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FIRM SPOTLIGHT
TRINITY LAW GROUP
WESTWOOD, MASS.
Formed in February 2007, Trinity Law Group continues to
build its legacy in corporate organization and venture capital
investments. Alberto Haddad, managing partner at Aentib
Partners, has been a client of Trinity Law Group’s Walter A.
Wright III for nearly a decade. “The success of my clients
and colleagues depend upon having counsel with a wide
and deep competence in business law and strategy. [They]
consistently come through in amazing fashion,” he says. “I
truly believe they are among the best lawyers in the country.”
MARK BARNES LAW
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Executives know Mark Barnes for his securities and corporate
governance representation. With 35 years of experience,
Barnes knows well the logistics involved in mergers and
acquisitions, and SEC compliance. The executives at German
American Bancorp, based in Jasper, Ind., have known Barnes
since 1984. Its chairman and CEO, Mark Schroeder, says of
Barnes, “He understands a full breadth of legal issues, but
has particularly deep knowledge in the securities law [and]
regulatory law areas. … He’s extremely bright, extremely
capable and obviously has done a very, very good job for us.”
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