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Shefsky & Froelich

Congratulations to Our Newest Shareholders - - Kim Walberg and Nicolette Sonntag
Nicky Sonntag concentrates her practice in commercial real estate. She has a special emphasis in negotiating and documenting lending transactions to acquire, construct or refinance commercial facilities throughout the country. She is a DePaul University College of Law graduate.

Kim Walberg is a member of the firm’s litigation department. She focuses on commercial litigation, including securities fraud, minority shareholder oppression cases, mortgage foreclosures, and commercial lease disputes. She earned her law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

12-15-2006

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Shefsky & Froelich

Real Estate Group Lands Blockbuster Deals Hancock Center Sale and AMA Move to Union Station
Shefsky & Froelich real estate attorneys have been chosen to navigate the details of what are poised to be two of the biggest Chicago real estate transactions in 2007.

Our client Shorenstein Properties LLC has agreed to sell the John Hancock Center, Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, to Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Whitehall Fund for $385 million. The Hancock Center’s roughly 1 million-square-feet consists of 153,000 square feet of retail, 880,000 square feet of offices, 710 parking spaces and broadcast antennas. Its 700 condominiums are not included in the transaction. The sale of this Chicago trophy is expected to close in January.

The American Medical Association has tapped our real estate team to negotiate its move from its current River North headquarters to a new 18-story tower planned atop Union Station. The lease would involve about 275,000 square feel of office space in the $250 million Union Station redevelopment.

12-15-2006

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Phillips Lytle, L.L.P.

PHILLIPS LYTLE PARTNER RAYMOND H. BARR PRESENTS ON PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2006
Raymond H. Barr, a partner with the law firm of Phillips Lytle LLP, one of the region’s largest full service law firms, recently made presentations on the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to the Employee Relations Association of WNY and the Financial Planning Counselors of Western New York, Inc.

At Phillips Lytle, Mr. Barr focuses his practice in the areas of qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans and other employee benefits as well as taxation, professional organizations and estate planning. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® , he is a member of the New York and Erie County Bar Associations as well as the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Barr holds a J.D. from University at uffalo School of Law and his B.S. from University at Buffalo.

12-15-2006

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Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Six Partners Named to The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
Five attorneys of Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP have been recognized for their legal performance and will be included in the Who’s Who Legal – The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2007 Edition. Attorneys named to the relevant practice area chapters are Frederick H. Alexander, Corporate Governance; Lewis S. Black , Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance; John F. Johnston, Corporate Governance;, Kenneth J. Nachbar, Corporate Governance; A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Litigation and Corporate Governance; and Stanford L. Stevenson, III, Corporate Tax.

* Frederick H. Alexander, a partner in the firm’s Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group, is regarded as an established authority on matters of Delaware corporation law. He also is listed in the The Best Lawyers in America in its corporate law specialty (2006, 2007), prestigious Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers For Business, in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal, and Lawdragon 500 New Stars New Worlds List in 2006.
* Lewis S. Black, Of Counsel and a member of the firm’s Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group. He is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in the United State advising on corporation law matters. He also is listed in the prestigious Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers For Business as an outstanding practitioner in Corporate/M&A, in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal and Lawdragon 500 in 2006.
* John F. Johnston is a partner in the firm’s Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group. He provides advice and formal legal opinions on Delaware law matters relating to a wide variety of transaction. He also is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in its corporate law specialty (2006, 2007), in Chambers USA – 2005 Client’s Guide as a leading practitioner in its corporate/M&A category, and in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal.
* Kenneth J. Nachbar is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Business Litigation Group. He is a top lawyer who specializes in litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions and disputes relating to Delaware corporations. He also is listed in the Chambers USA 2005 as a leading practitioner in the Delaware Court of Chancery, in Best Lawyers in America since 2002, and in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal.
* A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, is a partner and a member of the firm’s Corporate and Business Litigation and the Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Groups. He is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Delaware corporate law. He was instrumental in the passage of Delaware’s anti-takeover law and additionally played a significant role in the passage of a 1986 law to limit director liability. He is listed on Lawdragon 500 and has been recognized in the 2006 Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal.
* Stanford L. Stevenson, III, is a partner and a member of the firm’s Trusts, Estates and Tax Group. His practice includes providing advice to national and local clients on matters of Federal and Delaware tax law, representation before taxing officials and the representation of several large exempt organizations.

12-15-2006

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Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P.

Wiley Rein & Fielding Secures Victory in Suit to Improve MetroAccess Service
Wiley Rein & Fielding, working with the Equal Rights Center and the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, secured a significant preliminary victory in its pro bono representation against MetroAccess, the curb-to-curb “paratransit” service provided by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to people whose disabilities preclude them from using regular Metrorail and Metrobus service. Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in an opinion filed Dec. 9, 2006, ruled against WMATA’s motion to dismiss the suit and certified a class of 12,000 MetroAccess users, allowing the plaintiffs’ suit to cross a crucial hurdle. Judge Kennedy also ruled against WMATA’s motion to remove the matter to an administrative agency, which would have significantly delayed the case.

The class action suit charges that the substandard service illegally discriminates against people with disabilities and seeks an injunction requiring MetroAccess to remediate the problems plaguing its service. It specifically alleges frequent missed-trip appointments, exceedingly late pickups, excessively long trips, poor customer service, malfunctioning equipment and reservation-system inadequacies.

Elaine Gardner of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and Wiley Rein & Fielding attorneys Thomas W. Brunner, Andrew S. Krulwich, Todd A. Bromberg and M. Evan Corcoran led a large team representing the plaintiffs. WRF prides itself on its pro bono work and service to the local community, offering representation to a wide cross-section of non-profit organizations as well as to many individuals in need.

12-15-2006

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Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP

Dick Glovsky featured in Jewish Advocate article
Dick was interviewed about his appointment to the Patrick/Murrary Transition Committee. He is in the Civic Engagement group. Dick discusses Patrick's vision for the community and how the committee will help achieve these goals.

12-15-2006

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Porzio Bromberg & Newman, P.C.

11th Annual Drug & Medical Device Litigation
Stephen C. Matthews, principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, will serve as moderator of a panel at the 11th Annual Drug & Medical Device Litigation Conference on Friday, December 15, 2006 at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. The panel will discuss, “View From the Bench – Judicial Views on Deciding Cases Early, Federal/State Coordination, and New Daubert Approaches.”

Mr. Matthews will be joined by The Honorable Marina Corodemus, JSC (Ret. Judge) of Corodemus & Corodemus LLC; The Honorable Susan B. Forsling of the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia; the Honorable Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Director of the Federal Judicial Center and U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of Washington; and The Honorable John R. Tunheim, U.S. District Court Judge, District of Minnesota.

Participants will join the experienced judges in an interactive session discussing the latest developments in the drug and device litigation arena.

Mr. Matthews concentrates his practice in the areas of Professional Liability, Governmental Affairs, Pharmaceutical Litigation and Commercial Litigation.

12-15-2006

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