcy litigation, including prosecution of D&O claims, business reorganizations, employment and labor law, complex personal injury, bad faith (representing the plaintiff), all in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding.

For more information regarding Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP, please call 949-340-3400 or visit www.mshblaw.com.