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Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Penelope Parmes of Rutan & Tucker selected as author in new authoritative book, Structuring and Negotiating Reorganization Plans: Leading Lawyers on Representing Debtors and Creditors in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Situations
Penelope Parmes, a partner with Rutan & Tucker, LLP, California’s largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, has been recognized as a leader in reorganization law by being selected as an author in the recently released book, Structuring and Negotiating Reorganization Plans: Leading Lawyers on Representing Debtors and Creditors in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Situations, published by Aspatore Books.

Structuring and Negotiating Reorganization Plans: Leading Lawyers on Representing Debtors and Creditors in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Situations (ISBN: 1596226129), is authoritative, insider’s perspective on best practices for overseeing relations between financially distressed companies and the creditors seeking to enforce their rights and remedies. Featuring partners from some of the nation’s leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through the intricacies of bankruptcy and financial restructuring law from both a creditor’s and debtor’s perspective, detailing the benefits and detriments of filing for Chapter 11 as well as how this decision affects creditors. These top lawyers give tips on developing exit strategies and organizing mergers and acquisitions for distressed companies, as well as negotiating debtor liquidations and contesting reorganization plans on behalf of creditors. Additionally, these leaders reveal their strategies for effective bargaining, managing client expectations, and keeping abreast of changes to bankruptcy law. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this challenging area of law.

”I am honored to have been selected by Aspatore to contribute regarding plan negotiations from a creditor’s standpoint,” said Parmes. “This book is an excellent resource for insolvency practitioners and other attorneys as well.”

The Inside the Minds series is revolutionizing the business book market by publishing an unparalleled group of executives and providing an unprecedented introspective look into the leading minds of the business and legal world. For complete information on Inside the Minds, please visit www.Aspatore.com or email store@aspatore.com. This book can be purchased immediately by visiting http://www.aspatore.com/store/bookdetails.asp?id=308 and is available through bookstores nationwide. To order a copy of this book, you can also call 1-866-ASPATORE.

About Penelope Parmes

Ms. Parmes' practice focuses primarily on representing creditors in workouts, insolvency and bankruptcy matters in both state and bankruptcy court. She is the former president of both the Los Angeles and California Bankruptcy bar associations. Additionally, she has served as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and also is a former president of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Bar Association. She is a Super Lawyer and a recipient of the American Inns of Court President's Award.

About Aspatore – Publishers of C-Level Business Intelligence

Aspatore Books is the largest and most exclusive publisher of C-Level executives (CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies and law firms. Aspatore annually publishes a select group of C-Level executives from the Global 1,000, top 250 law firms (Partners & Chairs), and other leading companies of all sizes. C-Level Business Intelligence™, as conceptualized and developed by Aspatore Books, provides professionals of all levels with proven business intelligence from industry insiders – direct and unfiltered insight from those who know it best – as opposed to third-party accounts offered by unknown authors and analysts. Aspatore Books is committed to publishing an innovative line of business and legal books, those which lay forth principles and offer insights that when employed, can have a direct financial impact on the reader's business objectives, whatever they may be.

07-16-2007

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Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Marketers at Rutan & Tucker LLP Join Board of Directors of Southern California Chapter of Legal Marketing Association (LMA)
Bruce Allen, chief marketing officer, and Jessica Blanche, marketing coordinator, at Rutan & Tucker LLP, California’s largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, have joined the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA).

Founded in 1985, the LMA is the world’s largest marketing network for the legal profession. Allen serves as a Board member at large for the organization, and Blanche has assumed the Chapter’s technology chair.

Prior to joining Rutan & Tucker in June of 2005, Allen was with the Deloitte & Touche LLP, and the international law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He serves on the Board of the United States Adaptive Recreation Center and is the author of a top-ranked marketing blog, ‘”Marketing Catalyst.”

Blanche joined Rutan & Tucker in October of 2005 after service with Los Angles-based law firm Richards, Watson and Gershon LLP.

“We encourage involvement in local professional organizations like the LMA that support our firm’s interests in moving forward to achieve our business goals,“ said Mike Hornak, Rutan & Tucker’s managing partner.

