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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Donna Tomlinson to Present at National Black Pre-Law Conference
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP associate Donna Tomlinson will present a workshop at the Third Annual National Black Pre-Law Admissions & Preparation Conference and Law Fair 2007. The conference will take place Friday, November 2 at the University of Houston’s University Center.

The conference is the only one in the country geared specifically toward African Americans interested in attending law school.

Ms. Tomlinson’s workshop is “You Can’t Make It All By Yourself: How to Effectively Network and Seek Out Mentors.”

08-30-2007

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Blank Rome LLP.

Nathaniel Jones Receives American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievement Award
Judge Nathaniel Jones, Blank Rome's chief diversity and inclusion officer, is being honored by the American Lawyer magazine, as a recipient of its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Awards.

This year’s award recipients, as well as the law firms selected for the magazine’s 2007 "A-List" rankings, will be honored at a gala dinner on October 24, 2007, in New York City.

Judge Jones practices litigation in Blank Rome's Cincinnati, Ohio, office. He was general counsel of the NAACP for a decade, beginning in 1969, taking several cases to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Jimmy Carter named him to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, where he served with distinction for 23 years.

"Over their distinguished careers, these individuals have exemplified the legal profession’s twin values of client service and public duty. Though they come from a variety of backgrounds, firms, and locales, they share careers of remarkable distinction and have set outstanding examples for younger members of the profession. We’re pleased to recognize their accomplishments through the American Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement Awards," said Aric Press, editor in chief.

08-30-2007

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Citi to Sell its Puerto Rico Brokerage Business to Popular, Inc.
Yesterday, Citi announced that it has agreed to sell its Smith Barney brokerage operations in Puerto Rico to Popular, Inc. The business has approximately $1.8 billion in assets under management and 15,000 accounts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale follows the announcement made earlier this month in which Popular said it would buy Citi's retail banking operations in Puerto Rico. The Paul, Weiss team representing Citi included corporate partner Paul Ginsberg and associates Nathan Pusey and Dexter Eng; tax partner Jeff Samuels and associate Patrick Karsnitz and employee benefits associate Erin Murphy.

08-30-2007

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Foley & Lardner

Foley Receives CIO 100 Award For Leadership In Client Service Technology Development.
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm received a 2007 CIO 100 Award given annually by CIO magazine. The award marks the sixth time in the past seven years that the firm has been recognized by the magazine. The CIO 100 celebrates the top 100 organizations worldwide that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT).

The 2007 honorees are recognized by CIO as organizations that have utilized information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers.

Foley earned the CIO 100 award because of new technologies the firm developed to support its client service program, which is focused on developing IT tools and processes to increase the firm's ability to bring more value to its clients. Central to the initiative is the identification and development of best practices for attorney and professional staff client service teams drawing upon experience in diverse industries and geographical areas.

“We have invested significant resources in creating client interactive technology tools that have been of substantial value in demonstrating our commitment to innovative client service,” said Ralf Boer, the firm's chairman and CEO. “Our client interview process revealed the importance that our clients place on information technology capabilities.”

The technology tools developed by Foley include FOLEY:ClientSuite, an extranet that allows clients to track and manage matters and act as a repository for case files and other information. The firm also created a budget management tool, a report card to assess if the firm is meeting client expectations and an online portal and resource center that is the entry point and information page for the firm to view all client service initiatives.

“The key benefit of the technology is the ability to share knowledge easily across the entire client team regardless of office or practice group,” said Doug Caddell, the firm's chief information officer. “It also keeps the team completely informed on all important client information necessary to provide exemplary service.”

Foley received the CIO 100 award at the magazine's ninth annual CIO 100 Symposium® and Awards Ceremony at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, CA.

08-30-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Represents Plextronics in $20.6 Million Financing
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC — led by shareholder Jeremy Garvey and associate Jennifer Minter — assisted Plextronics in its $20.6 million Series B financing, which was announced today. The financing is led by Solvay North America Investments, LLC, a member of the Solvay Group, an international chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in Brussels. Other significant investors who participated in the financing included Firelake Capital Management, Birchmere Ventures, Draper Triangle Ventures and Newlin Investment Company.

