Following is a representative selection of Akina's clients.

Corporate

	Alcan Packaging Alcan Packaging is one of the world's largest packaging companies, with 2000 sales of nearly $3 billion and 85 plants in 14 countries. Alcan Packaging is a business group of Alcan Inc., a Canadian based company and accounts for one-quarter of its sales.
	Alvarez & Marsal For more than two decades, clients have trusted Alvarez & Marsal to work with them to help solve their most important business problems. Alvarez and Marsal has earned this trust by giving every problem the utmost senior-level attention; by researching and understanding the facts before drawing conclusions; by its steadfast commitment to objectivity; and by demonstrating time and again that leadership makes all the difference. Their approach can be summarised in five steps: Stabilise. Diagnose. Plan. Facilitate. Lead.
	BEA BEA Systems, Inc. is the world's leading application infrastructure software company. Companies turn to BEA to help them evolve their existing enterprise software applications from inflexible, redundant, legacy architectures to highly responsive, mature Web infrastructures.
	Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless is one of the world’s leading global communications companies. For 130 years it has constantly reinvented itself to embrace the latest technological advances to serve its customers’ needs through two principal divisions: Cable & Wireless Global and Cable & Wireless Regional.
	Chicago Community Ventures Chicago Community Ventures is a not-for-profit business development organization that provides financing, consulting and information technology services to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Chicago's underserved urban markets.
	Choice One Communications Choice One Communications is an Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) offering a full array of local, long distance, high- speed data, and web-hosting design and development services to small and medium sized companies in the Northeast and Midwest United States.
	edocs As the industry pioneer, edocs today remains the fastest-growing leading provider of Customer Self-Service and e-Billing solutions to Global 2000 organizations. A dedicated, talented and driven team, top-tier investors, and blue chip customers and partners enable edocs to maintain its unparalleled record of success
	EMD Chemicals EMD Chemicals Inc.represents the North American extension of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, for specialty chemicals.
	Ernst & Young The members of the global Ernst & Young organization help companies in businesses across all industries — from emerging growth companies to global powerhouses — deal with a broad range of business issues. Their 114,000 people in 140 countries around the globe pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality and professionalism to provide clients with a broad array of services relating to audit and risk-related services, tax, and transactions.
	Fitzmaurice & Company Fitzmaurice & Company is an advisory firm that puts mid-sized companies in control of their employee benefits programs. Using a unique business process and proprietary financial tools, F&C is revolutionizing the delivery of employee benefits.
	Fiberlink Fiberlink is a leading provider of remote access and security solutions for the enterprise market. They offer a full range of solutions that allows companies to securely and cost-effectively connect their remote employees and remote offices from anywhere in the world.
	GCG Financial GCG Financial is a comprehensive financial services firm committed to helping its clients improve their long-term financial success. GCG offers a wide range of quality financial products and the advice and expertise of some of the best financial professionals in the industry.
	Hubbard One A division of Thomson, Hubbard One is the premier provider of client and business development technology solutions for law firms.
	Hu-Friedy Hu-Friedy is a company like no other because they embody a concept like no other: the dental instruments they produce are a critical extension of each practitioner's skill. It is the main reason why they have dedicated themselves to individually handcrafting the highest quality instruments in the profession. They are exceptional instruments, renowned the world over for their precision, performance, longevity, reliability, and uncompromising quality.
