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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Firm, Grant Thornton Launch Business Etiquette Series Led by Hoover Protocol & Etiquette
Two of Oklahoma City’s premier professional service firms, international accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP and Oklahoma City law firm McAfee & Taft, have joined forces to provide young professionals with business etiquette and development skills training. The first training session, for entry-level to four-year professionals, was held on Dec. 6 at Leadership Square.

At the training, Ann Hoover, president of The Hoover Protocol & Etiquette Centre engaged the young accountants and lawyers in a fun, interactive training session for social skills and protocol. A member of the International Association of Protocol Consultants, Hoover has extensive international expertise in etiquette and holds a Corporate Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant Degree from The Protocol School of Washington®, the nation’s leader in training international business executives, the nation’s top diplomats and military leaders.

“The value placed on etiquette is universal,” said Hoover. “In order to be successful in business, an employee should view good manners as a necessary business tool, similar to writing or math ability, and must work to perfect those skills. A person’s social expertise tells employers how he or she will represent their company to potential clients, making workshops such as this increasingly important in today’s business world.”

Following Hoover’s presentation, Gail Huneryager, marketing manager for Grant Thornton’s Oklahoma practice, led a networking training. The concept for the educational series was conceived by Huneryager, who recognized a unique opportunity for both firms.

“After visiting with several of McAfee & Taft attorneys, I learned they had similar training needs as those in the accounting field. Both of our firms also place great emphasis on professional and personal development. Generally, this comes in the form of technical training,” said Huneryager.

“By partnering to host this series, Grant Thornton and McAfee & Taft are actively supporting our young people by offering this training opportunity,” said Chris Coleman, a McAfee & Taft shareholder. “It also gives them a venue to begin developing their contacts with referring firms. Bringing in Ann Hoover to address corporate etiquette skills rounds out our discussion.”

The joint training series is intended to continue over the next several months as the two firms develop the material and content for additional sessions including those to meet the needs of more experienced staff.

12-06-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Adds SEC Enforcement Lawyer Steve Crimmins to Expanding Financial Services Practice
The international law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP today announced the addition of Stephen J. Crimmins, a former senior executive of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, as a partner in Washington. He was previously a partner with Bingham McCutchen LLP.

Mr. Crimmins practiced with the SEC for 14 years, eight of which were in senior management. As the SEC's Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel and a member of the Senior Executive Service from 1993 to 2001, he co-managed a unit of 25 first-chair trial attorneys representing the SEC in hundreds of securities cases in federal district courts around the country and in administrative proceedings. He also consulted on SEC investigations, participated actively in the agency's "Wells process" that resolves many matters before litigation, and consulted with SEC regional office attorneys on enforcement matters. Mr. Crimmins joined the SEC as a trial attorney in 1987, and he continued to litigate and try cases for the agency after his promotion to senior management in 1993.

Since returning to private practice in 2001, Mr. Crimmins has represented public companies, senior officers, directors, accountants and others in a wide range of securities cases, including SEC matters charging financial reporting violations, insider trading, market manipulation, and violations of rules governing broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies. With the SEC's support, the federal court in Chicago appointed him to conduct an independent investigation of a large company charged with fraud and reporting violations. His public report concerning that investigation has been used as a teaching vehicle at major law schools.

He is a member of the Executive Council of the Federal Bar Association's Securities Law Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board of the BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report. He was selected by peers for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America, 2007" in the area of securities law. He writes frequently on securities law topics, speaks on professional panels, and has been interviewed by major business and general news media outlets. He received his law degree from Columbia University in 1973 and practiced mostly in New York before joining the SEC.

