thoughtleader spotlight...
...kudos to our client thoughtleaders for their recent victories

• A press notice about the popular Presidential Advisory Councils (PACs) sponsored by Fred Green, Director of the CEO Club of Boston,appeared on multiple business websites

• Kristie Howard, Senior Consultant of Employee Benefits at Longfellow Benefits, was quoted extensively in the article “Insurers Reward Good Behaviors” in the LA Times

• “Motivate Like A Good CEO—With A Sense Of Purpose” by Suzanne Bates, President & CEO of Bates Communications in Women’s Business Magazine. Suzanne also published articles in four separate newsletters published by Industry Week Online as well as in Wellesley Weston Magazine, Top Consultant Online and ManagerWise.com, among others. All of Suzanne’s recent articles are based on her book Motivate Like A CEO: Communicate Your Strategic Vision And Inspire People to Act! published by McGraw-Hill

• Doug Wolf, Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Trademark Group at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in an article titled “The Curious Case Of Android Vs. Android” in TechNewWorld

• Craig Cerretani (Co-Founder & Principal) was recognized along with his firm Longfellow Benefits as an “employer of choice” by Nancy R. Mobley SPHR, President & CEO, Insight Performance, Inc., in her recent webinar “Mining For Gold: Becoming An Employer Of Choice,” sponsored by Monster.com. A press notice regarding Longfellow Benefits being named one of Boston’s Best Places to Work by Boston Business Journal also appeared in multiple business news sites. In addition, Craig spoke on the subject to Holy Cross College’s “intensive summer business program”

• “Help Sales Avoid Panic-Driven Mistakes” by Shelley Hall, Principal, Catalytic Management Consulting, in Mass High Tech

• Charlie Nault, Chair of Atrion Networking Corporation, guested on a podcast on the TechWeb Network to discuss his new book Risk-Free Technology: A Non-Technical Small-To-Medium Business Guide To Stemming Huge Productivity Losses From Poor Performing Information Technology, published by Global Professional Publishing. Charlie’s book has also been recognized on numerous business and technical websites for its “plain speaking” writing style

• The photos of Wolf Greenfield’s Jim Foster, Bob Abrahamsen and Randy Pritzker, all Shareholders, were featured alongside an article titled “Startups Scale A Legal Learning Curve With Their IP,” in Mass High Tech

• Jim Edholm, President of Business Benefits Insurance, sat in for a full hour as a guest commentator on the popular Boston WRKO-AM talk show “Finneran’s Forum” where he joined the co-hosts to discuss the Obama health plan. He also was quoted in Entrepreneur.com on implications of the Obama Stimulus and in Boston Business Journal in an article titled “An Ailing Economy Is A Boon For These Businesses”and another on the topic of shopping for a health insurance plan. Jim also delivered presentations to the Dracut, Newton and Ashburnham-Westminster Rotary Clubs as well as the Tax Roundtable on employee benefit options and related legislation that will affect small businesses

• A press notice about C. Hunter Baker, MD, PhD who recently joined Wolf Greenfield as Counsel in the firm’s Pharmaceutical Group, appeared on numerous business websites and in multiple print publications including Boston Business Journal

• “Fresh Thinking Trumps Conventional Wisdom” by Laura Stone, Founder/CEO, and Elizabeth LaPierre, Analyst/Product Development, Stone + Company, in Indus Business Journal. Laura and Elizabeth also published “Toss Conventional Wisdom For Fresh Thinking To Make Strategy Work” in Women’s Business Boston. Laura was also quoted extensively in a major article in Harvard Management Update titled “Diagnosing And Fixing Dysfunctional Teams”

• David Boucher, Senior Vice President of Longfellow Benefits, was quoted extensively in a Boston Business Journal article titled “Invest Your Time To Find The Right 401(k) Consultant”

• “Energy, Clean Tech And IP: Managing Technology Convergence And Protecting Innovation” by Mike Pomianek and JoeTeja, Jr., Shareholders and Co-Chairs of the Clean Tech Group at Wolf Greenfield, in Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. Mike was also quoted in an article about “common mistakes in IP” in Mass High Tech

• “Combating Technology Commoditization” by Mitch Halpern and Vas Vasiliadis, Principals at Strategos, in Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

• “Educating Employees About Insurance Needs” by Jim Mooradian, Founder, Chris Allen, Senior Consultant, and Bryan Lambert, Broker. Jim Mooradian and Associates, Inc., in Employee Benefit Plan Review

• Completion of a bridge funded by Longfellow Benefits in rural central Honduras was reported by Boston Business Journal. The bridge will provide local residents access to health care and education as well as a safe escape route in the event of a hurricane

• Ed Perlman, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in the article “How To Hire A Business Attorney” in Mass High Tech

• “Cloud Computing Craze Comes Down To Earth” by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column “Virtual Business” for Indus Business Journal. Vin also penned a column for IBJ titled “During Financial Struggle, IT Can Help Reduce Cost”

• Michael Albert, Chair of the Litigation Group at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in IP Law & Business in an article about ISPs and copyright

• Larry Green, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed by BNA Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Newsletter for an article on the Tafas decision. Larry was also quoted in National Law Journal Online in an article titled “Special Masters Cut Patent Appeals”

• “Strategic Downsizing: A New Model For Implementing Workforce Reductions” by John Myrna, Co-Founder, Myrna Associates, in Employment Relations Today. John also published “How To Insure Your Recession Fighting Game Plan Gets Implemented” in Business Strategy Series 2009

• Michael Siekman, Shareholder and member of Wolf Greenfield’s Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Interference, and Litigation Groups, was featured in an article in Pharmawire titled “Gilead’s Hypertension Drug Darusentan Will Likely Receive Patent Extension, Attorneys Say”

• Chelsea Loughran, Associate at Wolf Greenfield, was featured in Volunteer Lawyers Project’s newsletter in a report on her recent pro bono employment case victory

• Pat Haraden, Senior Vice President of Employee Benefit Services at Longfellow Benefits, discussed the current state of employee benefits with Jim Sullivan, President of Humboldt Storage and Moving, on "McNamara On Money" on radio station WATD-FM. Pat was also quoted in Boston Business Journal on the topic of shopping for a health insurance plan

• Jeffrey O’Neill, Associate at Wolf Greenfield, was the subject of an article in The Arlington Advocate titled “Arlington Volunteer Wins Asylum For Kenyan Woman”

• Tim Oyer, President and Managing Partner, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted by Intellectual Property LAWCAST in an article about controlling IP costs

• Stacy Kanter, one of our 2005 summer interns, earned a Master of Education with a specialization in counseling from Boston University