	IMS IMS develops creative programming that helps its clients communicate, market and build distinctive brands internationally. Dynamic, energetic and highly entrepreneurial, IMS provides innovative solutions that span the disciplines of advertising, design, public relations, promotions, new media and market research.
	Institutional Shareholders Services ISS is the world's leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance services for Institutional Investors and corporations.
	ITG Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), is a leading provider of technology-based equity trading services and transaction research.
	Korn Ferry International Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) is a leader in executive recruitment, conducting over 100,000 senior-level searches for clients worldwide.
	Lakeview Technology For more than 12 years, Lakeview Technology Inc. has developed Information Availability, Multi-platform Data Replication and Clustering software to solve the needs of the information enterprise.
	Nelson Nelson provides quality temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct hire employees for administrative, customer service, general office and light industrial positions. Also available from Nelson are payroll services, special projects staffing and on-site staffing management solutions.
	Park Bank What you really need isn't a bank. It's a financial partner. A partner which puts your needs first. Someone who takes the time to listen and understand the issues faced. Park Bank is committed to being that partner. Since 1915, clients throughout southeastern Wisconsin have trusted Park Bank to help build their success. From commercial financing and leasing programs to personal banking, mortgage lending and investment services. And Park Bank is not about to stop there.
	QAD Manufacturers worldwide rely on QAD as a trusted partner expressly dedicated to making it easier to analyze, plan and manage every aspect of their enterprise at every stage in the manufacturing process. QAD develops and delivers elegant enterprise solutions designed to solve the immediate challenges global manufacturers face today while laying the groundwork for future success and lasting bottom-line results.
	S&H greenpoints S&H greenpoints is the digital reinvention of The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, Inc., which has been in the loyalty and rewards business for more than 100 years. S&H greenpoints, a branded digital rewards currency, are available through selected grocery retailers, S&H partners and www.greenpoints.com.
	Sapient Sapient is a leading business consulting and technology services firm that helps clients plan their investments in technology, design and implement projects that drive competitive advantage, and manage critical applications to improve business performance.
	SAVVIS SAVVIS is a global managed service provider that delivers IP VPNs, managed hosting and Internet services to enterprises around the world. The company targets key verticals such as the financial services market, professional services firms, media and entertainment, print and publishing, retail, and healthcare.
	Segue Software Segue Software (NASDAQ: SEGU) is a global leader dedicated to delivering quality optimization solutions that ensure the accuracy and performance of enterprise applications.
	Soundbite Communications SoundBite is an interactive voice messaging service that enables businesses to deliver personal, interactive telephone messages simultaneously to thousands of customers.
	Sportho Sportho is a therapist owned facility specializing in one-on-one, aggressive, Physical Therapy treatment of orthopedic injuries.
	T-Systems T-Systems provides single-source information technology and telecommunications convergence solutions for Global 2000 corporations. T-Systems offers a portfolio of integrated solutions that enable companies to increase profits, improve performance and increase productivity.
	Turtle Wax The Turtle Wax® name is synonymous with automotive care leadership, with distribution in over 60 countries. With the largest array of car care products offered by a single company, Turtle Wax® has been the leader in car care products for over 50 years.
	UniFirst UniFirst (NYSE: UNF), a leading supplier of workwear and related products to businesses big and small since 1936, provides a wide range of apparel from traditional uniforms, industrial wear, specialty and protective clothing to corporate casual and executive attire.

