National Litigation Firm Foley & Mansfield
Hires Attorney Howard Wallach for Detroit Office

DETROIT (June 5, 2006)—The national litigation firm of Foley & Mansfield has hired Howard Wallach as a new attorney for the firm’s Detroit office.

Wallach brings extensive litigation experience in the areas of commercial and real estate disputes to the firm’s Commercial Practice and Litigation group. Wallach has successfully handled numerous litigation matters for commercial clients involving partnership breakups, business and employment disputes, professional liability, and other general civil litigation. He also has extensive experience in family law, especially in the area of highly-sensitive child custody situations.

Wallach graduated with honors from Michigan State in 1975 with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1978.

He is active in the Detroit Jewish community having served as a Board member of numerous local Jewish organizations. Wallach was elected as one of the youngest presidents in history of the Jewish Community Council in 1997. He also received the Jewish Welfare Federation’s Agency Leadership Award in 1988. He currently serves as the secretary of the Farmington, Michigan Board of Education.

Wallach is a member of the Michigan Bar Association, Michigan Attorney Discipline Board and the Michigan Trial Lawyer’s Association.

Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, construction law, employment litigation, environmental and pollution claims, insurance coverage matters, intellectual property, probate and trust, and product liability litigation, as well as commercial transactions and bankruptcy. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco.