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The Law Firm Of Baker & Daniels LLP

April Grunden Joins Trusts & Estates Group
April S. Grunden has joined Baker & Daniels LLP as a partner in the trusts and estates practice group. She will work in the law firm's Fort Wayne office.

Before joining Baker & Daniels, Grunden owned her own private practice for five years. Prior to that, she practiced with the firms of Galbraith & McMains, Van Gilder & Trzynka and Hunt Suedhoff Kalamaros in the areas of trusts and estates, business planning and litigation.

Grunden graduated from Indiana University in 1994 and the Valparaiso University School of Law in 1997.

07-10-2007

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McNair Law Firm, P.A.

GOVERNOR MARK SANFORD APPOINTS McNAIR LAW FIRM ATTORNEY TO CHAIR COUNCIL OF ADVISORS FOR SC DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) announces that Governor Mark Sanford has appointed Sharon C. Bramlett as Chairman, Council of Advisors on Consumer Credit for the agency. Bramlett, an attorney with McNair Law Firm, PA, has been a member of the Council since 2001, serving under two Governors.

07-09-2007

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Vandeventer Black LLP Attorney At Law

Vandeventer Selected as One Of Hampton Roads Best Places To Work for 2007
INSIDE BUSINESS recognized 25 companies Monday at a special luncheon and in a special edition in the July 9 issue of the publication as the Best Places to Work in Hampton Roads. About 215 people attended the event.

Companies were selected after judges reviewed nomination forms and the results of an online employee survey. Companies with more than 500 employees were asked to enter a division or department with fewer than 500 to enhance the credibility of the applications. Each application was scored by the judges and the average was combined with scores of the online surveys to determine the honorees. Ten of the companies were given special recognition as being among the top 10.

The companies recognized in the top 10 were:

#1 Clark Nexsen

#2 Vandeventer Black LLP

#3 Booz Allen Hamilton

#4 CH2M Hill

#5 Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate

#6 Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer

#7 Armada Hoffler

#8 Ursa Navigation Solutions Inc.

#9 Virtexco Corp.

#10 TowneBank

The other companies recognized were: Cox Media Hampton Roads, Damuth Trane, HSMM, Liberty Tax Service, LoanCare Servicing Center Inc., MICG Investment Management, Patient Advocate Foundation, Riverside Rehabilitation Institute Inc., Russell’s Heating and Cooling, Swimways Corp., Thalhimer/Cushman & Wakefield, Verizon Wireless Southeastern Virginia Crisis Response Team, Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office, W.M. Jordan Co. Inc. and Warwick Forest Retirement Community.

INSIDE BUSINESS is a weekly business publications serving Hampton Roads.

07-09-2007

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Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P.

Minnesota Attorney Takes the Reins of Nation's Largest Trial Lawyers' Group
Next month, the Minnesota legal community will see one of its own take over as president of the nation's largest group of trial lawyers.

Minneapolis attorney Kathleen Flynn Peterson, a partner with Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi in Minneapolis, will be the first Minnesotan to take the reigns of the 55,000 member American Association for Justice (formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association). The big event occurs July 17 during the organization's annual meeting in Chicago.

07-09-2007

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Holland & Hart, L.L.P.

Anne Castle Appointed To South Platte River Basin Task Force
Anne Castle, a partner in Holland & Hart LLP's Denver office, was named by Gov. Bill Ritter as a member of the newly created South Platte River Basin Task Force.

Castle will be one of two non-voting legal advisors on this high profile task force, which is charged with examining water issues and recommending possible solutions to challenges facing ground water users in the northeast Colorado river basin. In her practice, Castle focuses on water law and has more than 25 years of experience at Holland & Hart. She served on the Colorado Ground Water Commission from 1994 to 2002 and acts as special water counsel to the Colorado River Water Conservation District and the City of Pueblo, Colo.

"I'm not expecting any magic bullets," said Castle. "I'm hoping with all of these stakeholders in one place at one time, we may be able to hear some discussions of compromises that could work for everyone."

Gov. Ritter created the 26-member task force last month in response to the water crisis along the South Platte River. Members of the task force include elected officials and water users from many affected areas, the former State Engineer, and a former Colorado Supreme Court Justice. The co-chairs of the task force are the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture and the Director of the Department of Natural Resources. The members held their first meeting last week and will hold five more before presenting a final report on the issue to Gov. Ritter and other legislative leaders at the end of September.

