Reprinted from the October 2006 issue of Georgia Super Lawyers ® - Rising Stars Edition . ©2006 Key Professional Media, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All Rights Reserved. Super Lawyers ® is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc. practice group at a law firm with nearly 90 attorneys, and in 2001 clerked for the Honorable Justice Hugh P. Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court. “Practicing law is more than just billing hours,” says Daley. “It is about taking care of those who have put their trust in us.” Matthew LaVallee worked almost four years in the Civil Rights Division of the State of Georgia’s Attorney General’s Office. He currently serves as a Special Assistant Attorney General and is a certi- fied Contract Advisor with the National Football League Players Association. “We are intimately involved in every aspect of resolving our clients’ issues, ” he says. “Getting the job done for our clients is what we are all about.” AREAS OF PRACTICE • Employment Law • Governmental Liability • Governmental Relations • Appellate Litigation • Sports Law • General Litigation A FIRM ON THE RISE For the second consecutive year, Daley, Koster and LaVallee have been named Rising Stars. “The designation is very much earned,” says Sheila Brockman of Sunlink Health Systems. “These lawyers are the cream of the crop.” Adds Teross Young, Director of Government Relations for Food Lion: “I know these three will be huge players in the legal market for many, many years to come.” DALEY, KOSTER & LAVALLEE, LLC 2849 Paces Ferry Road Suite 160 Atlanta, GA 30339 PH: (678) 213-2401 FX: (678) 213-2406 www.dkllaw.com D aley, Koster & LaVallee (DKL) was founded to provide clients with the highest quality of repre- sentation with a strong personal commitment. “Our clients are more than just business relationships,” says manag- ing partner Paul Koster. “They are people we care about on a personal level.” Firm clients agree. “My experience working with DKL is that they are not only outst and- ing lawyers, but quality people who make us feel more like personal friends than business clients,” says Ola Smith, CEO, McKinney Community Health Center . THREE RISING STARS Prior to opening DKL, Paul Koster chaired the govern- mental liability practice group at a nearly 90 attorney law firm. He is a former staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and former member of the faculty at Emory University School of Law. Cynthia Matthews Daley currently serves as a magistrate judge in Carroll County. She formerly co-chaired the employment “THESE LAWYERS ARE THE CREAM OF THE CROP.” — Sheila Brockman, Sunlink Health Systems DALEY, KOSTER & LAVALLEE, LLC MATTHEW R. LAVALLEE CYNTHIA M. DALEY PAUL R. KOSTER