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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

New York Super Lawyers Includes 32 Chadbourne Attorneys
Thirty-two Chadbourne & Parke LLP attorneys have been selected as New York Super Lawyers (2006), the results of a peer-review survey in which attorneys rank their colleagues across 52 specialties.

This year marks the first time a New York state version of the Super Lawyers directory has been published. Selection for Super Lawyers is particularly noteworthy as ballots for the directory are sent to every lawyer in the state who has been licensed to practice for five years or more. The results reflect the top 5% of all attorneys in the state with five or more years of experience.

Chadbourne attorneys selected for this honor include, by specialty:

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
David LeMay
Howard Seife

Business Litigation
Thomas Hall
Jerome Katz
Thomas McCormack
John Nyhan
Charles O’Neill
Robert Schwinger

Civil Litigation Defense
Bruce Sheffler

Employee Benefits/ERISA
Marjorie Glover

Employment & Labor
Bernard McCarthy

Energy & Natural Resources
Chaim Wachsberger

International
Clara Krivoy
J. Allen Miller
Talbert Navia

Intellectual Property
Peter Bucci
Walter Hanchuk

Intellectual Property Litigation
Joseph Calvaruso
Kenneth Weitzman

Personal Injury Defense: Products
Thomas Bezanson
Thomas Riley
David Wallace

Securities & Corporate Finance
John Baecher
Neil Golden
Morton Grosz

Securities Litigation
Alan Raylesberg
Thomas Sjoblom

Tax
William Cavanagh
Richard Leder
Donald Schapiro
Leslie Schreyer
George Zeitlin

07-18-2006

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Lewis and Roca LLP

Pennington Joins Lewis and Roca as Associate
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announced that Shana Pennington has joined the firm’s Albuquerque office as an associate. Ms. Pennington will be a member of the Litigation Practice. Prior to joining Lewis and Roca, Ms. Pennington was an associate with Hollard & Hart LLP in Colorado where she practiced with a diverse number of practice groups, including Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Construction, Landlord-Tenant and Employment.

Ms. Pennington received her J.D. from Cornell Law School, cum laude, 2004, and her B.S. in Biology from the University of Oregon, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1999. After law school, Ms. Pennington served as a law clerk for the Honorable James O. Browning, United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico.

07-18-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Ranks #47 in The American Lawyer Magazine's Pro Bono List
Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that the firm came in #47 in the pro bono ranking in the July 2006 issue of The American Lawyer magazine.

A portion of the pro bono score comes from the average number of pro bono hours per lawyer within the firm, while the remaining is the percentage of lawyers who perform more than 20 hours of pro bono work. Carlton Fields attorneys average 46.4 hours of pro bono service and had 55.8% of attorneys with more than 20 hours of pro bono work recorded last year.

Pro Bono work is defined as legal services provided to those who can not otherwise afford them. This score does not include bar association work, work on the boards of non-profit organizations, or non-legal work for charities.

07-18-2006

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Lewis and Roca LLP

Silvyn Selected For Grants Award Committee of Tucson Medical Center Foundation
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announced that Keri Silvyn, an attorney with the firm’s Tucson office, has been selected to be on the Grants Award Committee for the Tucson Medical Center Foundation. Silvyn has served on the Tucson Medical Center Foundation Board for the past two years.

Silvyn’s practice is concentrated in the area of zoning and land use planning. She represents private land owners and land entitlements, as well as some local governments. Her representation includes compliance with local and federal land use and environmental regulations, administrative hearings and negotiations with appropriate agencies and neighborhoods as necessary.

Silvyn received her J.D. from University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 1997, and her B.A. from University of Arizona, magna cum laude, in 1993.

07-18-2006

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Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A.

CATHY A. SLOANE JOINS THE FIRM AS AN ASSOCIATE
The law firm of Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Cathy A. Sloane has joined the Health Care Practice Group as an Associate. Her practice is focused on HIPAA compliance, anti-kickback and self-referral laws, fraud and abuse, managed care regulatory issues, and physician group practice services.

Ms. Sloane comes to the firm from Akron General Medical Center where she worked extensively with the management team, university educators, and clinicians. She has been a Legal Nurse Consultant in private practice providing expert witness testimony. As an experienced educator and Nurse Attorney, she frequently speaks to clinicians and students on standards of care, quality and safety initiatives, and professional risk prevention strategies.

Originally a native of Columbiana County, Ms. Sloane obtained her Diploma in Nursing at Aultman School of Nursing, her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing at Kent State University, her Masters of Science Degree in Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, and her Juris Doctorate at The University of Akron School of Law. When at the law school, she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, competing in the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition.

Ms. Sloane is a Licensed Registered Nurse listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in American Nursing, and is a past recipient of the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from the Sigma Theta Tau International Society. She has held a Certificate of Authority in Ohio to practice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist with expertise in medical surgical, obstetrical, and orthopedic care. She is a past faculty member for Kent State University’s College of Nursing and Akron City Hospital’s School of Nursing.

Ms. Sloane is a member of the American, Ohio, Stark, Akron and Cleveland Bar Associations, and a member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys and the American Health Lawyers Association. She is also a member of the American and Ohio Nurses Associations. She resides in Stow and has three grown children.

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., is one of the region’s premier law firms and provides representation across various practice areas of the law: Energy, Corporate and Business Law, Real Estate and Construction, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Commercial Lending and Finance, Taxation, Health Care, Environmental Law, OSHA, Workers’ Compensation, Probate and Estate Planning, and Litigation. The firm has 37 attorneys with offices in Canton, Alliance, New Philadelphia and Sugarcreek.

07-18-2006

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Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman, L.L.P.

16 Kronish Lieb Attorneys from Four Practices Named to Super Lawyers
16 Kronish Lieb attorneys have been named “ Super Lawyers of New York ” in the inaugural listing for the New York area. Attorneys from four different Kronish Lieb practices are featured in Super Lawyers, as follows: Bankruptcy & Restructuring (7); Litigation (6); Tax (2); and Personal Representation (1).

The Kronish Lieb “Super Lawyers of New York” are:

- Michael F. Armstrong - Business Litigation

- Jonathan P. Bach - Criminal Defense: White Collar

- Celia Goldwag Barenholtz - General Litigation

- James A. Beldner - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Steven M. Cohen - Criminal Defense: White Collar

- James S. Eustice - Tax

- Stephen D. Gardner - Tax

- Lawrence C. Gottlieb - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Cathy Rae Hershcopf - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Jay R. Indyke - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Alan Levine - Business Litigation

- Richard Lieb - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Adam C. Rogoff - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

- Richard S. Rothberg - Estate Planning and Probate

- William J. Schwartz - Business Litigation

- Ronald R. Sussman - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

The naming of 16 Kronish Lieb attorneys represents 15% of the Firm’s attorney population. According to Super Lawyers, firms average 5% for attorney inclusion on Super Lawyers’ regional lists.

07-18-2006

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Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC

Laurie Biddle joins KRCL
KRCL is pleased to announce that Laurie Biddle has joined the Firm as an associate. Ms. Biddle will practice in the Firm's Dallas office, in the Business and Real Estate practice areas with a concentration on commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Biddle is a 1997 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law.

07-18-2006

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