07-16-2007

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Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Rutan & Tucker Sponsors Golden Gavel Appellate Moot Court Competition at Chapman University School of Law
Rutan & Tucker LLP, California’s largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, recently co-sponsored the annual Golden Gavel Appellate Moot Court Competition at Chapman University School of Law. The program offers first-year law students the opportunity to develop oral and written advocacy skills by applying them in simulated courtroom settings.

In 2006, Rutan & Tucker made a $75,000 donation to help fund the law school’s Legal Research and Writing Program, which helps students acquire the skills they need for the competition. Rutan & Tucker partners Tom Salinger, a member and former head of the firm’s Trial Section, and Mike Rubin, a member of the firm’s Public Law Section, joined law school Dean Parham Williams in judging this year’s competition.

This year, students wrote a persuasive brief involving an employer’s responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and then argued their case in a mock oral argument. From the initial rounds of arguments, 30 students were selected to advance to final elimination rounds that were judged by local attorneys.

The eight students who advanced to the Golden Gavel quarterfinal rounds were Angelique Batsel, Alex Brewshaugh, Jenos Firouzman, Tracy Guenther, William Nones, Brian Thomley, Jessica Tincopa, and Matt Wechter. The two Rutan & Tucker Golden Gavel Award winners were William Nones, representing the plaintiff (Nones also won the Best Oralist award) and Matt Wechter, representing the defendant.

The two students who wrote the top plaintiff’s and defendant’s briefs will be announced in the fall and presented with Rutan & Tucker Golden Quill Awards. Each award is accompanied by a cash stipend. The top advocates and brief-writers in this and other competitions held at the Chapman law school are invited to become members of the school’s Appellate Moot Court Board, making them eligible to represent the school in regional and national competitions.

“From my experience over the last two years as a judge of the moot court competition, I found the law student participants to be bright, personable and energetic,” said Salinger. “I think they not only are a credit to their school but also, even at this early stage of their legal education, to the legal community. The faculty and the administration of the law school can take great pride in the fact that they have such talented first-year students and that their Legal Research and Writing instructors have obviously taught them a great deal about oral advocacy in a brief period of time.”

“I was very impressed with the caliber of advocacy, finding it difficult to believe that these were merely first year law students,” said Rubin. “They were well prepared, knew the facts, knew the law, and articulated their positions forcefully and persuasively. They have a bright future. Credit goes to the Chapman faculty involved in the Legal Research and Writing Program for enabling these students to excel so impressively.”

Professor Robin Slocum, director of the Legal Research and Writing program, said, “We very much appreciate the numerous ways in which Rutan & Tucker has supported this program. We are so grateful for the firm’s donation, which will be used to enhance the services we offer our students. Equally as important, however, is the time and energy so many attorneys at Rutan & Tucker have so generously provided in supporting and serving as judges for the Golden Gavel competition each year.”

Several attorneys at the firm are graduates of the law school or were undergraduates at the Chapman University, including associate attorneys Allison LeMoine-Bui, who earned her Chapman law degree there in 1999, and Richard R. W. Houston, who earned a Chapman undergraduate degree in 1997.

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About the Chapman University School of Law

The Chapman University School of Law, the only law school in Orange County located on a university campus, is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1995, the law school already has achieved unprecedented recognition in legal education and is committed to the highest standards of excellence. The Chapman School of Law offers a dynamic, personalized legal education with a firm dedication to student success. For more information about the Chapman School of Law,

07-16-2007

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Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Attorney William Marticorena of Rutan & Tucker LLP is president elect for local chapter of National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
William M. Marticorena, a partner in the Public Law Section of Rutan & Tucker LLP, California’s largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, is the president elect for the California and Nevada chapter (SCAN) of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).

Bill Marticorena specializes in telecommunications, cable television regulation, public finance and economic development. He has delivered numerous speeches, lectures and seminars on cable television, telecommunications, public finance and economic development over the last 25 years. A frequent speaker at NATOA regional and national conferences, he also has regularly addressed the League of California Cities on cable television and telecommunications regulation. He joined the firm in 1977 and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.

