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DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C. Law Firm

29 Lawyers from Top Wisconsin Law Firm Are ‘Best Lawyers in America’
The prestigious national publication The Best Lawyers in America® has named almost one-third of the lawyers at DeWitt Ross & Stevens—29—to its Best Lawyers list for 2007. DeWitt Ross & Stevens is Madison’s largest full-service law firm with offices in Madison and Metro Milwaukee.

Selected by peers, the 29 Best Lawyers at DeWitt Ross & Stevens represent 22 areas of law. Six attorneys are named Best Lawyers in environmental law, and five attorneys each are listed in real estate law; and trusts and estates.

Three attorneys have been listed for 20 years or more as Best Lawyers. DeWitt Ross & Stevens attorneys from the Metro Milwaukee office who have been selected as Best Lawyers, and their categories, are:
• Douglas H. Frazer, tax law
• David V. Meany, commercial litigation, information technology law; and international trade and finance law
• Karen M. Schapiro, environmental law DeWitt Ross & Stevens attorneys from two Madison offices who have been selected as Best Lawyers, and their categories, are:
• Thomas D. Zilavy, banking law; corporate law; real estate law; and trusts and estates, listed for more than 10 years as Apr-07 Best Lawyer
• Michael W. Wilcox, trusts and estates, listed for more than 20 years as a Best Lawyer
• Anne T. Wadsack, family law
• Timm P. Speerschneider, environmental law; and land use and zoning law
• Wrede H. “Bud� Smith, corporate law; real estate law; and trusts and estates
• Duane P. “Dewey� Schumacher, trusts and estates
• John Rashke, employee benefits, listed for 20 years as Apr-07 Best Lawyer
• Ronald R. Ragatz, environmental law 29 Lawyers from Top Wisconsin Law Firm Are ‘Best Lawyers in America’
• Peter A. Peshek, environmental law, listed for more than 10 years as a Best Lawyer
• Todd E. Palmer, environmental law
• William E. McCardell, construction law; labor and employment law
• Joseph T. Leone, intellectual property law
• Jayne K. Kuehn, education law
• Daniel W. Hildebrand, appellate law; and commercial litigation, listed for 20 years as a Best Lawyer
• Henry J. “Hank� Handzel, environmental law, listed for more than 10 years as a Best Lawyer
• Eric A. Farnsworth, medical malpractice law; and personal injury litigation
• Peter R. Dohr, corporate law
• Stephen A. DiTullio, labor and employment law
• Michael R. Davis, personal injury litigation
• Paul A. Croake, corporate law
• Frederic J. Brouner, real estate law
• Dennis P. Birke, communications law
• Denis P. Bartell, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law; and real estate law, listed for more than 10 years as a Best Lawyer
• Donald Leo Bach, water law
• Jon P. Axelrod, commercial litigation, listed for more than 10 years as a Best Lawyer
• Brian L. Anderson, employee benefits law; tax law; and trusts and estates.

The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The new edition lists 29,771 attorneys, equivalent to 2.6 percent of the nation’s practicing lawyers. In Wisconsin, 653 out of 15,214 in-state lawyers have been awarded the Best Lawyer accolade.

The 2007 edition is the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because attorneys vote on the legal abilities of other attorneys, and because attorneys do not pay to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor.

Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.� DeWitt Ross & Stevens is Madison’s largest law firm with another office in Metro Milwaukee. Voted a top law firm by readers of a statewide magazine, DeWitt Ross & Stevens has 85 attorneys who prevent problems and find solutions to business, individual and family needs.

06-04-2007

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Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C.

Davis Brown Law Firm Voted One of Des Moines' Best Place to Work
Although Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts is one of Iowa’s largest law firms, its attorneys and staff can always count on celebrating their colleagues’ birthdays and other special occasions with a cake and other goodies. And the firm’s annual potluck-style Thanksgiving dinner is simply huge, say employees.

The feeling that they’re appreciated is a theme that came through repeatedly in a recent workplace survey of its associates, whose ratings of their firm made it one of this year’s Best Places to Work winners.

“I’ve always felt from the time I very first came here that it’s a very friendly environment and people care about one another,� said Ann Herteen, the firm’s human resources director, who is approaching her 38th year with the practice. “It can be a very stressful environment because we’re working under hard-and-fast deadlines that are often court mandated. But we also take time to celebrate.�

Founded more than 75 years ago, the Davis Brown firm employs 68 attorneys and a support staff of 125, with offices located on the top floor of the Financial Center in downtown Des Moines. Early next year, the firm will move to the new 13-story Davis Brown Tower now under construction east of the Hotel Fort Des Moines.

Former District Judge George Brammer and his friend Joseph Brody founded the firm in 1929. Upon Brammer’s death 20 years later, the practice became known as the Brody firm. In 1965, the firm changed its name to Thoma, Schoenthal, Davis, Hockenberg & Wine. By 1974, the firm had grown to 40 attorneys and moved into the Financial Center. In the 1990s the firm's partners renamed the practice Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts P.C.