07-09-2007

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Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP

Goodsill Partners Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
17 lawyers from Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). The July 2007 issue of the HONOLULU Magazine highlights the Best Lawyers in Hawai'i, which excerpts the list from The Best Lawyers in America® 2007, published by the national legal search firm Woodward/White and is one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Our very own, Leighton Yuen, graces the cover and is also featured on page 54. All of the voting is done by lawyers in the previous edition to create a level of transparency in the polling process

07-09-2007

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Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.C.

Winstead Remembers Former Texas Supreme Court Justice John L. Hill Jr.
Judge John Hill, Jr., a shareholder at Texas law firm Winstead PC and a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, passed away today at 9:45 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston where he had been hospitalized since June 7, 2007. He was 83. Judge Hill was a shareholder, working in Winstead's Houston Office in the Appellate Practice Group, and he also headed the firm's successful Mock Trial Program for new associates.
“This is a sad day for us," said Winstead CEO and Chairman Denis Braham. "His dedication to the legal community, his exemplary public service and his commitment to mentoring young lawyers was unsurpassed. He will be dearly missed by all of us at Winstead and we wish the best for his family during this difficult time."

Except for the 11 years he spent in state government, Judge Hill was a practicing trial lawyer with a long list of distinguished titles in Texas government and law and he was the first person in Texas history to serve the people of Texas as Secretary of State, Attorney General and Chief Justice.

“Judge Hill was committed to the legal profession and known in many circles as a distinguished attorney who dedicated his life to the legal community," said Ross Margraves, managing shareholder of Winstead's Houston Office. "His many professional and civic activities in our community displayed his endless dedication and energy," adds

Judge Hill attended the University of Texas for undergraduate studies and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with honors in 1947 after taking a break to serve as a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific during World War II. He was admitted to the practice of law in Texas that same year and he and his wife Bitsy moved to Houston where he began his career as a trial lawyer, earning respect and admiration from colleagues and friends among the Plaintiffs' Bar of Texas. After 19 years as a trial lawyer, Judge Hill was appointed Texas Secretary of State by Gov. John Connally.

In 1972, Judge Hill was elected as Attorney General, serving until 1979. In this role, he took on the trial of the Howard Hughes Estate Tax Case and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, upholding of the Texas Death Penalty Statute. Judge Hill argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. After serving as Attorney General, Judge Hill joined forces with Vester Hughes to form Hughes & Hill, a Dallas-based law firm now known as Hughes & Luce.

In 1984, Judge Hill was elected Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He resigned from this position in 1988 and moved back to Houston where he practiced in the litigation and appellate sections of Houston law firm Liddell, Sapp, Zively, Hill and Laboon, now known as Locke Lidell & Sapp. In 2005, Judge Hill came to Winstead PC where he worked in the Appellate Practice Group and continued mentoring young lawyers through his Mock Trial Program.

Among the many honors and awards Judge Hill received were the Outstanding Fifty Year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation in 1999 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Texas School of Law in 1997. Judge Hill has also been honored with the Leon Green Award for Outstanding Service to the Legal Profession; the American Judicature Society Herbert Harley Award; the Freedom of the Press Award; the Mr. South Texas Award; the Marc Gold Award for Outstanding Service to the Mentally Retarded; the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award; and the Lola Wright Foundation Award for Legal Ethics. In 1991, Judge Hill was named a Distinguished Alumnus of The University of Texas, and in 2004, the school established The John L. Hill Trial Advocacy Center at the University of Texas Law School in his honor.

According to former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig T. Enoch, chair of Winstead's Appellate Practice Group, "I've experienced first hand Judge Hill's leadership skills and extensive judicial knowledge. Texas has benefited from his energy, knowledge and passion about law and he leaves behind a legacy that we can all admire. John is a person whom I can truthfully say, I'm proud to have known the man."

Judge Hill is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Ann (Bitsy) Hill; three children, Melinda Elizabeth Hill Perrin, John Graham Hill and Judge Martha Hill Jamison; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

07-09-2007

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