Jerry H. Herman Joins DLA Piper

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. October 14, 2008

WASHINGTON DC, December 21, 2006. DLA Piper US LLP announced that Jerry H. Herman has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as Of Counsel in the Hospitality and Leisure practice group.

Herman comes to DLA Piper with over 25 years of legal, business and ownership experience in public and privately held real estate and hotel companies during their start-up, growth and/or restructuring phases. He has extensive experience in hotel and real estate acquisition, development, financing and capital formation transactions exceeding $1.5 billion in the United States and Europe.

"Evaluating and acting on global industry shifts, maximizing client representation and providing unparalleled experience in the lodging industry are a key part of the foundation of our Hospitality and Leisure practice," said Jay Epstien, chair of DLA Piper's US Real Estate practice group. "Jerry's track record for accomplishing target objectives and outcomes will add further depth to our high-quality team and will help our clients stay ahead of trends in this evolving industry."

Herman was CEO of Arlington Hospitality, a publicly traded hospitality company, where he led the development of corporate strategy resulting in significant debt reduction and restructuring. Prior to that, he was president of City Hotels USA, the affiliate of a European hotel and travel company, which bought, developed, repositioned and managed more than 20 hotels throughout the US and Europe. He also served as general counsel of C.R.I., Inc., a leading national real estate investment and management firm headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area.

He is active in several industry organizations and was a founding member of the national Doubletree and Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise advisor boards. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Herman earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law, an M.S. in urban and regional planning from the University of North Carolina and a B.A from the University of Pennsylvania.

About DLA Piper (www.dlapiper.com) DLA Piper has 3,200 lawyers in 24 countries and 62 offices throughout the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia. It has leading practices in commercial, corporate and finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, tax, and technology, media and communications.

About DLA Piper's Real Estate practice group Consistently ranked as the world's top real estate practice by leading industry research firms, DLA Piper continues to diversify its real estate practice by expanding is global capabilities through the addition of leading practitioners throughout the world. With more than 250 real estate lawyers in offices throughout the United States, and more than 550 throughout the world, DLA Piper provides a full range of transactional and advisory services to real estate-related firms, such as developers, investors, lenders and asset managers. The firm also provides advice relating to acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, entitlements, economic incentives, corporate facilities and related legal services to its clients.