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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Attorney Alex Fernandez Voted onto Board of Directors for Wheels of Success
The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Alejandro Fernandez, patent counsel in the Tampa office, has been voted onto the Board of Directors for Wheels of Success. Wheels of Success is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing people in need with transportation to keep them working and sustain their independence.

Mr. Fernandez’s practice includes protection of clients' innovations through carefully planned patent procurement, integrated with other strategic and business considerations. He received his J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 2001 and his B.S. from Palm Beach Atlantic College in 1998.

10-20-2006

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Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C.

Miller Johnson Attorney Presenting at “The Fundamentals of Family & Closely Held Business” Seminar
Jeffrey Ammon, managing member at Miller Johnson, will moderate the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s (ICLE) “The Fundamentals of Family & Closely Held Business” seminar on Nov. 1. In addition, Mr. Ammon will present the session on “Choice of Entity and the Tax Implications of Each.” Held in Plymouth, MI, the seminar is co-sponsored by the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Mr. Ammon has worked with family owned and closely held businesses in Michigan on matters relating to organizational structure and operation throughout the past 25 years. He counsels business owners and executives on myriad issues to achieve various succession, diversification, growth or reorganization objectives, including business transition, ownership/management conflicts, and shareholder, member or partner buy-outs.

Mr. Ammon is on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and also chairs its Tax Policy Committee. Mr. Ammon writes and speaks on a variety of business, finance and real estate subjects. He is a co-director of ICLE’s award-winning series of seminars titled “Business Boot Camp,” and is an editor of Advising Closely Held Businesses in Michigan (ICLE 2000). He is recognized as a “Best Lawyers in America®” for Corporate Law and named as a Michigan "Super Lawyer" for Business/Corporate.

The Institute of Continuing Legal Education is a nonprofit continuing legal education organization whose mission is to provide Michigan lawyers with accessible, high-quality, continuing legal education and resource materials that enable them to practice law more effectively.

10-20-2006

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McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Shareholder Anthony J. LaCerva Elected President-Elect of Federal Bar Association Chapter
Tony LaCerva has been elected President-Elect of the Northern District of Ohio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association for the 2007 term. Chief Judge James G. Carr made the announcement to all members of the bar in this judicial district.

Mr. LaCerva, a shareholder in the Litigation Department of McDonald Hopkins, served as Secretary of the local FBA chapter prior to his election as President-Elect. In his role as President-Elect, he will support the mission of the FBA, as well as assist the President in the performance of his duties.
"I am delighted to continue my active role with our FBA chapter. As a litigator practicing in Cleveland for almost 20 years, I look forward to bringing my experience and insights to help enhance the practice of all attorneys in our district and to continue to strengthen the relationship between the bench and the bar," stated Mr. LaCerva.

Mr. LaCerva received his law degree from The University of Toledo College of Law, magna cum laude, in 1985 and his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kent State University in 1982. He is admitted to the Ohio Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits.

He is also a member of the Cleveland Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. LaCerva resides in Lakewood, Ohio with his wife, Wendy, and their three boys.

The Northern District of Ohio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association covers the entire area covers the entire area served by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, including the Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Toledo metropolitan areas. An active chapter with nearly 450 embers, drawn from private practice, government departments and agencies, law schools within the district, and members of the federal judiciary, it is committed to responding to the needs of federal judges in the Northern District of Ohio, as well as the needs of federal practitioners within the district.

10-20-2006

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Locke Reynolds LLP

Locke Reynolds Announces Three New Associates
Matthew R. Dorsett, Eric D. Foerg, and Richelle M. Harris have joined Locke Reynolds as associates.

Matthew R. Dorsett is an associate with Locke Reynolds concentrating his practice in litigation. While in law school, Mr. Dorsett held internships with the Honorable Mark Bailey of the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Honorable Cale Bradford of the Marion Superior Court, and the Honorable Grant Hawkins of the Marion Superior Court.

Eric D. Foerg is an associate with Locke Reynolds concentrating his practice in litigation. He is a former National Labor Relations Board Field Examiner in Portland, Oregon and intern in Indianapolis. Mr. Foerg was a former Extern, Northern District of Indiana, for Chief Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.