The SCAN Chapter sponsors an annual conference and also conducts local seminars each year on cable and telecommunications issues. It offers networking opportunities with other telecommunications officers and industry representatives and provides up-to-date information on FCC rules and guidelines. Its Annual Programming Awards recognize the efforts of cities and counties jurisdictions for providing quality local programming.

“We encourage our attorneys to take volunteer leadership roles in non-profit organizations that help improve the practice of law and better inform our clients on issues of importance in their industries,” said Mike Hornak, the firm’s managing partner.

07-16-2007

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Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Michael Best Continues to Grow Intellectual Property Law Practice in Chicago
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is pleased to announce that Gilberto E. Espinoza has joined the firm as an associate in the Intellectual Property Law Practice Group. Espinoza focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. He received a J.D., cum laude, from TulaneLaw School, and a B.S., cum laude, in Chemical Engineering, and an M.S., cum laude, in Mathematical Economics, both from Tulane University.

With more than 85 members, Michael Best’s Intellectual Property Practice Group enjoys a national ranking, and is one of the most comprehensive teams in the region, handling a full range of IP work including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, and counseling.

07-16-2007

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Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP

Supreme Court Finds Duty to Defend Additional Insureds, Despite Dismissal of Named Insured from Underlying Tort Action
Ellen M. Spindler recently won summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action seeking additional insured coverage for the New York City School Construction Authority, City of New York and Board of Education of the City of New York ("the City Plaintiffs") with respect to an underlying tort action involving an injury to an employee of a general contractor caused by a fall from a ladder attached to an asbestos container on site to dispose of asbestos waste. Judge Herman Cahn, of New York County Supreme Court, ruled that, despite the dismissal of the asbestos subcontractor from the underlying tort action, Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty, the carrier for the asbestos subcontractor owed a duty to defend the City Plaintiffs as additional insureds under a policy of insurance issued to the named insured asbestos subcontractor as that policy provided coverage for bodily injury arising from your "work", defined to include work or operations performed by the subcontractor and materials, parts or equipment furnished in connection with such work and also denied Lumbermen's cross-motion seeking a declaration that there was no duty to defend or indemnify the City Plaintiffs. Judge Cahn relied on the recent Appellate Division, First Department decision of Worth Construction Company, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Company, 40 A.D.3d 423, 836 N.Y.S.2d 155 where the Court found that it was sufficient that an injury occurred on stairs to trigger additional insured coverage by a policy of insurance issued to the stairway subcontractor, despite its dismissal from the action.

07-16-2007

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

Nancy Brown Recognized for Work Benefiting Houston's Habitat for Humanity
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, is pleased to announce that Nancy Brown, a senior attorney at the Houston office, has been recognized for her volunteer work benefiting the Houston chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Brown, co-chair of the Houston Bar Association’s (HBA) Habitat for Humanity Committee, along with Randall O. Sorrels, a partner at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friends, each received the HBA’s President’s Award, after recruiting more than 250 volunteers, raising more than $118,000 and building two HBA Habitat houses in 2007.

Brown has worked with Habitat for Humanity for more than 18 years and spent six years serving on the board of the Fort Bend County Habitat chapter. As part of her recent fundraising efforts, she organized a “Wear Denim for HBA Habitat” day in January at Gardere’s Houston office, where all employees could pay $5 to wear denim that day. The Gardere family, in a strong show of support, raised more than $2,500 for the organization Brown also secured meals for the construction sites workers, recruited volunteers to help with fund-raising efforts and found workers to help with the actual construction of the homes

“The Habitat program provides a hand-up, not a handout to low-income families seeking to become homeowners and fulfill the American dream. I wholeheartedly believe in that mission and Habitat’s effort to build better communities around the world” said Brown. “This is a community effort in the truest sense and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the support we received from individuals and organizations here in Houston.”

This past year, the HBA Habitat for Humanity Project celebrated its 10th Anniversary by attempting, for the first time, to build two Habitat homes in one year. These homes were built side by side for two very deserving Houston families. With HBA volunteers working three consecutive weekends in April, the organization was able to complete both houses.

07-16-2007

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