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Ulmer & Berne LLP recently announced that partner, Richik Sarkar, was appointed to the Board of Managers for the Rainey Institute and the Community Advisory Council for WKSU.

The Rainey Institute is dedicated to positive change for Greater Cleveland’s youth and families through education and participation in the visual and performing arts. Children ages 3 and up attend Rainey after school, on Saturdays, and during the summer to explore music, dance, drama, sewing, and art. The organization develops their artistic abilities and their character. Students learn to be leaders and positive role models. Rainey reaches over 650 children and young adults each year through its programming, and holds many public performances for the community throughout the year.

WKSU, Kent State University's award-winning

national public radio and classical music station, serves more than 20 Ohio counties and parts of Western Pennsylvania. The Community Advisory Council offers guidance and support to station management in an effort to improve the quality of programming, ensure that disciplines are in place so that pledges and gifts are subjected to proper financial controls, and assist in building relationships with communities of listeners whose lives are enriched with news, information, and cultural offerings that utilize appropriate media platforms.

As an attorney with Ulmer & Berne, Richik focuses his practice on business litigation, complex and class action litigation, and public law with expertise in business torts, contracts, corporate governance, securities and finance, real estate, and real property taxation. He represents financial institutions, school districts, and various public and private corporations. He also advises clients in administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution involving commercial, product liability, and public law. Richik is extremely active with the Banking Law, Uniform Commercial Code, and Consumer Financial Services committees of the ABA Business Law Section. He also serves on the Executive Board for the Business Law Section's Young Lawyer Forum. For the past four years, he has been named to Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Stars by Law & Politics magazine.

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