Davis Brown’s long history in Des Moines is a reflection of its culture, said Scott Brennan, one of its attorneys. He also attributes the firm’s success to its loyal and diverse client base, including individuals, private and public businesses, multinational corporations, nonprofit groups and the state.

“We’ve got a very loyal, hard-working and outstanding staff and outstanding attorneys that are recognized in their area of expertise,� he said.

Many of Davis Brown’s attorneys have spent their entire legal careers there, and a few have been with the firm more than 40 years.

From a human resources standpoint, “the firm was very good about realizing early on what people appreciate,� Herteen said, “and one of those things is flexibility. That seems to be a common thread of the comments that people made [in the survey], that they appreciate the firm valuing their personal lives, too, and allowing them time off to attend children’s programs and attend to personal business.�

The employees also use that flexibility to serve the community. Each year, the firm sends teams of volunteers to work during the United Way of Central Iowa’s annual day of caring to perform yard work, cleaning and other chores at Hospice of Central Iowa’s two Kavanagh House facilities. The attorneys are also involved individually on numerous charitable organizations’ boards and on a volunteer level throughout the community.

The law firm was probably among the first in Des Moines to hire part-time employees, Herteen said. Davis Brown employs people on a part-time basis at all levels, from high school and college students working for class credit to some of its best attorneys.

One attorney, for instance, went to a part-time status a few years ago to spend more time with her children. With her last child nearing college age, “I think there will be a line of people at the firm wanting her to come back full time,� Herteen said.

Scott Mikkelsen, a University of Northern Iowa graduate, began working at Davis Brown in August 2006. He received his law degree from the Duke University School of Law.

“You’re given a lot of responsibility, but you’re not micromanaged,� said Mikkelsen, who first became familiar with the firm as a summer intern three years ago. “They’re going to let you do it; they trust you. But you also have levels of support you can get throughout the organization.�

The firm’s open-door policy encourages mentoring with more experienced attorneys, he said. “You could be working primarily in one area and have a question in another area entirely, and you can knock on their door and they’ll say, ‘Sure, I have five or 10 minutes, come on in.’ I think there’s no question that flexibility is evident here.

06-04-2007

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Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP

David P. Morrison Recognized by Litigation Counsel of America
David P. Morrison has been elected to the limited membership of the national trial lawyer honorary society, The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). Membership represents less then one-half of one percent of American lawyers and is by invitation only. The purpose of the LCA is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers, to provide an additional outlet for scholarly authorship of legal articles on trial and litigation practice, to provide additional sources for professional development, to promote superior advocacy and ethical standards in practice of law, and to assist in community involvement by its membership.

06-04-2007

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Chester Wilcox & Saxbe, LLP

CWS GETS INVOLVED WITH PRO BONO CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER PROJECT
The law firm of Chester Willcox & Saxbe has teamed up with lawyers from the Columbus Legal Aid office to assist in the representation of needy clients related to civil protection orders within the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations. CWS lawyers will be volunteering on the project to assist the Domestic Relations Court as well as Legal Aid in managing pro se litigants for the month of June.

06-04-2007

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Chester Wilcox & Saxbe, LLP

CHARNES JOINS CHESTER WILLCOX & SAXBE, LLP
The law firm of Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP today announced that Clint B. Charnes has joined the firm’s construction law practice. Upon his admission to the Ohio Bar, Charnes will focus on representing owners, contractors and design professionals in negotiation of construction-related contracts and the resolution of construction-related disputes. Based upon his experience as a senior associate at a Chicago-based national law firm, he also will engage in commercial litigation, including resolution of insurance claims and coverage issues.

Charnes graduated from Valparaiso University School of Law and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from Indiana University.

06-04-2007

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Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

MISSISSIPPI LAW FIRM NAMED “GO-TO LAW FIRM�
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis has been recognized by American Lawyer Media (ALM) as a “Go-To Law Firm� in the area of Litigation. The firm will be recognized as a Go-To Law Firm in a national reference guide which is being released at the end of June 2007.

Nominees are chosen from an ALM national survey of General Counsel from the Leading Financial Services Companies coupled with in-depth research & analysis of various public filings and resources. After a lengthy & rigorous process only the strongest firms made it to the top of the list, hence being named a Go-To Law Firm.

06-04-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields advises on Europe's largest real estate equity capital markets transaction
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Deutsche Bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Morgan Stanley and one other bank, acting as joint global coordinators and bookrunners, in connection with European real estate company IMMOEAST AG's capital increase worth €2.835bn. This marks the largest equity capital markets transaction carried out by a European real estate company as well as the largest equity capital markets transaction by an Austrian issuer to date.

Based in Austria, IMMOEAST has a market capitalisation of €8.6bn and is the third largest real estate company in Europe. Freshfields previously advised the joint global coordinators and bookrunners in connection with IMMOEAST's capital increase worth €2.75bn in June 2006.

06-04-2007

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