Released on = March 7, 2007, 7:36 am

Press Release Author = Bruce Vincent

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = (AUSTIN, Texas) - McKool Smith, P.C., one of the nation's
largest trial firms, is announcing the addition of John M. Shumaker as an associate
in the firm's Austin office.

Press Release Body = For Immediate Release March 6, 2007

McKool Smith Adds New Associate in Austin
Shumaker boosts intellectual property practice in Texas capitol office

(AUSTIN, Texas) - McKool Smith, P.C., one of the nation's largest trial firms, is
announcing the addition of John M. Shumaker as an associate in the firm's Austin
office.

Mr. Shumaker joins McKool Smith as an associate after previously holding the same
position at the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He concentrates his
practice on intellectual property litigation.

"John is an accomplished attorney with an exceptional educational background and
plenty of real-world legal experience," says Mike McKool Jr., co-founder of McKool
Smith. "We are very glad he has joined our firm, and everyone here is looking
forward to working with him."

Mr. Shumaker handles every aspect of patent litigation, including matters related to
integrated circuit design, computer memory, flash memory, hardware, software and
computer operating systems. He also assists clients with infringement and
inequitable conduct analyses for a wide variety of patents, as well as providing
intellectual property due diligence analysis for companies involved in mergers and
acquisitions.

Like many of the lawyers at McKool Smith, Mr. Shumaker is both an attorney and
engineer. After securing his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University, he
earned masters and doctorate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from
Rice University. He went on to earn his legal degree at the University of Houston
Law Center.

Mr. Shumaker is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the
Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. In addition to co-authoring seven peer-reviewed articles, Mr.
Shumaker also is a co-inventor of five registered patents.

McKool Smith has more than 85 attorneys in Dallas, Austin and Marshall, Texas,
handling commercial and intellectual property litigation for national and
international clients. The firm is recognized as one of the premier litigation law
firms in the United States, having earned significant courtroom victories for
clients such as Electronic Data Systems, BearingPoint, Ericsson, Cisco Systems,
Medtronic Inc. and National Instruments.

For more information, please contact Bruce Vincent at 214.559.4630 or
bruce@legalpr.com.


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