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Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Judge Dreier to Speak About Winning Mediation Practices
The Honorable William A. Dreier P.J.A.D. (Retired), a member of the law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., will discuss “Development of a Mediation Practice” and “Overcoming Impasses” at the Xtreme CLE Event, sponsored by the Mercer County Bar Association (MCBA) and The New Jersey Law Journal. The seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at the National Conference Center at the Holiday Inn in East Windsor, New Jersey from 9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

The topics that Dreier will discuss are vital to experienced mediators and recognize those who are seeking a strategic edge in the process of mediation. Attendees may earn CLE credits at this event. Registration is $45; PA credits are an additional $20.

For more information or to register, contact the MCBA at 609-585-6200 or francine@mercerbar.com.

Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on products liability law, Dreier is a frequent lecturer for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as well as numerous other professional organizations throughout the country. He has written more than 30 law review articles on products liability, alternative dispute resolution and other subjects, in addition to 380 published judicial opinions. Dreier is Planning Chair and Faculty Member of the annual Advanced National Products Liability Course for the ALI-ABA, and has been a lecturer in symposia at five national law schools. He is the author of two highly respected texts, New Jersey Products Liability and Toxic Tort Law (Gann Law Books), published annually since 1977, and Chancery Practice in New Jersey (ICLE), published in six editions since 1982.

Dreier has also been recognized as an expert in dispute resolution, lecturing on the subject for more than 25 years to newly appointed judges at the New Jersey Judicial College. In recognition of his many contributions to continuing legal education, Dreier was awarded the “Alfred C. Clapp Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education” in 1993.

11-09-2006

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McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton Professional Association

McLane Attorney Pearce Chosen Board Member of Granite State Independent Living
The law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association is proud to announce that Robert Pearce, an associate in the firm’s Corporate Department has been named to the Board of Granite State Independent Living.

Granite State Independent Living, (“GSIL”) is a statewide non-profit that offers tools and resources so that all individuals can participate as fully as they choose in their lives, families, and communities.

Rob focuses his practice in the areas of commercial finance and land use and zoning. He assists clients in a broad range of transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions and sales, mergers, and split-offs. Also a member of the firm's telecommunications team, Rob provides representation to wireless telecommunications providers in connection with proceedings before local land-use boards and assisting with related leasing and construction agreements.

He also serves as a member of the Resident Opportunity and Outreach Team for the Concord Area Trust for Community Housing.

11-09-2006

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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Gerald J. Jennings Continues To Grow New York Government Affairs Practice At McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announced today that Jerry Jennings, a highly respected lobbyist and lawyer, will join the firm as a managing director and of counsel in the firm’s Albany office. Mr. Jennings’ practice includes the representation of clients in the areas of government and regulatory affairs. He was most recently a partner and counsel at the government relations firm Patricia Lynch Associates, Inc.

“Jerry’s arrival, coupled with the firm’s recently announced addition of Richard Gordon, top Democratic strategist to former Governor Mario Cuomo, enhances our existing government affairs practice and is yet another important step towards our commitment to grow our government affairs presence in New York and nationally,” said former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin, a Clinton appointee, partner of McKenna Long & Aldridge and head of the Public Policy and International department.

Prior to joining McKenna Long & Aldridge, Mr. Jennings practiced in the private sector where he represented a broad array of clients before the legislative and executive branches of the New York state government, federal government and many local governments across New York. Mr. Jennings served as an assistant state attorney for the State of Florida and as an appellate court attorney for the ten justices of the Third Department of the New York Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. Jennings completed a clerkship with the Honorable George B. Ceresia Jr. for the New York State Supreme Court.

“I am delighted and honored to join such a prestigious firm as McKenna Long & Aldridge. I believe my extensive political and government knowledge, along with my years practicing law, will make me a valuable asset to both the firm and my clients,” said Jerry Jennings.

Mr. Jennings is a member of the New York and Florida bars. He is on the Board of Governor’s, Albany Sons of St. Patrick, serves as a Mock Trial Judge for the Albany County Bar Association and is a periodic speaker and mentor for Albany’s AAU basketball program. He is also affiliated with the Sons of Italy and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Upstate New York.

