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Ropes & Gray, LLP

Six Ropes & Gray IP attorneys cited in The Legal 500 'Litigation' volume
The first-ever ranking of American litigation lawyers by The Legal 500, the respected legal directory, includes six Ropes & Gray attorneys in two categories: "Intellectual Property: Copyright – national," and "Intellectual Property: Patent litigation – full coverage." Ropes & Gray attorneys cited in the publication include:

08-13-2007

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Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

Department of Justice trial attorney Peter Zeidenberg joins DLA Piper’s Washington, D.C. office
DLA Piper US LLP today announced that Peter Zeidenberg, a leading trial attorney, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. He comes to the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) where he served as trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division.

In his capacity as Trial Attorney, Zeidenberg was engaged in the investigation and prosecution of local, state and federal public officials. His trial experience includes prosecution of some of the highest profile criminal cases handled by the DOJ.

“Peter’s substantial federal litigation background adds great depth to our strong Washington, D.C. Litigation and Regulatory practices,” said Francis B. Burch, Jr., Joint Chief Executive Officer of DLA Piper. “He is a distinguished prosecutor with extensive trial experience. Peter is highly respected for his investigative and prosecutorial skills, and will provide a tremendous resource to clients.”

Beyond white collar litigation, Zeidenberg’s investigative and trial skills will also be beneficial to the firm’s clients in a wide range of matters. His years of experience will be invaluable to corporate clients in need of advice and counseling regarding potential criminal issues. He has the necessary experience to handle large internal corporate investigations related to all aspects of regulatory crime. Companies faced with potential criminal exposure will have an advocate with the ability to persuasively present their arguments to the appropriate DOJ officials, and to represent them at trial if needed.

“Peter is an attorney of tremendous drive and intelligence, and we are delighted to welcome him to the firm,” said Ann Ford, Managing Partner of DLA Piper’s Washington, D.C. office. “He is respected and admired for his determination, his team-building and his litigation successes, and he has a sensitive understanding of the complexities and nuances of the civil, regulatory and criminal exposure that corporations and financial institutions may face.”

Leading Litigation Capabilities

DLA Piper’s Global Litigation practice includes more than 1,400 dispute resolutions lawyers worldwide. Attorneys represent clients in complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes in numerous areas, including: antitrust, banking and financial services, class action, construction, corporate and securities, defense, employment, energy, fraud and asset recovery, government investigations, insolvency, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international arbitration, international trade and transport (including aviation and marine), IT, marine, media, product liability, professional liability, real estate, regulation, tax, telecommunications and white collar.

Businesses in the United States, and throughout the world, operate in an increasingly aggressive enforcement environment. Government prosecutors and regulators are more active in seeking criminal sanctions for violations of laws regulating business activities. Pre-empting as well as responding effectively to such challenges requires experience with every nuance of white collar crime.

The White Collar practice group of DLA Piper is one of the most experienced and well respected in the country. The practice includes a former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division of the U. S. Department of Justice, a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a former Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a number of lawyers who served as Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Department of Justice trial attorneys.

About Peter Zeidenberg

Peter Zeidenberg has spent the past 22 years as a prosecutor, the last 17 at the Department of Justice.

In 2001, Zeidenberg moved to the Public Integrity section of the Department of Justice, where he was responsible for investigating and prosecuting allegations of corruption involving public officials. While at Public Integrity, he tried the case of United States v. David Safavian, in which the former Chief of Staff of the General Services Administration was convicted of obstruction of justice and making false statements to the United States Senate. In addition, Zeidenberg was a deputy special counsel involved in the investigation and prosecution of Scooter Libby. Zeidenberg gave the government’s closing argument and handled direct examinations on behalf of the government witnesses in the Libby case.

From 1991 to 2001, he worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, where he spent the majority of his time prosecuting violent crimes. Zeidenberg won conviction in 16 of the 18 first-degree murder cases he tried. In addition, he won life sentences for all six defendants he prosecuted in a nine-month long RICO prosecution of a murderous drug-gang in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Zeidenberg has first-chaired approximately 100 jury trials.

Zeidenberg started his career at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his five years there, he prosecuted more than 50 jury trials.

A Barrister in the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, Zeidenberg received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.

08-13-2007

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

International Tax Attorney Joins Nelson Mullins
International tax and business attorney Sean M. King has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in its Charlotte office. Mr. King joins the Firm as a partner and brings prior experience from both an international law firm and a prominent global accounting firm.

With extensive experience in the representation of private and publicly traded companies, Mr. King's wide-ranging experience includes the development and implementation of tax strategies for structuring international mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and disposition of foreign investments, including the formation and use of foreign tax credit planning and effective utilization of income tax treaties. He counsels the Firm's clients on a wide array of international tax and business issues, including complex reorganization transactions, investment in emerging markets, bankruptcy workouts, private equity, and IRS controversies.

