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Margolis & Edelstein

James E. Huggett Joins Margolis Edelstein as a Partner in our Wilmington Office
James E. Huggett has joined Margolis Edelstein as a partner in the Wilmington office. Mr. Huggett comes to the firm from Harvey Pennington where he was the partner managing its Delaware office. Jim brings his bankruptcy practice, primarily representing corporate creditors and creditors' committees. The Margolis Edelstein Wilmington office, opened on July 1, 2004, now has two partners, two associates, and support staff, with additional hiring ongoing. The firm anticipates moving to larger Wilmington quarters within the next sixty days.

07-24-2006

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Magavern Magavern Grimm, LLP

Cheryl Smith Fisher elected President-Elect of the Bar Association of Erie County
Cheryl Smith Fisher, a member of the firm, has been elected President-Elect of the Bar Association of Erie County. Ms. Fisher will serve as Vice President for the next year and in June of 2007 will become the third woman to head the 119-year-old organization. The BAEC is a not-for-profit professional membership organization with 3,700 members and is the largest bar association outside the metropolitan New York City area.

The Bar Association of Erie County provides a variety of services to its members, including continuing education programs, lectures and seminars. It also administers programs providing legal aid to the public, such as the Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society, Lawyer Referral Service, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. Ms. Fisher has been an active member of the Association since beginning practice in 1977 and served as a director between 1996 and 1999. She is also a member of the Association's Professional Ethics Committee and is a past chair of the Committee.

At Magavern, Magavern & Grimm, Ms. Fisher concentrates her practice in commercial litigation and employment law. She has practiced law since 1977 after graduating cum laude from the University at Buffalo Law School and is a former Assistant U.S. District Attorney for Western New York. Ms. Fisher is also Chairperson of the Character and Fitness Committee for the Eighth Judicial District of the Fourth Department. She serves as Chair of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct and as a member of its Committee on Professional Ethics.

07-24-2006

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Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.

LGN Law Clerk Wins Burton Award for excellence in legal writing
Lockridge Grindal Nauen law clerk and University of Minnesota student David Leishman has won a Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing in recognition of his law review article entitled “Adding Insult to Injury: ERISA, Knudson, and the Error of the Possession Theory (89 Minn. L. Rev. 1214).”

“It was a pleasant surprise and quite an honor to know that others think so highly of my writing,” Leishman said. “I still feel that I have a long way to go and a lot to learn but the award is a great encouragement.”

Leishman, the second University of Minnesota student to receive a Burton award since its establishment in 1999, and 13 other law students will be recognized during the 2006 Burton Awards Program on June 12, 2006 at the Coolidge Auditorium in Washington, DC.

The Burton Foundation’s prestigious national awards program seeks to honor “partners in law firms and law school students who use plain, clear and concise language and avoid archaic, stilted legalese,” according to the Foundation’s web site.

The foundation was established by William C. Burton, who is a partner in the international law firm D’Amato& Lynch. Burton is also the author of Burton's Legal Thesaurus and an advocate of plain language and modernized legal writing. Visit http://www.burtonawards.com for more information.

07-24-2006

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Lionel Sawyer & Collins

WELL-KNOWN NEVADA LITIGATOR FRED D. “PETE” GIBSON III JOINS LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS AS SHAREHOLDER
Lionel Sawyer & Collins is pleased to welcome Fred “Pete” Gibson as a shareholder and senior member of the Litigation Department of Lionel Sawyer & Collins.

Mr. Gibson is a former shareholder with the prestigious Nevada law firm of Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard. Mr. Gibson has significant experience representing clients in complex civil litigation, such as white collar criminal defense, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, mining law litigation and complex business torts, First Amendment issues, and fraud disputes in both state and federal courts. Mr. Gibson comes from a pioneering Nevada family. The Gibson family has produced several prominent community leaders during its history in Nevada.

“We are very fortunate that Pete decided to come with our firm,” states Paul Hejmanowski, a litigation shareholder and the firm’s managing partner. “Pete had several options from other Nevada firms and national firms but elected to come with us.”

