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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Steven Pozefsky Joins Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP is pleased to announce that Steven A. Pozefsky has joined as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Construction and Procurement Practice Group. Mr. Pozefsky represents general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, and owners, in litigation involving public and private construction projects. Mr. Pozefsky has experience in complex toxic tort litigation with a focus on pharmaceutical product liability litigation and regulatory matters.

08-14-2007

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Kimberly B. Martin Elected President of the Huntsville/Madison County Bar Association
Bradley Arant is pleased to announce that Huntsville partner Kim Martin has been elected President of the Huntsville/Madison County Bar Association. Ms. Martin focuses her practice on general litigation with an emphasis on medical device and pharmaceutical, commercial, products liability and labor and employment litigation. She also has a wide range of experience in representing media clients on First Amendment issues and defamation claims.

08-14-2007

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Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

Blackwell Sanders named 2007 Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women
Working Mother magazine, the authoritative source for career mothers, and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm advising attorneys and legal employers on work-life balance and the retention and advancement of women, have named Blackwell Sanders LLP a 2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women. A new initiative from the leading advocates for work-life balance and women-friendly policies, Best Law Firms for Women honors 50 winning firms nationwide for their commitment to the retention and advancement of female talent.

A downloadable PDF of the award notice may be viewed by clicking here: http://www.parsintl.com/14789.pdf.

“Blackwell Sanders provides an environment where, as long as the clients’ needs are being met, there’s flexibility to have a life; you don’t have to be here all the time,” says Kansas City Blackwell Sanders partner Kirstin Salzman. “I have the support of the firm to be a good mom and wife, but also to be a good community citizen. I’m on the board of directors of DeLaSalle Educational Center – an inner-city center providing education for at-risk youth. The firm is supportive of my taking time to attend board meetings, they provide financial support to the Center, and it’s not unusual for me to ask a legal question of one of my peers regarding DeLaSalle.”

"I, as well as my family, appreciate the firm's focus on work-life balance," says St. Louis Blackwell Sanders associate Rebecca Kujawa. "I am able to serve my client's interests while maintaining a life outside of work, including my volunteer position with the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. I can have a career and still have time for my family. Blackwell Sanders has figured out the importance of supporting a work-life balance to retain employees and to create an overall more successful environment."

Profiled in the August/September issue of Working Mother magazine, Blackwell Sanders is honored for creating a work environment that is hospitable to and encouraging of the advancement of women. With innovative programs and policies that help female attorneys achieve balance in their personal and professional lives and thrive as practitioners, Blackwell Sanders is ensuring that women are the future of private law practice.

“At Blackwell Sanders, we’ve learned it’s not either/or,” says Dave Fenley, firm chairman. “Contrary to popular opinion, you’re not either a great workplace or a great law firm. We’ve achieved both, and each contributes to the other.”

One of the firm’s most unique contributions to its women attorneys is its True North program. Founded in 2004, the program’s goal is to promote professional networking and development of the firm’s female attorneys and female clients. Client contacts are high-level decision-makers; program content is shaped around their needs and requests. The combination of thematic, content-rich programs and socializing opportunities provides a full-circle approach to retaining, recruiting, and enriching the lives of the firm’s female attorneys, as well as enrichment for clients.

Blackwell Sanders’ commitment to developing and maintaining an inclusive work environment has not compromised the quality of its legal services to clients. In fact, it has made it even better as demonstrated by some of the recognitions that Blackwell Sanders attorneys have received in the last 18 months.

