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Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

Rogowski and Young Co-Author Book on IP and Bankruptcy Laws
Patricia S. Rogowski and Craig B. Young, attorneys with Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, have authored a new handbook entitled Bankruptcy and its Impact on Intellectual Property. The handbook is published by the American Bankruptcy Institute and is available on the ABI website at www.abiworld.org – Publications.

The first part of the handbook covers the basics of Intellectual Property Law, including how intellectual property rights are established, how those rights are enforced, how intellectual property is licensed and the rights of owners and licensees of intellectual property to protect their rights against infringement. All areas of intellectual property are covered including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. The second part of the handbook examines the impact of Bankruptcy Law on the rights of owners and licensees of intellectual property with relevant discussions of how and when intellectual property may be treated as property of the bankruptcy estate and/or executory contracts in a bankruptcy as well as the impact of bankruptcy proceedings on intellectual property used as collateral.

Pat is a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. She is the Immediate Past President of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association, the Chair of the firm’s Hiring Committee and Practice Leader for the firm’s Patent Prosecution Group. Her career in IP law spans more than twenty years and includes a broad range of technologies, both in transactional and litigation matters.

Craig is Of Counsel in the firm’s Business Law Group. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law (where he teaches courses in Bankruptcy Law), a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Corporate, Finance and Securities Section of the District of Columbia Bar. Craig has written and lectured extensively on the cross over between Intellectual Property Law and Bankruptcy Law.

09-04-2007

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Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, L.L.C.

15 New Associates Join Bell Boyd
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP welcomes 15 new first year associates to the firm, in both the Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices. They join practice groups throughout the firm, including Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Real Estate.

"Our Recruiting Committee works hard all year to bring in law students with strong academic credentials who possess the values, character and energy that reflect Bell Boyd's culture," said Bell Boyd Managing Partner Nancy Bertoglio. "We are proud of this year's class and their ability to provide the highest standard of service our clients have come to expect from our law firm."

Many of Bell Boyd's first year associates participated in the firm's summer program. For the past four years, The American Lawyer has ranked the firm's summer program among the best in the nation. Associates gave the firm high scores for the quality of work assigned, for the level of responsibility and for the opportunity to work directly with partners.

09-04-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

79 T&K Attorneys Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to congratulate its 79 attorneys who were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Thompson & Knight is honored to have more attorneys listed in Best Lawyers than any other firm in Dallas, Texas, a total of 64. The Firm also has the most attorneys listed in the fields of Banking Law and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in Texas and has the most attorneys listed in the fields of Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in Dallas. Fifteen Thompson & Knight attorneys have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years, 12 attorneys have been listed for at least 20 years, and 12 attorneys are listed for the first time this year.

Published since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 78 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of the top attorneys in the U.S. and other major legal communities confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on more than two million detailed evaluations of attorneys by other attorneys.

Because attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee for a basic listing, Best Lawyers has gained the respect of the legal profession, the media, and clients as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. It has received accolades from presidents of the American Bar Association, been frequently featured in the U.S. media, and excerpted in more than 50 major metropolitan newspapers and magazines.

Below is the list, by Firm office, of the 79 Thompson & Knight attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 and the area in which they are honored.

09-04-2007

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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

TAMPA LAWYER JEFFREY BUTT HONORED FOR CRISIS CENTER SUPPORT
Jeffrey D. Butt, a real estate lawyer with global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., was recently selected by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to receive the state’s Points of Light Award, a weekly award honoring Florida residents’ volunteerism.

Butt was selected for his longtime work with the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. In 2006, Butt received a similar award from the federal Points of Light program. The Center provides services including counseling, case management and transportation for medical and mental health patients, as well as crisis and suicide intervention.

“Jeffery’s innovative ideas and leadership helped provide his community with important crisis and emergency services,” Crist said in a news release issued by his office. The Governor’s Points of Light Award recipients are chosen by a panel of Florida volunteers that evaluates nominations and makes recommendations. The program is managed by the nonprofit Volunteer Florida Program.

Butt’s work with the Center started as pro bono legal counsel. He has also served as chair of its board of directors for more than 10 years, working to increase the organization’s funding sources, including the introduction of social enterprise ventures to the Center, and upgrading its TransCare van service to a fully operational Basic Life Support ambulance service.

“Jeff’s commitment to his community is second only to his commitment to his family and his clients,” said Joseph D. Edwards, managing partner of the firm’s Tampa office. “We are very proud of his volunteer accomplishments.

09-04-2007

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Ropes & Gray, LLP

Steve Rosenthal Joins Ropes & Gray's Tax & Benefits Department
Ropes & Gray is pleased to announce that Steven M. Rosenthal has joined the firm's Tax & Benefits Department as a partner. Rosenthal will base his practice in the firm's office in Washington, D.C.

Rosenthal comes to Ropes & Gray from Miller & Chevalier, where he was a partner specializing in the taxation of financial transactions. He previously served as legislation counsel to the Joint Committee on Taxation for the United States Congress. In that capacity, he focused on the development of tax legislation for financial institutions, financial products and capital gains.

"With his background in private practice and government service, Steve will add a valuable dimension to our group," said Jonathan M. Zorn, the chair of Ropes & Gray's Tax & Benefits Department. "His experience will substantially enhance the services we provide to our clients."

Rosenthal is active in several organizations, including the District of Columbia Bar, where he is a member of the Steering Committee and the former chair of the Taxation Section; the Journal of Taxation of Financial Institutions, for which he serves as editor; and the Investment Company Institute, where he is a member of the advisory committee. He is also the former chair of the Investment Company Committee of the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association. Finally, he is listed as one of the top tax practitioners in the current editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and the International Tax Review.

