Seattle Law Firm Creates Full-Time Position No One Can Fill

Hagens Berman perpetrates to delivering 2,080 hours of military volunteer work annually. SEATTLE, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Seattle-based law house Hagens
Berman announced the creative activity of a new full-time position: Undertaking 2080. More than a job, the place reflects the firm's committedness to complete
2,080 hours of community service every year, which is like to the
number of hours 1 full-time employee redstem storksbill annually. Undertaking 2080 asks for each of Hagens Berman's six business offices and 83
attorneys and staff members to work together to attain the firm's end of
completing 2,080 hours of military volunteer work. With an expected high-level of
participation, the Hagens Berman squad believes the end is easily
achievable. "We have got incredibly passionate people at Hagens Berman, and all willing
employees are encouraged to put in causes that involvement them," said
managing spouse Steve Berman. "We are excited about giving back to the
communities we serve." As portion of the programme kick-off, all Hagens Berman business offices will join
forces on April 26, 2008 and take part in National Rebuilding Day, an
annual and countrywide event set on by Rebuilding Together. The organization
works with a web of 225 affiliates in a common missionary post to preserve
affordable lodging by rehabilitating places of low-income homeowners. Engagement in Rebuilding Together is a national programme with Hagens
Berman employees serving in Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles
and San Francisco. More information on Rebuilding Together is available at
. According to Berman, the inspiration for Undertaking 2080 come ups from a
desire by the firm's staff to do a quantifiable committedness to the
community and in a manner that is seeable to everyone in the firm. Berman is
planning a Web land site featuring a run of the hours employees have got given
back since the program's inception, highlighting recent parts and
testimonials from employees on assorted service projects. "Project 2080 is just the beginning for Hagens Berman in footing of
hourly committedness and as we acquire more than involved with the community, I expect
that each twelvemonth our engagement will go on to grow," said Berman. To larn more than about Hagens Berman and its community committednesses through
the country, visit . About Hagens Berman Hagens Berman, formerly Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, is based in
Seattle with business offices in Chicago, Cambridge, Los Angeles, Capital Of Arizona and San
Francisco. Since 1993, it have developed a nationally recognized pattern in
class-action and complex litigation. Among recent successes, HBSS has
negotiated a $300 million colony in the dram memory antitrust
litigation; a $340 million recovery on behalf of Enron employees; a $150
million colony involving complaints of illegally inflated complaints for the
drug Lupron, and served as co-counsel on the Visa/Mastercard litigation
which resulted in a $3 billion settlement, the biggest anti-trust
settlement to date. HBSS served as advocate in a $850 million Washington
Public Power Supply colony and represented American Capital and 12 other
states against the baccy industry that resulted in the biggest settlement
in history. For a complete listing of HBSS cases, visit
. CONTACTS: Steve Berman (206) 623-7292
Hagens Berman Mark Firmani (206) 443-9357
Firmani + Associates, Inc.