Mr. Crimmins' arrival represents the latest step in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's aggressive growth of its financial services practice in Washington over the last year and a half. In July 2005, twenty SEC lawyers joined the firm from Crowell & Moring LLP, including senior SEC and NASD Enforcement veterans Richard Morvillo, Joseph Goldstein, Pat Conti, Bruce Bettigole, Daniel Brown and Adriaen Morse, as well as former federal prosecutor Peter White and securities litigator Jeffrey Robertson. Joining them from Crowell & Moring were Kathryn McGrath, Stephanie Monaco and Elizabeth Knoblock, formerly of the SEC Division of Investment Management, and investment company lawyer Amy Ward Pershkow. In January 2006, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw supplemented its banking expertise in Washington with the addition of a six-lawyer team from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

Richard Morvillo, chair of the firm's securities enforcement group, commented that "our goal is to continue to build for clients one of the most comprehensive and highly-regarded financial services practices internationally." Partner Joseph Goldstein commented that "Steve Crimmins' extensive SEC enforcement experience and deep understanding of SEC policies and issues will contribute materially to the group's core strengths."

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw provides public companies, financial services firms and individuals with a full range of services in SEC enforcement matters. In addition to assisting clients with SEC and internal investigations, Wells responses and settlement negotiations, the firm's SEC attorneys regularly represent clients in both civil and criminal litigation and at trial. The firm also provides financial regulatory advice and litigation services in matters before the federal banking agencies, Congress and state financial regulatory authorities. U.S. lawyers work with Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw offices abroad to represent financial services clients internationally. For appellate work, the firm offers one of the country's premier Supreme Court and appellate practices.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is among the largest law firms in the world with 1,400 lawyers in seven U.S. cities (Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto and Washington), six European cities (Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, London and Paris), Hong Kong and affiliated offices (including Beijing, Bucharest, Mexico City, Milan and Rome).

12-06-2006

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Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL

Three Attorneys Join Keating Muething & Klekamp
Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK) recently hired three new attorneys: Aimee N. Haupt, Chetuan L. Shaffer and Kalman Steinberg.

Aimee N. Haupt joined KMK as an Associate in the labor & employment group. She has experience counseling and assisting clients with various aspects of labor and employment law on a national level. Her experience also includes facilitating preventative labor relations training seminars for employers, their management teams and persuader work. She has assisted clients during union organizing campaigns and elections in the manufacturing, service, healthcare and communications industries. She also has experience with focus groups, employee opinion surveys and workplace assessments. Prior to joining KMK, Ms. Haupt developed her consulting experience with a national management consulting firm and has worked with employers from coast to coast. Most recently, she was the Attorney Placement Director with a national staffing company. There, she was responsible for recruiting, interviewing, compliance and placement of a substantial attorney candidate pool and the business development of the attorney component of the office. Ms. Haupt received her J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (2002) and her B.A. from the University of Kentucky (1998). She is currently admitted to practice in the state of Ohio (2003).

Chetuan L. Shaffer will practice as Of Counsel in the area of intellectual property. She has experience in the areas of domestic and international trademark law, copyright and licensing. She has advised clients on both transactional and litigation matters involving all aspects of copyright, licensing, trade secret and trademark law, including anti-counterfeiting practices and custom seizures. Prior to joining KMK, Ms. Shaffer served as in-house counsel with Hewlett-Packard Company, SBC Communications and Callaway Golf Company. Prior to her in-house counsel experience, she was an associate with O’Melveny & Myers LLP. After law school, Ms. Shaffer served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Clifford Scott Green, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Shaffer received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (1986) and her B.A. from The Ohio State University (1980). She is currently admitted to practice in the states of Texas (1987), California (1988) and Pennsylvania (2000).

Kalman Steinberg joined KMK as a Partner in the commercial finance group. Mr. Steinberg's practice emphasizes all aspects of real estate transactional matters including finance, acquisition and disposition of real property, development of real property, loan assignments and purchases, workouts and restructurings involving multiple classes of commercial and residential real estate such as industrial buildings, hotels, office buildings, residential developments, apartment buildings, retail, hospitals and other special use buildings. Mr. Steinberg also provides creditors' rights advice and services for domestic and foreign banks, insurance companies and other lenders and represents lenders in connection with the foreclosure, acquisition and disposition of distressed real estate both within and outside of formal bankruptcy and/or reorganization proceedings. Mr. Steinberg received his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1993) and his B.S. from Ithaca College (1989). He is currently admitted to practice in the state of California (1993).

