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Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, L.L.C.

Haskell Slaughter’s Driver to Speak at Birmingham Bar Program
Khristi Doss Driver, an attorney with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, will be a featured speaker for a Birmingham Bar Association (BBA) continuing legal education program entitled "He Said, She Said - Electronic Discovery Issues From the Perspective of Plaintiff and Defendant". The program will be held at noon on Friday, July 13, 2007 at the BBA headquarters, 2021 Second Avenue North, Birmingham.

With over 3,000 members, the BBA is the largest local bar association in Alabama.
ABOUT KHRISTI DRIVER

Khristi Driver's practice is focused on civil trials and appeals. She has represented insurers and insureds in a wide variety of matters, including products liability, insurance coverage matters, property and casualty claims, fraud, bad faith and punitive damages claims and employment discrimination cases. Ms. Driver was awarded full scholarships to both the University of Alabama and Cumberland School of Law. At law school, she was active in both trial advocacy competitions and the Cumberland Law Review. Currently, Ms. Driver has served in many committee roles for the Birmingham Bar Association and has engaged in substantial fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. In 2006, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association

07-09-2007

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Garan Lucow Miller P.C.

Lori Ittner elected Treasurer of Defense Trial Counsel Board
B Lori A. Ittner, a shareholder in the Grand Rapids office of Garan Lucow Miller, P.C., accepts the nomination to treasurer of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) Board effective July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Ms. Ittner is only the second woman in MDTC’s 30-year history to have held this position. MDTC officially announced the nominations at the annual MDTC Summer Conference in Traverse City on June 23.

Ms. Ittner graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a B.A. in 1984 and earned her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1988. Her areas of practice include automobile negligence, Michigan first-party benefits, balance billing issues, ERISA litigation and coverage litigation. She has presented numerous seminars on various topics including no fault, balance billing, ERISA, tort reform, Michigan first-party litigation, negotiation strategies, catastrophic loss and vocational rehabilitation management.

MDTC was established in 1979 to enhance and promote the Defense Bar. It exists to facilitate greater exchange of views and advance the interests of civil defense attorneys.

07-09-2007

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Clark Hill PLC

Clark Hill Attorney James Wernstrom Appointed to the American Board of Trial Advocates
Clark Hill Attorney James (Jim) Wernstrom has been appointed to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the firm announced this month. ABOTA is an organization composed of equal numbers of plaintiff and defense trial lawyers. Admission is by invitation only and requires, among several things, significant and verified trial experience in courts of general jurisdiction. Wernstrom will be inducted into the Michigan Chapter of ABOTA this fall.

Wernstrom is an accomplished litigator, having litigated matters in state and federal courts throughout the country for over 30 years. Since then, he has worked exclusively in civil litigation. He is resident in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.

Throughout his career, Wernstrom has represented clients such as Amtrak; CSX Transportation, Inc.; the City of Grand Rapids; Herman Miller, Inc.; L. Perrigo Company; Smith Industries; and URS-Greiner in matters involving personal injury, construction disputes, probate disputes, corporate financing, securities fraud, commercial contracts, defective products and packaging, negligence, fraud, and professional liability. He has also litigated trademark and copyright matters and has successfully represented insurance companies in a wide variety of matters. His experience also includes mediation and arbitration.

Wernstrom is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the American College of Trial Attorneys. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Commercial Litigation.

Wernstrom earned his B.A. from Western Michigan University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

07-09-2007

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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP Attorneys Listed in 2007 Edition of Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP is pleased to announce the names of the firm attorneys who have been recognized as rising stars in their areas of practice and are listed in the 2007 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®. Rising Stars are chosen by the most recent group of Super Lawyers, the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state. Rising Stars must be under 40 years of age or practicing for less than 10 years. The Super Lawyers nominate attorneys who they have personally observed in action - whether as opposing counsel, co-counsel or other first-hand courtroom observation. Once the nominations are received, the attorney led research team reviews the credentials of the potential Rising Stars and assigns points based on a set of defined evaluation criteria. The point totals from the general survey and research process are then added to arrive at a final tally.

Buckingham attorneys in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®:

Cleveland
Mark F. Craig, Construction Litigation
Paul A. Dzenitis, Medical Malpractice Defense
Christine M. Faranda, Workers’ Compensation
David J. Lindner, Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Litigation
Ryan J. Morley, Business Litigation

The 2007 Rising Stars list is a joint project of Cincinnati Magazine and Law & Politics Media, Inc. Rising Stars lists are published annually in Texas, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Wisconsin, California, and Massachusetts. Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Law & Politics Media Inc.

07-09-2007

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Wiggin and Dana LLP

Joseph W. Martini Joins Wiggin and Dana’s Expanding White Collar Group as a Partner
Wiggin and Dana LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its White-Collar Practice Group. Joseph Martini, a former federal prosecutor from the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office, joins as a partner in the firm’s New Haven office.

Mr. Martini joins Wiggin and Dana from the firm Pepe & Hazard LLP, where he chaired the litigation group and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

07-09-2007

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Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC

Attorney, Merrie Winfrey, Elected to Board of Directors for Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys
Stugill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, announced today that attorney, Merrie Winfrey, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys at the CSBA Winter meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Winfrey is a 2003 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. She has been with the firm for four years where she practices in the areas of Education Law, Employment and Labor Law, Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, and Healthcare Law.

07-09-2007

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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Former Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Official Joins Sonnenschein
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that Susan S. DeSanti has joined the national law firm as a partner in its Antitrust group. DeSanti most recently served as senior counsel to the Antitrust Modernization Commission, a bipartisan commission created by Congress to make recommendations concerning the nation’s antitrust laws, and was a primary author of the report that it recently issued. She previously held a variety of high-level positions at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, before joining the government, spent 10 years in private practice providing antitrust litigation and counseling expertise. DeSanti will practice in Sonnenschein’s Washington office.

“Susan is a highly regarded and well-known antitrust lawyer who will add significant strength to the firm,” said Amy L. Bess, managing partner of Sonnenschein’s Washington office. “Her depth of experience with a wide range of antitrust and competition-related issues fits well with many of our strategic practice areas, particularly health care and policy, intellectual property and technology, energy, communications and corporate.”

During her 15-year career with the FTC, DeSanti served as director of policy planning and later as deputy general counsel for policy studies, and is widely regarded as having led the successful rejuvenation and growth of the FTC’s policy program. She oversaw several high-profile projects, including ones that resulted in critical legislative changes concerning generic drug entry, and FTC recommendations for new approaches to encourage competition in the nation’s health care system and reforms of the patent system to enhance innovation. In addition, DeSanti spearheaded the development of the first antitrust guidelines for joint ventures and played a key role in recent FTC cases involving standard setting and patent-related issues. Her work in private practice included large-scale private litigation and mergers, as well as counseling.

“The variety of legal and policy issues that I have focused on during my career align quite well with the work that Sonnenschein’s attorneys do, ” noted DeSanti. “The firm has shown a true commitment to building its antitrust practice, and I am excited to be part of it.”

DeSanti is a frequent speaker at legal, academic and business conferences, discussing antitrust, competition related, and other policy issues. She is a former council member for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section. DeSanti received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law and an M.Ed. degree in educational research from Northeastern University. She earned a B.A. degree from Sarah Lawrence University.

07-09-2007

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