Hanify & King, P.C., a Boston-based law firm, announced today that Christian J. Urbano has joined its Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice group as an associate.

John D. Hanify, an alum of Boston College Law School and co-founder of the Boston law firm Hanify & King P.C., has been named Chair of the Boston Bar Foundation's 2005 John & Abigail Adams Benefit Ball.

Hanify & King, P.C., a Boston-based law firm, announced today it has donated 49 computers to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund (ICSF), a division of Boston’s Catholic Schools Foundation, Inc.

Hanify & King, PC, a Boston-based law firm, announced today that it is working with Citizen Schools and Discovering Justice, a Boston area after-school program, to teach elementary and middle school students about the law.

Hanify & King, a Boston-based law firm, announced today that its President, James Coyne King, and associate, John R. Samia, recently represented their client Paperboy Ventures, LLC, in a $4.2 million Series A Preferred Stock financing for EnerTech Environmental, Inc., a waste conversion and energy company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lawyer James C. King, of Hanify & King, wrote "In Pursuit of Business Capital" in the January 24-30, 2005 edition of Mass High Tech. The article discusses the different sources an entrepreneur can acquire business capital from.

Kathleen E. Cross, of Hanify & King, wrote "Subpoenaed? Prepare for Straightforward Deposition" in the law section of the March 2005 edition of Women's Business Boston.

Andrew Lizotte, of Hanify & King, wrote "Unexpected Financial Distress Creates Many Tax Implications" in the commercial real estate section of the February 28th edition of Banker & Tradesman.

In the article "Making Arbitration A Better Alternative", David Evans, of Hanify & King, writes about alternative dispute resolution and how "ADR is perceived by businesses as offering a more flexible, predictable and economical means for the management of complex business problems. For ADR to fulfill these expectations, however, there are differences that business people need to understand in pursuing remedies outside of the judicial process."

Attorney Jeffrey Upton of Boston-based law firm, Hanify & King, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for The Museum of Printing in North Andover, Mass. The museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the graphic arts, printing equipment and printing craftsmanship.