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Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP

HARRY JOHNSON APPOINTED TO ABA' S JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Harry S. Johnson, Esq., partner in Whiteford, Taylor & Preston's (WTP) Litigation department and a past president of the Maryland State Bar Association, has been appointed as a member of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. His appointment took effect at the ABA's annual meeting earlier this month in San Francisco. With more than 413,000 members, the ABA is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.

This 15-member committee evaluates the professional qualifications of all candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court, all federal circuit and district court judgeships, and the Court of International Trade. Johnson was named as the committee's Fourth Circuit representative and is one of three new appointees to the committee made by William H. Neukom, the new ABA president. During his three-year appointment, Johnson's work will include evaluation of judicial candidates in the Fourth Circuit (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina). On occasion, members of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary also testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning recommendations for federal judicial vacancies, including the Supreme Court.

Johnson also serves as a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Public Education. Locally, he serves on the boards of CenterStage, the Baltimore Community Foundation, and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, among others. Johnson has been listed among the Best Lawyers in America, Black Enterprise Magazine's Top Black Lawyers in America, the Maryland Daily Record's Leadership in Law program, and Maryland's Super Lawyers. Johnson's legal practice focuses primarily on complex litigation, and he currently chairs the firm's Specialty Litigation section.

08-23-2007

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Schnader Attorney At Law

Denny Shupe Receives Presidential Honor
Philadelphia, PA: Schnader partner J. Denny Shupe was recently recognized with the President's Call to Service Award from the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation for his nationwide volunteer work with the United Service Organization (USO) in support of the country’s armed forces. He was nominated by the USO of Illinois for this prestigious honor; the President’s Call to Service Award requires that an individual complete a minimum of 4,000 hours of community service over a lifetime in order to be recognized.

A retired U.S. Air Force command pilot, Mr. Shupe served more than 23 years in the active and reserve forces and has been a long-time supporter and active volunteer with the USO. He has served on the Board of Directors for the USO of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey (Liberty USO), both as a member (1991–present) and as the Board chair (2001-2004). He also has played a role on the United Service Organizations (USO) Affiliate Council, serving as the national chair twice (2003-2005 and 2006-2007), and as the national chair emeritus (2005-2006).

The Liberty USO is a privately funded, non-profit organization that seeks to enhance the quality of life of the region’s U.S. Armed Forces (active duty, guard and reserve) and their families. Liberty USO's innovative family and individual service member programs and services are delivered 365 days a year by volunteers at military installations and other locations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and can include: marriage enrichment programs, survivor networking, the “Hero Kids” summer camp (a week-long summer camp experience for 100 children of deployed military members), phone cards for troops and their family members to allow them to keep in touch, the “Comfort Bear” program (providing children and young siblings of armed service members killed in action teddy bears dressed in uniform complete with soldier's name and dog tags), the “Helping Hand” program (providing emergency assistance with heating, electricity and other utilities or bills associated with housing for families who experience a shortfall due to a deployment), as well as operation of numerous service centers that provide deployment support for the tens of thousands of local military personnel departing to and returning from Iraq, Afghanistan and other worldwide deployment locations.

The President’s Call to Service Award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States to recognize the best in American spirit, and to encourage all Americans to improve their communities through volunteer service, and civic participation. The Award is given to individuals who complete 4,000 or more hours of volunteer service over the course of their lifetime. Individuals must be nominated for consideration by a ‘certifying organization,’ which can include nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, schools and colleges, membership and trade associations, and federal, state or local government agencies. To be recognized, service activities should meet national or community needs in the areas of youth achievement, parks and open spaces, healthy communities, and public safety and emergency response. Volunteer activities should be unpaid and may not include court-ordered community service.

08-23-2007

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Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons

James Lyons Honored As Peace and Community Activist by Seeking Common Ground
For his vigorous efforts promoting peace in Northern Ireland through economic development, attorney and community leader James M. Lyons will be honored at Seeking Common Ground’s (SCG) second annual “Circles of Change” breakfast, Friday, November 16, 2007.

Mr. Lyons served as the US Observer to the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) from 1997-2001, succeeding former Senator George Mitchell, and as the Special Advisor for the President and Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland with the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2001. In these roles, Mr. Lyons worked to promote cross-community cooperation between the religious traditions and communities in the north of Ireland and was responsible for numerous economic initiatives in support of the peace process, including Aspire Micro Loans for Business, the first micro-enterprise loan fund in Western Europe.

08-23-2007

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Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

Dara Govan Elected to National Bar Association Post
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is pleased to announce that Dara Aquila Govan has been elected Vice President of Region III of the National Bar Association, as well as the NBA's Young Lawyers Division Community Outreach Company-Chairperson.

Founded in 1925, the National Bar Association is the oldest and largest nationwide organization for African-American lawyers. As Vice-President of Region III, which encompasses New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Ms. Govan will serve the Association's mission to "… improve the administration of justice … and to uphold the honor and integrity of the legal profession." In her role as Community Outreach Company-Chairperson for the Young Lawyers Division, she is responsible for coordinating the Division’s outreach programs for the year.

