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CONTACT: Peter Bennett
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DATE: September 14, 2004

PORTLAND, MAINE ATTORNEY PETER BENNETT SPOKE AT THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S SECTION OFFICERS CONFERENCE HELD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- PETER BENNETT, a Portland, Maine attorney spoke at the American Bar Association’s Section Officers Conference held in Chicago, Illinois from September 9 to September 11, 2004. Bennett is the Secretary of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, one of the Association’s oldest and largest Sections having a membership of nearly 35,000. The Section Officers Conference is comprised of all officers of the various substantive law sections making up the American Bar Association, itself the largest volunteer organization in the world. Bennett addressed the group concerning the duties of a Secretary as well as the obligations of an officer to an organization.
Bennett is President of The Bennett Law Firm, a Portland, Maine firm which specializes in representing management throughout the Northeast on matters of labor and employment law. He has written and lectured extensively on employment law issues, and was the lead defense counsel in several ground breaking cases dealing with employee disability triggered misconduct. He is also a Vice President and Director of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms and Immediate Past President of the Boston University School of Law Alumni Association.