Mr. Jennings is the latest addition to the firm’s Government Affairs group that includes the former Clinton White House Director and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Marcia Hale and Keith Mason, and Buddy Darden (D), former Georgia Representative to the Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The firm entered the New York market in June with the addition of The Plunkett & Jaffe Group headed by William F. Plunkett’s government affairs team including John Harris in Albany.

11-09-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's New York Office Ranks Highly with Summer Associates
New York, NY - in an annual survey of summer associates by The American Lawyer, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP's New York office ranked 6th out of 80 firms surveyed. The survey, which was conducted nationwide and divided according to major metropolitan areas, queried summer associates about their experiences working at their respective firms in terms of what they learned, their quality of life, and the likelihood they would return to the firm if asked to come on as a first-year. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has reported that nearly all of the students who participated in the 2006 summer program have accepted their offers of permanent employment with the firm for next Fall.

"We strive to provide our summer associates an environment in which they feel like part of a team and learn first-hand what it's like being an attorney at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw," said Brian Trust, Partner-in-Charge of the firm's New York office. "It's important to look out for the next generation of attorneys; there's only so much you can learn in law school and we try to fill in the holes by providing these students with first-hand experience and guidance."

The firm's summer program is intended to give students a realistic idea of the full range of a lawyer's activities at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. The firm is known for allowing summer associates substantial freedom to choose work in those areas of practice that interest them and strives to take summer associates out of their offices by providing them with frequent opportunities to observe court proceedings and to participate in closings, client conferences, and negotiation sessions.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's mentor program provides summer associates with a strong network of resources for daily questions and guidance by pairing each summer associate with a junior associate and with a partner. Senior associates further strengthen the mentoring program by working directly with the mentors to assure that each summer associate has a positive experience. The summer associates' performance is evaluated informally on a project basis as well as formally through the mid-summer and end-of-summer review discussions, providing them with many opportunities for feedback and growth.

"Our feedback from the summer associates indicated that across the board, their associate mentors were extremely attentive and helpful throughout the program," said Lauren Goldman, a partner on the Hiring Committee. "The associates gave the summers a great deal of day-to-day guidance on assignments and office life, and they participated enthusiastically in the evening social events."

In addition to more than a dozen in-house training and professional development events over the course of the summer, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw also hosts a variety of social events designed to enable summer associates to sample some of the cultural and other activities available in New York City as well as to help summer associates get to know each other, New York office lawyers, and the lawyers from the firm's other offices. The firm recognizes that summer associates enjoy a slightly different play/work ratio than do typical practicing lawyers, but makes every effort to integrate them into the challenging work environment so that they are able to make an informed decision about working at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is among the largest law firms in the world with more than 1,400 lawyers practicing in seven U.S. cities (Chicago, Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, and Washington) and six European cities (Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, London, and Paris).

11-09-2006

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Worth Magazine Names Katten Muchin Rosenman’s Andrew Katzenstein among Top 100 U.S. Attorneys
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew M. Katzenstein, a partner in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice, has been named among the nation’s Top 100 Attorneys by Worth magazine. The complete list of the nation’s Top 100 Attorneys serving affluent individuals in a variety of practice areas, including trusts and estates, matrimonial law and philanthropy, will be published in Worth’s December issue.

Mr. Katzenstein’s selection to Worth’s Top 100 Attorneys comes on the heels of his recent election as a Fellow to the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC), a professional association comprised of the most distinguished trusts and estates attorneys in the United States. Katten counts seven ACTEC Fellows among its attorneys.

Mr. Katzenstein’s practice focuses on estate, gift, generation-skipping tax planning, income tax planning for trusts, and probate and trust administration matters, including resolving disputes between fiduciaries and beneficiaries. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to charitable organization matters.

Mr. Katzenstein has taught Estate Tax at UCLA Law School since 1992 and previously taught Estate Planning and Advanced Estate Planning in the Graduate Tax Program at both the University of San Diego and Golden Gate University. He is a frequent lecturer on a variety of estate planning and tax related topics in the U.S., Europe and Canada, and appears annually before the Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills, and California State Bar Associations. In addition, he has participated in the USC Tax Institute and the USC Probate and Trust Law Conference.

