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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Melissa Brown Joins Dykema
Dykema announces that Melissa C. Brown has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Litigation Department, resident in its Grand Rapids office. Ms. Brown is a litigator specializing in securities litigation, general commercial litigation, and federal equity receivership matters.

Ms. Brown practiced commercial litigation in Chicago for ten years before returning to West Michigan. She has represented public corporations in shareholder derivative and class action lawsuits; broker-dealer organizations in regulatory investigations; federal equity receivers; a national stock exchange; and other businesses, public and private, in commercial litigation. Ms. Brown has also represented, on a pro bono basis, a defendant in two highly publicized trials in the Cook County, Illinois, criminal court.

Prior to her legal career, Ms. Brown was a consultant providing speechwriting, strategic communications development, and corporate identity consulting both within West Michigan and nationally. She has consulted with senior management on corporate identity programs, investor relations, employee communications, marketing, and executive speechwriting, and taught nationally promoted workshops in effective corporate communications.

A resident of Saugatuck, Michigan, Ms. Brown received her B.A., with high honors, from Grand Valley State University, her M.S. in journalism from Ohio University, and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame.

02-12-2007

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Blank Rome LLP.

Chambers Global Recognizes Leaders in Shipping Law
The 2007 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers recognizes some of the partners who help make Blank Rome's maritime practice a global leader. John Kimball, Jack Greenbaum, and LeRoy Lambert in the New York office, and Nigel Binnersley in the Hong Kong office, were all singled out for recognition.

Quoting from Chambers:

Interviewees regard John Kimball as the team’s ‘premier talent.’ Opponents admit: ‘If anybody has succeeded in playing things close to his chest, it’s him—he is extremely smart and you can’t figure out where he is going!’ Yet, in the same breath, they comment that he is always willing to sit down and rationalise a case. His low-key, composed manner led the team defending the ‘Kariba’ on the ‘Tricolor’ case.

Jack Greenbaum’s similarly understated approach is said to ‘just focus on the key issues in a case.’ A litigator with an ‘insightful intellect,’ he engenders much respect among peers, who claim that they can ‘always walk away from cases with him feeling clean.’

LeRoy Lambert continues to impress market observers with his commercial sense and ‘understanding of the client’s needs and desires,’ as well as the ability to reach a solution within these parameters without necessarily resorting to contentious action.

In addition, in June 2006, John Kimball was awarded the Chambers Shield of Excellence as “the Leading Attorney in Shipping Litigation.”

The Chambers surveys have also shone light on Blank Rome’s Hong Kong office:

New to the Chambers rankings, this US firm’s . . . Hong Kong office frequently handles multi-jurisdictional disputes. . . . Peer law firms occasionally call on lawyers here for assistance.

Chambers continues:

The office’s key partner is Nigel Binnersley. Dual-qualified in Hong Kong and England, he is a popular figure with great experience in the region.

Chambers & Partners, the UK-based publishers of Chambers Global, conducts research by speaking to a vast range of lawyers and clients. Greater weighting is given to the views of the latter, and any biased viewpoints tend to cancel each other out. All interviews are conducted purely for research purposes and are entirely confidential and un-attributed. The methodology has been approved by the British Market Research Bureau, which audits the research annually.

In-depth interviews with clients and lawyers are done over the telephone, each one lasting about half an hour. For the current Global directory, over 6,500 of these interviews were conducted covering 170 countries. They were carried out by a team of 30 full-time researchers over a period of 12 months. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client. Editorial comment is also derived from the research, with quotations used when they sum up the prevailing opinion of the market.

02-12-2007

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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

55 Womble Carlyle Lawyers Named to NC Super Lawyers List
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC today announced that 55 Womble Carlyle attorneys have been named North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2007. Eight of the firm's selected attorneys were listed in the Top 10 and Top 100 North Carolina, and Top 50 Women categories.

North Carolina Super Lawyers, an annual magazine published by Law & Politics, includes a listing of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list includes no more than five percent of the licensed active attorneys in the state, and represents more than 60 practice areas.

Womble Carlyle's Super Lawyers went through a multi-step selection process that includes surveying state lawyers who have been in practice for at least five years; researching credentials of nominees; assembling a blue ribbon review panel of leading attorneys from each practice area; directly contacting lawyers and law firm representatives, verifying data and conducting a good-standing review of candidates.

