Benesch Recognized as North Coast 99 Winner for the Fifth Time

CLEVELAND, OHIO – August 2007– Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been named as one of 99 Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio for the fifth time. NorthCoast 99 is an annual recognition program that honors 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio. The program was developed and is presented by the Employers Resource Council (ERC) Northeast Ohio’s largest employers association. Since 1999, hundreds of organizations have been nominated and applied for the award, and the program has recognized nearly 300 organizations for their ability to maintain great workplaces that support the attraction, retention and motivation of Top Performers.

According to ERC, great workplaces excel in the attraction, retention, and motivation of Top Performers by maintaining a foundation of organizational policies and practices that are designed to support the fundamental needs of great talent. The NorthCoast 99 specifically examines policies and practices that address Seven Fundamental Workplace Characteristics: Flexibility, Opportunity, Recognition, Development, Security, Support and Talent Integrity.

In the last year, Benesch has grown both exponentially and geographically, with the addition of 21 new attorney hires and the opening of offices in Philadelphia, Shanghai and Wilmington. Benesch’s practice and industry groups include Business Reorganization, the China Group, Compensation & Benefits, Construction, Corporate & Securities, Estate Planning and Probate, Franchising, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Loan Transactions, Polymer Industry, Private Equity, Public Law, Real Estate & Environmental, Tax, Transportation & Logistics, and Trial. For more information, visit www.bfca.com.