Legal Service, Attorney Accomplishments

* 56 attorneys listed in Best Lawyers 2007
* Top-ranking in Chambers & Partners since 2003
* 55 attorneys listed in Super Lawyers 2006
* Go Magazine - Jennifer Growcock, 20 Under 30 (June 2007)
* Ingram's Magazine - Spencer Thompson, 40 Under Forty (April 2007)
* Missouri Hospital Association - Maurice Watson, Excellence in Governance Awards (April 2007)
* Springfield Business Journal - Kate Mihalevich, 40 Under 40 (May 2007)
* Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Eric Martin, Top Lawyer of 2006 (Jan. 2007)
* Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Curt Chase and Randy Thompson, Up and Coming Lawyers (Oct. 2006)
* St. Louis Business Journal - Joe Glynias, 30 Under 30 (July 2006)
* Springfield Business Journal - Jacob Sappington, 40 Under 40 (April 2006)

Workplace

* Urban League of Greater Kansas City - Equalizer Award for Advancing Corporate Diversity and Inclusion (April 2007)
* Kansas City Business Journal - Best Places to Work, 2nd place, large employer category (November 2006)
* St. Louis City, Annual Business Awards - St. Louis Office, Business of the Year (Oct. 2006)

Blackwell Sanders LLP, a commercial-based law firm with 330 attorneys, is recognized nationally for its transactional and litigation practices. Chambers USA has named Blackwell Sanders among the top law firms in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska since 2003. The Best Lawyers in America 2007 named 56 Blackwell Sanders attorneys to its list. For additional press releases, visit www.blackwellsanders.com/pressReleases.aspx

About Working Mother
Founded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches nearly 3 million readers and is the only national magazine for career mothers. Its 21-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. The publication also releases the annual list of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women in the June issue. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media (WMM), which also owns the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), NAFE Magazine, the annual 100 Best Companies WorkLife Congress, as well as the Best Companies for Multicultural Women Conference and regional Town Halls. In 2006, WMM acquired Diversity Best Practices and the Business Women’s Network, making Working Mother Media the largest media company in the country focused on diversity and the advancement of women. For more information, please visit www.workingmother.com.

08-14-2007

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The Law Firm Of Baker & Daniels LLP

Baker & Daniels Among “Best Law Firms for Women”
Working Mother magazine has named Baker & Daniels LLP to its “Best Law Firms for Women” list, which appears in the August/September 2007 issue.

“We’re honored that our commitment to a family-friendly, flexible work environment has been recognized by such a respected organization,” said Brian K. Burke, CEO and chairman of Baker & Daniels. “Working mothers are an asset to our workforce, and we’re committed to helping them succeed both personally and professionally.”

Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC (a national consulting firm advising law firms) conducted the inaugural survey, collecting 2006 data from law firms with 50 or more lawyers. Firms provided information about female representation, women’s initiatives, workplace culture, flexibility, compensation, advancement and more.

Baker & Daniels – a law firm with offices in Indianapolis, South Bend, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Washington D.C. and China – reports that 17 percent of its lawyers are mothers. The firm offers flex time, reduced hours, full-time work-at-home options, telecommuting and a three-month paid maternity leave for biological and adoptive parents. In addition, Baker & Daniels' reduced-hours program allows attorneys to work less than full time and earn partnership credit.

Ellen Boshkoff, a partner who leads the firm’s employment litigation practice group and has served in several firm-wide leadership positions, helped implement the policy. Since the firm had no specific guidelines for working less than full time when Boshkoff requested it, she proposed and negotiated an arrangement that would become the formalized reduced-hours program.

“At the time there were very few lawyers working less than full time, and most of them worked on specified days during the week," Boshkoff said. "I asked for a different arrangement, which was simply a reduction in billable hour goals. We now have a formal reduced-hours policy, which allows for pro rata compensation and partnership credit for qualifying associates.”

The policy, fully endorsed by the firm’s leadership, is also a key recruiting tool.

“Our programs take a realistic and long-term view of a professional’s life,” said Baker & Daniels partner Francina A. Dlouhy, a member of the firm’s management team and team leader of the firm’s state and local tax practice group. “We recognize that there are many stages in one’s life and that during some of those stages more flexibility is needed than at others.

"We also recognize that a talented professional will want to continue to develop her skills and expand her practice even though she has increased demands on her time due to personal obligations," Dlouhy added.

