Howard & Howard Welcomes Back Graciela Mata Zamudio: News from Howard & Howard

Howard & Howard Welcomes Back Graciela Mata Zamudio

4/26/2010

Royal Oak, Michigan, April 26, 2010: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC is pleased to announce that Graciela Mata Zamudio has returned to the firm. She will practice out of the firm’s Peoria Office.

Ms. Mata-Zamudio concentrates her practice in creditors’ rights, business, commercial, and real estate litigation as well as labor and employment law. She began her career with Howard & Howard fifteen years ago as a runner.

Ms. Mata-Zamudio received her B.A., with honors, from the University of Illinois in 2001, where she graduated with distinction in philosophy. She also received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 2007.

While in law school, Ms. Mata-Zamudio interned with the Honorable Joe Billy McDade of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois and with the Honorable Elizabeth Loredo-Rivera of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Prior to joining Howard & Howard, she served as a law clerk for Judge Jesse G. Reyes of the Circuit Court of Cook County from September 2007 to March 2010.

Ms. Mata-Zamudio is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Peoria County Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association and the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois.

Founded in 1869, Howard & Howard is a full-service law firm with a national and international practice that provides specialized legal services to businesses and business owners. The firm has offices in Michigan (Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and Royal Oak); Illinois (Chicago and Peoria); and Las Vegas, Nevada. Howard & Howard’s areas of practice include: business & corporate, commercial litigation, construction, creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental, estate planning, intellectual property, international, labor, employment and immigration, real estate, securities and tax. Our focused expertise allows us to master the industries we serve including automotive, energy and utilities, financial services and gaming. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.howardandhoward.com.