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Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Shipman & Goodwin Ranked in Chambers USA
For the fifth consecutive year, Shipman & Goodwin was acknowledged by Chambers USA for its work in Litigation: General Commercial, Corporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions, Labor & Employment and Real Estate. This year, Chambers USA also named Shipman & Goodwin as a leading law firm in Environmental law. In addition, nine of the firm’s attorneys were recognized for their knowledge and experience in their respective areas of law.

Shipman & Goodwin ranked among the top five law firms in the state for its work in Labor & Employment while the firm ranked among the top six law firms in the state for its work in Corporate/M&A, Litigation and Real Estate. For the first time, Chambers USA recognized Shipman & Goodwin as a leading law firm in Environmental law, a new category for 2007. The firm was one of seven law firms in the state recognized in this category.

Chambers USA also identified nine of the firm’s attorneys – five of which were previously ranked by the client guide – for their outstanding work in their respective area of law including: Brian Clemow, Labor & Employment; Barry Hawkins, Real Estate; Timothy Hollister, Real Estate; Paul Sanson, Litigation: General Commercial; and Robert Wyld, Litigation: General Commercial. This year, Chambers USA also acknowledged John Kreitler for his work in Corporate/M&A, as well as Christopher Smith, John Wertam and Joseph Williams for their work in Environmental law.

Published by London-based Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA is the nation’s preeminent guide to law firms and individual attorneys. The selection process is based on interviews with in-house counsel and other attorneys around the country. The rankings are based on qualities including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other categories most valued by the client.

06-15-2007

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Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Named Chairman of the Connecticut Opera Association
Shipman & Goodwin attorney John E. Kreitler has been named Chairman of the Board for the Connecticut Opera Association. During his term as Chairman, Mr. Kreitler hopes to promote the expansion and diversity of the company’s audiences through high quality, imaginative productions and outreach programs.

“The 2006-2007 season shift of two of our three productions to the intimate setting of the Belding Theater was both an artistic and financial success, which yielded sold-out performances and enthusiastic audiences,” said Mr. Kreitler. “Looking forward, we are excited about our first collaboration with the Palace Theater of Waterbury to open Tosca there next fall, and to produce a concert of world famous opera arias for staging there in January 2008.”

Prior to his election as Chairman of the Board, Attorney Kreitler served the last three years as President of the Connecticut Opera.

Founded in 1942, the Connecticut Opera just celebrated its 65th season and is the sixth oldest professional opera company in the United States. Its mission is to produce quality opera featuring well-known and emerging artists, stage directors and conductors, offer opera education and outreach programs that engage diverse communities, and introduce and encourage further appreciation of opera.

06-15-2007

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Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti, P.C

OTTEN JOHNSON AGAIN RANKED #1 IN REAL ESTATE IN COLORADO
Chambers USA has again ranked Otten Johnson as number 1 in the practice of real estate in Colorado.

Also ranked number 1 are the following individual attorneys:
Tom Macdonald in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tom Ragonetti in Real Estate and in Zoning/Land Use
Frank Robinson in Real Estate
John Sternberg in Real Estate

Mike Westover was ranked number 3 in real estate

Congratulations to all!

06-15-2007

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Murtha Cullina LLP

Teresa A. Fontaine Joins Murtha Cullina
Attorney Teresa A. Fontaine has joined Murtha Cullina as Counsel in the Litigation Department. She is resident in the Hartford office

. Ms. Fontaine focuses her practice in the area of bankruptcy and creditor’s rights matters. In addition, she has extensive experience in commercial litigation. Prior to joining Murtha Cullina, Ms. Fontaine served as in-house counsel at Cigna HealthCare in Bloomfield where she advised clients on bankruptcy matters and managed litigation on a nationwide basis.

s. Fontaine received her J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law and her B.S. Mfrom University of Connecticut.

With 130 attorneys in five offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Murtha Cullina offers a full range of legal services. From our base in New England, we are able to serve the local, regional, national and international needs of our clients. Our practice encompasses litigation and transactional representation of businesses, governmental units, non-profit organizations and individuals. Core practice areas include bankruptcy and creditors rights, business immigration, commercial finance and lending, construction, corporate, environmental and land use, insurance coverage for policyholders, international business, labor and employment, litigation, municipal law, public finance, real estate and trusts and estates. The firm represents clients across a broad spectrum of industry groups and provides specialty legal services to the agricultural, cable television, energy, telecommunications, health care, long term care, motor vehicle, real estate and housing, and retail and hospitality industries.

Murtha Cullina is the exclusive member firm for Connecticut of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Murtha Cullina is also a member of World Services Group and State Law Resources.

06-15-2007

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Holme, Roberts & Owen, L.L.P.

HRO Ranked Colorado's Best Corporate Law Firm
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO) is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has ranked HRO’s Corporate/M&A and Environmental law practices number one in Colorado. HRO’s Denver office ranked number two in Labor & Employment and Real Estate and number three in Litigation: General Commercial. HRO’s Utah office was ranked number one in the category of Litigation: General Commercial.

