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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP

JMBM Closes 5.9 Million-Square-Foot Real Estate Purchase
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, today announced that it closed a 5.9 million-square-foot real estate transaction for its client, Arden Realty Limited Partnership, from affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions V LLC. The portfolio of office buildings in the purchase spans six West Coast markets, including San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City, and represents Arden's largest acquisition to date.

"An acquisition of this size establishes a significant real estate footprint for Arden on the West Coast, including the Pacific Northwest," said JMBM real estate partner Scott M. Kalt, who brings more than 19 years of real estate experience to the transaction. "It was a challenging transaction involving over two months of intensive legal work to secure the acquisition rights and perform the necessary due diligence analysis, which included a variety of real estate, land use and tax issues."

Comprised of more than 20 lawyers, JMBM's Real Estate Group is seasoned in all aspects of real estate acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, development, construction, joint venture structuring, land use and related areas. The Firm's veteran real estate attorneys have the experience necessary to identify potential problem areas and to help clients structure and negotiate intricate business transactions ranging from the ordinary to the most complex.

"The magnitude of this deal required an experienced legal team that we could trust to ultimately close a multi-facetted transaction," said David Swartz, Arden Realty's Senior Vice President and General Counsel. "Having represented Arden for the past 15 years, we were confident that JMBM possessed the legal prowess necessary to make this significant acquisition a reality."

08-15-2007

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Goldberg & Kohn, P.C.

Principal Matthew Zapf Elected to the Chicago Bar Foundation's Board of Directors
Matthew A.C. Zapf, a principal at the law firm Goldberg Kohn, was elected to the Board of Director’s of the Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF), at the organization’s annual meeting. The CBF is the charitable arm of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and works to ensure equal access to justice for all Chicago residents.

"The Chicago Bar Foundation is privileged to have a leader like Matt helping to continue our important work for legal aid," said CBF Executive Director, Bob Glaves. "We commend his longtime support of the CBF and its important mission."

Mr. Zapf also serves on the CBF’s Grant’s Committee and served as a Vice-Chair of the inaugural CBF “Investing in Justice” campaign. As a leader of this campaign, Mr. Zapf helped to raise contributions from lawyers and law firms throughout the city to support the legal aid system in Chicago.

In addition to serving as a CBF board member, Mr. Zapf has served on the Board of Director’s of the Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an organization that facilitates the training and administration of volunteers to represent children’s interests during court proceedings involving abuse and neglect. He is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, where he teaches trial advocacy.

08-15-2007

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Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

Paul Fraser appointed President of ICJ Canada
Paul D.K. Fraser, FMC Vancouver, was recently appointed President of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Canada. He had previously served as Vice-President for British Columbia since 2005, and has been praised by colleagues for "the commitment and energy he devoted to building a strong and active ICJ community in that province".

Paul succeeds Professor Ed Ratushny, who resigned as President in 2006 following a five year term. For more information, please click here to view the ICJ Canada Summer 2007 newsletter.

08-15-2007

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Armstrong Teasdale, L.L.P.

Armstrong Teasdale Named as a "Best Law Firm for Women
Armstrong Teasdale is pleased to announce that Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC have named the firm among the 2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women. Fifty law firms were honored for their commitment to the retention and advancement of female lawyers.

With innovative programs and policies that help female lawyers achieve balance in their personal and professional lives and thrive as practitioners, Armstrong Teasdale continues to ensure that women are part of the future of private law practice. “Armstrong Teasdale is thrilled that the firm’s efforts at creating a work environment that is hospitable and encouraging to women have been recognized by this award,” says Tessa Trelz, partner and founding director of the firm’s Professional Advancement of Women Program.

Armstrong Teasdale’s Professional Advancement of Women Program is at the forefront of providing a supportive environment for female lawyers, one that actively presents women in realizing their full potential for excellence, creativity and initiative in their legal careers, and provides rich opportunities for client growth and development. In support of this initiative, Armstrong Teasdale provides opportunities such as enhanced mentoring, business development coaching, leadership training, networking events, educational programs, and flexible work schedules to allow for a better balance of work and family. All of these initiatives are directed towards the firm’s female lawyers at every level of practice.