“Joining Lionel Sawyer & Collins brings me home,” says Pete Gibson. “I look forward to practicing with the firm that gave me the start of my legal career.”

Upon graduation, Mr. Gibson was a law clerk for Nevada District Court Judge J. Charles Thompson. He served as a captain in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Nevada. In private practice since 1984, Mr. Gibson has tried numerous cases to verdict in both federal and state courts and acted as an associate general counsel for American Pacific Corporation (Nasdaq APFC).

He was president of American Pacific Corporation’s startup subsidiary engaged in the worldwide manufacture and distribution of chemical fire suppression products. He was also engaged as general manager for two professional sports franchises (Continental Indoor Soccer League and Arena Football League). He was elected president of the Arena Football League. More recently, Mr. Gibson has served, on a case-by-case basis, as a private prosecuting attorney for the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline.

Mr. Gibson received his Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University (1976, Charter Class) and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona (1973). He has been an active member of the Nevada and California State Bars since 1977, and has been admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, along with numerous federal district courts and courts of appeal. Mr. Gibson is a member of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, and has acted as a community legal advisor for the Assistance League of Las Vegas since 1995.

07-24-2006

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Lionel Sawyer & Collins

TOP NEVADA LITIGATOR CHARLES H. MCCREA JR. JOINS LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS AS SHAREHOLDER
Lionel Sawyer & Collins is pleased to welcome the return of Charles H. McCrea Jr. to the Litigation Department of Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Mr. McCrea has extensive experience representing clients in complex civil litigation, corporate law, commercial transactions, business law, and gaming law. Mr. McCrea was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys from 1999-2003.

“We are delighted that Charlie agreed to come back to our firm,” states Paul Hejmanowski, the Firm’s Managing Partner. “He provides the unique combination of being both a great litigator as well as someone I can reasonably expect to beat at bridge. It doesn’t get much better than that.”

Immediately after law school, Mr. McCrea served as a clerk at the Nevada Supreme Court. In 1976 he joined Lionel Sawyer & Collins where he remained until 1994 when he joined Mikohn Corporation as Vice President and General Counsel. Following his career with Mikohn, Mr. McCrea was a shareholder in McCrea Martin Allison, Ltd. During the almost 20 years he was with Lionel Sawyer & Collins, he opened the firm’s Reno office and spent several years practicing in Reno.

“Lionel Sawyer & Collins is the most prestigious law firm in Nevada. I am very happy to rejoin the fine firm and many of my old partners.” says Charles McCrea. “Lionel Sawyer & Collins will provide me the environment in which I can handle the big, complicated business cases which I enjoy.”

Mr. McCrea received his J.D. from California Western School of Law, magna cum laude, 1975 and his B.S./B.A. from the University of Nevada, 1971. He was a Member of the Board of Editors of the California Western Law Review, 1974-1975 and a Law Clerk for the Nevada Supreme Court from 1975-1976. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, the State Bar of California, and the American Bar Association.

07-24-2006

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Lindquist & Vennum PLLP

George H. Singer Honored with Raeder Larson Public Service Award
In recognition of his pro bono efforts, the Bankruptcy Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association presented George H. Singer with its Raeder Larson Public Service Award. The award is given annually to an individual who provides exceptional service to the public through pro bono legal services and a demonstrated commitment to justice for all.

Singer routinely provides free legal assistance to non-profit organizations, businesses, individuals and families in need. He has demonstrated an ongoing dedication to community involvement and believes ""that public service is a matter of professional commitment and personal conscience.""

As a partner in the firm, Singer's practice focuses on corporate and commercial law. His pro bono work was also recognized through the Leonard E. Lindquist Pro Bono Award in 2004.

07-24-2006

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Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

James Edward Charles Joins Firm's Jacksonville Office as an Associate
Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. is pleased to announce that James Edward Charles has joined the firm's Jacksonville Office. Mr. Charles is a graduate of the University of Florida's law school where he earned his J.D. in 2002 and was awarded the University's Environmental and Land Use Law Certificate. Mr. Charles practice focuses on environmental and land use law, endangered species issues, dredge and fill permitting, and wetland resource permitting.

07-24-2006

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