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Locke Reynolds LLP

Kevin Schiferl Serves as Faculty for IADC Trial Academy
Kevin Schiferl served as faculty for the International Association of Defense Counsel's (IADC) 35th Annual Trial Academy. The event took place at Stanford Law School. Randy Riggs was Director-Elect of the event.

The IADC Trial Academy is one of the oldest and most well respected programs for developing defense trial advocacy skills. This seven-day, intensive program blends faculty instruction and demonstration with individual student participation.

Kevin is a trial attorney, concentrating his practice in product liability and tort litigation, defending corporations and individuals in personal injury claims involving automobiles and other consumer products. He is also engaged in the defense of professional liability and business claims.

Randy is a senior partner of Locke Reynolds, and Chair of the firm's Product Liability Practice Group. He devotes his practice to the defense of products and vehicle/equipment manufacturers and distributors headquartered in the United States and internationally.

07-30-2007

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Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A.

Ellis Lawhorne Welcomes New Executive Director Little
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A., has named long-time South Carolina businessman Thomas J. Little, Jr., as the firm’s new executive director, effective July 30.

Little brings more than 30 years of administrative and executive-level managerial experience in the financial services industry to Ellis Lawhorne, which complements the firm’s business-related clientele. Most recently, he served as chief human resources executive and was a member of the management operating committee for NetBank, Inc., formerly Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc. Little also served as a senior vice president of human resources for Wachovia Bank of South Carolina. In his new role at Ellis Lawhorne, Little will implement the firm’s strategic plan as well as oversee day-to-day operations.

“Tommy is an exceptional addition to our firm,� says Ellis Lawhorne managing shareholder Bill McElveen. “His management expertise goes beyond that of a traditional law firm. Tommy is well known throughout South Carolina’s business community and his position is part of our commitment to improve our client services and grow strategically within the market.�

A Columbia native, Little earned his bachelor of arts degree in behavioral sciences at the University of South Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Graduate School of Business Administration Young Executives Institute. Currently he serves as chairman of the board of directors of the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation. He has served on numerous committees for the South Carolina Bankers Association, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the Affordable Housing Study Committee, and on the board of directors of the Columbia Urban League. Little has held leadership positions at the state and national level of the Society for Human Resource Management and in 1994 was recognized as the South Carolina Human Resource Professional of the Year.

07-30-2007

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Bingham McCutchen, LLP

Leading Japanese Antitrust Lawyer Joins Bingham's Tokyo Office
Hiroshi Iyori, one of Japan’s foremost authorities on antitrust law, has joined Bingham in its Tokyo office, strengthening the firm’s leading team of antitrust lawyers.

Iyori, chairman of the Japan Competition Law Research Institute and the International Antimonopoly Law and Industrial Property Law Research Institute, joins from the Asahi Law Offices. His arrival further establishes Bingham as one of the key firms in Japan for complex antitrust analysis in mergers and acquisitions, unfair competition and technology cases, as well as intellectual property and antitrust litigation. By fall 2007, Bingham’s Tokyo office will expand further and have one of the largest offices of any foreign law firm in Japan with more than 50 Japanese lawyers (bengoshi).

"In our global economy, antitrust law strategy is critical to all financial and corporate client operations worldwide,� said Bingham chairman Jay Zimmerman. “We’re thrilled to have Mr. Iyori join Bingham’s cutting-edge antitrust, restructuring, financial services and corporate practice."

In addition to major antitrust cases in the U.S., Bingham currently represents major corporations in investigations before the Japan Fair Trade Commission.

"The addition of Mr. Iyori to the firm's large stable of antitrust practitioners will allow us to even better serve our clients, many of whom operate internationally," added San Francisco partner Holly House, co-leader of Bingham's antitrust and trade regulations group.

Iyori is one of Japan’s best known antimonopoly law authorities, having served as secretary general of the Japan Fair Trade Commission from 1984 to 1985 and as a commissioner of the JFTC from 1986 to 1991, before entering private law practice.

