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Lathrop & Gage LLP

Michelle Pittman Gellis Joins Lathrop & Gage as an Associate
Joel Voran, CEO of Lathrop & Gage L.C. announced today that Michele Pittman Gellis has joined the Kansas City, Mo. office as an associate in the business litigation practice area.

Pittman Gellis focuses her business litigation practice on a variety of cases involving general business disputes, general civil litigation, environmental litigation, bankruptcy, debt enforcement and collection, as well as insurance coverage disputes.

Pittman Gellis received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan College in 2000 and her juris doctorate from Stetson University College of Law in 2003. She received the Gardner W. Beckett Liberties Award in 2003, was a member of the Stetson Law Review and was a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society. Pittman Gellis was named the Julia Monroe Woodward Communication Scholar in 2000. She is a current member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers.

08-27-2007

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Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, L.L.C.

Poer Rejoins Haskell Slaughter’s Litigation Team
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC announces the continued growth of its Litigation Practice Group with the addition of Stephen L. Poer, a veteran courtroom litigator. Mr. Poer, who previously practiced with Haskell Slaughter for 16 years, rejoins the firm as a member after a five-year tenure as a partner in a Birmingham litigation specialty firm.

Steve Poer has a broad-based litigation practice, primarily representing clients in the defense of civil litigation. He has extensive courtroom and jury trial experience, including the representation of insurance, financial services and other business clients in tort claims, professional liability claims, products liability claims, fraud claims, dram shop claims and employment discrimination claims, among others. In addition to his civil defense practice, Mr. Poer has also represented clients in white-collar criminal defense matters. He began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in Jefferson County. After practicing with a number of smaller firms, he joined Haskell Slaughter in 1986, continuing his practice with the firm until 2002. In addition to his courtroom practice, Mr. Poer is a certified mediator and arbitrator and frequently serves as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. He is a member of the Vestavia Hills, Alabama, Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Poer adds his front-line trial experience to the more than 45 lawyers of Haskell Slaughter’s Litigation Practice Group. The firm’s litigation team has represented business, governmental and individual clients in state and federal courts and arbitration and mediation proceedings across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Its areas of concentration include securities, derivative and class action litigation, insurance litigation, products liability, employment litigation, tax litigation, professional liability, real estate and land use litigation, white-collar defense and a full range of business and commercial litigation.

08-27-2007

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Advises International Investor Consortium on the Cirebon Independent Power Project
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, is representing PT Cirebon Electric Power, a consortium led by Japan's Marubeni Corporation, which will build and operate a 660 megawatt coal-fired power plant and sell power from the plant to PLN, the Indonesian state owned government utility.

The consortium signed a 30 year power purchase agreement in Jakarta last week in front of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during the Japanese prime ministers’ visit to Indonesia earlier last week.

The plant, which will be located on the coast of western Java, will supply power to Jakarta and other parts of the region, where power shortages are expected as demand is likely to outpace supply because of Indonesia's rapid economic growth.

The total investment will be about US$750 million. The plant is scheduled to start commercial operations by August 2011. Marubeni owns 32.5% in the consortium, while South Korean power company Korea Midland Power Co. has a 27.5% stake. Indonesian engineering company PT Tripatra Engineers & Constructors has a 20% stake and South Korea's Samtan Inc. holds the remaining 20% stake.

The project is the first international independent power project in Indonesia to be signed since the 1997 financial crisis.

Commenting on the deal, Brett King, partner at Paul Hastings, said, “We are delighted to be advising the consortium on this landmark project, which marks the return of international investors to Indonesia's project finance sector after nearly ten years. I am confident that with the success of PT Cirebon Electric Power, we will see more international investment in Indonesian power projects."

Paul Hastings is the only international law firm advising on this deal. The team was led by finance partners Brett King, Alex Regan and associate Christian Petersen in Hong Kong.

08-27-2007

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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods Received Top Ranking as Bond Counsel in Southeast Region
McGuireWoods LLP was ranked number two in the Southeast Region of the U.S. of all law firms in the first half of 2007 for the volume of bonds issued by public finance clients, according to The Bond Buyer, a newspaper that serves the bond industry. The Bond Buyer also ranked McGuireWoods as the number one bond counsel in Virginia.

McGuireWoods was bond counsel for the issuance of $2.3 billion of such bonds, which was the culmination of 29 transactions for the first six months of the year. McGuireWoods' Public Finance practice consists of approximately 30 lawyers in its offices in Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md.; New York, Tysons Corner, Va.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago, and Atlanta.

“Our Public Finance lawyers are dedicated to supporting their clients,” McGuireWoods’ Chairman Richard Cullen said. “We are proud that their hard work allows McGuireWoods to be publicly recognized as one of the leading bond counsel firms.”

A division of Source Media, The Bond Buyer is the only daily newspaper committed to serving the municipal bond industry and reaches more than 40,000 readers a day

08-27-2007

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Thompson & Coburn, L.L.P.

Robert H. Bernstein Joins Thompson Coburn LLP
We are pleased to announce that Robert Bernstein has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice area. Formerly head of Reed Smith’s Global Marketing Team for its Labor and Employment Department, Rob has developed an extensive labor and employment practice, exclusively representing multinational and domestic corporations on both a regional and national basis, with an emphasis in employment litigation and counseling. He also handles class and collective actions covering the full range of federal and state anti-discrimination and wage and hour laws.

Rob also lectures and writes extensively throughout the United States and overseas on a wide array of employment law issues. He was selected for inclusion in the National Registry of Who’s Who, was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer, and is privileged to sit on the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Advisory Board.

He holds both a J.D. and a B.S.F.S. (with honors) from Georgetown University.

08-27-2007

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Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC

Tandy Patrick is the State Fair Board Member-in-Charge of the World's Championship Horse Show
Tandy Patrick served as the Board Member-in-Charge of the World's Championship Horse Show in Louisville, KY held on August 19-25, 2007. The World's Championship Horse Show is a prestigious event that attracts over 2,000 horses and people from all over the country and the world, awarding more than $1 million in premiums. The championship is held annually in conjunction with the Kentucky State Fair. The show is the best competition of the finest show horses with riders from around the country and the world participating.

08-25-2007

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Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel's, P.C.

Senniger Powers' Managing Partner Ed Hejlek Participates in Missouri Bar Program.
Senniger Powers' Managing Partner Ed Hejlek participated in two recent Missouri Bar Programs on "Commercial Law: Current Issues for Today's Practitioners." Mr. Hejlek's presentation was on "Changes in the IP Litigation and Valuation in the Wake of Six Supreme Court Decisions." He explained how recent Supreme Court decisions are having a profound impact upon the enforceability and value of patents. He also discussed the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006, pending patent legislation, and drastic changes in the USPTO's patent examination procedures.

Mr. Hejlek was part of a distinguished group of speakers who covered all aspects of commercial law. Topics included new e-discovery rules, intellectual property litigation, commercial damages, ethics rules, bankruptcy issues, and the legal aspects of the biotech industry. The program was presented both in St. Louis and the Kansas City area.

08-25-2007

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