12-06-2006

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Hodgson Russ LLP

Rebecca M. Stadler joins Hodgson Russ LLP
Hodgson Russ LLP is pleased to announce that Rebecca M. Stadler has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Law Practice Group in the Buffalo office.

Ms. Stadler focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property protection, including patent prosecution and patent portfolio strategy and management. She is particularly interested in nanotechnology, having completed her Master’s project in silver nanoparticles and surface enhanced Raman scattering.

Ms. Stadler received a J.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, a Master of Engineering in chemical engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo, and a B.A. in biological sciences and in psychology from State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to joining Hodgson Russ, Ms. Stadler worked as a patent examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, examining and reviewing patent applications in the general area of nanotechnology.

12-06-2006

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Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP

Gentry Locke adds two Associates
William Wirt Brock, IV has joined Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP in Roanoke as an associate and will practice with the Firm’s Plaintiff litigation practice group, with an emphasis on products liability, medical malpractice, and intellectual property. Before joining the Firm, Mr. Brock worked with as an Assistant Public Defender with the office of Public Defender in Roanoke.

Mr. Brock is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He earned his Juris Doctor from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 2004. During law school, Mr. Brock interned with the Office of Patent Counsel at NASA’s Langley Research Center, and with the Office of Technology Transfer at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2000, Mr. Brock received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech.

In addition to membership in the Virginia and Roanoke Bar Associations, Mr. Brock is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Brooke C. Rosen has joined the Firm as an associate. Ms. Rosen will work with the Business Law Practice Group of the firm handling a variety of transactional matters.

Ms. Rosen earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University, in Washington, D.C. in 2006. Prior to law school, Ms. Rosen worked for two years with Shrum, Devine & Donilon, a political and media consulting firm in Washington, D.C. She received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee in 2001.

Ms. Rosen is admitted to practice law in Virginia, and is a member of the Virginia and Roanoke Bar Associations and the Junior League of Roanoke Valley.

12-06-2006

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Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP

Partner Monica Monday receives statewide honor as “Leader in the Law
Monica Taylor Monday, partner with Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, has been recognized as a “Leader in the Law” for 2006 by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Monday is one of only 15 lawyers statewide to be honored at the inaugural awards ceremony on Nov. 30 in Richmond.
According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the “Leaders in the Law” awards are given annually to Virginia lawyers who “are changing practice, advancing the law, improving the justice system and setting the standard for other lawyers.”
Monday is a member of The Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, serves on the board of directors of the Virginia Law Foundation, and is the chair of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Federal Judgeships, Western District. She received both her bachelor of arts and juris doctor from the College of William & Mary and specializes in the areas of appellate and health care law.



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12-06-2006

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

TRIO Hispanic Chambers Unite with Big Plans for 2007
Pledging regional collaboration to further advance their Members, several key leaders of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce in Cincinnati, Louisville and Tennessee (“TRIO”) met recently at a summit sponsored by the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC and its Hispanic Business Initiative.

Representatives from the Cincinnati USA Hispanic Chamber, Tennessee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Greater Louisville’s Hispanic Latino Business Council, a GLI affiliate, planned to offer expanded business opportunities for their members in 2007 including:

* Assisting Latin American countries in business development initiatives including locating in the Mid-American region,
* Sharing resources such as a consortium on construction and hospitality enterprises,
* Business and career expos for Hispanic businesses,
* Educational seminars presented at all locations,
* Offering Scholarships to Latinos and other international employees, and
* Helping Hispanics with communication and education regarding doing business in the U.S.

The impact of Hispanics on local economies is great, according to Alfonso Cornejo, President of the Cincinnati USA Hispanic Chamber. Hispanics in the Cincinnati area contribute $2.3 billion per year to the local economy.

The “TRIO” plans to meet again in early 2007 to implement some of the initiatives discussed in the summit, as well as to extend an invitation to the newly formed Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Lexington, Kentucky.

12-06-2006

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