SOUTHFIELD, MI - September 26, 2006....Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C. and Royal Oak-based Wachler & Associates, P.C., announced today that they have establised an of counsel affiliationt o share firm resources and legal expertise to support their expanding practices.  The announcement was made by Jaffe CEO Rick Zussman and Wachler & Associates CEO Andrew Wachler.

"Our Firm has provided transactional and other business law services to the healthcare industry for nearly 40 years," said Zussman. "This affiliation adds a significant expertise to address the specialized regulatory needs of our healthcare clients."

"Our attorneys provide specialized healthcare legal services," said Wachler. "The affiliation with Jaffe gives us the ability to offer a full range of legal services to our clients.  We are excited about the direct access to 90 high quality attorneys practicing in a wide range of disciplines.  The affiliation also provides our firms the ability to service larger healthcare institutional clients that often have multifaceted legal needs."

The leadership, office locations and legal business designations of the two firms remain unchanged.

About Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss

Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss is recognized throughout the nation as a highly qualified, full service business law firm.  With an outstanding reputation for providing sophisticated legal services to entrepreneurial-minded businesses, family owned enterprises and individuals, Jaffe has more than 90 attorneys and offices in Southfield, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Port Huron.  Among the firm's practice areas are appellate, aviation, bankruptcy, business, criminal, e-commerce, electronic banking, labor, environment, estate planning, family law, financial services, insurance, information technology, intellectual property, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, mortgage banking, public finance, real estate, securities and tax law.

About Wachler & Associates

Wachler & Associates is one of Michigan's leading healthcare law firms, specializing in all areas of healthcare law.  The Firm's areas of focus include healthcare business transactions; regulatory compliance; Stark and Fraud and Abuse Compliance; sale and acquisition of physician practices; managed care; hospice care; third-party payor reimbursement and billing issues; government investigations; voluntary disclosure; HIPAA Compliance; Certificate of Need, among many others.