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Shefsky & Froelich

John Sciaccotta Appointed to Board of Directors of Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
Shefsky & Froelich shareholder John Sciaccotta was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation.

The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation was created in 1999 pursuant to the Illinois Equal Justice Act. The Foundation distributes funds to not-for-profit legal aid providers to support their programs. In 2007, the Foundation awarded $3.3 million in grants to 26 not-for-profit organizations around the state.

The Illinois Equal Justice Act recognizes that equal access to our legal system is a basic right for all Illinois residents, regardless of their income. The Act promotes a range of innovative, cost-effective strategies for meeting the civil legal needs of all state residents.

06-19-2007

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Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh, Mirabito & Christensen, P.A.

Eight Shareholders Named 2007 "Florida Super Lawyers"
Law & Politics magazine, a consumer's guide to the best attorneys, has released its annual Florida Super Lawyers' edition recognizing the top five percent of attorneys in Florida. Richman Greer, P.A. West Palm Beach attorneys and shareholders Gary S. Betensky, Gerald F. Richman and John ‘Jay” White III, and Miami attorneys and shareholders John M. Brumbaugh, Bruce A. Christensen, Manuel A. Garcia-Linares, Alan G. Greer and Charles H. Johnson, have been named among the best lawyers in Florida. Super Lawyers recognizes the top attorneys in 47 states.

Gary S. Betensky, a resident of Boca Raton, maintains a civil trial, business litigation and appellate practice concentrating in complex commercial litigation and business disputes. Betensky currently serves on the Professional Ethics Committee of the Florida Bar, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Palm Beach County Chapter of the American Jewish Committee and the Board of Governors of Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center.

Gerald F. Richman, President of the firm and Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Business Litigation, is one of South Florida’s leading complex commercial litigation law practitioners. A resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Richman is a former President of the Florida Bar and currently serves as the President of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), member of the Board of Directors of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County and member of the Criminal Justice Commission of Palm Beach County.

John ‘Jay” White III, a resident of West Palm Beach, practices primarily in the areas of commercial and complex business litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice litigation, class actions, and officer and director representation. White is the President-Elect Designate of the Florida Bar for 2007 and currently serves on the organization’s Board of Governors.

John M. Brumbaugh, who is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. A resident of South Miami, Brumbaugh is currently the President of Two Hundred Club of Greater Miami, where he also serves on the board and executive committee.

Coral Gables resident Bruce A. Christensen concentrates his practice in family law, divorce and domestic relations. A Board Certified attorney in Marital and Family Law, Christensen serves on the Board of Managers of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is a member of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.

Manuel A. Garcia-Linares, Managing Shareholder of the firm and a resident of Coral Gables, practices primarily in the areas of commercial and class action litigation as well as corporate and transactional matters. Garcia-Linares currently serves as a Vice President of the Cuban American Bar Association and is a Trustee of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the City of Coral Gables Retirement Board and the City of Coral Gables Partnership Committee.

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Business Litigation, attorney Alan G. Greer concentrates his practice in the areas of civil commercial litigation. A Coral Gables resident, Greer is the Vice President of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Friends of WLRN Public Radio and Television, Board Member of Probono.net and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers and the American Bar Foundation.

Charles H. Johnson, a Board Certified attorney in the area of Wills, Trusts and Estates, practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate, guardianship and probate/guardianship litigation. A resident of Coral Gables, Johnson currently serves on the Orange Bowl Committee and the Cable Television Board for the City of Coral Gables and is a Trustee Member of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

Associated File: Florida Super Lawyers 2007.pdf

Associated Attorneys
Betensky, Gary S. - Shareholder
Brumbaugh, John M. - Shareholder
Christensen, Bruce A. - Shareholder
Garcia-Linares, Manuel A. - Managing Shareholder
Greer, Alan Graham - Shareholder
Johnson, Charles H. - Shareholder
Richman, Gerald F. - Shareholder
White, III, John “Jay” G. - Shareholder

06-19-2007

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Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP is pleased to welcome Vincent Vigil
Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP is pleased to welcome Vincent Vigil as a Partner in the firm's Litigation Department of our Chicago office.

06-19-2007

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Chambers and Partners Rank Ten Phoenix Greenberg Traurig Shareholders in 2007 USA Guide
Chambers and Partners, publisher of an annual guide listing the leading business lawyers and law firms world-wide, ranked 110 Greenberg Traurig, LLP attorneys in its 2007 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The list includes ten Phoenix-based attorneys who, along with their respective practice areas, are ranked among the best in their field: Robert S. Kant, Brian H. Blaney, Bruce E. Macdonough, Quinn P. Williams and Michael Kaplan in Corporate/M&A; Lawrence J. Rosenfeld, John Alan Doran and Mary E. Bruno in Employment: Mainly Defendant; and Lesa J. Storey and Rebecca Lynne Burnham in Real Estate.

Chambers and Partners selects and ranks attorneys based on the results of over 14,000 interviews with practicing lawyers and clients. In addition to the individual rankings, Chambers and Partners ranks practice areas by geographic region. In Phoenix, Greenberg Traurig received a No. 1 ranking for Corporate/M&A.

