WHYTE HIRSHBOECK DUDEK S.C. ADDS SPERLING

MADISON, Wis. – January 30, 2008 – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. is pleased to announce it has extended its Corporate Transactions & Business Acquisitions and Finance and Securities practices with the addition of Attorney Kristine A. Ackerman Sperling.

Sperling will primarily focus her practice on business organization and growth through capital development and financing transactions across industry sectors.

Her past experience includes, but is not limited to, representing issuers and underwriters in private and public security offerings, including working on their behalf with the Securities and Exchange Commission; representing sellers and purchasers in merger and acquisition transactions; and representing lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured revolving and term loan facilities, both domestic and international, including mezzanine and second lien lending transactions.

Sperling earned her law degree, cum laude, and B.A., with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

For more than 60 years, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. has played a leading role in shaping the political, economic and legal landscapes in Wisconsin – guiding its clients to successful outcomes. The firm, with offices in Milwaukee, Madison and Manitowoc and in Washington D.C., has more than 140 attorneys practicing in more than 40 areas of law.