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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright Partner Mark Baker Named Among World’s Top 20 Arbitration Practitioners
When it comes to international disputes, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. partner Mark Baker is an arbitration practitioner who tops the globe, according to a legal guide released today.

Mr. Baker is among the world’s Top 20 arbitration practitioners, according to PLC’s Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook and PLC Which Lawyer? The publications provide comparative information and recommend leading lawyers. The selection was based on interviews with Mr. Baker’s peers and research into cases he has handled.

“I accept this chiefly as recognition of the significant growth and expertise Fulbright’s International Department has when it comes to international dispute resolution,” said Mr. Baker, who is a co-head of the firm’s international department. “Fulbright’s attorneys have specialized worldwide practices that serve our clients by reaching far beyond any one country’s or continent’s borders.”

The publications cited Mr. Baker for his recent appointment as an arbitrator in IP-related disputes and his representation of a multinational energy company against a Salvadorian governmental energy agency.

Among those who have sought Mr. Baker’s representation are a Russian oil company in a variety of arbitrations and disputes, including what was considered the largest commercial arbitration in the world by American Lawyer in 2005, and an international consortium of North American and Brazilian investors seeking damages from a Brazilian public utility based on a contract dispute over a Brazilian power generation plant.

Mr. Baker also has represented a Houston-based energy services company in a multimillion dollar arbitration against the government of Peru and a power company doing business with the government-owned electric company of El Salvador in which $400 million was at stake.

More than a decade ago, Mr. Baker recognized the potential for exponential growth in international alternative dispute resolution. He leveraged Fulbright’s strength in energy and industries building infrastructure with its rich tradition in litigation. Today, the firm’s international department has 130 attorneys in 13 offices worldwide. More than 14 foreign languages are spoken by Fulbright lawyers, who are at home before arbitral tribunals around the globe.

Additionally, the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association recently selected Mr. Baker to be the chairman of its International Advisory Committee. In addition to his advocacy practice, Mr. Baker has chaired at least eight significant arbitration cases annually since 1998.

Last month, Mr. Baker was chosen by The National Law Journal as one of the nation’s 100 most influential lawyers. The selection was based Mr. Baker’s impact in his field and his power to lay groundwork for the future.

Mr. Baker attended Yale University and went onto law school at Duke University, graduating with high honors. Mr. Baker, 46, was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1984.

07-17-2006

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Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Arnold N. Bressler, A Former Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate Department at Milberg Weiss, Joins Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
As part of the continued national expansion of its capabilities in corporate and securities law, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (EBG) today announced that Arnold N. Bressler, a former managing partner and head of the Corporate Department at Milberg Weiss, has become a member of the firm.

Joining Mr. Bressler at Epstein Becker & Green as a member of the firm is Wai Y. Chan, also a former partner at Milberg Weiss. Milberg Weiss associate Carlos F. Ramirez joins the firm as an associate. All will be resident in EBG’s New York office.

George P. Sape, Epstein Becker & Green’s Managing Partner, said: “Arnie Bressler is an important addition to EBG’s burgeoning Business Law practice. His decades of experience in corporate and securities law will enhance EBG’s existing significant strength in the Business Law practice, and is in keeping with EBG’s overall strategic focus on five key areas of legal practice: Business Law, Health Care and Life Sciences, Labor and Employment, Litigation and Real Estate.”

Mr. Bressler said: “When I decided to leave Milberg Weiss, I considered more than 50 law firms and met with over a dozen fine firms. In my mind, Epstein Becker & Green stood head-and-shoulders above the rest. The firm’s reputation and the quality of its legal work on behalf of business clients ranks among the highest I have seen.”

“As one of the leaders of the Business Law practice, I look forward to helping this talented group of practitioners reach new heights,” Mr. Bressler added.

Vast Experience in Middle Market Corporate and Securities Matters

Mr. Bressler has practiced corporate and securities law for more than 30 years. He joined Milberg Weiss in 1983, and served as head of its Corporate Department since 1985. Mr. Bressler represents middle market public companies and closely held corporations in general corporate matters, public and private securities offerings and other financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bressler also serves as general counsel to a number of publicly traded corporations in the United States. He has represented companies on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and Nasdaq, taken companies public, and managed secondary offerings.

Mr. Bressler has lectured extensively in Europe and North America on U.S. securities and corporate laws, and was Milberg Weiss’ representative to an association of international law firms with members in over 40 countries.

