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Littler Mendelson, P.C.

DCH 2006 Summer Associates On Winning Team
Hardwork and teamwork were the winning formula for the firm's summer associates in support of Bellefaire JCB in the All-Firm Summer Associate Charity Bash. Brian Beck (NYU), David Brill (Boston University), Amber Greaves (Harvard) and Natasha Vernon (Case Western Reserve) joined forces with summer associates from Hahn Loeser & Parks and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey to raise $5,373.60 for Bellefaire, putting their team in first place. Bellefaire is a non-profit agency committed to serving the needs of children, youth and their families. Bellefaire provides an array of child welfare, behavioral health, and allied health services, including psychiatric services.

Overall, this show of community spirit by summer associates throughout law firms in Cleveland raised nearly $15,000.00 for various organizations. Congratulations to all

07-27-2006

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Day Pitney, LLP

Barry M. Benjamin Serves as Judge for 2006 International Echo Awards
Barry M. Benjamin, partner in Pitney Hardin’s Intellectual Property Group, resident in the New York office, served as a judge for the 2006 Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) International Echo Awards. The Echo Awards, the direct marketing industry’s most prestigious honor, recognizes the year’s best direct and interactive marketing campaigns. Those selected to judge the Echos are “crown level professionals, established leaders in direct marketing with many years of relevant experience,” and commit their time and expertise on a strictly voluntary basis.

Mr. Benjamin judged the third or “final” round of the competition in New York City. Judges are assigned categories by the ECHO Steering Committee, based on their experience, industry, and function. The criteria for evaluating the submissions are creativity, strategy, and results. The 2006 International Echo Awards Gala will be held during the Direct Marketing Association’s 2006 Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 17, 2006.

Mr. Benjamin practices in the areas of Intellectual Property and Financial Services, counseling clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, advertising, promotions, and direct marketing agencies to media companies, on the development of their advertising and promotion marketing strategies in both traditional and online media. His practice includes advising on the structure of and reviewing advertising and marketing campaigns; drafting terms and conditions for all forms of advertising and promotion initiatives such as sweepstakes, contests, direct mail marketing, telemarketing, free premium offers, gift certificates and cause-related charitable marketing programs; assisting in the development of data collection, e-mail and privacy policies; and handling regulatory and consumer complaints. Mr. Benjamin negotiates deals ranging from traditional agency-client, co-promotion, tie-in, talent and sponsorship agreements, to web site content license agreements, web development agreements and affiliate agreements.

07-27-2006

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Latham & Watkins

EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY JOINS LATHAM & WATKINS IN LOS ANGELES
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jack Welch has joined the firm as of counsel in the firm's Corporate Department, based in the Los Angeles office. Welch has extensive global experience in corporate, finance and securities transactions, having worked for firms in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London and Hong Kong in the course of his 26 year legal career.

""Jack has a wealth of experience that can be applied to a wide range of matters on which the firm advises our clients, and he brings many complementary strands to our corporate ambitions in Los Angeles and globally,"" said John Clair, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles. ""He will serve on the Finance Department, Corporate Department and Firm Opinion Committees, which advise on legal opinion matters across the firm.""

Thomas Dobson, Chair of the Los Angeles Corporate Department, said Welch's client work will apply particular expertise in capital markets and loan documentation and structuring. ""Jack's experience further supports our interdisciplinary approach to corporate problem solving employing the talents of both our Corporate and Finance teams in complex matters. We will regularly tap into Jack's knowledge of real property and real property finance, project finance, the margin regulations, the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisors Act, the Uniform Commercial Code and secured transactions and bank regulatory matters,"" said Dobson.
Welch said he was attracted by the opportunity to apply his experience at a global firm that works with prestigious clients across a broad range of matters. ""I have always had a keen interest in cross-border transactions and conflicts of laws, and there is no better firm than Latham at which to apply my knowledge in those areas,"" said Welch.

Welch has worked previously as of counsel at Allen & Overy in New York and London. He began his career as an associate with Shearman & Sterling in New York and Los Angeles. Welch is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B.), Oxford University (B.A. and M.A. by decree) and the University of Texas (J.D.). He is qualified in California, New York, Texas and Berlin, Germany.

07-27-2006

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Bullivant Houser Bailey

Kevin DiDio elected to YMCA Metropolitan Board
Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Kevin M. DiDio has been elected to the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. Mr. DiDio was elected to a two-year term.

The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit offers a variety of programs for people of all ages. For more than 150 years, the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit has been building strong kids, strong families and strong communities in southeastern Michigan.

Mr. DiDio is based in Butzel Long's Detroit office and is a member of the firm's Transaction, Finance and Taxation Practice Group. His primary areas of practice include: corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies (""LLC's""); mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and reorganizational transactions; corporate finance; international licensing and product distribution transactions; and tax and succession planning issues for closely held businesses.

He is a member of the Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the State Bar of Michigan. Mr. DiDio is a member of the ABA's Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations, and is the immediate past Chairman of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section.

Mr. DiDio has been a lecturer at continuing legal education seminars for ICLE, NBI and Lorman on various LLC and tax issues. He is the author of the following publications: Letters of Intent – Best Practices, Michigan Business Journal, Volume XXV, Issue 3, Fall 2005; Recent Amendments to the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act, published in the ABA’s Newsletter of the Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations, Summer 2003; and Choice of Business Entity, published in the State Bar of Michigan Practice Manual, ""Counsel for the Counselor"", June 2001.

