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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Bracewell & Giuliani London Welcomes New Partner
Today, Adam Mozel has been named a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP and in London-based affiliate, Bracewell & Giuliani (UK) LLP. Mr. Mozel’s primary area of practice is capital markets and securities transactions.

During his career, Mr. Mozel has represented corporate and sovereign issuers, investment banks and commercial banks in a wide range of capital markets and other financing transactions and has advised on regulatory capital issues, complex debt, structured and derivatives-based financings, loan participation notes structures, convertible/exchangeable securities, equity and equity-linked securities including privatizations and IPOs, liability management restructurings/repurchases, bi-lateral and syndicated lending transactions, and securitizations. Prior to joining Bracewell, Mr. Mozel practiced at Allen & Overy LLP and in the London office of Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Mr. Mozel, a 1995 graduate of the College of Law in London, is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and a member of the Law Society.

06-21-2007

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

AKIN GUMP EXPANDS TAX PRACTICE IN NEW YORK
Geoffrey E. Secol has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the tax practice in New York, the firm announced today. Mr. Secol will help lead an interdisciplinary corporate services group for the tax, investment funds and real estate practices in the firm’s New York office.

Mr. Secol’s practice focuses on merger and acquisition transactions. He has advised public and private companies in connection with a wide variety of business matters, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, private equity and hedge fund investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances, hostile contests for corporate control and corporate restructurings, including bankruptcy-related restructurings. His practice also includes the representation of financial institutions in their roles as lenders on M&A transactions.

Mr. Secol has extensive cross-border M&A experience, including in the energy and telecommunications sectors. He also has significant experience in tender offers, private stock and asset purchases, and private placements of equity securities. He joins the firm from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York and Tokyo. Previously, he practiced at Baker & McKenzie in New York and Hong Kong.

Mr. Secol received his B.A. with honors in 1990 from New York University and his J.D. in 1997 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a National Security Education Program fellow and a Monmouth County Bar Foundation scholar. He also received a certificate of study from Capital Normal University in Beijing.

Stuart Leblang, a partner in Akin Gump’s tax practice, stated, “Geoffrey’s considerable depth of experience related to mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and equity investments will be of tremendous value to our clients. Geoffrey will further enhance our capability to meet the needs of our clients in the planning and negotiation of domestic and international business transactions.” Patrick Fenn, chair of Akin Gump’s tax practice, added, “We are thrilled to have Geoffrey and believe he will add significant value to our practice and our culture.”

Mr. Secol said, “Akin Gump provides a tremendous platform for me to grow my practice with an extraordinary team of attorneys. I am very happy to join Akin Gump, a firm with the expertise, resources and vision to capitalize on opportunities in a dynamic marketplace.”

06-21-2007

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Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Ted Waskowski Named Worldwide Network of Leading Law Firms Advisory Board Chair
Ted Waskowski was named the Network of Leading Law Firms Advisory Board Chair at its Annual Meeting held in New York City on June 21.

Waskowski, who chairs the firm's Litigation Practice Group, has represented clients in litigation for nearly three decades. He has conducted multiple jury trials, court trials, preliminary injunction hearings, and appeals in state and federal courts.

His broad range of litigation experience includes many types of claims, including building construction, civil rights, contract disputes, corporate disputes, employment, environmental, insurance coverage, misrepresentation, personal injury, and products liability.

Members of the Network of Leading Law Firms are located on four continents, in 20 countries and in 26 states in the U.S. plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. Stafford Rosenbaum is the only Wisconsin law firm that is a member of the Network of Leading Law Firms.

06-21-2007

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McCormick Barstow LLP

McCormick Barstow opens practice on California's Central Coast
McCormick Barstow opens its Central Coast practice in Santa Barbara, CA. This new location will be managed by Daniel P. Lyons, who brings with him nearly 30 years of litigation experience. He is a member of the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association (NCFIA), the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). Mr. Lyons is admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in the State of California.

Located in Santa Barbara, lawyers in our Central Coast practice are ideally situated to provide coverage of the following counties:

* Santa Barbara
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* San Luis Obispo
* Ventura
* Kern
Northern Los Angeles County

06-21-2007

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Heller Ehrman, LLP

Heller Ehrman Earns Top Rankings In 2007 Chambers USA
Heller Ehrman LLP announced that nine of its attorneys and five of the firm’s practice groups have been ranked No. 1 nationally or locally by Chambers & Partners. The rankings appear in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm’s first place rankings increased from a total of five attorneys and three practice groups in 2006.

London-based Chambers & Partners publishes a variety of directories that rank leading lawyers and practices regionally, based upon their reputation according to peers and clients. The rankings are determined through thousands of in-depth interviews conducted by Chambers USA researchers with leading private practice attorneys and key in-house counsel.

