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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP Attorneys and Counselors

Honigman Attorney Served as Peer Reviewer for Recently Released National Academy of Sciences Report
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP has announced that the chair of its Environmental Law Department, Steven C. Nadeau, was recognized as a peer reviewer of the recently released National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Report entitled “Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Assessing the Effectiveness.”

Contaminated sediments can be found at the bottom of many U.S. rivers and other water bodies near former mining, agricultural, or industrial sites. The technical feasibility, cost and complexity of contaminated sediment sites is a significant challenge nationally, with some estimates that the price tag to address this issue could exceed $1 trillion. Many of these sites are slated for cleanup by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the federal Superfund program. A minimum of 14 of them are sediment "megasites" -- where the cost of remediating sediments is expected to reach at least $50 million or already has.

Decisions about whether to dredge at these sites have proved controversial, so Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the method's effectiveness. To form its conclusions, the NAS Committee on Dredging Effectiveness examined 26 dredging projects, five of them at megasites, and evaluated whether they had attained their cleanup and risk-reduction goals.

The report was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter.

Nadeau is a national leader in working on contaminated sediment sites, and has worked on projects in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. In addition, Nadeau founded and is the coordinating director of the Sediment Management Work Group (SMWG), an ad hoc industry group with 42 Members and 42 Sponsors, whose mission is to advocate risk-based approaches for managing contaminated sediment.

06-25-2007

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Healy & Baillie, L.L.P.

Chambers USA 2007 Recognizes Blank Rome’s Leading Practices and Attorneys
Blank Rome’s practice groups and attorneys increased their rankings—yet again—in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers USA recognized our practices groups in 11 categories this year, and also ranked 24 of our attorneys as “leaders in their fields.”

We received national rankings in Government Relations and in three categories of Transportation (Shipping). In addition, we were recognized in both Pennsylvania and Delaware in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and were also ranked in Pennsylvania in Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate.

The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.

Chambers & Partners, the UK-based publishers of Chambers USA, conduct research by speaking to a vast range of lawyers and their clients (i.e., commercial users of legal services). In-depth interviews with clients and with attorneys are done, each one lasting about half an hour. For the current U.S. directory, over 14,000 of these interviews were conducted, covering the whole of the U.S.A. They were carried out by a team of over 40 full-time researchers over a period of 6 months.

Greater weighting is given to the views of the clients, and any biased viewpoints tend to cancel each other out. All interviews are conducted purely for research purposes and are entirely confidential and un-attributed. The methodology for the research into the strengths and reputations of U.S. attorneys has been approved by the British Market Research Bureau.

The rankings and editorial comment about attorneys are independent and objective. Inclusion in this section of the guide is based solely on the research team's findings. Chambers is widely viewed among the most highly respected publications in the world that rate lawyers, in part because inclusion cannot be purchased.

06-25-2007

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

Prominent White-Collar Defense Attorney Roger Brown Joins Haskell Slaughter; Heads New White-Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Team
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, is pleased to announce that Roger A. Brown, former Chief Deputy District Attorney of Jefferson County, has joined the firm and will lead its new White-Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Team. Haskell Slaughter's White-Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations team will focus on the defense of business and individual clients in federal and state criminal investigations and prosecutions, parallel civil and criminal proceedings, Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities commission enforcement actions, and actions before other regulatory agencies in matters involving securities fraud, healthcare fraud, antitrust, public corruption and tax fraud, among other areas. In addition, the firm will advise corporate boards, audit committees and public agencies on internal investigations of suspected wrongdoings and on compliance plans and training.

Roger Brown served as a Deputy District Attorney for Jefferson County for over 20 years, including 17 years as Chief Deputy. As Chief Deputy, Mr. Brown was responsible for the prosecution and trial of a broad range of cases and developed extensive experience in governmental investigations, grand jury matters and parallel civil and criminal enforcement proceedings. He has been heavily involved in matters relating to the criminal justice system, including current service as a member of the Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure and past service as a member of the Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal, a member of the Alabama State Bar Task Force on Correctional Institutions and Procedures, and as two-time chair of the Birmingham Bar Association's Criminal Procedure Committee, among many others. A frequent lecturer on trial strategy, tactics and techniques for the National Advocacy Center, Mr. Brown has also served as a visiting professor at Cumberland School of Law and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member there. A highly experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Brown also represents clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters in addition to his white-collar practice.

Thomas E. Reynolds, Haskell Slaughter's Managing Member, commented, "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to add a trial lawyer of Roger Brown's experience to our firm, and excited about the additional resources this allows us to make available to our clients. Roger's background as a longtime prosecutor and, more recently, as an outstanding defense lawyer enables us to utilize the expertise of lawyers in both our Litigation Practice Group and our Transactional Practice Group to provide aggressive representation and informed counsel to clients facing government investigations. In addition, Roger will provide added depth to our existing corporate compliance practice. We are truly delighted to have him on board."
ABOUT HASKELL SLAUGHTER'S WHITE-COLLAR DEFENSE AND CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS TEAM

Haskell Slaughter's White-Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Team includes Roger A. Brown, Michael K.K. Choy, Margaret Mary Fullmer, William W. Horton, Jagdesh B. (Bob) Kirpalani, Thomas L. Krebs and Allen R. Trippeer, Jr. The team includes former prosecutors, the former director of the Alabama Securities Commission, lawyers with extensive in-house experience in large corporations, and highly experienced trial lawyers who have been involved in high-profile civil and criminal cases.

