Released on = August 30, 2007, 12:46 pm

Press Release Author = Thompson & Knight LLP

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce William M. Katz
Jr. has been elected Chair of the American Bar Association ("ABA") Section of
Antitrust Law's Insurance Industry Committee and Chair-Elect of the State Bar of
Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section for 2007-2008.

Press Release Body = Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce William M. Katz
Jr. has been elected Chair of the American Bar Association ("ABA") Section of
Antitrust Law's Insurance Industry Committee and Chair-Elect of the State Bar of
Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section for 2007-2008.

The ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Insurance Industry Committee focuses on antitrust
issues of interest to members in the insurance, reinsurance, and insurance brokerage
communities and their counsel. Members of the Committee include private
practitioners, in-house counsel, government attorneys, academics, and economists.
Katz previously served as the Insurance Industry Committee's Vice-Chair from
2003-2007. He also currently serves as Co-Chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee of
the Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee of the ABA's Litigation Section.

The State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section focuses on
antitrust and complex business litigation. The Section sponsors seminars on topics
of interest to antitrust and business litigators. The Section also produces two
publications: Texas Business Litigation Quarterly and Monograph: Antitrust and
Related Statutes. Katz has previously served as the Antitrust and Business
Litigation Section's Secretary-Treasurer. He also currently serves as a Council
Member and Contributing Editor for Texas Business Litigation Quarterly.

Katz is a Partner in the Trial Practice Group of Thompson & Knight's Dallas office
and focuses his practice on antitrust, securities, corporate governance, class
action, and complex business litigation. He represents clients before federal and
state trial and appellate courts, arbitration panels, and administrative agencies,
including the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal
Trade Commission. Katz also has expertise in internal investigations and the
representation of audit committees. He is a member of the District of Columbia
Bar's Antitrust Section, New York State Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section, and
Dallas Bar Association's Business Litigation Section and Antitrust and Trade
Regulation Section. He is also a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation and Texas Bar
Foundation.

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