"The Chambers and Partners USA Guide is viewed as credible because the rankings are not influenced by advertising commitments or random popularity voting, but instead, based solely on the results of complex peer and client interviews," said Jeffrey H. Verbin, managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Phoenix office. "We are pleased that our Corporate/M&A group ranked No. 1 and that many of our attorneys moved up in the rankings."

Nationally, the firm received No. 1 rankings for Retail and Wealth Management.

06-19-2007

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Eighteen Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Named Southwest Super Lawyers
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce that 18 attorneys from the Phoenix office have been named Southwest Super Lawyers.

Researched and compiled by Law & Politics, attorneys included on the inaugural Southwest Super Lawyers list were selected by surveying 18,000 active attorneys across Arizona and New Mexico, a “blue-ribbon panel” review, and independent research. Only five percent of the total attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico were recognized.

Greenberg Traurig’s Arizona Super Lawyers include:

* Brian H. Blaney, Securities & Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions
* Rebecca Lynne Burnham, Real Estate and Land Use/Zoning
* John R. Clemency, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
* John E. Cummerford, Intellectual Property
* John Alan Doran, Employment & Labor and Appellate
* Gerald L. Jacobs, Real Estate, Business/Corporate and International
* Robert S. Kant, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, and Business/Corporate
* Bruce E. Macdonough, Securities & Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions
* Pamela M. Overton, Civil Litigation Defense
* Lawrence J. Rosenfeld, Employment & Labor and Health Care
* Gil Rudolph, Banking
* Charles R. Sterbach, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Tax
* Lesa J. Storey, Real Estate
* James A. Ullman, Franchise/Dealership
* Jeffrey H. Verbin, Banking, Real Estate, and Entertainment & Sports
* E. Jeffrey Walsh, Construction Litigation and Business Litigation
* Quinn P. Williams, Securities & Corporate Finance
* Jeffrey H. Wolf, Franchise/Dealership, Business Litigation, and Employment & Labor

In addition, Brian Blaney, Rebecca Burnham, Lawrence Rosenfeld, Lesa Storey and Quinn Williams were recognized among the Top 50 for Arizona.

06-19-2007

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Shearman & Sterling LLP

Trophy Win for Shearman & Sterling’s London Graduate Recruitment Team
Shearman & Sterling’s London Graduate Recruitment team was recently honoured at the LawCareers.Net training and recruitment awards.

The team beat stiff competition from other city giants including Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Debevoise & Plimpton and Weil Gotshal & Manges to bring home the ‘Best Recruiter – US Firm in the City’ accolade.

This award follows research involving nearly 3000 trainees and NQs, which is the biggest analysis of its kind in the legal sector. Both successful and unsuccessful applicants to the firm rated it on its graduate recruitment process from pre-interview through to qualification.

Commenting on the award, Kirsten Davies, the firm’s London Graduate Recruitment officer, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to win this award. To be nominated on the basis of trainee and NQ research really means a lot as these are the people that we have worked with and targeted over the years and whose opinions and feedback are vital to the team’s ongoing success."

06-19-2007

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Proskauer & Rose, LLP

Proskauer Rose Represents India Hospitality in Agreement to Acquire Mars Restaurants and Skygourmet Catering
Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide, has represented India Hospitality Corp. in its agreement to acquire Mars Restaurants Private Limited, an India-based emerging hotel and restaurant company, and SkyGourmet Catering Private Limited, an Indian airline catering company, from affiliates of private equity firm Navis Capital Partners and certain private shareholders for approximately $110 million.

The deal will create a diversified hospitality company servicing the rapidly-growing Indian travel and leisure marketplace. Mars Restaurants operates two Gordon House Hotels, a modern four-star hotel chain catering to both the Indian business and high-end leisure travel markets, in addition to a diversified portfolio of restaurants with eight primary brands. SkyGourmet currently operates from four locations in India and plans to expand to up to 12 by 2009.

Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, the sellers of Mars Restaurants and SkyGourmet will receive approximately $110 million, of which approximately $91.6 million will be payable in cash with the remainder in India Hospitality ordinary shares on completion of the transaction. Additional consideration may become payable in cash if the businesses achieve certain performance targets.

The acquisition agreement is the latest deal Proskauer has been involved with in the lodging and gaming sector. Other recent transactions include the firm's representation of The Lightstone Group in its $8 billion acquisition of Extended Stay Hotels, and representing Accor in its agreement to sell Red Roof Inns to Citi Global Special Situations Group and Westbridge Hospitality Fund for $1.32 billion.

The Proskauer team representing India Hospitality was led by Jeffrey Horwitz, co-chair of the firm's Lodging and Gaming Group, and included Rima Moawad, Solomon Warhaftig, Frank Lopez, Ronald Palmese, Jr., Nishant Singh, Sharon Haberman, Stephen Devaney, Ben Von Klemperer, and Orrin Levine.

Proskauer's Lodging and Gaming Group takes a multidisciplinary approach to the lodging and gaming business. The firm draws on experience across all key areas involved in evaluating, negotiating and structuring deals including corporate, real estate, labor, litigation and dispute resolution, environmental, benefits, tax, bankruptcy, and intellectual property. Proskauer's commitment to the hospitality industry is unparalleled among major national firms. The group regularly represents clients around the world including in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe.

06-19-2007

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