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Willcox & Savage, Attorneys at Law

Willcox & Savage Presents: The IP Update - February 2, 2006
Join us on February 2, 2006, as we review the latest developments and forecast the future for patent, copyright, and trademark law, including a discussion of how these important changes could affect your businesses.

Ronald E. Williams, an attorney and senior manager at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, will cover hot topics in and proposed changes to U.S. trademark practice. Willcox & Savage attorneys Timothy J. Lockhart, Kevin A. White, and Catherine S. Branch, Ph.D., will cover recent court rulings and proposed legislation affecting how businesses can leverage copyrights and patents.

01-03-2006

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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Company

Three Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Partners Recognized as Ohio Super Lawyers
January 3, 2006– Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., the nation’s largest creditors’ rights law firm based on revenue and placements according to Collections & Credit Risk magazine, is pleased to announce that three partners were selected as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2006.

Robert B. Weltman, Alan H. Weinberg, and Rosemary Taft-Milby each were chosen among the top five percent of Ohio’s licensed attorneys for the third consecutive year. The list, a joint project of Law and Politics Magazine and Cincinnati Magazine, surveyed more than 35,000 attorneys across Ohio asking them to nominate the best lawyers in the state.

Robert Weltman is the senior partner of the firm and concentrates in complex collections. Mr. Weltman’s experience in the area of creditors’ rights has earned him local, state and national prominence. In 2003 he was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year for the Service Industry Category in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Weltman is a member of the American, Ohio State, Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Bar Associations. He is licensed in Ohio and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH) and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Weltman is a member of the Cleveland Bar Association (Municipal Court Committee), National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys and Northern Ohio Credit Association.


Alan Weinberg is the managing partner of the firm and previously managed the Litigation & Defense department in WWR’s Cleveland office. Mr. Weinberg is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and Cleveland Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Commercial Law sections). He is licensed in Ohio and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH) and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Weinberg is certified as a Creditors’ Rights Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Mr. Weinberg is a member of the Commercial Law League of America and Northern Ohio Credit Association (past President). He is also the Educational Chairperson of the Ohio Creditors Attorney Association and a Board Member of Care Alliance.

Rosemary Taft-Milby is the partner managing the Litigation & Defense department in the Cleveland office. She is licensed in Ohio and Kentucky, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH, Eastern District of KY, Western District of KY), the U.S. Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Claims. Ms. Taft-Milby is certified as a Creditors’ Rights Specialist by the American Board of Certification. She is one of only six women in America to be so certified. Ms. Taft-Milby is a member of the American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association (Women in the Profession and Litigation sections), Cleveland Bar Association (commission of Women in the Law) and the Ohio Women’s Bar Association.

2005 marked the 75th anniversary of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. provides comprehensive collection and litigation services to creditors throughout the nation including major banks & financial institutions, mortgage & lending companies, commercial creditors, government entities, insurance companies, credit unions, service organizations, and utility companies. Practice areas include bankruptcy, collection services, foreclosure/evictions/REO, legal action recovery, litigation & defense, probate, subrogation and corporate & financial services. The firm has offices in Brooklyn Heights (OH), Burlington (NJ), Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Deerfield (IL), Detroit, Grove City (OH), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

01-03-2006

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil Gotshal’s Intellectual Property Practice Recognized as a Finalist in IP Category in The American Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year Competition
Weil Gotshal News - Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP was recognized not once, but twice, in The American Lawyer’s Litigation Department of the Year competition. The firm’s Intellectual Property practice was chosen as a Finalist in the IP category and was cited for its high profile cases and precedent-setting wins. The American Lawyer described our IP practice as “a powerhouse.” Weil Gotshal was also part of a small group of law firms awarded an Honorable Mention for the Litigation Department of the Year. The American Lawyer recognized us for our victories in the courtroom and said that the firm “showed the broad strength that made it a department finalist in 2004.”

01-03-2006

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Ulmer & Berne LLP

Ulmer & Berne LLP Announces 33 Ohio Super Lawyers for 2006
CLEVELAND (January 3, 2006) — Ulmer & Berne LLP, a major Ohio-based law firm with four offices throughout the Midwest, announced today that 33 of its attorneys have been selected as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2006.

01-03-2006

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Torys LLP

Bankruptcy 2006: Church Cases Challenge First Amendment
The Chapter 11 cases of two Roman Catholic dioceses are sparking a bitter debate that may have lasting First Amendment implications and a major impact on church–state separation jurisprudence.

In resolving sex-abuse lawsuits in 2004, the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon and the Diocese of Spokane, Washington filed for Chapter 11 protection. But in August 2005, a bankruptcy court ruled that the Spokane parish property can be sold to repay abuse victims in the bankruptcy. Then on Friday, a bankruptcy court deemed that the Portland archdiocese, not its parishes, owns the US$500 million parish property.

The dioceses both argue that the Catholic Church's internal law, canon law, bars them from using assets of the parishes, which are held in trust, to settle the sex abuse claims, and that the courts are required to respect the churches' religious freedom to organize internally.

Past court rulings have indeed given churches the right, under the First Amendment, to use canon law to organize their civil property relationships. Many Catholic dioceses in the United States are in fact organized as corporations sole, meaning that as the sole owner of the corporation, the bishop or archbishop holds the assets of the individual parishes in his name.