A member of the Michigan state and federal bar, Mr. King is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court. He has served as a contributing author to the Journal of Taxation of Global Transactions and is a regular speaker for the Alliance for Tax, Legal and Accounting Seminars (ATLAS), as well as various state bar associations.

Mr. King earned an LL.M, magna cum laude, in Taxation, from the Chicago-Kent School of Law. He earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, with a concentration in Taxation from Michigan State University College of Law. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

08-13-2007

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt Opens For Business In San Francisco
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, opened its new San Francisco office at 111 Sutter Street today. Located in an historic 1920's building in the city's financial district, Manatt's San Francisco office will house 50 professionals, staffed with Manatt attorneys transferring from the firm's Palo Alto and Los Angeles offices, and professionals from Manatt Health Solutions (MHS), a healthcare policy and strategic business advisory group of the firm. Manatt has eight offices, nationwide.

"Today is an exciting milestone in the life of the firm, as Northern California is an important strategic growth region for Manatt,” said William T. Quicksilver, Manatt's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner. “We are initiating the space with current Manatt attorneys and Manatt Health Solutions professionals, and have plans to grow both our Bay Area offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto."

T. Hale Boggs, Chair of Manatt's Business Development Committee and a Senior Partner in the firm's Corporate and Venture Capital practice, is focusing on partner level recruiting and client development in San Francisco, and Christopher L. Wanger, a Litigation Partner, has transferred from Palo Alto to be the new office's administrative partner.

Other attorneys who have transferred to the San Francisco office from Palo Alto are Sharon Bauman, Co-chair Employment & Labor; Donald J. Fitzgerald, Partner, Tax, Employee Benefits & Global Compensation; Craig D. Miller, Partner, Corporate & Finance; Michelle Gillette, Counsel, Intellectual Property; and associates, Tara S. Kaushik and John P. Kern. David Huard, Co-Chair of the Firm's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources practice group, transferred to the San Francisco office from Los Angeles. MHS professionals include Managing Directors Timathie Leslie and Julie Vaughan Murchinson, Senior Manager Joseph Ray, Managers Tim Kwan and Libby Sagara, and Senior Analyst Christine E. Sison and Analyst Kier Wallis.

In July, Manatt announced the addition of real estate partners, Robin Kennedy and Michael Polentz, to the Palo Alto Office.

08-13-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

CRAVATH REPRESENTS GP INVESTMENTS, LTD. IN A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE LATIN AMERICAN DRILLING AND E&P SERVICE FROM PRIDE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Cravath represented GP Investments, Ltd. in connection with the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire the Latin American Land Drilling and E&P Services businesses from Pride International Inc. for $1 billion. The lawyers involved in this matter are partner David Mercado, senior attorney Ralph Curry and associate Camila F. Amaral on corporate matters. The deal was announced on August 10, 2007.

08-13-2007

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Butzel Long

Butzel Long attorney Eric M. Mathis elected chair-elect of the National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Butzel Long associate attorney Eric M. Mathis has been elected chair-elect of the National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division at the annual convention in Atlanta. He will serve as chair of the division from July 2008 to July 2009. Mr. Mathis also was named Barrister of the Year by the Barristers' Board of Directors for the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association. He was recognized for his demonstrated leadership in managing the School Partnership Program.

Mr. Mathis practices primarily in the area of litigation, with experience in product liability, automotive issues and real estate litigation.

Mr. Mathis is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Barristers' Board of Directors, the Wolverine Bar Association and the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association. He serves as Secretary of the Real Estate and Probate Law Section of the National Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Litigation, and is a Committee Vice-Chair of the Real Property Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Section.

Mr. Mathis graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A., 1996) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2002), where he wrote for The Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy and served as Vice-President of the Black Law Students Association, coordinating the High School Moot Court Competition and the Street Law Clinic. He is a resident of Southfield.

08-13-2007

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Burr & Forman LLP

William “Bill” M. Joseph joins Burr & Forman LLP
William “Bill” M. Joseph has joined Burr & Forman as a partner practicing in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Law, and Corporate Law groups. He is licensed to practice in Georgia, New York, and Massachusetts. Bill is a member of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section, Atlanta International Tax Study Group, and the International Fiscal Association. Bill received his LL.M. in Taxation in 1989 from Boston University School of Law. He earned his J.D., cum laude, in 1984 from Boston University, where he served as staff editor of the Boston University International Law Journal. Bill also received a B.S. in Economics, cum laude, concentrating in Accounting and Political Science, in 1981 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

08-13-2007

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