Richelle M. Harris is an associate with Locke Reynolds concentrating her practice in litigation. While in law school, Ms. Harris was a Legal Writing Tutor for the Dean’s Tutorial Society and Treasurer of the Black Law Student Association. In addition, she participated in the Civil Practice Clinic, where she represented clients in dissolution matters.

10-20-2006

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Locke, Liddell & Sapp, L.L.P.

Locke names managing partners for Texas, Houston
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP has named a new managing partner of its Houston office and has appointed an Austin-based litigator as the second-ever female to serve as firmwide managing partner.

Marc Watts, a corporate securities lawyer, has been elected managing partner in Houston. And Jerry Clements has been named as Locke Liddell's managing partner, making her only the second woman to become the firm's top boss. The first female managing partner for Houston-based Locke Liddell was Harriet Miers, who last year was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush but later withdrew her nomination.

She became co-managing partner of the firm in 1999. "I'll be glad when it's no longer newsworthy when the managing partner of a major law firm is a woman," Clements says. More noteworthy, she says, is that this is the first time Locke Liddell's managing partner is based in its Austin office.

Usually, a big firm's managing partner works out of the principal office where it was founded. For big Texas firms, that usually means Dallas or Houston. But Clements, who happens to be based in Austin, is "who everyone in the firm wanted" as managing partner, says spokeswoman Julie Gilbert in Locke Liddell's Houston office. Clements says technology allows her to run the nearly 400-lawyer firm remotely.

Plus, she spends a lot of time flying back and forth to the Houston and Dallas offices. Clements has led the firm's litigation section since 2002 and has sat on Locke Liddell's management committee since 1998. She says her duties as managing partner will entail challenges such as attracting top legal work and talent in an increasingly competitive market.

"That's the kind of work that makes law firms profitable," she says. Watts is replacing Jeff Love as managing partner in the Houston office. Love is stepping down from his position after about five years on the job.
Watts has more than 20 years of experience in corporate securities and antitrust law as well as in structuring partnerships, joint ventures and other vehicles for joint investment.

He expects to continue expanding the firm's energy, intellectual property and labor practices.

10-20-2006

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Larson · King, LLP

Dotseth to present at ARIAS-US Annual Meeting and Fall Conference
Keith A. Dotseth has been invited to be a presenter at the ARIAS•U.S. 2006 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting,“The Arbitration Zone: Arbitrations in other Dimensions,” November 2nd and 3rd in New York. At the conference, representatives from the world’s largest insurers, reinsurers and brokers, will present their views on the vitality of and future prospects for the current arbitration process, how they operate within that process and how they are writing today’s arbitration clauses to facilitate the arbitrations of the future.

Keith’s presentation, Confidentiality in Arbitrations, will address questions such as: Should confidentiality be assumed? Does it serve the interests of the parties and the industry? What impact does it have on the principles of res judicata?

10-20-2006

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Gable & Gotwals, Attorneys At Law

Selim Fiagome Featured in Photo Exhibit
GableGotwals associate Selim Fiagome will be featured with others in Journey To America, a photo exhibit telling the stories of first and second generation immigrants. The exhibit will be open to the public Oct. 20 through Dec. 31 in the atrium of Williams’ headquarters downtown: 20 E 2nd St, Tulsa, OK 74103.

This collection represents the second part of the project which began in 2005 . The first set of photos is part of the permanent collection at the YWCA Multicultural Center at 17th and Memorial.

The goals of the YWCA social marketing campaign are to help eliminate racism, to tell individual stores of personal courage, to bring greater unity to the community, and to highlight the various cultures and backgrounds that makeup the face of America.

Selim Fiagome is a first generation immigrant from Ghana His photo is featured as one of the 50 black and white photos that make up the collection. Each photo tells the story of an immigrant or family of immigrants from around the world who are now American citizens living in and contributing to the community. Selim joined GableGotwals in 2006. He received his undergraduate degree in Organizational Communication in 2001 and his Juris Doctorate in 2004 from the University of Tulsa . He is currently serving as the President of the Northeastern Oklahoma Black Lawyers Association. His practice areas include Products Liability, Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Community Development Law, Immigration Law, Employment Law, Insurance Law, Corporate Law and Non-Profit Law.

10-20-2006

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