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November 29, 2006
For more information contact:
Allysn Hurley
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
ahurley@eckertseamans.com
Alicia Kabiri Joins Eckert Seamans in Washington, D.C.
The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today
announced that attorney Alicia Kabiri has joined the firm.
Alicia A. Kabiri is a member of the firm’s Business Division and a member of
the Hospitality Practice Group. Ms. Kabiri represents hotel owners,
lenders, developers, real estate investment funds, franchisors, and management
companies in matters involving management agreements, franchise agreements,
financing and joint venture transactions and all legal matters affecting hotel
operations, including liquor licensing, contracts and general advice on
day-to-day operations. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Kabiri was Vice
President, Legal for Wyndham Worldwide and Vice President, General Counsel for
Century 21 Real Estate (both formerly Cendant companies). Ms. Kabiri also
served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel for Interstate Hotels &
Resorts (and its predecessor MeriStar Hotels & Resorts). In these
in-house roles, Ms. Kabiri represented the nation’s largest franchise
organization and independent hotel management company in the negotiation of
franchise and management agreements as well as day-to-day hotel
operations. Ms. Kabiri earned her LLM in Securities and Financial
Regulation from Georgetown
University Law
School, her law
degree from Syracuse
Law
School, and her
bachelor of arts degree from James
Madison
University. She
is admitted to practice in New York
and Washington,
D.C.
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with ten offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation law, bankruptcy and restructuring, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, West Chester and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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