Boutique IP Firm Sieberth & Patty Joins McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

BATON ROUGE, La.--(Business Wire)--The boutique intellectual property firm Sieberth & Patty, LLC
announced today that it will join the national law firm McGlinchey
Stafford PLLC. Effective January, 1, 2008, this merger will bolster
McGlinchey Stafford's established IP team by adding significant depth
and experience to the practice.

"Albemarle is thrilled that Sieberth & Patty will be joining
forces with McGlinchey Stafford. For years we have turned to Sieberth
& Patty for our intellectual property needs. Both firms offer premier
legal services and together will give Albemarle greater breadth of
services and resources for our expanding global business," said Luther
C. Kissam, IV, General Counsel & Secretary of Albemarle.

Sieberth & Patty's team of attorneys have a broad spectrum of
intellectual property experience. Each attorney has undergraduate or
graduate degrees in scientific fields, as well as significant hands-on
experience spanning the entire range of domestic and international IP
activity. Areas of focus include patent and trademark search and
analysis, preparation and prosecution, IP licensing, litigation
support and portfolio management.

McGlinchey Stafford offers the full complement of intellectual
property and technology services ranging from traditional copyright,
trademark, trade secret and patent issues to internet commerce and
business, acquisitions and sales of IP assets, insurance coverage for
IP matters, unfair competition and IP litigation.

"We have been actively pursuing opportunities to enhance the
services we offer our clients. Having this outstanding group of
attorneys join our team is the perfect opportunity to increase our
ability to serve our clients with a wider range of intellectual
property and patent legal services," said Rudy Aguilar, McGlinchey
Stafford's Managing Partner.

"Issues of intellectual property are increasingly integrated with
virtually every area of law and business. Joining forces with
McGlinchey Stafford is a natural move for our team, and reflective of
a commitment shared by both entities -- to serve the needs of our
clients," said John F. (Jack) Sieberth, co-managing partner of
Sieberth & Patty.

ABOUT MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD PLLC

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is a commercial law firm with eight
offices located in Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Texas.
Key areas of practice include intellectual property, banking and
consumer financial services, business and corporate law, labor and
employment, government relations, healthcare, litigation, real estate
and taxation. The website address is www.mcglinchey.com.

ABOUT SIEBERTH & PATTY LLC

Sieberth & Patty, LLC is a law firm which practices exclusively in
the area of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks,
copyrights, licensing, trade secret protection, technology transfer,
IP portfolio management, IP legal opinions, IP litigation support and
expert witness consulting. All attorneys in the firm have
undergraduate or graduate degrees in a scientific discipline and are
registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Collectively, the firm's attorneys have over 60 years of
intellectual property experience. Using established relationships with
intellectual property practitioners in various countries, the firm
offers services to clients with both domestic and international
interests in intellectual property.

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Mary Margaret Gorman, 504-596-0343

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