Following is a list of the Womble Carlyle lawyers by office who were named to the list and the practice area for which each was selected:

Charlotte
Garza Baldwin, III, Mergers & Acquisitions
Timothy G. Barber, Business Litigation
G. Michael Barnhill, Business Litigation
Gary D. Chamblee, Real Estate
Cornelius W. Coghill, III, Estate Planning and Probate
Jim D. Cooley, Business Litigation
James P. Cooney, III, Personal Injury Defense: Medical, *Top 10 and Top 100 North Carolina
James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Debbie W. Harden, Business Litigation, *Top 50 Women
Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Litigation
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business/Corporate
Don Lampe, Banking
Sara R. Lincoln, Personal Injury Defense: Medical
Richard L. Rainey, Labor and Employment
William C. Raper, Business Litigation

Raleigh
Thomas B. Anderson, Jr., Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Donald A. Donadio, Bonds/Government Finance
Charles A. Edwards, Labor and Employment
Chris T. Graebe, Business Litigation
Michael W. Hubbard, Health Care
Johnny M. Loper, Business Litigation
William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate
Pressly Millen, Business Litigation, *Top 100 North Carolina
Maury M. Tepper, III, Intellectual Property

Research Triangle Park
M. Christopher Bolen, Intellectual Property
Laura B. Luger, Construction/Surety

Greensboro
Lucretia D. Guia, Labor and Employment, *Top 50 Women
Jack Hicks, Intellectual Property
James M. Powell, Labor and Employment
Thomas S. Stukes, Health Care

Winston-Salem
Alfred G. Adams, Real Estate, *Top 100 North Carolina
Jean T. Adams, Estate Planning and Probate, *Top 50 Women
Jimmy H. Barnhill, Family Law
Anthony H. Brett, Health Care
Andrew W. Copenhaver, Antitrust Litigation
Linwood L. Davis, Business/Corporate
Bonnie K. Donahue, Business Litigation
Jeffrey L. Furr, Class Action/Mass Torts
Allan R. Gitter, Civil Litigation Defense
Murray C. Greason, Jr., Closely Held Business
Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate
Hada Haulsee, Civil Litigation Defense
Jeff Lawyer, Tax
Christopher E. Leon, Banking
Kenneth A. Moser, Real Estate
Mark N. Poovey, Antitrust Litigation
Elizabeth L. Quick, Estate Planning and Probate, *Top 100 North Carolina and Top 50 Women
George A. Ragland, Estate Planning and Probate
Thomas D. Schroeder, Business Litigation
William B. Sullivan, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Keith W. Vaughan, Business Litigation, *Top 100 North Carolina
William R. Whitehurst, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Mark C. Wiley, Tax
Erna A.P. Womble, Civil Litigation Defense
William F. Womble, Jr., Personal Injury Defense: Product

02-12-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Wins Victory for Pro Bono Client: Home-Based Business Permit Awarded
WilmerHale attorneys won an important victory for their client, Howard Daniel, when, under threat of a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the Manassas City Council reversed its decision to deny Daniel a special use permit to operate a home-based business.

Mr. Daniel is a Virginia Board of Nursing-certified massage therapist, and has resided with his partner for 10 years in the City of Manassas. Daniel practices massage therapy part time in clients’ homes and at a local hospital. To better serve his clients, he wanted to give them the option of use his home for sessions. This required him obtain a special use permit from the City.

Daniel had strong support from his immediate neighbors for his application, and the City’s Department of Community Development and Planning Commission approved his application as well. His proposal, however, drew strong, organized opposition from certain Manassas residents outside his neighborhood, opposition that Daniel believed to be motivated by his sexual orientation. On October 23, 2006, the City Council rejected his application on a vote of 4-3.

WilmerHale attorneys began their representation of Daniel shortly before the October 23 Council meeting. They issued Virginia FOIA requests, conducted interviews with potential witnesses, and developed a strong case that Daniel was the victim of unlawful discrimination. The attorneys also discovered that one council member that voted against Daniel’s application had a conflict of interest that should have disqualified him from voting at the October 23 meeting.

