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Schnader Attorney At Law

Schnader Honors Winkelman with 2006 Earl G. Harrison Award
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP presented partner Nancy Winkelman with its 2006 Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award at a Firm-wide reception on June 19, 2006. Winkelman, co-chair of the Firm’s Appellate Practice Group and its Pro Bono Committee, was recognized for her career-long dedication to public service and pro bono work, mainly in the areas of disability law, prisoner civil rights and immigration.

“The Firm could not have chosen a more deserving recipient for this award,” remarked Schander Chairman Ralph Wellington. “The extent of Nancy’s pro bono commitment and activities is paralleled only by the conviction she brings to each representation. In all that she does, she exemplifies the principles and legacy of Earl G. Harrison.”

Winkelman has a long and noteworthy record of public service and pro bono matters. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Disabilities Law Project for more than a decade and currently serves as president of the Board. In 1997 and 1998, she worked on a trio of Third Circuit appeals involving the three-strikes provision of the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (PRLA), which generally bars courts from granting in forma pauperis status to inmates who have had three prior lawsuits dismissed as frivolous. In 2000, she took on the Pennsylvania Parole Board’s policies in a Third Circuit appeal involving a Constitutional ex post facto clause issue. The next year, Winkelman went to the Supreme Court of the United States in a prisoner civil rights case involving the administrative exhaustion requirement of the PLRA and its application to claims seeking remedies not available under the prison grievance system.

More recently, Winkelman has focused her attention on immigration cases. In In re Camara, Winkelman and a team of Schnader lawyers filed a Third Circuit Petition for Review and Motion for Stay of Removal on behalf of a family from the Ivory Coast seeking political asylum, and then helped file a successful Petition for Mandamus in District Court, which enabled the entire family to remain safely in the United States.

Along with her own pro bono practice, for ten years Nancy has co-chaired Schnader’s Pro Bono Committee, providing advice and guidance to ensure the Firm’s pro bono program runs successfully.

The Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award is only the latest in an impressive record of awards and honors Winkelman has received in recognition of her pro bono work. In 2000‚ the American Bar Association Section of Litigation recognized Nancy’s public service by awarding her the John Minor Wisdom Public Interest and Professionalism Award. In 2005, she received both the Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Award, recognizing excellence in providing pro bono legal services, and the first-ever “Passionately Pro Bono” Award from HIAS & Council, an immigration and asylum public-interest agency, in recognition of outstanding pro bono work on a particular asylum case.

Winkelman concentrates her practice in federal and state appellate litigation. She has handled cases in a variety of substantive areas before a number of appellate courts, including having presented argument before the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2004, Winkelman was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, making her the ninth lawyer--and the first woman--to be selected as a fellow from the Third Circuit. Also in 2004, she received the Burton Award for Legal Achievement for her article, “Just a Brief Writer?” (Litigation, 2003), an award presented annually to 20 lawyers in the 500 largest law firms in the United States for excellence in legal writing.

The Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award – named for one of the Firm’s original named partners – is presented annually to a Firm attorney or staff member who has a distinguished record of pro bono or community service. The Firm selects an honoree with a demonstrated record that consists of a single outstanding achievement of enduring value to the public good, a leading role in inspiring and sustaining pro bono service by other firm personnel, or a sustained record of personal pro bono service over a number of years. The Award reflects the tradition and collective belief of the Schnader firm: that law is more than a business, and it should include using our skill, talent and wisdom to improve access to justice for every individual and to advance the common good. Earl G. Harrison‚ in whose memory the Firm gives this Award‚ was both a great lawyer and a remarkable humanitarian, who – after World War II – worked to convince the western nations to both open their own borders to those displaced persons liberated from the Nazi concentration camps‚ and to support the creation of the State of Israel‚ where Jews who could not face returning to their former homes could emigrate.

07-24-2006

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Robinson & Cole LLP

Robinson & Cole Land Use Lawyer Published in New England Real Estate Journal
An article by Dwight H. Merriam, a lawyer in R&C's Land Use Group, entitled "Baby Boomers, Unleashing Home Equity, Annuity Mortgages," was published in the May 12, 2006 issue of New England Real Estate Journal. The article points out a trend of retiring baby boomers using their home equity to finance their retirement. Click here to read article.

07-24-2006

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

David D. Sprague Joins Pepper Hamilton's Detroit Office
Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that David D. Sprague has joined the Detroit office as an associate in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group.

Mr. Sprague joined Pepper from Raymond & Prokop, P.C. in Southfield, Michigan, where he practiced with the business and tax planning group and concentrated on real estate and general corporate law.

Before graduating from law school, Mr. Sprague held several positions in the information services industry, including positions at General Motors Tax Staff in Detroit, where he served as an independent consultant and an information and systems manager; and at Electronic Data Systems in Troy and Flint, Michigan, where he held positions as an operations manager and a business analyst/project manager.

Mr. Sprague received his J.D. in 2003 from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where he was a senior member of the Law Review and a member of the Moot Court board of directors. He received his bachelor⁏s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan – Flint in 1992.