Lawyers for the sex-abuse victims, however, say there's no clear legal—or practical—separation between the parishes and the diocese: they are not are not independent legal entities. Abuse victims iterate that a religious organization's external relationships to the rest of society can only be governed by civil law.

Some bankruptcy experts agree, arguing that the very act of filing for protection under federal bankruptcy law puts a religious organization's autonomy in jeopardy. "When a regulating group seeks the protection of a civil authority, it, in a sense, loses some of its self regulating rights," says Bill Gray. "In order to take advantage of that shield, you also have to be prepared for the sword of bankruptcy."

Meanwhile, a Tucson, Arizona diocese avoided the issue earlier this year in exiting Chapter 11 protection last year after reaching a US$22.3 million settlement with abuse victims.

A resolution that sidesteps the ownership issue is not likely in either Portland or Spokane, says Bill. "I certainly think this is something that is very likely to wind itself up the appellate chain. "I think on the issue of separation of church and state, it could have a major impact."

01-03-2006

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Stuart & Branigin LLP

Monica S. Bloom and Robert F. Simpson II Join Stuart & Branigin
Lafayette, Indiana – January 3, 2006 – Monica S. Bloom and Robert F. Simpson II, have joined the Lafayette office of Stuart & Branigin LLP. Both are admitted to the Indiana State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

Bloom, an associate in the firm’s litigation group, earned her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2005 and her B.A., cum laude, from Duke University in 2001. While in law school, Bloom served as articles editor for the University of Illinois Law Review and was a 2005 recipient of the Rickert Awards for Excellence in Academic Achievement and Excellence in Legal Publications.

Simpson, an associate practicing in the area of business transactions, received his J.D. degree from the Indiana University School of Law in 2005 after earning a B.A., cum laude, from Albion College. He also studied at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the University of Cape Town School of Law. As a law student, Simpson was a semi-finalist in the European Union Law International Moot Court competition on European Union business law and participated in the George Washington University National Security Law Moot Court competition. Before joining Stuart & Branigin, Simpson completed legal internships with the Hendricks County Prosecutor’s Office in Danville, Indiana, and with Finish Line Inc. in Indianapolis.

Stuart & Branigin LLP has been providing legal services in Indiana since 1878. Today, the law firm has more than 30 experienced lawyers providing legal representation in such diverse areas as civil litigation and appellate matters; banking and creditors’ rights; business counseling; business transactions; buying and selling businesses; design and construction; education; employment; environmental; estates and trusts; health care; insurance; intellectual property; international; real estate, development, and zoning; and taxation.

01-03-2006

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP

Sheppard Mullin Welcomes San Diego Litigator, Dana Dunwoody
Dana J. Dunwoody has joined the San Diego office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group. Dunwoody, most recently at Mazzarella, Dunwoody & Caldarelli in San Diego, focuses on trials, arbitration, and litigation of disputes concerning real property, partnerships, intra-corporate matters, contracts, hotel management agreements and franchise agreements, employment and intellectual property.

Guy Halgren, managing partner of the firm said, "We are very excited to have Dana joining our firm. He is at the top of the next generation of lead trial attorneys in San Diego. Not only does Dana have exceptional litigation skills, but clients just love him. He is a terrific fit."

Commented Dunwoody, "I have enjoyed practicing in a smaller firm but to really best serve my clients, I needed to move to a bigger outfit. Sheppard Mullin is perfect for me and my clients. I have known the Sheppard attorneys my entire career and think the world of them. My clients now have the resources of a national firm and the focus of two thriving San Diego offices, downtown and in Del Mar. I can't wait to get transitioned and introduce my clients to Sheppard Mullin."

Dunwoody's clients include: The Ryness Company; Morrison & Foerster, LLP; Initial Broadcasting of California; Maguire Partners; Sharper Image; ST Microelectronics; Jimsair; Maxim Integrated Products; The Henry Schein Companies; Heritage Golf Group; and others. He was co-founder, along with Mark Mazzarella, of the law firm of Mazzarella & Dunwoody in 1991. Dunwoody previously practiced with the San Diego offices of Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory and Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps.

Dunwoody received his law degree in 1985 from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as an Associate Editor for the Industrial Relations Law Journal. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with high honors in 1981 from the University of California at San Diego. Dunwoody is a former Judicial Extern for the Honorable Laughlin E. Waters of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He is a frequent lecturer and panelist on trial and litigation for National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, California Continuing Education of the Bar, among other organizations, and is also consulting editor to the comprehensive Matthew Bender resource text, "Contract Litigation." Dunwoody is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, an exclusive global consulting group comprised of 185 members who represent key hospitality industry client companies.

About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a full service AmLaw 100 firm with more than 480 attorneys in nine offices located throughout California and in New York and Washington, D.C. The firm's California offices are located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Century City, Orange County, Del Mar Heights and San Diego. Sheppard Mullin provides legal expertise and counsel to U.S. and international clients in a wide range of practice areas, including Antitrust, Corporate and Securities; Entertainment, Media and Communications; Finance and Bankruptcy; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Real Estate/Land Use; Tax/Employee Benefits/Trusts & Estates; and White Collar Defense. The firm was founded in 1927.

01-03-2006

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