Henderson Franklin Announces New Commercial Litigator, C. Richard Mancini

Fort Myers, FL, March 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. is pleased to announce that C. Richard Mancini has joined the firm and will work out of its Bonita Springs office. Mancini brings over nine years of commercial litigation experience focusing in securities and investor related litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Mancini received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida and his law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, with honors. Prior to law school, Mancini was chief executive officer for a public/private economic development alliance in Alabama and formerly Vice President of the Greater Brandon (Florida) Chamber of Commerce. Mancini is an active member in the community, currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled and the Great Dock Canoe Race. He is active in the Foster Care Council of Southwest Florida, coaches the Gulf Coast High School Mock Trial Team and serves as an adjunct professor at Hodges University, teaching paralegal courses in contracts, property, ethics and other courses.

Henderson Franklin is one of the largest law firms between Tampa and Miami with over 57 attorneys practicing in the areas of business and tax planning, estate planning and administration, divorce and family law, land use and environmental law, commercial and civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law and real estate. One of the state's oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and currently operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs and Sanibel Island. For more information on Mancini or Henderson Franklin, please visit www.henlaw.com.

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