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Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

CLL is named as a top national copyright litigation firm
CLL is named as a top national copyright litigation firm. The Legal 500 US Volume III (Legalease 2007) says that CLL "is widely regarded as 'one of the leading copyright practices in the market'" with a "pre-eminent reputation in the publishing industry." Particularly noted were Richard Dannay, Chris Jensen, Robert Clarida and Mort Goldberg.

06-14-2007

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Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association

Briggs' Trudy Halla Receives MWL Myra Bradwell Award A member of Minnesota Women Lawyers
Shareholder Trudy J. Halla of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, accepted Minnesota Women Lawyers’ (MWL) Myra Bradwell Award at the organization’s 35th annual meeting June 13.

The Myra Bradwell Award is presented to a MWL member who expresses the highest ideals of the legal profession and possesses the qualities such as courage, perseverance and leadership on issues of concern to women. In addition, the award selection committee reviews leadership in the field and outreach activities involving other women (ie. mentoring, being a role model).

Trudy Halla has been a member of MWL for nearly 20 years. She is largely responsible for Briggs and Morgan’s continuing support and involvement of the organization, where Briggs is considered part of the “MWL 100% Club” with full female attorney participation and an anchor of its “I am MWL” campaign. She has long been a persuasive force in encouraging the firm to be proactive on issues of diversity and gender equity.

In her efforts to impact the hiring and retention of women and minorities at the firm, as chair of Briggs’ recruiting committee, Halla implemented the recommendations of the Supreme Court Racial Bias Task Force and the HCBA Glass Ceiling Task Force, as well as coordinated the firm’s response to the Self- Audit for Gender and Minority Equity (SAGE).

Halla has served on or led no fewer than 31 committees, councils, task forces or delegations within and outside the legal profession, a fact that makes her an excellent mentor and role model to other women Many of these relate directly to women, including her current role as chair-elect of Lex Mundi’s Women and the Law Practice Group and previous service as president of MWL. She also advocated with unwavering persistence for the firm’s decade-long corporate sponsorship of “The St. Catherine Forum on Women in Leadership,” a highly respected speaker’s forum for women led by the country’s largest women-only Catholic college.

In her personal life and professional development, Halla has exemplified courage and perseverance in many ways: learning an area of law that was then unfamiliar to her, public finance, in a mostly male profession during the mid-1970s; facing her husband’s death in 2000 and carrying on his legacy in leadership of the Western Golf Association and support of the nation’s largest privately funded college scholarship program through which he once benefited; and dealing with her daughter’s life-threatening illness, Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes, among others.

In her practice, Halla is a member and former head of the firm’s public finance section. She has practiced law for more than 30 years, providing legal services to all sides of a tax-exempt bond transaction as bond counsel and as counsel to issuers, underwriters, credit enhancers and borrowers.

She was elected a fellow of the American College of Bond Lawyers. She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including recognition as the “Exemplary Woman of the Community” by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, a top 100 female “Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law & Politics, “Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer, and receipt of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Professionalism Award.

Halla received her B.A. from St. Olaf College and her law degree from Columbia University School of Law. She joined Briggs in 1978, after practicing with a New York City law firm, becoming part of firm management as a section head, member of Brigg’s executive committee, director and officer.

Celebrating 125 years, Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, is a trusted name in business law and litigation services. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with an office in St. Paul, the firm has more than 170 attorneys committed to providing superior client service and sound legal counsel to clients nationwide. Briggs is a founding member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms, and serves as its exclusive member firm for Minnesota. The firm has received numerous accolades, including recognition by Corporate Counsel and clients of the firm as a “Go-To Law Firm®,” since 2005, in the areas of litigation, corporate governance, and labor and employment.

06-14-2007

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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

Reizen Joins Jones Walker's Miami Office
The law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Myla Reizen has joined the Firm as special counsel in the Health Care Industry Group. Jones Walker’s multi-disciplinary Health Care Industry Group is composed of 15 attorneys and is headed by Yvonne Grassie. The Firm represents a wide variety of health care providers including hospitals, physician groups, ancillary care service providers, and managed care entities on regulatory and transactional matters. Ms. Reizen will practice from the Firm’s Miami office and will focus on corporate compliance, health care regulatory matters, including Stark and Anti- Kickback issues, and government investigations and litigation involving health care issues. Ms. Reizen served as Assistant General Counsel to Tenet Healthcare Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, where she worked for over seven years and managed a wide range of government investigations and litigation and worked on physician arrangements, quality of care, and coding and billing issues. Immediately prior to joining Jones Walker, Ms. Reizen also worked as in-house counsel for a large health care provider.
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Prior to working as in-house counsel at Tenet, Ms. Reizen worked for the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery in Miami. She provided regulatory and fraud and abuse advice, designed audit tools, and conducted legal audits and internal investigations for a variety of health care providers, including home health agencies, acute care facilities, and durable medical equipment companies.
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Prior to working as in-house counsel at Tenet, Ms. Reizen worked for the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery in Miami. She provided regulatory and fraud and abuse advice, designed audit tools, and conducted legal audits and internal investigations for a variety of health care providers, including home health agencies, acute care facilities, and durable medical equipment companies.

06-14-2007

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Jenner & Block LLP

Masters Sworn In as President of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Lorelie S. Masters, a partner in Jenner & Block's D.C. office, took the oath of office on May 16, 2007, as the new President of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

Ms. Masters accepted the position at the WBADC's annual gala Awards Dinner, held at the National Building Museum in downtown Washington. The path-breaking bar group is celebrating its completion of 90 years representing the women lawyers in the Washington, D.C., area. More than 800 people attended the event.

