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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP

Sheppard Mullin Ranked by PLC's "Which Lawyer?"
Sheppard Mullin received top rankings from PLC's "Which Lawyer?," including a national ranking of Peter Reichertz as recommended in the area of Life Sciences/Regulatory law.

In Los Angeles, Sheppard Mullin was highly ranked in Corporate/M&A, with Larry Braun recommended individually; in Dispute Resolution, with Greg Long recommended individually; in Restructuring and Insolvency, with Joel Ohlgren and Mette Kurth recommended individually; in Real Estate; and in Banking and Debt Finance. The firm was also recognized in Antitrust, with individual recognition given to Carlton Varner; and in Labor and Employee Benefits.

In San Francisco, the firm was ranked highly in Real Estate, with Bob Thompson recommended individually; and in Restructuring and Insolvency. The firm was also recognized in Antitrust, with individual recognition given to partner Gary Halling.

08-22-2007

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Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP

Illinois Residents Sue State Officials for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act, Failing to Provide Community Services
A group of Illinois residents with disabilities asked a federal court today to force state officials to comply with the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), adopted seventeen years ago. Five individuals with physical disabilities living in nursing homes sued Illinois State officials asserting that the state has failed to comply with an eight-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that unnecessary institutionalization is discrimination under the ADA. The lawsuit filed in federal district court in Chicago today seeks an order permitting people with disabilities in Cook County to access long-term care services in their own homes or in community-based settings rather than nursing homes. The class-action lawsuit charges that warehousing persons with disabilities in nursing homes segregates them from their own communities and deprives them of economic, social, and educational opportunities, as well as their privacy and dignity.

“I just want an opportunity to make my own choices about how I live,” said plaintiff Lenil Colbert, who currently resides in an Oak Park nursing facility. “In the nursing home, I have to eat when they tell me to. I have to go to bed when they say it’s time and I can’t visit my family and friends without permission.”

According to a database maintained by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, more than 31,000 people live in nursing homes in Cook County. In six of the ten largest nursing facilities, housing hundreds of people each, the majority of the residents are not elderly. Up to 60% of non-elderly nursing home residents, all of whom are people with disabilities, in Cook County, and nearly one-third of elderly residents, would prefer to receive long-term care services in their own homes, apartments, and communities instead of a nursing facility.

The plaintiffs are represented by three public interest agencies -- Access Living, Equip for Equality, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois --, as well as Stephen F. Gold, a national disability rights lawyer based in Philadelphia, and the law firm Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP, which is representing the plaintiffs and the class on a pro bono basis.

“The actions of the State result in the unnecessary segregation of persons who would benefit from life in the community,” said Max Lapertosa of Access Living. “It is time for Illinois to reverse its trend of segregation and fulfill the right of people with disabilities to live in communities of their choice.” Access Living was founded in 1980 as a community-based, non-profit, non-residential, cross-disability service and advocacy organization operated by and for people with disabilities.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to order Illinois officials to: ensure that nursing facility residents in Cook County are assessed for community long-term care services, both at admission and regularly thereafter; inform nursing facility residents of home- and community-based long-term care options and alternatives; and provide eligible nursing facility residents with long-term care services and supports in the community, rather than requiring individuals to submit to nursing home placement.

“Under federal law, nursing home residents have the right to receive long-term programs in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs,” said Ed Mullen of Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP. “The plaintiffs who filed the complaint today, as well as many others, have had that right systemically denied.”

The individual plaintiffs named in the suit are Lenil Colbert, Constance Gray, Ernest Reeves, Kenya Lyles and Dwight Scott. All five of the plaintiffs reside in nursing facilities in Illinois, despite their desire to move out.

obligation to its citizens with disabilities,” said Karen Ward of Equip for Equality, the federally-mandated protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Illinois. “This litigation was filed to force the state to do what it has failed to do voluntarily: comply with federal law and fulfill its “Institutionalization in nursing facilities not only denies people their fundamental right to live in a setting of their choice, it takes away the opportunity to participate in the rights and responsibilities of American life,” said Benjamin Wolf, the associate legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

This is the third community integration class action filed against Illinois State officials by Access Living, the ACLU of Illinois and Equip for Equality. Ligas v. Maram was filed on behalf of people with developmental disabilities living in large, private, state-funded institutions. Williams v. Blagojevich was filed on behalf of people with mental illness living in large, private, state-funded institutions, where at least 50% of the residents have a primary diagnosis of mental illness.

