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COSTA MESA – Rutan & Tucker LLP last night elected partner Michael T. Hornak to a three-year term on the firm’s three-person Executive Committee, joining existing members Thomas J. Crane and Managing Partner Jeffrey M. Oderman. Hornak, 49, has been a partner at Rutan & Tucker since 1984. “I’m delighted with Mike’s election to the Executive Committee,” said Oderman. “His energy, intelligence and commitment to the best interests of the firm, along with his comprehensive knowledge of our litigation practice areas, will be tremendous assets for the Executive Committee.” Hornak is a litigator and corporate counselor who handles a broad variety of business matters. His practice focuses on disputes involving shareholders, partners, officers, directors, and other fiduciaries; as well as advice and representation of high technology and other companies concerning trade secrets misappropriation, trade disparagement, unfair competition, license agreements, and intellectual property rights. He is a 1978 graduate of the UCLA Law School and received his B.A. from Yale University, cum laude, in political science. Hornak lives in Mission Viejo with his wife Alicia and three children. He is a trustee and a past president of the Orange County Bar Foundation, a director of the Yale Club of Orange County, and the Yale Alumni Schools Committee director for Orange County. Hornak is an avid hockey fan and plays ice hockey, albeit not as well as his college hockey playing son.