Pepper has been practicing in downtown Detroit since 1979 and was one of the first national law firms to enter the Detroit market. Lawyers in the office handle bankruptcy and reorganization, corporate and securities (including venture capital and SBIC), environmental (litigation and regulatory), labor and employment, litigation, public finance, real estate and tax matters. The office offers clients all the resources of a large, multi-office firm with a national and international practice.

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with 400 lawyers in six states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.

07-24-2006

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Latham & Watkins

LEADING FEDERAL PROSECUTOR JOINS LATHAM & WATKINS IN NEW YORK
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Richard Owens will join the firm's New York office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Owens will come to the firm from his position as the Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York where he was responsible for supervising the Office's securities fraud prosecutions and coordinating the Office's criminal prosecutions with civil enforcement efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Reserve Board and state regulators.

Owens brings strong expertise to the Latham team, which comprises over 70 lawyers in ten offices. With a wealth of court-room experience in the white collar and securities enforcement areas, Owens joins a practice with broad and deep experience and an exceptional reputation for securities litigation. The firm's Securities Litigation and Professional Liability Practice Group includes attorneys William R. Baker III and Lawrence West, who have both previously served as Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement at the SEC, Douglas N. Greenburg, a former staff attorney in the Enforcement Division, and partners David Brodsky, Laurie Smilan, Michele Rose, Robert Tarun, Steven Bauer and Catherine Palmer.

“Richard is a seasoned trial lawyer with excellent courtroom experience,” said David Gordon, New York Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins. “Having Richard join us in New York will be another strong step forward in adding to the firm's growing securities litigation practice.”

James Brandt, Chair of the New York Litigation Department, stated, “Richard is an excellent attorney with a great reputation. His formidable insight and expertise will be a valuable resource to our clients and a strong asset to our practice. The Latham team has earned a reputation for handling some of the most complex and difficult assignments facing major companies and financial institutions, both in New York and globally – Richard is an exciting addition to our winning team.”

William R. Baker III, a partner in the firm's Securities Litigation and Professional Liability Practice Group who served as Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement at the SEC, added, “Richard has shown national leadership while in his senior position at the United States Attorney's Office. His addition to the firm further reinforces the tremendous strength of Latham's US white collar and securities enforcement practice, and I look forward to working with him again. ”

“I am excited about the opportunity to work with my new colleagues. Latham is a firm with extraordinary quality, depth and breadth of practice,” said Owens. “The firm has developed a first rate securities litigation team, widely regarded for having one of the most powerful teams for ‘high stakes' litigation. It is an exciting time in the firm's dramatic growth and I look forward to helping build the practice.”

Owens is a graduate of Harvard Law School. He clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for the Honorable Sam J. Ervin III. He joined the U. S. Attorney's Office in 1994.

07-24-2006

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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

SZD Attorneys, Professionals Secure Chair Positions
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA (SZD) is proud to announce that three of their attorneys and professionals have each been named Chair of a Columbus Bar Association Substative Committee for the 2006-07 term.

Hansel H. Rhee, Partner in the firm’s Construction Practice Area, has become the new chair of the Construction Committee. Kelley D. Louis, Library Manager, will continue as chairman of the Legal Research & Information Committee for the CBA. And Aaron L. Granger, Associate in the firm’s Workplace Safety, and Labor and Employment Practice Areas, will continue to chair the Workers’ Compensation Committee.

The Columbus Bar Association’s various committees provide a way for attorneys and legal professionals to stay connected with colleagues, create personal and professional contacts, remain ahead of legal updates and serve the community through diverse service projects.

Established in 1966, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn is one of Ohio’s largest full-service law firms. The firm has over 110 attorneys located in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and serves a diverse clientele ranging from large corporations to small, entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses. The firm offers a breadth of services focused on areas most demanded by today’s businesses. For more information, please visit www.szd.com.

07-24-2006

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Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P.

Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P., announces that Samuel R. Hilker will join the firm
Mr. Hilker is a retired member of the Senior Executive Service for the Federal Government. He is a recognized expert in government contract formation, litigation, suspension and debarment. He has substantial experience at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and in federal court. Before joining the firm, Mr. Hilker was the Principal Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the Air Force Material Command at Wright-Patterson AFB and served on a special appointment as Air Force Deputy General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility at the Pentagon. His experience includes issues involving sensitive defense weapon systems acquisition, labor law, environmental law, base closure, housing privatization, and ethics. Mr. Hilker brings over 30 years of experience to the firm and is licensed to practice in Ohio.

Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P., is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm offers an array of services to corporate clients nation-wide. The attorneys in our Government and Public Contracting Group are experienced in handling contracts awarded by federal, state, and local governments. Christopher J. Aluotto and Michael P. Foley head the Rendigs Government Contracts Group and can answer any questions concerning the services we offer. They can be reached at (513) 381-9200.

07-24-2006

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Messerli & Kramer

2006 Super Lawyers
Minnesota Law & Politics recognized the following Messerli & Kramer attorneys as Super Lawyers for 2006:
Susan Lach, Family Law
Dan Goldberg, Family Law
Bill Winter, Family Law
Burke Hinds, Estate Planning and Probate

Law & Politics performs the polling, research and selection of Super Lawyers in a process designed to identify Minnesota lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers are outstanding attorneys in Minnesota and only 5 percent in the state are named as such.

07-24-2006

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