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Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block Secures Asylum for Tibetan Refugee
Jenner & Block recently obtained asylum for a pro bono client who had suffered religious and political persecution in Tibet, including the imprisonment and torture of her husband and father-in-law.

To escape such persecution, the client walked for 15 days through the Himalaya while pregnant, to Nepal, where she lived under the constant threat of repatriation to Tibet. After three years in Nepal, she was able to fly from Kathmandu to Chicago, where she was arrested and imprisoned in the McHenry County Correctional Facility for over three months awaiting an immigration hearing.

Jenner & Block Associates Aaron M. Forester and Keith V. Porapaiboon wrote a brief in support of the client’s asylum application, and Mr. Porapaiboon conducted her direct examination at her immigration hearing on November 17.

According to the attorneys, the case was complicated by the fact that the client had no legal documentation to prove her identity and, as a Tibetan nomad who had lived in exile for three years, no way to contact her family in Tibet. In order to win her asylum application, it was therefore necessary to not only prove that the client would be mistreated if she returned to Tibet, but that she was, in fact, a native of the country.

11-21-2006

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Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

Matthew J. Henderson Joins Jaeckle Fleischmann's Business & Corporate Practice Group
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, a law firm with offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Amherst, New York and Phoenix, Arizona, is pleased to announce that Matthew J. Henderson has joined the Firm as an associate in the Business and Intellectual Property practice groups. Mr. Henderson will practice from the Firm's Rochester office.

Mr. Henderson has concentrated his practice for over eight years in the areas of business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, public and private financing arrangements, franchise agreements, trademarks and intellectual property licensing. He also provides counsel related to corporate governance, executive compensation and succession planning. Mr. Henderson received his B.A. in English from Syracuse University and his J.D. from New York Law School where he also served as the chief articles editor for the New York Law School Journal of Human Rights.

Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP is a full-service business law firm with more than 80 legal professionals practicing from offices in Buffalo, Rochester and Amherst, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. The Firm's clients include Fortune 500 companies, publicly and privately held businesses, financial institutions, governmental entities, universities, traditional and high tech start ups, as well as individual business owners.

11-21-2006

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Hogan & Hartson Represents Norway’s Largest Private Equity Fund
Lawyers with Hogan & Hartson LLP recently advised Ferd Private Equity Fund (FPEF) in closing their second investment fund, Ferd II, reaching their hard cap of NOK 4.25 billion. Together with their first investment fund (Ferd I) which closed at a cap of NOK 2.0 billion, FPEF will be the largest fund of its kind in Norway with NOK 6.25 billion under management and the committed capital will be used for acquisitions of established Norwegian and Nordic companies, where the equity investments are expected to be in the range of NOK 100-850 million per investment.

The Hogan & Hartson team advising on the Ferd II fund formation included Jeff Hurlburt and Julie Lasso from the firm’s London office, and David Winter, Evan Miller, and Brian Shiker from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

11-21-2006

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Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC

Announcing 2006/2007 Partner and Associate Promotions
The law firm of Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo is pleased to announce promotions to both Partnership and Participating Associates’ levels. These promotions become effective December 1, 2006.

The following attorneys were promoted to Partner:

David P. Housel, Jr. (Dallas) is a member of the Firm’s Family Law section. He focuses the majority of his practice in the area of family law including divorces, child custody disputes, property valuation and division, enforcement and collection of child support, enforcement of visitation rights, modification of child support, modification of visitation rights and modification of prior court orders.

T. Gregory Jackson (Dallas) is a member of the Firm’s Public Law section. His practice is primarily devoted to commercial litigation, where he represents businesses, governmental entities and individuals in complex disputes in state and federal courts in a variety of industries including construction, real estate, oil and gas, energy services, retail, hospitality, transportation, financial services, insurance and professional services. Mr. Jackson also has substantial experience counseling clients in transactional matters, regulatory compliance, litigation avoidance and pre-litigation investigations.

Eric G. Walraven (Dallas) is a member of the Firm’s Appellate section. He has been practicing in the area of civil appellate law for more than a decade. His experience includes appeals for both plaintiffs and defendants as well as original proceedings in the Texas Supreme Court, the United States Supreme Court, and various state and federal courts of appeals. Eric also assists in pre-trial and trial strategy, the preparation of dispositive motions, and post-verdict and post-judgment pleadings in trial courts.

The following Associates achieved the rank of Participating Associate by demonstrating the ability to manage cases and the ability to develop their own client base.

Name (City) & Practice Section
Rodney Cabrera (Dallas) - Commercial Litigation
William D. Cramer (Dallas) - Intellectual Property
Kenneth W. Rockenbach (Dallas) - Construction and Surety
Christie M. Villarreal (Dallas) - Public Law

Godwin Pappas is a 95-member trial and appellate law firm that represents Fortune 500 and middle-market industry leaders in Texas and throughout the United States. We Solve the Problem™!