06-25-2007

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Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin

Sozi P. Tulante Completes the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Citizens’ Academy/Community Partnership Program
Sozi P. Tulante, a litigation associate at the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, has recently graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Citizens’ Academy/Community Partnership Program. Mr. Tulante has joined an alumni group of 250 past participants and has become a community ambassador for the FBI.

The FBI established the Philadelphia Community Partnership Program in 1995 as a way to strengthen its relationship with the communities it serves. This year’s class included approximately 45 business, civic, religious, or community leaders who participated in eight meetings over a ten-week period with leaders of the FBI to gain an understanding of the FBI’s operation and mission. Members of the class also traveled to the FBI’s Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where they received classroom instruction, toured the facilities, and engaged in practical exercises.

Mr. Tulante concentrates his practice in the area of litigation and education law. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2001. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Harvard College in 1997.

06-25-2007

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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Chambers USA Recognizes Eighteen Attorneys at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP as Leading Attorneys in Their Field
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP has announced that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers Directory has named 18 of its lawyers among the top attorneys in the country in their respective fields. The Choate, Hall & Stewart attorneys who will be listed in the 2007 directory are:

* William B. Asher, Jr. – Corporate/M&A
* Robert Buchanan, Jr. – Antitrust
* Jack Cinquegrana – Litigation: White-collar Crime & Government Investigations
* Stephen M.L. Cohen – Private Equity: Buyouts
* Sarah Chapin Columbia – Intellectual Property
* Karen Copenhaver – Intellectual Property
* Robert S. Frank, Jr. – Intellectual Property and Litigation: General Commercial
* Charles L. Glerum – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
* Douglas R. Gooding – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
* Brenda H. Jarrell – Intellectual Property
* John D. Lanza – Intellectual Property
* Brian Lenihan – Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
* Louis J. Marett – Tax
* Peter Palladino – Banking & Finance
* Sam Pasternack – Intellectual Property
* Thomas E. Shirley – Labor & Employment
* Christine G. Solt – Healthcare
* John F. Ventola – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

The firm was also ranked among the top in the country in eight practice areas: Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Litigation: General Commercial, and Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment.

The directory highlights the work of the nation’s leading lawyers and practice areas across a variety of legal disciplines. To prepare its rankings, Chambers conducts interviews with clients and attorneys across the U.S. for their assessment of an individual’s technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client. For the current U.S.directory, thousands of interviews were conducted.

06-25-2007

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Balch & Bingham LLP

Bruce Barze Elected President of Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
R. Bruce Barze, Jr., a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP, was elected President of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) at the Association’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida on June 16, 2007.

Barze is a member of the Environmental and Business Litigation Practice Groups at Balch & Bingham. He represents companies in litigation involving environmental claims and toxic torts, and he advises clients on environmental risk allocation and insurance coverage issues. He also represents companies in various commercial disputes and product liability litigation. Barze received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992, where he was a Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar, a Hugo L. Black Scholar, a member of Order of the Coif and a member of the Alabama Law Review. In addition to his current office with ADLA, Barze served as the Co-Chair of the ADLA Young Lawyers Trial Academy from 1995-98 and has been a member of the ADLA Board of Directors since 1999. He also has served for the last three years as Chair of the Environmental, Energy and Maritime Law Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel.

Founded in 1922, Balch & Bingham LLP is a diversified corporate law firm with offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; Gulfport and Jackson, Mississippi; and Washington, D.C. With over 230 attorneys, the firm represents individuals, businesses and multi-national corporations. It provides a variety of services, including litigation, banking, public finance, corporate and securities, labor and employment, environmental, intellectual property and energy law. For more information, visit www.balch.com.

The ADLA has a membership of over 1,230 attorneys dedicated to the defense of civil actions and the promotion of fairness and integrity in the civil justice system. The ADLA is the fifth-largest state and local civil defense lawyer organization in the United States. Membership in the Association is restricted to attorneys licensed in the State of Alabama who devote over one-half of their civil practice to defense or are in-house counsel for insurance carriers or corporations.
The following language is required pursuant to Rule 7.2, Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct: No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

06-24-2007

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Daria Niewenhous and Nancy Sterling to Present at the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety Annual General Meeting
Daria Niewenhous and Nancy Sterling will present "Crisis Communication: Public Relations and Legal Strategies for Dealing with the Media" - A "crisis" at a health care facility can take many forms. The time to develop an effective crisis communication plan is not during a crisis. The co-presenters of this program have worked together for over ten-years helping clients generate effective communications with the media and the public while satisfying legal obligations. They will share strategies for developing a crisis communications team, dealing with the media, and integration of legal analysis in the process.

06-24-2007

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