FOUNDING ATTORNEYS AT LAW FIRM OF LAVALLO & FRANK TO UNIFY WITH KAHN, DEES, DONOVAN, & KAHN, LLP

EVANSVILLE, IN. – The law firms Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP (“KDDK”) and Lavallo & Frank (“L&F”) today announced the unification of all their attorneys under the name of Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP, effective January 1, 2012.

L&F’s founding attorneys, Steve Lavallo and Shannon Frank, will be partners in the unified firm which will have 30 lawyers. Lavallo and Frank have 50-plus years of combined experience in business, workmen’s compensation, real estate, construction, and estate planning law. L&F’s clients include a number of the region’s established businesses and new ventures.

“We realized that our strengths were complementary and that our ability to work cooperatively with each other had contributed to the success of clients we had in common,” said Mike Schopmeyer, one of KDDK’s co-managing partners. “The unification is an opportunity for more clients and businesses to benefit similarly.”

KDDK’s attorneys bring to L&F’s clients a depth of experienced litigation, employment, tax and environmental law expertise while L&F’s attorneys bring to KDDK’s client’s proactive and efficient experience in workmen’s compensation, construction and estate planning law, Schopmeyer said.

Effective January 1, all of the attorneys will be located in KDDK’s current downtown Evansville offices at 501 Main Street. Both law firms share a common culture of experienced and effective representation in complex legal transactions and service to the regional charitable community, while providing a rewarding career path for all attorneys and employees.

Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008. A regional leader in providing legal services, KDDK serves a variety of legal needs such as business, economic development, environmental, estate planning, family, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, and tax law, KDDK’s attorneys work side-by-side with key area business, community, and government groups.

KDDK’s attorneys have significant experience and a long history of building and growing the region’s leading manufacturing, construction, banking, healthcare, energy and real estate development organizations. KDDK’s attorneys often work together in teams, combining the skills and strengths of individuals in order to achieve the most effective outcome possible for each client’s unique legal concerns.

Through its affiliation with Meritas, KDDK provides its clients a global reach with a worldwide alliance of over 6,700 attorneys serving in 165 full-service law firms across 60 countries.