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GORI JULIAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., MARKS TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH REMARKABLE GROWTH:
Adds Two More Attorneys to the Growing Firm

EDWARDSVILLE, IL., Sept. 28, 2010 . . . Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., recently celebrated its second anniversary in June and reached a milestone of 50 employees with the addition of two new attorneys – Ivan Cason and Leslie Oltmann. The firm, with offices in downtown Edwardsville and St. Peters, Mo., specializes in asbestos litigation and in two short years in operation has experienced remarkable growth expanding its Edwardsville office to more than 15,000 square feet.


According to Randy Gori, partner at Gori Julian & Associates, Inc.  “Just two summers ago my partner, Barry Julian, and I sat down and made plans to build a new practice that would rival the largest asbestos and occupational-disease litigation groups in the St. Louis area, and that’s exactly what we have done.  We’re proud to have grown the firm so quickly and believe our experience and reputations are part of what have made this venture so successful.”


The newest additions to the law firm are Ivan Cason and Leslie Oltmann.


Cason received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Missouri and graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in May 2010, where he was a Law School Dean’s Scholarship Recipient and an Illinois State Bar Association Public Service Award recipient.  A resident of St. Louis, Mo., Cason is a member of the Missouri Bar and a candidate for admission to the Illinois Bar.
Oltmann received her Bachelor of Science from University of Missouri, Columbia, and graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Law in May 2010, where she graduated in the top 10 percent of the class Magna Cum Laude and received the Academic Excellence Award, among others.  A resident of New Douglas, Ill., Oltmann is a candidate for admission to the Illinois Bar.


Gori Julian & Associates, located at 156 North Main Street in downtown Edwardsville, was formed in summer 2008 by Randy Gori and Barry Julian. The firm practices asbestos and other occupational-disease litigation in Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois and St. Louis, Mo.  Gori Julian & Associates also has an office in St. Peters, Mo.  For more information, please call (618) 659-9833 or visit www.gorijulianlaw.com


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