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Tonkon Torp LLP

Portland immigration attorney honored for oversight role on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service committee
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has honored Tonkon Torp attorney Turid L. Owren with a presidential commendation for outstanding leadership in liaison.

Owren chairs the Nebraska Service Center Liaison Committee, which oversees adjudication and processing of immigrant petitions. It is one of five centers operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) to process petitions filed by companies and individuals seeking nonimmigrant and immigrant benefits.

Owren heads the immigration practice group at Tonkon Torp, where she advises domestic and international companies and individuals on employment-related immigration. A graduate of Reed College and Lewis and Clark Law School, she has practiced immigration law since 1988. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2007 as one of Oregon's leading attorneys in immigration law.

"I am honored by this award and grateful to my partners at Tonkon Torp for encouraging me to participate in immigration matters at a national level," said Owren. "My work on the liaison committee has been an exciting challenge, especially given the public debate over immigration issues today."

Owren was appointed chair of the national liaison committee a year ago and has been asked to continue chairing the committee for another year. She was presented with the presidential commendation earlier this month at the AILA annual conference in Orlando.

07-31-2007

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP

Stroock Counsels Board of Directors of Monmouth Capital in Merger with Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: MNRTA) and Monmouth Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: MONM), announced their completed strategic combination on July 31, 2007.

In the transaction, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monmouth REIT merged with and into Monmouth Capital, and Monmouth Capital survives as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monmouth REIT, and each share of Monmouth Capital's common stock will be converted into and exchanged for the right to receive 0.655 shares of Monmouth REIT's common stock.

Stroock served as legal counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Monmouth Capital. Stroock attorneys that worked on this deal are Jeffrey Lowenthal (Corporate Partner), Jeff Uffner (Tax Partner), Mark Eichler (Tax Associate) and Larissa Annoual (Corporate Associate).

07-31-2007

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Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP

Smith Anderson Partner, Kirk G. Warner, Receives a Masters in Strategic Studies from a Prestigious U.S. Army Institution
After 27 months of intensive part-time study, Smith Anderson partner, Colonel Kirk G. Warner, graduated from the prestigious U.S. Army War College with a Masters of Strategic Studies. He received this honor on July 27, 2007 as one of 94 senior Army Reserve Officers among the 285 total graduates. The U.S. Army War College educates strategic leaders and the future senior leaders of the Army.

As an Army Reserve Officer, Colonel Warner currently serves as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He previously served in a variety of roles in the Judge Advocate and Medical Services Corps. Kirk has a long and distinguished military career which includes Commander of the 12th JAG Detachment in Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 on the march to Baghdad; serving as the Forward Staff Judge Advocate of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (U.S. Third Army); and serving as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for Combined Joint Task Force - 7 (Coalition Provisional Authority) in Baghdad.

As head of Smith Anderson's Products Liability practice, Mr. Warner has significant experience in products liability litigation and has litigated cases throughout the United States in all levels of trial and appellate courts. He has represented all major automotive manufacturers as well as many major insurance companies and Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation matters in over twenty states and Guam. He also represents a variety of government contractors with issues involving overseas war operations and contracts. His trial experience also includes asbestos, environmental coverage, commercial, construction, insurance and arson matters.

In addition to attending the U.S. Army War College, Mr. Warner received his J.D. from Duke University and The University of Toledo; an M.A. from North Carolina State University; and a B.S. from The Ohio State University.

07-31-2007

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Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, L.L.P.

Preti Flaherty and The Minahan Companies Launch Preti Minahan Strategies, LLC
Today Preti Flaherty announced that it has partnered with Boston-based Minahan Companies to form a strategic consulting subsidiary: Preti Minahan Strategies, LLC. The partnership extends the legal services of Preti Flaherty, one of New England’s leading law firms, to clients of the Minahan Companies, a crisis consulting and public affairs group. Preti Minahan Strategies will operate from Preti Flaherty’s Boston office located at One Beacon Street.

The Minahan Companies, led by former Massachusetts state legislator, Al Minahan, has worked with clients such as Accenture, Aramark, Applus + Technologies and the Fishing Partnership Health Plan on lobbying, alliance and coalition-building projects and public advocacy campaigns. Al Minahan will serve as a resource to clients of Preti Flaherty, while continuing to work independently with his client base.

According to Preti Flaherty’s Managing Partner, Harold Pachios, “This partnership is a unique opportunity to realize the synergies between companies to the benefit of both client bases. We look forward to collaborating with Al Minahan as our Boston offices continues to grow.�

07-31-2007

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Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP

Firm Forms Subprime Mortgage Practice Team
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP announces the formation of an interdisciplinary Subprime Mortgage Practice Team focused on assisting clients with the significant fallout from recent events in that market. The team works with clients to analyze and evaluate the risks and potential liabilities in today’s market and to develop and implement appropriate responses and approaches to these issues, including litigation when appropriate.

The firm is currently representing stakeholders in the mortgage-backed securities market in investigations of anomalous losses in a number of transactions in which these participants hold interests. In one case, the irregularities appear to be servicing-related. In another, the quality of the collateral is at issue, potentially giving rise to loan repurchase obligations for breach of representations and warranties contained in the transaction documents. In these cases, the team is assisting clients with an assessment of potential claims that can be made against issuers and/or servicers in these deals, in the hopes of recouping actual and anticipated losses. In a previous, similar matter, the firm obtained a very sizable negotiated settlement for a client who had exposure to several hundred million dollars in a number of poorly performing subprime deals. That matter involved claims relating to both origination and servicing of the loan pools.

If there are allegations of wrongdoing, the firm’s white collar defense and investigations team, which is uniquely qualified to handle attorney general investigations and other matters, provides counsel. The firm’s group includes Peter Harvey, the former New Jersey Attorney General, and Michael B. Mukasey, the former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The team is headed by Paul Gardephe, the former chief appellate attorney of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, who also served as chief investigator during the Department of Justice’s major reviews of the FBI’s performance in detecting the espionage of Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen. Paul also previously served as the former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Time, Inc. He works closely with Daniel Ruzumna, the former acting Chief of the Major Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s

07-31-2007

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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP Attorneys and Counselors

Honigman's C. Leslie Banas Elected Chair-Elect of the State Bar of Michigan's Real Property Section
Detroit-based business law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Honigman) announced that C. Leslie Banas, partner in the Real Estate Department, has been elected Chair-Elect of the State Bar of Michigan’s Real Property Law Section for its 2007-2008 term. The Real Property Law Section provides education and information about current real property issues through their Web site, meetings, seminars, pro bono service programs and a quarterly journal publication.

Ms. Banas earned her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School, cum laude and a bachelor of arts degree in Economics from the University of Detroit, magna cum laude . She has extensive experience in a wide variety of sophisticated commercial transactions for clients, including real estate developers, apartment owners, commercial lenders and health care providers. Ms. Banas resides in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

07-31-2007

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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP Attorneys and Counselors

Honigman's Stanley H. Pitts Elected to the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Board
Detroit-based business law firm, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Honigman) announced that Stanley H. Pitts, attorney in the Labor and Employment Department, was elected to the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association board of directors for the 2007-2008 term. Mr. Pitts focuses on defending corporations and other employers in family and medical leave disputes, discrimination and other employment matters.

The D. Augustus Straker Bar Association was formed in 1990 as a special purpose bar association recognized by the State Bar of Michigan. It was founded as a proactive organization of diverse attorneys, with a mission of promoting legal practice opportunities for minorities and women and facilitating equal justice for all citizens in Oakland County, Mich.

Mr. Pitts received his Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School and his bachelor’s of science degree from the Wayne State University business school. He was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1981.

07-31-2007

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