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Posted March 29, 2017 10:19 AM

Updated March 29, 2017 4:10 PM

Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg LLC added Ehren M. Fournier as an associate.Fournier practices commercial litigation representing clients in a variety of cases, including products liability, supply chain disputes, consumer class action defense, contract disputes, healthcare payor and provider disputes, and personal injury and premises liability.He was previously with Foley & Lardner LLP.

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