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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Receives Corporate Volunteer Council of Greater Boston Award
the Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) of Greater Boston recognized WilmerHale with its 2007 CVC Award, given annually to one distinguished company, which, by its employees’ volunteer activities, has promoted and strengthened the role of corporate volunteerism in the Greater Boston community. WilmerHale was acknowledged for its outstanding commitment to the promotion of corporate volunteerism through its signature Youth and Education Initiative.

WilmerHale employees volunteer under the firm’s Youth and Education Initiative, which aims to increase the opportunities for success among urban youth through a renewable three-year commitment to nonprofit partner organizations that support young people in the community. Our Boston-based partner organizations for the 2007 through 2009 cycle are Cathedral High School, Citizen Schools, Discovering Justice and Teen Empowerment. The partnership includes charitable giving, in-kind donations, pro bono legal representation and volunteer programming.

In 2006, WilmerHale employees donated over 2,000 hours to firm-sponsored volunteer activities. Also that year, the firm performed over 134,000 hours of pro bono legal service nationally. In 2006, WilmerHale’s pro bono program was ranked third in the nation by The American Lawyer.

06-20-2007

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Thompson Hine LLP

Thompson Hine Named One of Best Corporate Law Firms in Cleveland, Six Years Running
For the sixth year in a row, Thompson Hine LLP has been named one of the top five corporate law firms in Cleveland by Corporate Board Member magazine. The rankings are based on the results of a survey of directors of public corporations conducted by the magazine and FTI, a Baltimore-based consulting firm. The annual survey focuses on 25 major metropolitan areas, identifying the top 20 national corporate law firms and the top five corporate law firms in each market.

Corporate Board Member is a bimonthly publication focusing on corporate governance issues for boards of directors, and is a resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, large private companies and Global 1000 firms. FTI is a consulting and technology provider to major corporations, financial institutions and law firms.

06-20-2007

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Stoel Rives, LLP

National Study Cites Stoel Rives as Top Corporate Law Firm in Portland
For the sixth consecutive year, directors of Portland-area publicly traded companies have named Stoel Rives LLP the city’s best corporate law firm. The news was revealed by Corporate Board Member magazine in the results of its seventh annual Legal Industry Research Study, sponsored by FTI Consulting.

“We’re honored that the Portland business community has recognized Stoel Rives as a leading corporate law firm for the sixth straight year,” says Beth Ugoretz, Stoel Rives’ Managing Partner. “It reflects a high level of confidence in our firm and our lawyers, which we continually strive to earn.”

The annual study by Corporate Board Member and FTI Consulting identifies the top 20 national corporate law firms and the top five corporate law firms in 25 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Firms were ranked by directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with the NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange.

“Doing well in our survey has become a singular badge of honor, for the very reason that it doesn’t come from the law firms’ peers,” notes William Rukeyser, editorial director of Corporate Board Member. “It’s an accolade from their customers—the directors, executives and general counsel who hire them, pay their bills, and thrive or suffer from their advice.”

06-20-2007

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Day Pitney, LLP

Day Pitney Expands and Relocates Washington, D.C. Office
Day Pitney LLP today announced that it has relocated its Washington D.C. office to further support the firm’s growing Energy and Homeland Security Practices, while expanding the service offerings available to clients in the nation’s capital to include transactional and finance law.

The office continues to house Partner Richard M. Lorenzo, and his colleagues, Arthur Adelberg and Jay Matson, who provide comprehensive energy- and homeland security-related legal services to clients. Mr. Lorenzo has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry and has had extensive experience representing parties in federal and state courts and regulatory proceedings. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Energy Bar and New York State Bar Associations. He holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University. Arthur Adelberg also has more than 25 years of industry experience in his background, including assignments as the chief legal officer and chief financial officer of a major investor owned utility and service as Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for the Special Investigation of Hurricane Katrina Jay Matson’s experience includes more than a dozen years handling complex energy issues before state and federal regulators.
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In addition, pursuant to the firm’s recently-announced strategic alliance with the minority law firm of Gray Haile LLP, Leander Gray and Arkan Haile, Counsel to the firm, is also be located in the new office. Gray and Haile collectively have more than 18 years combined experience in transactional law and finance, focusing in particular on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, corporate financing transactions, private security placements and venture capital. Backed by the full resources of the firm, Gray and Haile will be able to provide the comprehensive legal services needed to better serve Fortune 500 and large, private company clients in their dealings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory agencies of the federal government.