Rosenthal is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley; a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University; and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).

09-04-2007

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Proskauer & Rose, LLP

Proskauer Rose Continues Global Expansion of Private Investment Funds Practice With Addition of Daniel Schmidt & Olivier Dumas In Paris:.
Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, announced today that one of Europe's most prominent groups of private equity lawyers, led by Daniel Schmidt and Olivier Dumas, have joined the firm's Paris office and global Private Investment Funds Group.

The founder of Paris-based SGDM, Mr. Schmidt focuses on investment fund, venture capital, merger and acquisition, and restructuring matters for a range of clients from established venture capital and investment fund players to start ups. He also specializes in taxation issues relating to investment funds and is the author of "Venture Capital Trusts and Investment Trusts: Legal and Tax Principles" and "Venture Capital Companies Tax Aspects," which are widely regarded as the definitive treatises in the field. Mr. Dumas has been working for nearly ten years with Daniel Schmidt. He specializes in private equity transactions and fund formation in addition to transactional work. They are joined by Mireille Mull-Jochem, Arielle Halimi, and Estelle Piazza.

"We are proud to welcome Daniel and Olivier's group to the firm. They have long been a leading presence in the European private equity and venture capital worlds and their addition continues our expansion in the region and the growth of our global private investment funds practice, a cornerstone of the firm's strategy," said Allen I. Fagin, chairman of Proskauer.

"Daniel and Olivier are an exciting complement to our already robust Paris corporate practice, led by Delia Spizer and Guillaume Kellner. We are excited to capitalize on their experience and reputation in the field," said Yasmine Tarasewicz, head of Proskauer's Paris office.

"Proskauer Rose has a first-class reputation in the private equity market, with internationally recognized lawyers and clients. I look forward to working with them to grow and expand the practice in Europe," said Mr. Schmidt.

Mr. Schmidt has served as president of the Code of Ethics Committee of AFIC, the French private equity association, and was an important contributor to the drafting of the AFIC and AFG-ASFFI code of ethics in addition to serving as the AFIC's representative to the AMF ( Autorité des marchés financiers -Financial Markets Authority) and to the French Finance Ministry for the regulation of the private equity in France. Prior to founding SGDM, he was a partner at ASA Strasbourg. He is a graduate of Montpellier University. Mr. Dumas also served as a member of the AFIC Code of Ethics Committee. He is a graduate of Paris IX Dauphine University.

The addition of Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Dumas to Proskauer's Paris office is the latest development in the firm's ever-expanding representation of the private equity community. In 2006, Proskauer's Private Investment Funds Group represented sponsors in closing 83 private equity funds with $24.4 billion in committed capital and closed over 450 investments in private equity funds representing over $16.5 billion. The practice has been consistently ranked as one of the world's best by Chambers and numerous other legal directories, was named one of the world's most active by Dow Jones' Private Equity Analyst, and Robin Painter, the group's co-chair, was recently named one of the 30 most influential lawyers practicing in global private equity by Private Equity International magazine.

In addition to the expansion of the firm's private equity capabilities in Paris, Proskauer recently announced the opening of its São Paulo office and has made a number of other additions to its firm-wide corporate and transactional capabilities. They include Trevor Chaplick, a noted corporate and transactional attorney and former head of the Washington, D.C. office of Wilson Sonsini, who joined Proskauer as co-head of its Washington, D.C. office, and veteran real estate finance attorneys Louis Eatman, Douglas Frank and Andrea Ascher and capital markets attorney Stuart Bressman, who have joined as partners.

09-04-2007

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt Recruits Energy Attorney Charles Ferguson
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, announced today that Charles Ferguson has joined the firm as counsel in the Land, Environment & Natural Resources Practice Group. Mr. Ferguson, who moves to Manatt from Dorsey & Whitney, is the second lateral hire in the firm's new San Francisco office since it opened its doors on August 13.

"Charles Ferguson's experience in litigation with a focus on matters involving energy, environment, natural resources and dealing with regulatory agencies is an excellent fit with the growing energy practice at Manatt," said David L. Huard, Co-Chair of the firm's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources practice, who transferred from Manatt's Los Angeles office to the San Francisco office. "Manatt is responding to an increasing need among clients for substantial expertise in issues related to natural resources and energy. Charles's impressive level of experience will contribute greatly to our goal of serving clients on a national scale."

"Manatt has a vibrant and growing energy and natural resources practice," said Mr. Ferguson, whose experience also encompasses resolving issues related to access to natural gas pipelines, high-voltage electric transmission lines, and sales of a variety of source energy units. "Manatt is one of the few firms that recognized early on in the energy crisis the necessity to build its expertise. It is a great new base for my work."

Mr. Ferguson has over 25 years experience in complex trial litigation in various industries with an emphasis most recently on energy. His energy experience has included litigation involving the development of offshore oil rigs and the early stages of the Alaska Pipeline, nuclear plants, large fossil fuel plants and offshore oil rigs. He has a long list of reported decisions to his credit. Some of the cases he has worked on include representing natural gas suppliers in a cross-border dispute over long-term gas supply contracts and representing a nuclear power plant owner against contractors in a price-fixing/RICO scheme. He has also represented clients in matters concerning antitrust, trade secret theft, consumer fraud actions, utility contract disputes, product liability, and insurance.
Mr. Ferguson received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, and B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College.

09-04-2007

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