One of the first programs Ms. Govan will implement is the Touch Ten Thousand Challenge, which involves recruiting 100 young lawyers throughout the NBA to volunteer one hour per month to perform community outreach to a different group of at least ten children or adults. Through the year-long program, young lawyers will touch the lives of at least ten thousand individuals by sharing information on essential topics that are plaguing the community and by assisting members of the community in making positive choices for themselves, their families and their future.

An associate in Riker Danzig's litigation group, Dara Govan concentrates her practice in a wide range of commercial, litigation and financial service matters and business disputes. She frequently lectures on legal research and writing and currently serves on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee for Minority Concerns for the Morris and Sussex County Vicinage. Ms. Govan earned her law degree, cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark in 2001 and her B.S. from Morgan State University in 1998.

08-23-2007

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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

K&L Gates Partner Bill Neukom Takes Office as American Bar Association’s 131st President
William H. Neukom, a partner in the Seattle office Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates), was sworn in on Monday, August 13 as the 131st president of the American Bar Association (ABA) at the organization’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

As president, Neukom will focus on collaboration, within the association as well as with other associations; strategic management and structure; improved information technology; an enhanced culture of inclusion and opportunity; and the “World Justice Project,” an effort to create a multi-national and multi-disciplinary movement to advance the rule of law in the United States and in other countries.

“Bill is known across the country and in the legal community at-large as a tireless advocate for human rights and the rule of law,” said Peter Kalis, K&L Gates’ Chairman and Global Managing Partner. “Under his leadership, the ABA will have a decided emphasis on achievement of equal justice throughout the world, both in recognition of fundamental human rights and as the foundation for growing prosperous societies. We are honored to have Bill walk the halls of K&L Gates and offer our warmest congratulations.”

Active in organized bar work for more than 35 years, Neukom served three terms as the Washington State Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. He also served as secretary of the ABA, and chaired the Young Lawyers Division of both the ABA and the Seattle-King County Bar Association.

Neukom served as Microsoft Corporation’s lead lawyer for nearly a quarter century, from 1978 to 1985 while in private practice and from 1985 to 2002 as its general counsel. During his tenure as general counsel, Neukom established Microsoft’s Law & Corporate Affairs Department and grew the group from five employees to more than 600. As head of the department he oversaw the company’s legal matters as well as its corporate affairs, including government, industry and community affairs.

Neukom has also been active in civic matters, as chair of the board of trustees of Dartmouth College, and as a board member of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA of Greater Seattle, the National Judicial College, the Pacific Council on International Policy and the University of Puget Sound.

He earned his law degree from Stanford University in 1967 and his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1964.

The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership association in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

08-23-2007

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Mintz Levin Attorney McKenzie Webster Named Massachusetts Up & Coming Lawyer
McKenzie Webster, an associate with Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has been named as one of 15 "Up and Coming Lawyers" for 2007 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. According to the publication, the list features Massachusetts lawyers who have been practicing for 10 years or less, but who have already distinguished themselves in the legal profession.

Ms. Webster practices in the firm's Boston office in the Litigation section, and is a leading associate in the firm's white collar criminal practice and the securities litigation group. Most recently, Ms. Webster successfully tried one of Massachusetts' largest criminal health care fraud cases which was the result of a long and substantial government investigation into Medicaid fraud. Her client along with the other three former employees, were completely acquitted of any wrongdoing after a month-long trial. In addition, Ms. Webster recently assisted with one of the largest healthcare fraud trials in United States history, which also yielded the complete acquittal of a former pharmaceuticals sales executive accused of, among other things, violating the federal anti-kickback statute and conspiracy.

Ms. Webster has extensive experience representing clients before grand juries, handling Criminal Justice Act cases, conducting internal investigations, representing officers and corporations in connection with SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, and defending class action suits. Notably, over the past several years, she has been a key member of the firm's representation of clients involved in government investigations relating to the "Big Dig" project in Boston, and has defended clients against investigations by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and other state and federal agencies. Ms. Webster is also the director of Mintz Levin's Domestic Violence Program which provides pro bono legal assistance to low-income victims of domestic violence.

She earned her B.A. in history and psychology from the University of Michigan (1997), and her J.D. and M.A. in legal history from the University of Virginia (2001).

08-23-2007

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McCarter & English, Attorneys At Law

Vanessa Roberts Honored as Young Hartford Business Leader
Vanessa D. Roberts, a litigation associate in McCarter & English's Hartford office, was named to Hartford Business Journal's 40 under Forty list of "the region's most promising young business people."

"Vanessa exemplifies everything we expect of our leaders in the business community, from her first rate work to her commitment to various business and public service organizations," said William Bright, managing partner of the Hartford office, "It's very gratifying to see her get this outside recognition."

Ms. Roberts concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation, trust and probate litigation, and appellate advocacy. She represents corporations and individuals in the state and federal courts, in arbitrations and mediations, during every stage of the civil pretrial process, and at the appellate court levels. Ms. Roberts was formerly a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, in Washington, D.C.

She is active as a pro bono advocate with Lawyers for Children America, representing abused and neglected children in civil proceedings in Juvenile Court. Ms. Roberts also handles other pro bono matters for the firm, volunteers as an instructor and mentor in the Peer Mediation Program at Fox Middle School in Hartford, Connecticut, and tutors at Barnard Brown Elementary School in Hartford.

08-23-2007

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