The new office, located at 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., exemplifies the firm’s commitment to exceptional service. Like other recent construction projects undertaken by the firm, it is planned around the client experience, designed from the reception area, meeting rooms and visitors’ offices to facilitate negotiations and ensure privacy, while coming equipped with the latest technological advances, including wireless internet access. 1100 New York Avenue is the former Greyhound Terminal building, now fully restored. It is a rare surviving example of 1940's Moderne Architecture, a nationally significant building and a witness to history. Like the Day Pitney office within it, the building features a number of client conveniences. It is highlighted by a twelve-story, skylit atrium, is located just one-half block from the Metro Center Metrorail Station, is adjacent to the Grand Hyatt and Marriott Metro Center hotels and contains four restaurants, a sandwich shop and a newsstand/valet.

About Gray Haile LLP
Gray Haile is a minority-owned boutique law firm that represents acquirers, targets and investment entities in transactional, corporate and financing work. The Firm’s principals, Leander C Gray and Arkan Haile, have over 18 years combined experience in transactional law and finance. Mr. Gray began his career in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he spent six years in Skadden’s mergers and acquisitions practice group. Mr. Haile made his mark as a corporate associate at the law firms of Patton Boggs LLP and Kutak Rock LLP where he practiced in the corporate and financial transactions group before devoting a year to teaching comparative commercial law in his native country of Eritrea, which is located in East Africa. Prior to law school, Mr. Haile earned his MBA and worked as a financial analyst for a Fortune 500 company.

06-20-2007

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Joseph V. Del Raso Appointed to President's Commission on White House Fellowships
Joseph V. Del Raso, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and head of the firm’s Investment Management Practice Group, has been appointed a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Members of the Commission are appointed by the President.

The Commission is composed of approximately 30 citizens who represent a broad range of backgrounds, interests and professions. Each year, the Commission selects a class of White House Fellows from as many as 1,000 applicants for the 11 to 19 fellowships.

During selection weekend, the Commission interviews finalists at a location near Washington, D.C., where members interview, interact with and observe the national finalists. The Commission then recommends those individuals it finds most qualified for the fellowship to the President for appointment as White House Fellows.

Mr. Del Raso, who is a member of Pepper Hamilton’s Executive Committee, concentrates his practice in securities, with a special emphasis on matters arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the related Investment Advisers Act of 1940. His work encompasses the representation of investment advisers, mutual funds, closed-end investment companies, unit investment trusts, hedge funds, offshore funds and publicly owned venture capital funds, usually organized as business development companies.

Active in the community, Mr. Del Raso sits on the boards of publicly held and private corporations. He is a member of the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the National Italian American Foundation (which he also serves as executive vice president), the World Affairs Counsel of Philadelphia, and the American University of Rome (chairman of the board of trustees). He also is a member and vice chair of the board of consultors of the Villanova University School of Law and chair of the Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research at the Villanova School of Business. In June 2005, he was conferred the Order of Merit, honorary knighthood, by the Republic of Italy.

The White House Fellows Program (www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/), founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, offers exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. Fellows participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with leaders from the private and public sectors, and study trips to examine U.S. policy in action. Following the Fellowship year, the Fellows repay the privilege by contributing to the country as better national leaders and public servants.

06-20-2007

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Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP Attorneys Receive Massachusetts “Rising Stars” Honor; 35 Lawyers Are Commended for Their Excellence in the Legal Profession
The following Nixon Peabody attorneys ranked as 2007 Massachusetts “Rising Stars”:
Attorney—Practice Area