Ms. Masters, whose one-year term began on June 1, 2007, was sworn in by Judge Noel Anketell Kramer of the D.C. Court of Appeals.

"Although 50% of law school graduates are women, only 15% of law firm partners and general counsel are women, percentages that have not changed significantly for more than a decade. Even fewer law partners and general counsel are women of color," Ms. Masters said. She pledged to continue the WBADC's efforts to remove the barriers that women attorneys still face.

Receiving awards at the annual gala were Kim Keenan of Jack Olender and Associates, who was named Woman Lawyer of the Year for 2007, and Judy Areen, the first woman Dean of the Georgetown Law School, who received the Janet Reno Torchbearer Award.

Ms. Masters, a distinguished insurance coverage litigator, is a member of the American Law Institute. She is a past chair of the ABA Litigation Section's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and a member and former co-chair of the steering committee of the D.C. Bar's Litigation Section. She is also co-chair of the Amicus Committee of the National Association of Women Lawyers and a member of the Committee on Admissions of the D.C. Court of Appeals.

06-14-2007

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig Expands Ft. Lauderdale Litigation Practice
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig announced today that litigation attorney Jon Swergold has joined the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office in an of counsel capacity.

Swergold’s practice is focused on commercial, construction and civil litigation, including partnership and shareholder disputes and claims involving fraud, bankruptcy, business torts, debtor-creditor and contract-related issues. He will be a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Greenberg Traurig litigators have been at the center of some of the most pivotal cases of our time, from landmark tobacco and securities class actions to the George W. Bush for President 2000 trial court proceedings and appeal. With more than 500 trial lawyers, members appear regularly in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as in appellate courts and before international arbitration panels.

Immediately prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Swergold was a partner with Ruden McClosky. He also served as Defense Counsel in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. He was awarded a Commendation Medal by the U.S. Navy Marine Corps.

Swergold received his B.A. from Columbia University and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the Notes and Comments Editor for the Brooklyn Law Review. He is a resident of Boynton Beach, Fla.

06-14-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Attorney Recognized as Broadway Honoree
`The international law firm of Thompson & Knight is honored to announce O. Paul Corley, Jr. has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Star of Touring Broadway Award. The award is bestowed by The League of American Theatres and Producers for board members and volunteers who have given support "beyond the call of duty" to promote and enrich the Broadway Series in their hometowns. Corley was recognized at the League Awards in New York on April 16.

"Paul was chosen for his outstanding dedication to Dallas Summer Musicals and his conviction to volunteer. He's always there to lend encouragement to the staff and inspire friends, family, and co-workers to become involved with the organization," indicates Michael Jenkins of Dallas Summer Musicals.

Corley is a Partner in the Finance Practice Group in Thompson & Knight's Dallas office. His practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, and financings involving financial institutions; insurance product structuring and financing; financial institution regulation; business acquisitions and mergers; and venture capital financing. His expertise includes assisting international entities, particularly banking organizations and insurance companies, with their U.S. and Texas operations. In addition to his legal practice, Corley has served on the Board of the Dallas Summer Musicals since 1999 and was Chairman of the Board in 2006.

About The League of American Theatres and Producers

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., founded in 1930 as the League of New York Theatres and operating under the "Live Broadway" trademark, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. The League's 600-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in 240 North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and across the U.S. and Canada

06-14-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Recognized Again by The Legal 500 US
Thompson & Knight LLP is proud to announce the Firm has been ranked in the third volume of The Legal 500 US. This issue is dedicated to ranking litigation attorneys and firms in the United States, and the Firm's Environmental Practice was included in the elite group. Thompson & Knight is listed among 14 other firms in this category.

James C. Morriss III, Scott D. Deatherage, and James B. Harris are featured in the Firm's profile. Morriss is recognized for his "expertise across a diverse mix of environmental counseling and litigation," and they note he is "regularly involved in administrative and judicial litigation before federal agencies as well as state and federal courts." They recommend Deatherage for his "expertise in air emissions, wastewater and hazardous waste litigation," and give mention of his involvement in "the development of significant local environmental legislation, including the Texas Innocent Owner/Operator statute." Harris is credited for his "counseling, regulatory and litigation expertise across an array of environmental issues, including wastewater and chemical waste."

"Thompson & Knight is honored to be recommended in yet another Legal 500 issue, and we are especially proud of our Environmental Practice for its inclusion in the Litigation guide. As a Firm, we strive to put our clients first and positively impact those we serve, and we see this ranking as proof we are reaching our goals," says Pete Riley, the Firm's Managing Partner.

The Legal 500 provides commentaries on law firms in over 90 countries worldwide and considers itself a guide to 'the best of the best' - the pre-eminent firms in the world's strongest and most competitive legal markets. Their team of researchers speaks to thousands of law firm commercial clients every year, and their law firm recommendations are based on what those clients tell them. In addition, they acquire as much information as possible about the client lists of major firms and the transactions/deals they have been involved in to accurately report on each firm. The firms are then ranked on this information by the editorial staff, and the tables of recommendations are divided into groups: firms are listed in groups in order of priority, and alphabetically within the groups. The Legal 500 US has also recommended Thompson & Knight in the areas of Acquisition Finance, Credit and Syndicated Transactions, and Mergers and Acquisitions - Central.

06-14-2007

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