Mr. Katzenstein has served on numerous bar committees, including acting as Chair of the Century City Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Section, the Los Angeles County Bar’s Estate and Gift Tax Section, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Probate and Trust Law Section. He is currently an at-large member of the State Bar of California's Trusts and Estates Section.

Mr. Katzenstein has published articles in Estate Planning Magazine, Journal of Taxation, and Taxes Magazine, and was also one of the principal contributors to the probate treatise “Marshall and Garb on Probate.” He was recently listed as one of the “Top 100 Wealth Advisors in North America” by Citywealth (a U.K. weekly) and was included in the “Best Lawyers in America” publication in the field of Trusts & Estates Law. In addition, Mr. Katzenstein was recognized in 2004, 2005 and 2006 as a Southern California Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Trusts in Los Angeles Magazine and Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine.

Katten’s trusts and estates attorneys provide the full panoply of trusts and estates related services on a local, national and international level. They perform sophisticated estate, tax, business, charitable and personal affairs. They represent both fiduciaries and beneficiaries in connection with ongoing estate and trust administration on a multigenerational basis and are also experienced in handling contested proceedings involving estates and trusts in the courts, before taxing authorities, and before governmental and regulatory authorities.

11-09-2006

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Hodgson Russ LLP

John J. Zak and Jeffrey A. Rinde on NYSBA panel
Hodgson Russ partners John J. Zak and Jeffrey A. Rinde on NYSBA panel.

John J. Zak and Jeffrey A. Rinde, partners in Hodgson Russ’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group, will be panelists on the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) continuing legal education program “Accounting for Lawyers.” Five sessions will be held November 2 through December 7.

“Accounting for Lawyers” will provide information on how to recognize significant accounting and finance issues that can arise during business operations. Mr. Zak and Mr. Rinde will present a session called “The New Environment,” focusing on current legal issues affecting accountants and lawyers.

Mr. Zak will take part in the November 2 session in Syracuse, the December 1 session in Albany, and the December 6 session in Amherst. Mr. Rinde will participate in the November 29 session in New York and the December 7 session in Melville.

Mr. Zak concentrates his practice in U.S. securities regulation and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law and governance. He is active in the firm's U.S.-Canada practice group and regularly counsels Canadians on U.S. securities and corporate law matters. Mr. Zak has extensive experience in public and private securities offerings, including venture capital and private equity financings and executive compensation arrangements.

Mr. Rinde focuses his practice on U.S. securities regulation and compliance, including public and private equity and debt security financings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, and corporate law and governance. He has extensive experience representing issuers and merchant and investment banking firms in public and private securities offerings, as well as buyers, sellers, and financial advisors in a variety of public and private business combinations.

11-09-2006

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Hodgson Russ LLP

Kenneth P. Friedman chairs NYSBA program
Hodgson Russ partner Kenneth P. Friedman chairs NYSBA program.
Six additional Hodgson Russ attorneys participate as panelists.

Kenneth P. Friedman, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group, was appointed chair and moderator of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) program “Buying or selling a small business.”

The program covered the most important tax, business, accounting, and financing considerations involved in small business purchases and sales. Panelists addressed the techniques, practicalities, and climate of the actual negotiation of agreements and the drafting of documents.

The program was held in three locations: in Buffalo on October 27, in Albany on November 1, and in New York on November 8.

In addition to Mr. Friedman, six Hodgson Russ attorneys took part on panels. In Buffalo, Brad A. Birmingham, a partner in the firm’s General/International Tax Practice Group, participated. Mario J. Papa, a partner in the Corporate & Securities and Estates & Trusts Practice Groups, and Carl J. Kempf, III, an attorney in the same practice groups, will took part in the Albany session. In the New York session, partners Richard F. Campbell, in the General/International and State & Local Tax Groups; Jeffrey A. Rinde, in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group; and Stephen A. Weiss, also in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group, were panelists.

Mr. Friedman concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, business planning, project finance, and securities and handles a broad range of general business matters. Mr. Friedman recently completed his tenure as the practice group leader of Hodgson Russ's entire corporate and securities practice.

11-09-2006

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