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Van Ness Feldman

Nine Van Ness Feldman Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA 2007
The well-respected Chambers USA Guide to the Legal Profession highlighted nine Van Ness Feldman lawyers as leading practitioners in its 2007 rankings.

In addition, the firm ranked in the Energy: Electricity, Energy: Oil & Gas and Environmental (Washington and Washington, D.C.) categories.

06-19-2007

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Ulmer & Berne LLP

Ulmer & Berne LLP Partner, James N. Kline, Selected as President of the Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys and as a Trustee for the Cuyahoga County Bar Association
Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today that one of its partners, James N. Kline, has been selected as President of the Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (CACTA) for the term beginning September 2007. He also was elected to serve on the Cuyahoga County Bar Association’s Board of Trustees for a three-year term.

With more than 20 years of experience in liability defense and first-party insurance defense litigation, Mr. Kline litigates insurance, negligence, product liability, toxic tort, employer intentional tort, commercial and construction-related claims in federal and state trial courts, as well as state appellate courts. In addition to CACTA and the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, he is a member of the Cleveland Bar Association, the Lake County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Kline also is a mentor for the Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program. He received his J.D., with honors, from The Ohio State University in 1984.

06-19-2007

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Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. Attorney Appointed Chair of the PA Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee to Research Kilbuck Township Landslide
The law firm of Tucker Arensberg, P.C. announced that William Campbell Ries was appointed Chair of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee to advise on the Kilbuck Township Landslide.

The Advisory Committee was authorized by House Resolution 897 of 2006 to conduct an in-depth investigation into the landslide in Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, including a thorough review of the applicable State and local permit and approval processes. The Committee will then compile a report on the findings and recommendations, and submit the report to the House of Representatives.

A Shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Mr. Ries serves as Co-Chair of the Firm's Financial Institutions Law Group and Chairs the Firm's Investment Management and Fiduciary Services Practice Group. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Mr. Ries serves as an adjunct professor of law at Duquesne University School of Law. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Decedent's Estates and Trust Law which recommends legislation to the Pennsylvania Legislature.

Active in local government, Mr. Ries was recently nominated for a fourth term as a Councilman for the Town of McCandless, where he serves as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Ries serves on the Circles Board of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and as a member of the McCandless Industrial Development Authority and Three Rivers One Future Regional Association. The Ries family is the proud owner of a greyhound named Minnie and are very active in the Going Home Greyhound civic organization.

06-19-2007

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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Assistant U.S. Attorney and Former Education Department Deputy General Counsel Joins Sonnenschein's Litigation Practice Group
National law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan A. Vogel has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group. Vogel, who prosecuted white-collar and financial crime cases for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Western District of North Carolina, previously served as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Education for issues affecting the student loan industry. He will practice in Sonnenschein’s new Charlotte, N.C., office, which opened in April, as well as in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

“Jonathan’s criminal fraud and education law background adds a new and exciting dimension to Sonnenschein’s already strong government litigation and investigations practice,” said Michael H. Barr, national chair of Sonnenschein’s Litigation Practice Group. “Our clients will be well served by his diverse experience, spanning two branches of federal government and two different departments within the executive branch.”

As an assistant U.S. attorney, Vogel prosecuted cases involving bank fraud, identity theft, health care fraud, obstruction of justice, environmental crime, wire fraud, and mail fraud. While he served as the identity theft coordinator for Charlotte, which is commonly regarded as the nation’s largest banking city after New York, Vogel trained law enforcement officers and prosecuted many identity theft and document fraud cases. In February 2007, he won a trial involving 18 fraud and identity theft charges, including eight charges of aggravated identity theft, against a bank employee accused of defrauding the bank and unlawfully using the identity of a customer whom he was entrusted to help. Vogel also served as the district’s environmental crime coordinator.

As deputy general counsel at the Education Department, Vogel oversaw about two dozen attorneys and support staff in the areas of higher education and regulatory law. In that position, he provided legal counsel to the department’s senior policy makers on the student loan programs. Vogel also made recommendations to the Justice Department regarding the Education Department’s position on higher education cases pending in federal court, including the growing number of False Claims Act qui tam actions being filed against institutions of higher education, particularly career colleges.