Mr. Bressler has been involved in a number of philanthropic organizations. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York and the Association of Reform Zionists of America. From 1996 to 2000 he was a member of the Visiting Committee of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Bressler received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His law degree is from Columbia Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, and is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Wai Y. Chan received his undergraduate degree from Duke University, and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Chan is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Carlos F. Ramirez received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the City University of New York, and his law degree from Fordham University School of Law. Mr. Ramirez is admitted to practice in New York.

07-17-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema Adds Hal Stratton In Washington
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman to Advise Manufacturers
On Product Safety Compliance, Legislative and Regulatory Matters
Stratton to Deepen Dykema’s Litigation and International Practices as well Dykema, a premier Midwest-based law firm, today announced the addition of Hal Stratton to the firm. Stratton, who will be based in Dykema’s Washington, DC office, most recently served as Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and is a former Attorney General of the State of New Mexico.

""Hal is widely respected as a talented attorney and an effective agency chairman,"" said Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr., Dykema’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ""As Chairman of the CPSC, Hal worked closely with leaders of companies, trade associations, foreign governments and government agencies and other organizations, and has extensive commercial litigation experience from his years of private practice. This broad experience will greatly benefit our clients and bring to us added depth in the regulatory and other legal aspects of global manufacturing and distribution practices.""

""I’m excited and honored to be joining Dykema in Washington, DC,"" said Stratton. ""Their existing legal practice, particularly in the areas of product safety, broader regulatory matters and international trade and regulation, is perfectly suited for the type of services my government and private sector experience allows me to offer clients. Dykema’s depth also provides a platform for me as the former Attorney General of New Mexico to offer legal consultation and services in all areas of consumer law and state governmental matters including multi-district litigation, American Indian law and gaming and energy and environmental law.""

Added Len Wolfe, Co-Director of Dykema’s Government Policy Department: ""Hal’s legal and legislative experience complements our broad-based federal regulatory practice and will make an immediate impact on our established product safety and related practices. Because of his work at the CPSC, Hal also has a unique understanding of the various federal regulatory agencies of interest to our clients.""

Dykema attorneys advise a variety of national and international entities, including large and small companies, non-profit organizations and associations, and individuals on federal and state regulatory, legislative and government policy matters, and general corporate, securities, and business matters. The firm maintains a diverse administrative agency practice covering product safety, trade association law, energy law, government contracts, health care, transportation, and international trade as well as a nationwide litigation practice.

""Hal’s strong public policy background enhances our continued efforts to expand and strengthen the bridge between substantive legal and public policy practices in the firm,"" said Stephen Zimmerman, Managing Member of Dykema’s Washington, DC office. ""As we continue to grow our national and international platforms, Hal’s unique experience will offer new opportunities for our clients.

07-17-2006

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McCarter & English, Attorneys At Law

McCarter Ranked Among Top 10 Health Care Litigation Group
McCarter & English ranked among the nation's top 10 health care litigation groups in Health Law360's "America's Top Health Litigators" survey. Andrew Berry, John Brenner, Kimberly Penner and Gita Rothschild were quoted in the publication's profile on McCarter & English, published as a result of the firm's achievement.

07-17-2006

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Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Dickstein Shapiro LLP Welcomes Lindsay Conner
Dickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to announce that Lindsay Conner has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner, to head the firm’s Entertainment Law practice.

""We are thrilled that Lindsay Conner decided to join our rapidly growing LA office,"" said Dickstein Shapiro’s Managing Partner Michael Nannes. ""Lindsay’s outstanding entertainment industry experience will serve as an excellent resource for our clients and enable our firm to provide a much broader scope of services to companies throughout the entertainment industry.""

Mr. Conner, whose practice focuses on transactional entertainment law, has more than 25 years experience in the entertainment and media industry and served as chief outside entertainment counsel for several major motion picture studios, networks and production companies. He negotiated $500 million deals with top executives, built an industry-leading legal service division, and represented studios, networks, and production companies in a wide variety of financing, development, production, distribution, talent, rights, licensing, asset purchase, and corporate acquisition transactions. Mr. Conner’s clients in the entertainment industry have included Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios, Showtime Networks Inc., Columbia Tristar Television Group, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation, MGM Pictures, Carolco Inc., Largo Entertainment, and numerous other production companies.

""Lindsay’s experience in the entertainment industry, combined with the depth of Dickstein Shapiro’s corporate, intellectual property, and litigation experience, will allow us to provide comprehensive resources to our studio, network, and production company clients,"" said Fred Lowther, head of the firm’s Corporate & Finance group.