08-14-2007

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Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Former Securities And Exchange Commission Counsel Joins Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Laura Badian has joined the firm’s corporate and securities practice as counsel. Ms. Badian is a former Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and subsequently worked for Kalorama Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm founded by former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt. Ms. Badian will work on securities and transactional matters for a variety of clients, including issuers, broker-dealers, and investment advisers. She will be based in Washington, D.C.

“Laura’s strong background at the SEC, in private practice, and in the consulting world will be helpful to many of our clients on a range of regulatory and compliance matters, particularly in the corporate governance area,” said Steven Kaplan, head of the corporate and securities practice at Arnold & Porter. “With her broad experience and deep expertise, she also will be a valuable resource on capital markets transactions and in mergers and acquisitions, as well as for our securities enforcement practice on broker-dealer, governance, and compliance issues.”

Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Ms. Badian was a Managing Director at Kalorama Partners, LLC, which provides strategic advice to public companies, boards of directors, and financial services firms on SEC regulatory, enforcement and disclosure matters and corporate governance. Ms. Badian previously served at the SEC as Special Counsel in the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions of the Division of Corporation Finance (1996-1999) and as an Attorney Fellow in the Division’s Office of Chief Counsel (1994-1996). Prior to her government service, Ms. Badian was a partner in the Corporate Finance Department of a large Chicago law firm (1988-1992).

Ms. Badian has a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Arnold & Porter's corporate and securities team provides premier services to a wide variety of clients. The firm handles complex, high-profile mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions involving multinational companies and sovereign governments, as well as vital business transactions for rising mid-market companies, start-ups, and entrepreneurs.

08-14-2007

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Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Arnold & Porter Named One of The "Best Law Firms For Women"
Arnold & Porter LLP has been named to the first-ever list of "Best Law Firms for Women" published by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. The list honors 50 winning law firms for their commitment to work/life balance and the retention and advancement of female talent.

Profiled in the August/September issue of Working Mother magazine, Arnold & Porter is recognized for a creating an environment that encourages the advancement of women through innovative programs and policies that help female attorneys achieve a balance in their personal and professional lives, and thrive as practitioners.

Arnold & Porter has been at the forefront of initiatives at law firms that are designed to help women, and working parents, achieve successful careers, including part-time schedules, flexible working schedules, and generous leave policies for maternity, parental and adoption. Arnold & Porter was the first law firm in the country to establish a full-time on-site children's center, which has been an award-winning model for childcare.

Working Mother named Arnold & Porter to its annual "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" on seven occasions, including the past three years. In 2004 and 2005, Arnold & Porter was the only law firm to make the list. In 2007, the Great Place to Work Institute, which compiles FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, gave Arnold & Porter an award for its inclusiveness and comprehensive diversity initiatives. Out of five organizations in the country to receive this award, Arnold & Porter was the only law firm.

To apply for the "Best Law Firms for Women," Arnold & Porter provided detailed information on the retention and promotion of women lawyers in six measured areas: workforce profile, benefits and compensation, parental leave, childcare, flexibility, and retention and advancement of women. The application and evaluation process was developed in a partnership by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC and based on Working Mother's annual "100 Best Companies" list.

08-14-2007

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Advanced Micro Devices Convertible Notes Offering:
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Lehman Brothers Inc. as initial purchaser of a $1.5 billion Rule 144A offering by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. of its 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2012.

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Advanced Micro Devices is a leading global provider of innovative microprocessor solutions for computing, communications and consumer electronics markets. Founded in 1969, AMD is dedicated to delivering superior computing solutions based on customer needs that empower users worldwide.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Alan F. Denenberg and associate Christopher Pan of the Menlo Park office and associates Amber D. Derryberry and Adam Greene of the New York office. Partners Ray Ibrahim and Mark M. Mendez and associates Jae Myung Kim and Derek Dostal, all of the New York office, provided equity derivatives advice. Partner Dana L. Trier and associates David Morris and Mitchell A. Kent of the New York office provided tax advice.

08-14-2007

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