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Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP Announces The Addition Of Three Partners

New York, New York – February 1, 2005 - New York, New York. Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP today announced the addition of three partners, Andrea Cataneo, Jeffery J. Fessler, and Jay R. McDaniel.

Ms. Cataneo, who represents private and public companies with an emphasis in structuring business combinations and assists growing companies in capital raising efforts through private and public offerings and secured and unsecured private equity financing transactions (PIPEs), joined the firm after maintaining her own practice for 5 years.

Mr. Fessler, who focuses on the representation of public and private companies, principally in the biotechnology industry, joined the Firm from Sills Cummus Epstein & Gross PC,

Mr. McDaniel, who counsels privately and publicly held clients on a variety of business issues, including state and federal securities law, corporate governance and general business law, joined the Firm from Porzio Bromberg & Newman, PC.

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP has been ranked first in the nation in representing issuers in PIPEs transactions, by the number of placements advised, for the calendar year 2004. According to The PIPEs Report and Privateraise.com, Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP has advised its publicly traded clients on 39 placements for the calendar year ended December 31, 2004 with a total of $154.95 million having been raised in these transactions.

About Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, which maintains its offices in New York City and is comprised of 20 attorneys, provides experienced professional representation in all matters involving the securities industry as well as general corporate and litigation matters.  Our clients range from start-ups to established, listed companies. They include private and public corporations, partnerships, broker-dealers, bank-affiliated broker-dealers, investment advisors, registered personnel, public and corporate customers and investors, partnerships and other entities. We also advise institutional investors on transactions involving complex securities law considerations. Our areas of expertise include corporate and commercial transactions, securities litigation, and arbitration, administrative practice before regulatory agencies, mergers and acquisitions and broker-dealer regulation. For additional information about Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference’s nationally ranked PIPEs practice, go to www.srff.com. The Firm also maintains the domain names www.pipeslawyer.com, www.pipestransactions.com, www.pipesfinancing.com  and www.wallstreetlawyers.com, which all link directly to the firms website.