PHOENIX, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Catharine Ellingsen has been named Vice President, Deputy General Counsel by Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Ms. Ellingsen joined Allied Waste in 2001 as Managing Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment where she developed the company's employment and labor law and labor relations functions, including handling litigation and providing counsel and advice to management. In 2004, Ms. Ellingsen was appointed Associate General Counsel, Director of Legal. In this role she furthered the company's labor and employment practices and continued to provide counsel to senior management on a wide variety of corporate matters and directed related training for the company. Prior to joining Allied Waste, Ms. Ellingsen practiced law at the Phoenix offices of Steptoe and Johnson, LLP and Bryan Cave, LLC, representing employers in all areas of employment law and traditional labor matters. Ms. Ellingsen graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelors degree Cum Laude from Wheaton College in Norton, MA with a double major in Political Science and European History. Ms. Ellingsen is a member of the American Bar Association and has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1992. The Human Resource Certificate Institute also certified her in 2003 as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. About Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Allied Waste is America's second largest non-hazardous solid waste services company and an environmental leader. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Allied Waste provides waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 100 major markets spanning 37 states and Puerto Rico. Our team of 24,000 dedicated employees operates within a highly efficient, integrated organization that generated $6 billion of revenue in 2006. DATASOURCE: Allied Waste Industries, Inc. CONTACT: Jim Zeumer, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Investor Relations of Allied Waste Industries, Inc., +1-480-627-2785 Web site: http://www.alliedwaste.com/

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