Dickstein Shapiro’s Corporate & Finance group has a wealth of experience in meeting the needs of clients throughout the entertainment industry. Areas of special focus include the financing, development, production, acquisition and sale, licensing, and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and other video content, as well as complex package financing and rights agreements; talent services deals; copyright, trademark, and patent counseling; and mergers and acquisitions transactions in the entertainment industry.

Dickstein Shapiro recently received high national honors in the legal profession when The American Lawyer named the firm to its ""A-List"" — a ranked listing of the Top 20 law firms in America.

""I wanted to join Dickstein Shapiro because it is a firm that’s on top of its game in every respect,"" said Mr. Conner. ""I am blown away by the firm’s effectiveness and entrepreneurial spirit in representing clients of all sizes. It is simply the best managed law firm I have ever seen.""

From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Conner was a partner and head of the Entertainment & Media department at the law firm of Hill Wynne Troop & Meisinger in Los Angeles, CA. He is now returning to the legal profession after having been the owner of 54th Street Productions, a motion picture and television development company, from 1994 to 1999. Most recently, Mr. Conner served as the Chief Operating Officer of I-Drop, Inc., an Internet media technology company.

""I spent time on both the legal and business sides of the entertainment industry, and I concluded that the most energizing and productive work I have done has been as a lawyer,"" continued Mr. Conner. ""I really enjoy working with clients to do whatever it takes to get films and television programs off the ground and onto the screen.""

Mr. Conner earned his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA in 1976, where he also served as UCLA student body president. He was a Coro Foundation Fellow and received his M.A. from Occidental College in 1978. He attended Harvard Law School, where he received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1980 and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review

07-17-2006

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke Expands London Transactional Practice
The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Charez Golvala has joined the Corporate practice as a partner in the London office of Chadbourne & Parke, its affiliated multinational partnership. Mr. Golvala was previously a senior corporate solicitor with Vinson & Elkins LLP in London.

Mr. Golvala, 40, has been with the business and international department of Vinson & Elkins since 2000 where he advised on a wide variety of transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, project development and corporate finance across many sectors, including the oil and gas industry. Prior to 2000, he was with the corporate department and energy practice group of Ashurst for seven years.

Transactions that Mr. Golvala has led include:

Advising Endeavour Energy Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Talisman Expro Limited for $414 million.
Assisting BG Group on the completion of the Fourth Train of the Atlantic LNG facilities in Trinidad and drafting a gas transportation agreement for the Cross Island Pipeline.
Acting for Duke Energy and Ramco Energy on negotiating and drafting the arrangements for the development and project financing of the Seven Heads gas field in the Celtic Sea.
Acting for Marubeni in its acquisition of Energy North Sea, a private equity backed company owning a portfolio of UKCS assets.

""Charez has a terrific track record and is a solid lawyer,"" said Claude Serfilippi, Managing Partner of Chadbourne & Parke in London. ""He will be a tremendous asset to our team and we look forward to working with him in the coming months and years.""

Mr. Golvala added: ""Chadbourne & Parke's energy based transactional practice is exciting and I am looking forward to joining the team and playing a part in its continuing success.""

Mr. Golvala is a regular contributor to the professional and trade media with articles published in Insurance Day, Project Finance International, The Journal of Environmental Law, and The International Energy Law and Taxation Review.

Chadbourne & Parke’s Project Finance practice is widely recognized as one of the market leaders in the United States and in central and eastern Europe. The Firm advises corporations, investors, governments and international agencies on all aspects of project financing and development.

About Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, private equity, corporate finance, energy, communications and technology, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special investigations and litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters. Major geographical areas of concentration include Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, and Latin America. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Almaty, Warsaw (through a Polish partnership), Beijing, and a multinational partnership, Chadbourne & Parke, in London. For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

07-17-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Attorney, Mac Richard McCoy, Elected to the Board of Directors of The Spring of Tampa Bay
Carlton Fields Tampa associate Mac Richard McCoy was recently elected to the Board of Directors for The Spring of Tampa Bay, a local domestic violence shelter.

Founded in 1977, The Spring has provided sanctuary and services to more than 28,000 abused adults and their children. The Spring is the largest of Florida's 41 certified domestic violence shelters and the first in the United States to have an accredited school on site. The Spring's ultimate vision is to be a premier provider of domestic violence services and a positive force for social change, creating a 'zero tolerance' attitude toward domestic violence in Hillsborough County.

McCoy is a member of the Firm's Real Property Litigation Practice Group. He practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation, class action defense, and real property litigation, including representation of title insurance companies. McCoy received a dual B.A., magna cum laude, from Stetson University in 1998. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law in 2001.

07-17-2006

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