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The BGA is delighted
to announce the addition of three outstanding individuals to its Board of
Directors. Vic, Sheila and Mel, we welcome your enthusiasm and are honored
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Victor P.
Henderson is a partner in Holland & Knight’s litigation
department. His practice includes trial and appellate work in both state
and federal court in cases involving product liability, contracts,
employment matters and complex commercial
litigation. He has argued cases
on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit and the Illinois Appellate Court. Prior to becoming an attorney,
Mr. Henderson practiced as a certified public
accountant. Mr. Henderson was
recently nominated to serve as the Second Vice-President of the 22,000
member Chicago Bar Association. He is in line to become the CBA President
in June 2007, becoming only its fourth African-American president in 125
years. He was also recently appointed by Justice Charles Freeman to serve
on the State of Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness
and sits on the board of the Illinois Equal Justice
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Sheila Saegh
is an associate at Jones Day and concentrates her practice in the area of
mergers and acquisitions. She has advised
companies with private and public acquisitions and divestitures,
restructurings, leveraged buyouts, exchange offers, and private
placements. Her transactional experience spans the continuum from start-up
structuring and formation to exits, and she has represented clients in a
variety of industries. She is actively involved in general corporate
counseling, including advising on matters of corporate governance,
fiduciary and disclosure issues, and strategic
planning. Ms. Saegh is a member
of the Illinois State Bar Association and the New York State Bar
Association.
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Melvin M. Wright,
Jr. is a partner in Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Litigation and
Business Regulation Practice Group, concentrating in complex civil
litigation and white collar criminal defense
litigation. Mr. Wright has a vast
amount of jury trial experience. He recently participated in a trial with
the Illinois Attorney General's Office in the successful representation of
The Illinois Department of Transportation in a significant civil rights
lawsuit involving a majority-owned subcontracting company, Northern
Contracting, Inc., which brought a declaratory action in The Northern
District of Illinois seeking to demonstrate the unconstitutionality of
federal and state regulations authorizing federal funding to Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises. Mr. Wright is a
member of the Bar of the State of New Jersey, the District of Columbia and
the Bars of The United States Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of
Appeals and District Court of New Jersey.
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Look for your next issue of the BGA Watchdog
Report on May 1st!
 email: info@bettergov.org
phone: (312) 427-8330
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