“Bingham has one of the best antitrust practices among U.S. law firms,� said Iyori. “I look forward to working with them on the numerous international antitrust law cases involving Japanese, U.S. and European corporations.�

Ranked No. 1 in antitrust law by the Best Lawyers in America 2007, Bingham recently bolstered its antitrust group with the arrival of Thane Scott, co-chair of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge’s antitrust practice, to the Boston office.

Bingham recently announced that on October 1, 2007, it will combine with New Tokyo International, a premier insolvency, corporate and litigation firm of approximately 22 lawyers. The combination will increase the number of lawyers in Bingham's Tokyo office, a foreign legal joint enterprise with Sakai & Mimura, to more than 50 Japanese lawyers and six foreign lawyers.

Bingham's Japanese Practice focuses on large-scale, cross-border corporate/M&A, financial restructurings, finance, antitrust and intellectual property matters.

07-30-2007

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Foster Pepper PLLC

Foster Pepper Attorneys and Practice Groups Cited as Excellent by Chambers USA
Foster Pepper PLLC's success in four practice areas received high rankings in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA. The firm's Real Estate and Land Use practices received top-tier ranking within the Northwest, with Gary Ackerman, Gary Fluhrer, Michael Kuntz, Judith Runstad, and Tom Walsh being named leading individuals in real estate and land use practice. Interviewees were unanimous in their opinion that the firm’s real estate practice has “long been considered one of the foremost real estate practices in the Northwest.� Related to Foster Pepper’s land use practice, sources praise the firm’s capacity for “creativity, which helps them to fix problems quickly.�

The firm’s Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy practice also ranked highly, naming practice group leader Jack Cullen as a leading individual in this area of practice. Interviewees sited Jack as “one of the most reliable attorneys to whom you can refer a tricky case.�

Finally, the firm's Corporate/Commercial practice was recognized, naming attorneys Robert Diercks and Allen Israel as leading individuals in the practice area. The rankings were based on a firm's practice depth, number and size of clients, and individual attorney expertise, with sources noting the Foster Pepper’s “solid corporate practice� and “exceptionally high-quality people.�

Chambers & Partners is a London-based publishing company, producing legal services guides around the globe. Leading international law firms and individuals are ranked in the principal areas of law. The Chambers USA Guide follows the same pattern, covering every state in the USA. Top firms and attorneys are ranked and their merits described - often in the words of clients they have interviewed.

07-30-2007

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Von Briesen & Roper, S.C.

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Announces New Leaders of Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group
Randall D. Crocker, President and CEO of von Briesen & Roper, s.c., announced that John C. Cabaniss and Heidi L. Vogt have been appointed Leaders of the Firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. von Briesen is a recognized leader in Litigation and Risk Management serving clients locally, regionally, nationally and internationally in all aspects of litigation and risk management. The Practice Group’s expertise extends to commercial and business litigation, class actions
multi-district litigation, securities and anti-trust litigation, insurance coverage claims, the defense of professional responsibility and malpractice claims, employment disputes, white collar crime, environmental and construction disputes, toxic tort and product liability defense, and family law. von Briesen has over 30 attorneys dedicated to meeting the Litigation and Risk Management needs of its clients.

John C. Cabaniss focuses his practice on product liability, personal injury and other complex litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and settled a variety of actions in state and federal courts. Cabaniss is a certified civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a member of the State Bars of Wisconsin and Texas, the Milwaukee Bar Association and is also a Milwaukee County Court Commissioner. Cabaniss earned a J.D. in 1981 from Wayne State University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1977. He resides in Shorewood, WI with his wife, Julia, and their daughter.

Heidi L. Vogt focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation, commercial disputes, constitutional law, construction disputes, environmental litigation, and complex litigation. She is a frequent lecturer on a wide variety of legal topics including environmental insurance coverage, environmental issues, bad faith litigation, motor carrier issues, and advertising injury liability/personal injury liability coverage. Vogt is a member of the American and Milwaukee Bar Associations, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Defense Research Institute, and the Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin. Vogt received a J.D., cum laude, from Marquette University in 1990 and a B.S., with honors, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1986. She resides in Brookfield, WI with her husband, Brian Jensen, and their two sons.