Law Firms

	Arnstein & Lehr Arnstein & Lehr LLP is one of the country's oldest and most respected law firms. Since its founding 1893, the Firm has served clients, large and small, throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. As the legal and business environment has become increasingly complex and specialized, the Firm has established a full-service sophisticated practice designed to effectively meet clients' needs.
	Baker & McKenzie Baker & McKenzie has provided sophisticated legal advice and services to many of the world's most dynamic and global organizations for more than 50 years. Baker & McKenzie is a law firm of more than 3,300 locally qualified, internationally experienced lawyers in 38 countries, who has the knowledge and resources to deliver the broad scope of quality legal services required to respond effectively to both international and local needs - consistently, confidently and with sensitivity for cultural, social and legal practice differences.
	Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC In our fast-paced, digitized society, things change at the speed of light. Bone McAllester Norton PLLC understands that competence, innovation, creativity, flexibility and technological resources are hallmarks of quality legal service. But alone, these characteristics do not equal superb legal service: accessibility, responsiveness, cost-effectiveness and professionalism are essential. Bone McAllester Norton PLLC has an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction.
	Clark Hill Since 1890, Clark Hill PLC has served the business, government, nonprofit, and personal needs of clients throughout Michigan and beyond.
	Dorsey & Whitney LLP Dorsey & Whitney LLP is among the largest law firms in the world. They share the vision: to be a leader by leveraging its core strengths worldwide. These strengths include the exceptional talents of its lawyers, its expansive capabilities and the teamwork employed in responding to its clients' needs.
	Falk Metz, LLC Falk Metz LLC specializes in two areas - large-scale catastrophic loss and commercial litigation. Serving clients across the country from its downtown Chicago and Milwaukee locations, Falk Metz sees cases through start to finish - from collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses, through locating testifying experts and trying the case.
	Foley & Lardner, LLC Foley is a highly regarded, national law firm providing client-focused, interdisciplinary services that result in high-value legal counsel for its clients. Their practice areas encompass the full range of corporate legal services, including corporate governance and compliance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property and IP litigation, and tax. Its attorneys are recognized as insightful thought leaders on these and many other of today's most complex business issues.
	Godfrey & Kahn Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. offers its clients a full range of legal and business counseling services. The firm's practice is predominantly business-oriented, providing comprehensive advice to clients ranging from individuals, small businesses and governmental entities to large, privately and publicly held national and international corporations.
	Goldberg Kohn Goldberg Kohn is a commercial law firm in Chicago with exceptional attorneys serving first-class clients across the country and around the world.
	Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in the nation's largest centers of business, government, finance and technology and an associated entity in London, England. Its 600 attorneys in more than 40 practice areas provide timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries. They are business advisors and advocates for a wide range of public and private companies - from entrepreneurial, emerging-growth, and middle market firms to global Fortune 100 corporations - as well as government entities and major universities, museums and other charitable and cultural organizations.
	Levenfeld Pearlstein Formed in 1999, Levenfeld Pearlstein is a model of inspiration and dedication in a world where many young law firms struggle to find their niche and path to success. It took an attempt at being different to create LP, and it has taken effective leadership to guide the firm to where it is today. From the start, the firm has focused on creating an environment where attorneys can make the best use of their time practicing law and be well supported by centralized management. The firm runs like a business, not like a traditional law firm. LP's attorneys are able to devote much more time to client work than typically expected, and its business leaders do everything to ensure this remains possible.
	Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, LLP At Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, it's believed that creativity doesn't end with the invention. For over 50 years, members of the firm have invested both the time and resources to ensure the highest degree of success for clients in the acquisition and protection of intellectual property rights.
	McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP provides creative, pragmatic business solutions through a variety of intellectual property services, including litigation, prosecution, and general client counseling.
	Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. is one of Wisconsin's five largest law firms, serving as attorneys and business counselors to public and privately held corporations, financial institutions, family-owned businesses, retirement plans, exempt organizations and individual.
	Sachnoff & Weaver S&W believes that successfully addressing client needs requires more than the knowledge of rules and regulations. It requires the ability to combine this knowledge with the experience, common sense and business understanding that will help its clients achieve their goals. S&W works closely with its clients to learn their business and objectives, often serving as business advisors as well as legal counselors.
	Schwartz Cooper Schwartz Cooper provides a broad spectrum of business-based legal services to clients across a wide range of industries. As an extension of your management team, Schwartz Cooper are valued counselors who provide sound, sophisticated legal solutions that meet the highest ethical standards, coupled with an uncommon insight into your business concerns.
	Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney "Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify." - Henry David Thoreau In other words, don't become so mired in detail that you lose sight of your primary purpose. For manufacturers and service providers, this is a fundamental doctrine of efficiency, cost control and marketing. All too often, this basic principle does not seem to govern the actions of attorneys in litigation. Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, however, takes Thoreau's wisdom to heart - and to court.
	SmithAmundsen, LLC SmithAmundsen LLC offers experienced, efficient and proactive counsel on a wide range of legal and business issues. Their goal is to become their clients' primary source for legal services and business advice, the lawyers you turn to when you need to "get it done right."
	Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is a multi-jurisdictional law firm with approximately 800 lawyers practicing in offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Squire Sanders operates as a single global partnership, which ensures client accountability and the seamless delivery of uniformly high quality legal services throughout the world. Its lawyers come from many countries and cultures, are licensed to practice in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, and communicate with clients in their native languages. Today, Squire Sanders remains committed to the fundamental principles ordained by its founders: to serve clients effectively and maintain the professional standards that distinguish both the firm and its people.
	Wildman Harrold Wildman Harrold is a 215-attorney national law firm that represents commercial, financial and industrial companies, both publicly and privately owned. The firm, established in 1967, is headquartered in Chicago and maintains a suburban office in Lisle, Illinois. The firm is engaged in a widely diversified general practice, with a distinct reputation for expertise in litigation and litigation related counseling.
	Winston & Strawn, LLP Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 900 attorneys among nine offices in Chicago, Geneva, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Winston & Strawn serves the needs of enterprises of all types and sizes, in both the private and the public sector. The exceptional depth and geographic reach of its resources enable Winston & Strawn to manage virtually every type of business-related legal issue.

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