Garvey has represented Plextronics since its inception in 2002, and has assisted the company in raising a total of $37 million in equity capital investments since that time.

Plextronics president and CEO Andy Hannah said that the financing will allow Plextronics to expand its research and manufacturing capabilities, as well as increase its investment in sales and marketing activities. He also indicated that the Solvay and Plextronics partnership is expected to result in a joint development agreement that focuses on technology emanating from Solvay's other partners in the organic electronics field.

About Garvey

Jeremy Garvey focuses on private capital financings, especially the organization, funding and ongoing representation of emerging growth technology companies and venture firms. He is also co-chair of the firm's Securities/SEC Practice Group. In addition, Garvey often works closely with public company issuers in connection with public offerings of securities, securities law compliance, general corporate guidance, and governance and equity-based compensation issues. Over the past five years, Garvey has assisted companies such as CNX Gas Corporation and Dick's Sporting Goods in financings valued in excess of a billion dollars.

About Minter

Jennifer Minter focuses her practice on a range of corporate finance matters, with an emphasis on securities transactions for private and public companies, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and corporate governance matters. Among the transactions Minter has recently handled, she represented an electric utility in its $145 million offering of first mortgage bonds and assisted Tandem Health Care, Inc., in its $620 million sale to private equity firms JER Partners and Formation Capital, LLC.

About Plextronics, Inc.

Plextronics, Inc. is a leading innovator of technology for printed electronics. With a company vision of enabling 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015, Plextronics is creating technology capable of commercial-scale performance and manufacturability. The company's device design, process technology and Plexcore® branded inks enable the formation of active electrical layers — the key drivers of printed electronics.

08-30-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Feliciano Elected to ABA House of Delegates
José C. Feliciano, a partner in Baker Hostetler's Cleveland office, was recently elected to a three-year term as a Delegate-at-Large to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA). Control and administration of the ABA is vested in the House of Delegates, the policy-making body of the association.

Feliciano was one of only six Delegates-at-Large to be elected from a national slate of nominees. This is the second term as a Delegate-at-Large to which Feliciano has been elected and in both the previous and most recent election, Feliciano secured the largest number of votes of any of the nominees.

As the policy-making body of the ABA—the national representative of the legal profession in the United States—the House of Delegates makes recommendations to Congress on principal issues facing the justice system, including tax reform, rule of law issues, and immigration reform and administration of U.S. immigration laws. Additionally, the House is responsible for promulgation of the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility, on which state bar associations base their Rules of Professional Conduct.

In addition to his new role, Mr. Feliciano is also a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. The three-year appointment, which commenced in August 2006, is made by the President of the ABA and is based upon reputation for professional competence, integrity and devotion to public service.

Mr. Feliciano, who is also a member of the ABA's Latin America Law Initiative Advisory Council, previously served on the Board of Governors and House of Delegates of the ABA, and was formerly Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and the ABA representative to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. In 2005, he received the "Spirit of Excellence" award given by the ABA's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession for his efforts to promote a more racially and ethnically diverse legal profession.

08-30-2007

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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Steptoe & Johnson Announces Office Relocation
The law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC announces the relocation of its Martinsburg office to Edwin Miller Boulevard as of September 1, 2007. With easier accessibility to Interstate 81 and surrounding accommodations and commercial institutions, the new location features the latest technologies, which will benefit clients through improved service and responsiveness.

“Our new office is not only housed in a prime location, but it is outfitted with integrated audio-visual capabilities as well as wireless Internet access. This is an ongoing effort to provide our clients with the best possible legal services, especially in a region with so many diverse industries and businesses,” commented Robert M. Steptoe, Jr., CEO of the firm.

The growth of the Martinsburg office is a result of the firm’s determination to expand it’s reach in the eastern panhandle region.

08-30-2007

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