Cabaniss and Vogt announce the addition of Lee Anne N. Conta as a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. Conta concentrates her practice in litigation and insurance coverage disputes with a special emphasis in intellectual property, commercial, construction, and environmental coverage matters. Conta has also represented clients in tort, commercial, and products liability cases and has been involved in numerous cases at the appellate court levels. Conta is a member of the American and Milwaukee Bar Associations, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Defense Research Institute, and the Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin. Conta earned both a J.D., cum laude (1994), and a B.A., cum laude (1991), from Marquette University. She resides in Whitefish Bay, WI, with her husband and their two sons.

07-30-2007

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McKenzie & Hughes, LLP

Mackenzie Hughes Attorney Receives Pro Bono Award from American Bar Association
The American Bar Association will honor Dennis R. Baldwin, of counsel with Mackenzie Hughes LLP, with the prestigious ABA Senior Lawyers Division Pro Bono Award.

The ABA Senior Lawyers Division presents its Pro Bono Award annually to senior lawyers who have devoted themselves “in an outstanding and meritorious way� by volunteering to help meet the needs of those individuals and organizations who are in need of legal services and are unable to pay for the services themselves.

Baldwin was nominated by the Onondaga County Bar Association for his dedication and work in the association’s “Volunteer Lawyer Project� since its inception in 1990. Baldwin was instrumental in providing the framework to create a coordinated volunteer lawyer pro bono program and was a key player throughout the years in recruiting a large number of both attorneys and law firms to volunteer their time for those in need.

Baldwin also played an important role in founding and sustaining the Volunteer Lawyer Project’s “Eviction Defense Clinic,� a program where people who received eviction notices could go for legal services and help in negotiating with their landlords. Mackenzie Hughes currently has a weekly rotation schedule of lawyers who cover the Eviction Defense Clinic every Thursday.
“I’m really honored to be recognized with this award, but I’m going to accept this award on behalf of the hundreds of Syracuse area lawyers who really stepped up to help the community,� Baldwin said. “I’m just a cog in the wheel. All the hundreds of lawyers in this area who willingly gave their time are the real heroes.�

Baldwin is the second member of the Onondaga County Bar Association to receive the award in the past four years. George Lowe, a U.S. Magistrate Judge and the chair of the OCBA Pro-Bono Practice Committee who also received the award in 2003, felt Baldwin deserves the award.

“There are plenty of lawyers with a commitment to pro bono, but usually in supporting firm-wide incentives that encourage pro bono,� Lowe said. “Denny goes beyond that. He rolls up his sleeves and goes to work with a goal to serve and make a difference. I don’t know of anyone else who has this kind of dedication to pro bono while a senior partner at a major law firm. That to me is what makes him unique.�

07-30-2007

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

Phillips Receives Ebby Rose of Distinction
Fran Phillips, a partner in the Environmental Practice Group at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, has been selected as a recipient of the Ebby Rose of Distinction Award. The Ebby Rose of Distinction Award is presented to individuals who have exhibited, by their deeds and actions, that they are an outstanding citizen who has improved the lives of others in
the community. The award was initiated in 2005 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Ebby Halliday, REALTORS and is named for the internationally registered yellow Ebby rose

Ms. Phillips currently serves as the president of the board of directors for Keep Dallas Beautiful, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to engaging individuals to take responsibility for improving their local community environment. Her role with Keep Dallas Beautiful was key to her receiving the Ebby Rose of Distinction.

“Community volunteerism is something I believe you have to be passionate about,� says Ms. Phillips. “Environmental protection is not only my career vocation but also my avocation. With goals of promoting reuse and recycling, along with urban beautification, the work Keep Dallas Beautiful does is something that touches me personally and deeply.�

The honor is well deserved, says Steve Good, managing partner for Gardere. “Fran is a tireless advocate for everyone doing their part to help their community,� Mr. Good says. “Her passion for protecting the environment is evident not only in her law practice, but in her everyday life as well.�

As a recipient of the Ebby Rose of Distinction, Ms. Phillips will receive a commemorative crystal award and a gift of $500, which she plans to donate to Keep Dallas Beautiful. Additionally, a special vignette about her work will air on KTVT-CBS 11 from July 27 through July 31. She will also be honored with other award recipients during a special dinner in September

07-30-2007

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