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Benefit Concert To Support Connecticut Chapter
Contributed by the offices of Murtha Cullina LLP
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Murtha Cullina LLP continues to show its support in helping to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In addition to fielding a team of over 25 riders in this year’s MS bkm/Steelcase Ride 2008, Murtha Cullina will hold a benefit concert Thursday, May 22 to support the efforts of Team Murtha. The benefit concert will take place at The Main Pub in Manchester, Conn., beginning at 7 p.m., featuring musician Jennifer Taylor and her band Sweet, along with Mark Mirando, an employee of the firm.
This year will mark the 27th anniversary of the Bike MS: bkm/Steelcase Bike Ride. On Sunday, June 1, members of the Murtha Cullina team will once again lace up their cycling shoes to raise money to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. Everett Newton, captain of Team Murtha, said, “This ride is one of the most important and personally satisfying things we can do to fight -- and defeat -- MS.”
The firm is proud to join the thousands of people who ride together in the Bike MS Ride to help support the research, programs and services that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society offers. Over the past 27 years the ride has attracted more than 25,000 cyclists, who together have raised money to benefit the 6,000 Connecticut residents battling the debilitating effects of MS.
With 130 attorneys in six offices, Murtha Cullina offers a full range of legal services. From its base in New England, Murtha Cullina serves the local, regional, national and international needs of its clients. The practice encompasses litigation and transactional representation of businesses, governmental units, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Core practice areas include commercial finance and lending, corporate, private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, energy, telecommunications, health care, environmental and land use, bankruptcy and creditors rights, business immigration, insurance coverage for policyholders, labor and employment, litigation, municipal law, public finance, real estate and trusts and estates.
Murtha Cullina is the exclusive member firm for Connecticut of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Murtha Cullina is also a member of State Law Resources.
The registration fee for the Bike MS: bkm/Steelcase Bike Ride is $35, with a $125 fundraising minimum per rider. The ride will take place rain or shine, and includes a finish-line barbecue. Volunteers are needed for set-up, rest stop duties, photography and clean-up. For more information on the Bike MS: bkm/Steelcase Ride, please tune to WTNH News Channel 8/My TV 9, WRCH Lite 100.5 or 95.9 The Fox. To register or volunteer, please visit http://www.ctfightsms.org/ or call 800-FIGHT MS.
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