Twenty-four HRO attorneys have been included in the recently released list of the best lawyers in Colorado, Utah, and California prepared by Chambers USA. Chambers USA is a London-based research organization that produces highly regarded research and reports on the legal profession, individual lawyers, and law firms. The 2007 Chambers USA directory is a prestigious compilation of the best attorneys and law firms in the United States. Individual attorneys and the leading law firms are selected based upon extensive interviews of other lawyers and clients in Colorado and throughout the nation.

HRO's Dean Salter, Garth Jensen, and Charles Maguire, were recognized as being among Colorado’s best attorneys in the Corporate/M&A category, with Hendrik Jordaan ranked “Up and Coming;” Daniel Dunn, Henry Ipsen, and Alan Gilbert were recognized in the Environment category; Preston Oade was recognized for Labor & Employment; Lawrence Theis, Nancy Gegenheimer, and John McDermott were recognized for Litigation; Robert Bach and Robert Holmes were recognized for Real Estate; and Richard Gabriel was recognized in the Intellectual Property category.

HRO’s Utah office also received Chambers’ top rating in the Litigation: General Commercial category. It was ranked number three in the categories of Corporate/M&A and Labor & Employment. Partners Blaine Benard, Carolyn Cox, Elizabeth Dunning, Stuart Fredman, George Haley, Brad Jacobsen, Greggory Savage, and Tom Taylor were ranked among the best attorneys in Utah. Roger Myers and Edwin Schuck were ranked among California’s best in Media & Entertainment: Litigation and Tax, respectively.

06-15-2007

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Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.

Thirty Percent of Shareholders Named "Super Lawyers"
Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., a full service business law firm, today announced that 19 of its attorneys are named in the June 2007 issue of Southwest Super Lawyers. The annual publication features the top five percent of attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico.

Based on peer nominations from more than 18,000 attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, a blue ribbon panel review and independent research, 30 percent of Gallagher & Kennedy's shareholders have been recognized as some of the best attorneys in the Southwest. Founders Michael L. Gallagher and Michael K. Kennedy are included in Southwest Super Lawyers 2007.

The following G&K attorneys have been named in Southwest Super Lawyers 2007:

* Robert W. Boatman - Personal Injury Litigation
* Paul E. Burns - Intellectual Property
* J. Stanton Curry - Environmental Law
* David A. Durfee - Real Estate Law
* Michael L. Gallagher - Entertainment & Sports Law
* David L. Haga, Jr. - Tax Law
* James Hamula - Environmental Law
* Tom Henze - Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense
* Michael K. Kennedy -Personal Injury Defense
* David P. Kimball III - Environmental Law
* Brian W. LaCorte - Intellectual Property Law
* Gregory L. Mast - Real Estate Law
* Patrick J. McGroder III - Personal Injury Trial Litigation
* Robert J. Milligan - Heath Care Law
* Barry D. Mitchell - White-Collar Criminal Defense
* Dalva L. Moellenberg - Environmental Law
* Kevin E. O'Malley - Business Litigation
* Dean C. Short II - Entertainment & Sports Law
* Jay A. Zweig - Employment & Labor Law

06-15-2007

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Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.

Chambers USA Ranks G&K Among Top Arizona Firms
Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., a full service business law firm, is proud to announce that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked the firm and several of its lawyers among the top in Arizona.

Chambers USA ranked Gallagher & Kennedy as a “Leading Arizona Firm” in five practice categories and ranked 10 of the firm’s attorneys as “Leading Individuals.” The firm received the following “Leading Arizona Firm” rankings:

Number 1 – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Number 2 – Environment (including water rights)
Number 2 – Real Estate
Number 2 – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Number 3 – Litigation: General Commercial

Four of the firm’s attorneys were ranked as Arizona’s “Leading Individuals” in the Environment (including water rights) category:

Number 1 – David P. Kimball III, Environment (including water rights)
Number 2 – J. Stanton Curry, Environment (including water rights)
Number 3 – James J. Hamula, Environment (including water rights)
Number 3 – Dalva L. Moellenberg, Environment (including water rights)

Attorneys were also ranked as Arizona’s “Leading Individuals” in the following:

Number 1 – Tom Henze, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Number 1 – Gregory L. Mast, Real Estate
Number 2 – Robert V. Kerrick, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Number 3 – Michael K. Kennedy, Litigation: General Commercial
Number 3 – Barry D. Mitchell, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Number 3 – Kevin E. O’Malley, Litigation: General Commercial

Chambers USA produces world-famous directories to the legal profession. The law firms and attorneys featured by Chambers USA are ranked on a scale of 1-6 based on in-depth phone interviews with clients and attorneys. Each firm and attorney is assessed on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by the client. More than 7,000 individuals were interviewed.

06-15-2007

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