11-21-2006

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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Cooley Attorney Kristine Pirnia Honored as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Kristine Pirnia, an associate in Cooley Godward Kronish LLP’s Washington DC office, was honored by the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition as the organization’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.

"Kristine's representation of our most difficult cases has been fearless and extraordinary; she is very good and thorough. Her enthusiasm has encouraged several other Cooley attorneys from her office to take on our pro bono cases as well," said Elizabeth H. McGrail, Detention Project Director, CAIR Coalition.

Part of the International Trade practice group, Ms. Pirnia advises U.S. and foreign companies on complying with the U.S. laws and regulations that govern the cross-border movement of goods, software, technology and services. Her practice also encompasses compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Ms. Pirnia has been a legal advocate for the use of Pro Bono in the area of immigration and human rights for some time. In addition to being a member of the Firm’s Washington, DC office Pro Bono Committee, she has been an adjunct professor of law at George Washington University Law School where she has taught a course on international human rights for the past two years. Ms. Pirnia earned a BA from the University of Texas (Austin) and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.

11-21-2006

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Howard Seife Elected to Membership of International Insolvency Institute
Chadbourne & Parke LLP partner Howard Seife has been elected a member of the International Insolvency Institute, a non-profit, limited-membership organization of leading insolvency professionals, judges and academics dedicated to promoting efficient insolvency systems and procedures.

Based in New York, Mr. Seife chairs Chadbourne’s global bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice. In the first major test of cross-border insolvency under new Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Mr. Seife commenced a case in New York on behalf of the Russian interim receiver for Yukos Oil. Mr. Seife’s role as a leader in the innovative use of ancillary bankruptcy proceedings was recently recognized by The Deal’s Bankruptcy Insider, describing him as "the top-ranked U.S. lawyer to foreign debtors." Mr. Seife has written extensively on international insolvency issues, including as author and co-editor of Cross-Frontier Insolvency of Insurance Companies, published by Sweet & Maxwell.

The International Insolvency Institute’s primary objectives include improving international co-operation in the insolvency area and achieving greater co-ordination among nations in multinational business reorganizations and restructurings. The Institute’s membership is drawn from the most senior and respected insolvency practitioners, judges and academics in the world and it has valuable liaisons with many of the most senior regulatory and administrative professionals in the insolvency field.

11-21-2006

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Adams & Reese LLP

F. Lee Butler and Mark J. Spansel Elected to Adams and Reese Executive Committee
Partners F. Lee Butler and Mark Spansel have been elected to serve three year terms on the Executive Committee of Adams and Reese LLP effective January 1, 2007. The Executive Committee oversees the strategic operations of the firm with more than 300 attorneys in ten offices in five states and Washington, D.C.

Butler is a member of the Products Liability Team in the Litigation Practice Group. He has a diverse civil litigation practice with experience including commercial litigation, environmental litigation, employment litigation and casualty litigation. He Butler opened the firm's Houston office in March of 1993, and has previously served as chairman of the firm's Executive Committee.

Butler has spoken at a number of professional seminars on a variety of topics, including deceptive trade practices, premises liability, worker's compensation, evaluation of damages, trial tactics and evidence. He has earned the highest rating possible (AV®) from Martindale-Hubbell, and was recognized by H Texas magazine as one of Houston's Top Lawyers in Commercial Litigation for 2005. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Louisiana. He is a member of the American, Texas State, Louisiana State and Houston Bar Associations; the Defense Research Institute; and the Texas and New Orleans Associations of Defense Counsel. He earned both his Juris Doctorate and undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University.

Spansel is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Toxic Tort Team in the Litigation Practice Group. His practice concentrates on defense litigation in the areas of environmental and toxic tort, complex, class action, energy and marine. He previously served three terms as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and served as its chairman. He also served as the team leader for the Marine and Energy Practice Team, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Maritime Law).

Spansel frequently lectures on maritime law and offshore, oil field liabilities at professional and industry seminars including the Petroleum Insurance & Environmental Protection Conference, the Construction Risk Conference, the Dallas Bar Association - Energy Law Section, the Loyola Longshore Conference, and the PSAM-II (an international conference devoted to the design and operation of technological systems and processes). Twice a year he chairs the Forum on Litigation in the Gulf South (Fall – Dallas, Spring – San Antonio) a seminar hosted by Adams and Reese. He is the co-author of several articles on maritime law in The International Risk Management Institute Risk Report. He earned both his Juris Doctorate and undergraduate degree from Tulane University.

11-21-2006

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