“Armstrong Teasdale is honored to be recognized by Working Mother magazine as one of the best law firms for women lawyers. We strongly encourage our lawyers to have a balanced life. To do so the firm has established flexible programs to ensure that our lawyers can succeed in their career and have a family,” stated Michael A. Chivell, the firm’s Managing Partner.

“Since its founding, Working Mother magazine has been the champion of progressive, women-friendly changes in the workplace,” said Carol Evans, CEO, Working Mother Media. “Every year we see substantive advances in companies’ policies across the country, and we are so excited to be able to pair with Flex-Time Lawyers to celebrate change in a field that has historically struggled to support women and their life choices. I commend Armstrong Teasdale for taking the lead for women lawyers.”

The application and evaluation process for the 2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women initiative was developed in a partnership by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC and based on Working Mother’s annual 100 Best Companies. Law firms were evaluated in six measured areas: workforce profile, benefits and compensation, parental leave, childcare, flexibility, and retention and advancement of women.

08-15-2007

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Alston & Bird LLP

Steve Harris Joins BNA Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Board
Steve Harris has been elected to the advisory board of the BNA Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report, one of the oldest and best known periodicals addressing developments in antitrust law. The advisory board is composed of leading antitrust practitioners, general counsel of major corporations and former heads of U.S. antitrust agencies.

08-15-2007

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright-nominated Refugee and Immigrant Pro Bono Group Wins ACTL Award
The American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) presented its Emil Gumpert Award with a $50,000 cash grant to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). Fulbright counsel Frank Jones nominated the Washington-based organization for the award, which honors public or private programs dedicated to maintaining and improving the administration of justice.

The cash grant will benefit the Committee’s National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children (NCRIC), a program that matches unaccompanied immigrant children with pro bono attorneys who represent them in immigration proceedings.

Fulbright’s John Sullivan has served as the firm's liaison for the NCRIC and has overseen the firm's pro bono project on behalf of unaccompanied refugee children. Fulbright has handled more than twenty cases for such unaccompanied children.

The Emil Gumpert Award is named after the eminent trial lawyer who founded the ACTL. He was also State Bar president and a trial judge in California. Candidates for the award generally are legal service organizations, law schools, children’s advocacy groups, criminal justice programs, state courts and bar associations throughout North America.

08-15-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

William J. Wilkins Named Chair-Elect of Nation’s Largest Tax Lawyers Group
WilmerHale Partner William J. Wilkins has been named the chair-elect of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation, the nation’s largest organization of tax lawyers. Stanley L. Blend, a shareholder and chairman of the board of the San Antonio law firm Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison and Tate, Inc., has been selected to chair the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation and will serve a one-year term, to be succeeded by Mr. Wilkins who was chosen to serve as chair-elect.

Mr. Wilkins is resident in the firm’s DC office, where he is a partner in the Tax Department. He advises clients on tax and business matters, including tax compliance, exempt organization issues, corporate and partnership transactions, investment structures and federal tax legislation and regulation. Mr. Wilkins joined the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Finance in 1981, and served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee staff from 1987 to 1988, after which he joined WilmerHale.

Mr. Wilkins has previously served in several leadership positions within the Tax Section, including as its vice chair of government relations, its vice chair of communications and as chair of two section committees. He is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He is also a trustee of the American Tax Policy Institute. Mr. Wilkins is consistently recognized as a top lawyer in his field in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers of America.

The American Bar Association Section of Taxation is the national voice of tax lawyers with approximately 19,000 lawyers nationwide. Its goals include helping taxpayers better understand their rights and obligations under the tax laws, and working to make the tax system fairer, simpler and easier to administer.

08-15-2007

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