08-22-2007

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Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

Gina A. Kuhlman Joins Roetzel & Andress
The law firm of Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce Gina A. Kuhlman has joined the firm as a partner in the Employment Services Group.

Certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, Ms. Kuhlman represents both public and private sector employers in collective bargaining negotiations, grievance arbitrations, and strike injunction, unfair labor practice, and civil service proceedings. She also counsels corporate executives, management teams, and public officials in employment-related issues including federal and state labor and employment law compliance, preparation and implementation of personnel policies, employee discipline, contract administration, discrimination claims, non-compete agreements and enforcement of trade-secret protections.

"We welcome Gina to the firm and to the Cleveland office. Her extensive background in traditional labor law will augment our ability to serve the needs of our current clients in this rapidly-growing practice area," stated Douglas Spiker, Employment Services Practice Group Manager.

Ms. Kuhlman earned her juris doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She received a Bachelor of Science in Management, summa cum laude, also from Case Western Reserve University.

08-22-2007

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Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P.

Civil and Criminal Litigation Attorney, Curtis E. Kissinger, Rejoins Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P.
Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Curtis E. Kissinger has come back to join the civil and criminal litigation team. Mr. Kissinger had a previous ten-year tenure with Rendigs back in 1995 – 2005. During that time, he focused his practice on insurance defense, criminal law, product liability, and personal injury.

After a two-year stint at Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC, he’s returned to Rendigs as Of Counsel to focus his practice in the areas of civil and criminal litigation with an emphasis on white collar and complex criminal proceedings in both Federal and State courts. His civil litigation practice focuses on product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, and business related matters including government contracts. Mr. Kissinger is admitted to practice in Ohio. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Claims.

Mr. Kissinger previously served as an Assistant Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney and was appointed by the Ohio Attorney General to serve as a Special Prosecutor to the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission.

08-22-2007

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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Tim Bomhoff Selected as Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America
Timothy J. Bomhoff, a trial attorney with the law firm of McAfee & Taft, has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Bomhoff’s practice consists of a wide range of civil litigation involving complex business cases, labor and employment, securities arbitrations, products liability, mass tort, oil and gas, and contract disputes.

The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society comprised of experienced and effective litigators throughout the United States, and represents less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is limited and by invitation only. LCA Fellows are deemed to be among the best trial lawyers in the American bar, having exhibited accomplishment in litigation and trial work and possessing superior ethical reputations. The composition of the Litigation Counsel of America is aggressively diverse, with recognition of excellence in litigation across all segments of the bar. In addition, the LCA is dedicated to promoting superior advocacy, professionalism and ethical standards among its Fellows.

Active within the professional legal community, Bomhoff serves on the board of directors of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, is a Master with the Robert J. Turner American Inn of Court, and is a member of the Oklahoma, American and Federal bar associations.

08-22-2007

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Anthony Joseph Honored as Birmingham Business Journal's Best of the Bar for White Collar Crime
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. is pleased to announce that Anthony A. Joseph, a shareholder at Maynard Cooper, was chosen as the 2007 Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar for the White Collar Crime practice area. Joseph is the Chair of Maynard Cooper’s white collar criminal defense practice group.

Anthony Joseph graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.S. in 1975 and then received a M.C.P. from Howard University in 1977. Mr. Joseph received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1980, and then graduated from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 1983. He is currently president of the Birmingham Bar Association. Joseph is also Chair-Elect for the 15,000-member Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, and is a member of its White Collar Crime Committee. Mr. Joseph is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Executive Committee member and past Vice President of the Alabama State Bar Association, an Alabama State Bar Commissioner, an Adjunct Professor at the Cumberland School of Law, a member of Birmingham Inns of Court and the Magic City Bar Association, a Legal Aid Trustee and Former President of the Legal Aid Society.

The Birmingham-based law firm of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., with 170 attorneys, offers a full array of legal services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals.

08-22-2007

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Frost Brown Todd Attorney Testifies Before Ohio General Assembly
Dick Goehler, a partner in the First Amendment, Media & Advertising Law Practice Group, testified before the Local Government Public Notice Task Force of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. The Ohio General Assembly created the Local Government Public Notice Task Force for the purpose of studying local government public notice requirements and to issue a report. As reflected in his testimony, Mr. Goehler addressed the early history of public notice and newspapers in Ohio, the evolution of Ohio’s existing public notice statutes, and the rationale for and the role of newspaper notice in assuring due process.

08-22-2007

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