06-21-2007

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Heller Ehrman, LLP

Heller Ehrman Welcomes Prominent IP Litigator to NY Office
Joy Arnold has joined Heller Ehrman’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group as a shareholder in the New York office. Her arrival comes on the heels of the arrival of three other IP litigators with whom she has practiced for many years – Kevin Culligan, Ed Bailey and John Hanish. Arnold’s practice focuses on patent litigation in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

“The addition of Joy represents another important step in our strategic growth in the New York market,” said Joseph T. McLaughlin, chairman of Heller Ehrman’s New York office. “Our world-class intellectual property practice is a key focus of our expansion, and we are delighted to welcome someone of Joy’s caliber to the firm.”

Like Culligan, Bailey and Hanish, Arnold joins Heller Ehrman from the New York office of King & Spalding, where she practiced since 2004. Prior to that, the quartet practiced at the intellectual property boutique of Fish & Neave. Arnold has tried cases involving the Hatch-Waxman amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the overlapping provisions of the patent laws. She also has litigated matters involving mechanical and medical devices, food products, microprocessor architecture and semiconductor packaging. Arnold earned her A.B. in biology from Brown University and her M.A. from Wesleyan University. Prior to attending law school, she was a research scientist in the Department of Cardiovascular Biochemistry of Bristol-Myers. In 1991, she received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an associate editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Since the beginning of 2006, Heller Ehrman has added 14 shareholders to its New York office. Since opening in 1999, the firm’s New York office has grown from 19 to 127 lawyers. Heller Ehrman’s New York office represents clients that include financial institutions, professional service firms and Fortune 500 companies, including Allen & Company, LLC, Bank of America, Bayer, Becton Dickinson & Co., Citibank, Credit Suisse Securities, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp., Goldman Sachs, Jeffries & Co., JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, Philip Morris USA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Washington Mutual.

“I am delighted that another member of one of the premier IP litigation groups on the East Coast is joining Heller Ehrman,” said Patricia Thayer, co-chair of Heller Ehrman’s Intellectual Property Litigation group. “Joy’s expertise in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors as well as her technical background and trial experience further adds to the depth of the IP Litigation Group nationwide.”

Heller Ehrman’s Intellectual Property group has approximately 90 IP litigators as well as a streak of seven straight wins in patent trials over the past three years, plus a unanimous decision in the U.S. Supreme Court. The firm’s IP clients include industry leaders such as Apple, Computer Associates, Genentech, Allergan, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Palm, QUALCOMM, Samsung, Symantec, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo! The firm’s IP litigation practice was recognized by The American Lawyer as one of the top five practices in the country. The group includes five members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and four members recognized by Chambers USA for their IP and complex litigation capabilities.

“Joy has roots at what was once the leading IP litigation firm in the country,” said Michael Plimack, co-chair of Heller Ehrman’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. “Her training and subsequent years of experience will be a great benefit for our sophisticated client base.”

“Heller Ehrman has one of the premier IP litigation practices in the country,” Arnold said. “The opportunity to practice at a firm with so much talent, coupled with the chance to be reunited with my colleagues, makes this an ideal move for me.”

06-21-2007

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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Eckert Seamans Attorney Receives Pro Bono Award from Pennsylvania Bar Association
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today announced that attorney Sarah L. Shannon received a 2007 Pro Bono Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association. These awards recognize and thank those attorneys and judges who have used their talents to help needy children and families in Pennsylvania. Ms. Shannon serves as the associate member of Eckert Seamans' Pro Bono Committee and was instrumental in helping to develop and implement the Custody Concilliation project described below.

Eckert Seamans is a board member of the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership, a group of law firms and corporate legal departments that collaborate to increase pro bono legal services in Southwestern Pennsylvania by developing signature pro bono projects that provide needed legal services to persons of limited means in the community. This year the Partnership developed the Custody Conciliation project, which provides free legal representation to parents in custody conciliations in Allegheny County. The need for a lawyer at this stage in the custody process is crucial because having both parties represented by counsel at the conciliation greatly increase the likelihood that the parties will reach a custody agreement.

Sarah L. Shannon is an attorney in the Business Division at Eckert Seamans. Ms. Shannon focuses her practice on corporate and business counseling, real estate and health law. She assists clients engaged in manufacturing, retail sales, real estate development and health care and represents both lenders and borrowers in asset-based and mortgage-based financing. Ms. Shannon received her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Shannon earned both a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business and a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. During this time, Ms. Shannon volunteered as an advocate for abused and neglected children in the Allegheny County Court Appointed Special Advocate program. Ms Shannon is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.

06-21-2007

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