Mr. DiDio's non-profit and community activities include: Current Board Member, YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit; Former Board Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Metropolitan Detroit Chapter; Member, French-American Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Chapter; Member, Association of Corporate Growth; and, former President, Detroit Athletic Club Intermediates. In 2005, Mr. DiDio was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Legal Aid and Defender Association in recognition of his pro bono work in the community.

In addition, Mr. DiDio is fluent in the French language. He also served four years in the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. DiDio is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., Tax Concentration Program, 1997) and The University of Michigan (B.A., Economics, 1993). While in law school, Mr. DiDio was awarded the Jurisprudence Achievement Award for Business, Securities and Tax Planning and competed at the 1997 Mugel National Tax Moot Court Competition. Mr. DiDio is a resident of Grosse Pointe Park.

Butzel Long was established in 1854 and is headquartered in Detroit. Butzel Long is one of Michigan's oldest and largest law firms, with 215 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Holland, Mich., Washington, D.C. and Boca Raton, Fla., as well as Alliance offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. The firm represents clients from diverse industries on a regional, national and multi-national level and is the sole Michigan member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 161 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.

07-27-2006

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Blank Rome LLP.

Law Firm Continues a Long Tradition of Giving
Blank Rome’s long tradition of community service is highlighted in an article in The Jewish Exponent. “The interests of our founding partners have been passed down from one generation to the next, so giving back to the community is a big part of who we are,” says Gary Goldenberg, a partner at Blank Rome.

Blank Rome was founded in 1946 by lawyers who were barred from joining many established Philadelphia law firms solely because of their ethnicity, a fact that underscores its commitment to diversity, both internally and in the communities it serves.

“Helping children, the elderly and those in dire need—all these things are very meaningful to us,” stresses Goldenberg.

Most Blank Rome attorneys volunteer for community service of some kind. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is among the organizations that benefit from the firm’s ongoing support. “It’s terrific to be able to count on the firm, whose leaders understand the needs of the Jewish community and are willing to support them with long-standing gifts,” said Ande Adelman, Federation's senior vice president of Financial Resource Development.

Fred Blume, Blank Rome’s chairman emeritus, explains that giving to Federation is simply a more efficient way to continue the firm’s tradition of support, because they can figure out how to allocate resources to agencies throughout the city.

Dedication to pro bono work is also prevalent at Blank Rome, which has always been heavily involved with various nonprofit organizations. In recognition of the firm’s 60th anniversary, each of its attorneys is being asked to provide 60 hours of pro bono service for a variety of non profits, with a projected total of 30,000 hours.

Blume acknowledges that it is a rare event that doesn’t feature a Blank Rome table, sponsorship or attorneys serving on the board. “That’s the culture throughout the entire firm,” he states. “All of us expect to continue this tradition for many years to come, as the firm continues to grow both nationally and internationally.”

“Law Firm Continues a Long Tradition of Giving” by Lauren Pound Somers appeared in The Jewish Exponent on July 27, 2006. The Jewish Exponent is a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of Philadelphia, PA since 1887.

07-27-2006

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Arent Fox LLP

Michael Burton Joins Arent Fox International Practice
Arent Fox is pleased to announce that Michael Burton has joined the firm’s International Trade Group as a member in the Washington, DC, office.

“Our international practice group gains a valuable asset with the addition of Michael’s expertise and knowledge.” said Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox chairman, “He is a welcome addition to our growing practice.”

Michael Burton has more than nine years experience representing U.S. and foreign clients on a wide range of issues related to compliance with and enforcement of U.S. economic sanctions, export controls, anti-boycott, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering and import laws. He has counseled clients on complex trade controls issues, designed and audited corporate compliance programs, and obtained numerous U.S. government licenses authorizing transactions under these controls. For his clients—ranging from large Fortune 500 companies to smaller companies without substantial in-house compliance resources—Michael develops compliance systems to identify, avoid and mitigate international regulatory risks. He has also conducted internal investigations, compliance assessments and due diligence, prepared voluntary disclosures and resolved enforcement actions before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, State and Homeland Security. Michael is a frequent speaker and writer who has been quoted by Dow Jones and Bloomberg Newswires. He received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and his BA from Brown University.

07-27-2006

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Dean Mead

EGERTON RECOGNIZED AS PRE-EMINENT CORPORATE TAX LAWYER
Charles H. Egerton, a founding member of Dean Mead, was recently selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers. Who’s Who Legal, publisher of The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, researches the opinions of law firm clients and tax lawyers from around the world. Only 403 attorneys throughout the world were selected for inclusion in the publication. Egerton is the only practicing attorney from Florida to have been named.

Egerton is a Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Lawyer who specializes in providing legal and tax-oriented business advice to a broad range of business interests. He is named in both The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA in the field of Taxation.

Egerton received his undergraduate degree from Emory University (B.A. 1966) and his law degree from the University of Florida (J.D. 1969). He earned his master of laws in taxation from New York University (LL.M. in Taxation 1971).

07-27-2006

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