Soon after the attorneys presented this evidence in the form of a draft complaint to City representatives, the Council reversed course. At its February 12, 2007 meeting, the Council suspended its rules, and reconsidered the October 23 vote. The conflicted council member recused himself, and the Council voted in favor of granting Daniel’s special use permit 4-1.

02-12-2007

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Announces Global Partnership with Jessup
White & Case today announced a four-year sponsorship of the International Law Students Association (ILSA) making the Firm a Global Partner of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Administered by ILSA in more than 90 countries, the Jessup Competition is the world's largest moot court competition. Every year, over 2,000 law students from more than 500 schools around the world participate in the competition. In countries where more than one school participates, a national competition is held in order to determine which team(s) may advance to compete at the world championship event, which is held in Washington, D.C. every spring in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law.

To administer and run the Global Jessup Program, ILSA relies on an army of volunteers from the international community. White & Case is among the most active of this dedicated group.

As a Global Partner of the Jessup Competition, White & Case will play a premier role in the Chinese, Russian and Canadian National Rounds, with the latter to be renamed the "White & Case Canadian National Division Qualifying Tournament of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition."

The Moscow office of White & Case founded the Jessup competition in Russia, which in six years has become the world's second largest national competition. Hugh Verrier, member of the Firm's global management board, said, "White & Case lawyers have been involved with the Jessup in a number of capacities for many years, but now we are able to offer worldwide support to strengthen the competition and offer more opportunities for law students from around the world to participate."

The Firm's Moscow office has been a sponsor of the national competition in Russia since 2002. Among other White & Case offices, the Istanbul, Prague, Beijing and Hong Kong offices provide volunteer coaching and judging for their respective national competitions.

ILSA's Chairman, Ambassador David Scheffer, said, "White & Case already has entered the Hall of Fame for the Jessup Competition, and as a Global Partner the firm is demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to shaping the lawyers who will shepherd international law through the 21st Century. As chairman of the board of directors of ILSA, I want to express our deep gratitude and admiration to all of the attorneys of White & Case."

About ILSA
The International Law Students Association (ILSA) is a non-profit association of students and young lawyers dedicated to the study and promotion of international law. Generally, legal education in the United States and elsewhere focuses upon domestic or local law. ILSA is dedicated to supplementing this traditional approach with opportunities for study, research and career networking in the fields of international, comparative and transnational law.

02-12-2007

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Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner, LLP

Thelen Partner Robert Nelson Appointed to Select Task Force on U.S.-India Economic Relations
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner partner Robert L. Nelson, Jr. has been appointed to a select United States task force formed by the Pacific Council on International Policy. The task force will work with an Indian counterpart group to develop policy recommendations for the enhancement of U.S.-India economic relations.

In addition to Mr. Nelson, the U.S. task force will include William H. Draper, III, managing director of Draper Richards and the dean of American venture capital investment in India (also the founder of Sutter Hill Ventures and the former head of the United Nations Development Program and the U.S. Export-Import Bank); Kenneth I. Juster, executive vice president of legal affairs and corporate development at Salesforce.com and former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce from 2001-2005 and chair of the U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group; and Howard Leach, CEO of Leach Capital Corporation and U.S. Ambassador to France from 2001-2005.

The Indian task force, formed by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, is expected to include the chairmen or managing directors of leading firms in India, such as Reliance, Tata, Wipro, and Indian Oil Corporation.

The joint task forces will meet in the fall of 2007 in New Delhi and in the spring of 2008 in Northern California, following which a report will be published on its findings.

Mr. Nelson is a senior partner in Thelen's San Francisco office, who specializes in project development and finance, as well as energy and technology sector acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and project workouts and restructurings. A leading author on international and domestic project finance, Mr. Nelson serves as the chairman of the International Bar Association's Subcommittee on Financing Structures, Construction Law Committee, and vice chairman of the ABA International Secured Transactions and Insolvency Committee.

02-12-2007

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Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross, P.C.

R. Max Crane - Simpson Thacher Salary Bombshell Reverberates in New Jersey
Salaries for first years were jolted when New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett raised first year pay to $160,000. Max Crane stated in this article that "the firm [Sills Cummis] is sensitive to the New York market but has decided not to go directly up against it." Crane stated that first year associates at Sills Cummis would be hiked to $125,000 from $115,000.

02-12-2007

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