Vogel’s earlier government work included serving as counsel to the assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, providing advice on civil rights litigation and policy, and serving as the Justice Department’s representative to a White House working group on Arab-American public policy concerns in the wake of Sept. 11. Vogel also served as counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives where he assisted the committee with its investigations and oversight activities.

“With its commitment to expand its government litigation and investigations practice, Sonnenschein recognizes that more and more companies need assistance in responding to an increasing number of government investigations and legal counsel to help them get in, and remain in, compliance with new and complex statutes and regulations,” noted Vogel. “Today, the student loan industry, in particular, is under close scrutiny. As the former top attorney for higher education at the Education Department, I bring to the table substantive knowledge of, and high-level agency experience with, the student loan programs.”

Vogel received a J.D. degree from the Emory University School of Law and, after taking courses in law and government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Vermont. He began his legal career as a litigation associate at King & Spalding LLP in Atlanta.

06-19-2007

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Shefsky & Froelich

Shefsky & Froelich Listed Among Top Midwest Real Estate Firms
Shefsky & Froelich was ranked among the Top Real Estate Law Firms in the Midwest for 2007 by Midwest Real Estate News in their annual "Best of the Best" issue. Rankings are based on the number of real estate transactions completed in the previous year.

Shefsky & Froelich real estate lawyers have broad experience in all areas of real estate practice, including acquiring, selling, leasing, financing, and tax-deferred exchanges of apartment complexes, hotels, land, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial sites, and nursing homes and other health-care properties.

S&F lawyers represent clients in the development aspects of commercial and residential projects, office buildings, retirement villages, congregate care facilities, shopping centers, resort destination facilities, and industrial sites. Our lawyers also represent numerous financial institutions, private investors, and commercial real estate brokerage firms in commercial real estate lending and brokerage transactions, and act as lead or exclusive lender's counsel for several large mortgage lenders.

Our real estate lawyers regularly represent landlords and tenants in lease negotiations pertaining to major downtown office buildings, industrial properties, warehouses, shopping malls, single-use franchise sites, and residential buildings.

06-19-2007

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Shefsky & Froelich

Sean Etheridge Named to Kohl Children's Museum Board of Governors
Shefsky & Froelich attorney Sean C. Etheridge was recently appointed to the Board of Governors of Kohl Children's Museum.

Kohl Children's Museum provides a hands-on learning environment for children from birth to 8 years old. As a leader in demonstrating the role of interactive play in learning, Kohl Children’s Museum creates exemplary, developmentally appropriate educational experiences for young children in a fun and welcoming setting. The Museum is a community-based organization that provides opportunities for all children.

Sean Etheridge is an associate in the Corporate and Securities Department. He represents clients in general corporate, transactional, and securities matters, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, equity financings, licensing agreements, and nonprofit corporations.

06-19-2007

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Shefsky & Froelich

Kathryn Kovitz Arnold and Sue Ann Fishbein in Women in Real Estate
Shefsky & Froelich attorneys Kathryn Kovitz Arnold and Sue Ann Fishbein are featured in Women in Real Estate 2007, an annual supplement to the Illinois Real Estate Journal sponsored by CREW Chicago, the preeminent organization for senior-level executive women in the Chicago real estate field. This publication highlights "experienced, high-achieving professionals across all disciplines of the real estate industry."

Shareholder Kathryn Kovitz Arnold has a wide-ranging real estate practice, focusing in the areas of real estate development, condominium development and conversion, mixed-use high-rise development, and commercial financing. She is Chair of the firm’s Condominium Practice Group.

Sue Ann Fishbein has extensive experience in negotiation and documenting acquisition and dispositions, leases, condominium development, vertical subdivisions and conveyancing, multi-use/multi-ownership easement agreements and declarations, construction projects, base closure, and governmental real estate

06-19-2007

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