* J. Christopher Allen, Jr. — Personal Injury Defense: Products
* Sarah T. Boehs — Real Estate
* Meghan E. Boyle — Business/Corporate
* Deborah C. Burton — Business Litigation
* Jennifer N. Collins — Estate Planning & Probate
* Laura E. Coltin — Business Litigation
* Juan A. Concepción — Business Litigation
* John R. Condon, III — Tax
* Sarah T. Connolly — Estate Planning & Probate
* Colette A. Dafoe — Real Estate
* Jeffrey B. Gilbreth — Employment & Labor
* Melanie L. Glickson — Employment & Labor
* Andrew J. Hachey — Business Litigation
* Lee Harrington — Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
* Maia H. Harris — Intellectual Property Litigation
* Jaime S. Hertel — Real Estate
* Roger W. Holmes — Tax
* Molly W. Humber — Mergers & Acquisitions
* Vasiliki Kalaitzidis — Business/Corporate
* Eric D. Karlberg — Estate Planning & Probate
* Christopher P. Keefe — Business/Corporate
* Stephen M. LaRose — Business Litigation
* Michelle A. Massicotte — Intellectual Property
* Gina M. McCreadie — Intellectual Property Litigation
* Dennis A. Murphy — Business Litigation
* Gregory M. O’Shaughnessy — Business/Corporate
* Nicholas G. Papastavros — Intellectual Property Litigation
* Danielle D. Pelot — Business Litigation
* Gregg A. Rubenstein — Franchise/Dealership
* David M. Ryan — Criminal Defense: White Collar
* Jonathan Sablone — Business Litigation
* Ruth H. Silman — Environmental
* R. Lindsay Wilson, II — Real Estate
* Jamie Zembruski — Tax

The methodology and selection process of the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” involves attorneys who have been named to the Super Lawyers list. These recognized lawyers are then requested to nominate up-and-coming attorneys whom they have personally observed in the courtroom whether as opposing counsel, co-counsel, or through other courtroom proceedings.

06-20-2007

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Nixon Peabody LLP

Steven B. Feirman, Highly Respected Franchise Lawyer Known Nationally and Internationally, Joins Nixon Peabody Washington, DC, Office as Partner
Mr. Feirman is a highly accomplished franchise lawyer who has handled domestic and international franchise and antitrust matters for nearly twenty years. His practice focuses on counseling franchising companies on the structuring and development of their franchise systems, and he serves as a strategic advisor to many leading franchisors. An accomplished antitrust lawyer, he has helped franchisors in dozens of industries with their pricing policies, supply chain management, and distribution practices.

Andrew Loewinger, partner and co-leader of Nixon Peabody’s franchise and distribution practice, said, “We are delighted to welcome Steve Feirman to Nixon Peabody. He is one of the most experienced franchise antitrust lawyers in the country. His leadership in this area further establishes Nixon Peabody’s capabilities as a leader in franchise law. We look forward to the added value he will bring to our clients.”

Mr. Feirman is a frequent lecturer and contributor to legal publications on antitrust and franchising law topics. He has presented seminars and written articles for the American Bar Association, the International Franchise Association, the French Franchise Exposition, the Israel International Franchise Fair, the Global Competition Review, and many industry groups and state bar associations. Mr. Feirman is currently listed in the “Best Lawyers in America” and is recognized as one of the leading franchise lawyers in North America by Franchise Times. He is a past recipient of the FTC Meritorious Service Award and the Burton Award for Legal Achievement.

Mr. Feirman joins Nixon Peabody from DLA Piper in Washington, DC. He earned his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a senior editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly. He earned his A.B., magna cum laude, from Colgate University. He is a former senior trial attorney with the Federal Trade Commission.
About Nixon Peabody’s Franchise & Distribution Practice

Nixon Peabody’s franchise & distribution attorneys have advised on matters in more than 75 countries and are among the leading lawyers in the field. They achieve success for their clients in high stakes franchise growth, dispute resolution, litigation, and merger and acquisition activities earning the firm a global reputation for excellence. They also bring the same skills to domestic and international registration and disclosure counseling, and extend a helping hand to clients with start-up concepts as well.

Nixon Peabody lawyers are leaders in the International Franchise Association, the American Bar Association Forum Committee on Franchising, and many state committees. They appear as expert witnesses in franchise matters and provide advice to lawmakers on future franchise law initiatives. Three of the firm’s partners are profiled in International Who’s Who in Business Law and are named among the top franchise lawyers by Franchise Times. All of Nixon Peabody’s partners are frequent writers and speakers on franchise topics. Clients include manufacturers, entrepreneurs, distributors, joint ventures, area developers, and multi-unit operators.

06-20-2007

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