November 5, 2008

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
P.O. Box 1018
Somerville, NJ 08876-1018
Contact: Edward C. Miller, Jr.
Chief Marketing Officer
(908) 722-0700, X-4224
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Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Member To Speak
at Meritas Annual Meeting

Somerville, NJ (November 5, 2008) – Fernando M. Pinguelo, a member of the Somerville law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., will be speaking to the Meritas Entertainment Media & Sports (EMS) Law Section at the April 2009 Meritas Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Pinguelo will speak about strategies for marketing and business development and offer insight on trends in the entertainment, media, and sports industries. Pinguelo co-chairs the Entertainment Media & Sports Law Section for Meritas, along with Jonathan Blinderman of Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro.

Meritas is one of the world’s largest and most respected legal resources - an integrated, non-profit alliance of more than 170 independent commercial law firms located in over 60 countries. The global alliance consists of over 6,500 experienced lawyers from around the world who deliver localized legal service of the highest quality on a fully coordinated basis.

Pinguelo, Chair of the Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Entertainment Law Group, practices in the area of entertainment law, specializing in complex litigation and employment matters in federal and state courts. He also coordinates the firm’s Response to Electronic Discovery and Information Group, and works closely with clients to develop strategies to manage issues related to information technology and electronic discovery and information. Notably, he was involved in New Jersey’s first case addressing its new e-discovery rule amendments.

Pinguelo regularly publishes articles and lectures on a variety of topics including electronic discovery and information technology, entertainment law, employment, and contracts. He has appeared on television as a legal commentator on various high-profile trials, and has been quoted and cited in several newspapers and magazines about cases he has handled.

Pinguelo is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. Prior to joining Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, Pinguelo was a law clerk for the Honorable Edwin H. Stern, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Pinguelo earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1997, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston College in 1994. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.

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