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Holland & Knight, L.L.P.

Holland & Knight Advises Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America on $97 Million Sale of Three Office Buildings in Atlanta's Royal Center
Holland & Knight LLP provided legal counsel to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America in the $97 million sale of three office buildings located in Royal Center in Atlanta. The sale of the three buildings at Great Oaks Way, which contain a total of 620,000 square feet of office space, closed on May 16.

Holland & Knight's team included special counsel Jim Haft and paralegal Debbie Woodrum in Chicago, Atlanta partner Ned Kuntz, and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. associate Jordan Alaimo.

05-31-2007

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Adams & Reese LLP

Michele McCain Joins Adams and Reese LLP
Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that Michele McCain has joined the firm’s Jackson office as an associate with the Energy and Environmental Practice Team in the Special Business Services Practice Group.

Ms. McCain’s practice concentrates in the areas of oil and gas litigation, preliminary title opinions and division order title opinions. She also works extensively in the areas of property law and commercial litigation with experience in real estate closings and zoning matters. She is admitted to practice before all Mississippi state and federal district courts, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In 2005, Ms. McCain served as President of the Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association, and that same year, served as co-chair of the 12th Triennial Mississippi Oil and Gas Law Seminar in Jackson. She is a member of the Mississippi Association of Petroleum Landmen, as well as the Hinds County and Madison County Bar Associations, the Jackson Young Lawyers Association, the Mississippi Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Ms. McCain earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Delta State University in 1997. At Delta State, she was a President’s Scholar and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa honor and leadership society. She also served as Chief Justice of the Student Government Association. In 2000, Ms. McCain earned her Juris Doctorate from Mississippi College School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and was selected for two National Moot Court Board Competition Teams. She won the Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush Appellate Advocacy Competition and was chosen Best Oral Advocate. In April 2000, she was the recipient of the August A. Rendigs National Products Liability Competition and was honored with the Judge Robert G. Gillespie Award for Oral Advocacy. Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Mc Cain served as law clerk to Chief Justice James W. Smith of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

05-31-2007

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Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Wyatt Has More Kentucky "Super Lawyers" Than Any Other Firm
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs is pleased to announce that 41 of its lawyers were voted Super Lawyers in a recent poll, more than any other firm in the state. The poll was conducted by Global Strategy Group, "one of the nation's leading market research and consulting firms," according to the group that commissioned the poll, Key Professional Media, Inc.

An additional honor was bestowed on K. Gregory Haynes who was voted one of the top ten lawyers in the state, and to Debra H. Dawahare, Cynthia Blevins Doll, Mary L. Fullington and Cynthia S. Young who were voted one of the top 25 female lawyers in the state.

05-31-2007

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Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP

Supreme Court Justice Presides at Morris Tyler Moot Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was one of three judges who presided over the spring 2007 finals of Yale Law School’s Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals on May 7 at the law school. Justice Alito is a 1975 graduate of Yale Law School.

Joining Justice Alito as judges of the competition among Yale law students were U.S. Court of Appeals Judges Rosemary Barkett (11th Circuit) and Rosemary S. Pooler (2nd Circuit). They heard the law students’ mock arguments in Rahmani v. United States, a case that the U.S. Supreme Court had previously declined to hear. The case addresses whether the U.S. government may prosecute an individual for supporting a group the State Department has defined as a “foreign terrorist organization,” while prohibiting the individual from challenging that designation.

Among those who acted as judges in the preliminary rounds for the moot court was Tyler Cooper partner Ben A. Solnit. Ben works in the firm’s New Haven office and is Co-Chair of the Litigation Practice Group. He is a 1984 graduate of Yale Law School.

The competition was named after the late Morris Tyler, one of the founding partners of Tyler Cooper. Morris Tyler graduated from Yale Law School in 1929. He became a leading lawyer in New Haven and maintained an active role in the city’s business and civic life. In 1994, the Morris Tyler Moot Court Fund was established as an endowment by members of the Morris Tyler family to fund the Yale Law School Moot Court program in perpetuity.

05-31-2007

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Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP

Tyler Cooper Welcomes Two New Attorneys
Two attorneys have joined Tyler Cooper as Counsel. Kathryn J. Coassin is a member of the Litigation Practice Group and works in the firm’s New Haven office. Craig W. Smith is a member of the Financial Services Practice Group and works in the firm’s Hartford office.

Kathryn focuses on litigation in the areas of insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, labor and employment, and personal injury. She has worked as in-house counsel for major insurers, including Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co., in both personal and commercial markets. She has dealt with complex claims involving premises liability, product liability and medical issues.

Kathryn is a graduate of Quinnipiac University School of Law and Sacred Heart University.

Craig’s main areas of focus include application and interpretation of laws and regulations pertaining to banks and other financial institutions. Prior to joining Tyler Cooper, he was managing director of a publishing company that produces newsletters that provide financial institutions and law firms with the latest information on court rulings, new laws and regulations affecting bank operations. He also served as general counsel to Northeast Savings, F.A. in Hartford and as counsel to a number of other financial institutions.

Craig is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Hobart College.

05-31-2007

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Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP

Partner Joshua W. Martin III Selected to Monitor Progress of Initiative to Improve Inmate Health Care in Delaware
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is pleased to announce that partner Joshua W. Martin III has been jointly selected by the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to serve as the Independent Monitor in overseeing the progress of DOC in satisfying the requirements of a 2006 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOC and DOJ relating to prison medical and mental health care in four DOC institutions. Mr. Martin, a former Delaware Superior Court Judge, agreed to serve in this role to monitor the DOC’s compliance with the comprehensive Memorandum of Agreement.

As Independent Monitor, Mr. Martin will lead a team of medical and mental health professionals in providing technical assistance to the DOC. The team will also evaluate the DOC’s compliance with the Agreement’s requirements relating to DOC policies and procedures, recordkeeping, medication and laboratory orders, staffing and training, screening and treatment, access to care, chronic disease care, medication management, emergency care, mental health care, suicide prevention, and quality assurance. The Independent Monitor is required to issue bi-annual reports on the DOC’s progress.

“I am honored to be selected by the Department of Correction and the Department of Justice to serve in this very important position and I look forward to helping improve the inmate medical system in the State of Delaware,” Mr. Martin said.

On December 29, 2006, the DOJ and the State entered into the Memorandum of Agreement, which requires the State to take measures to ensure that adequate medical and mental health care is provided to its inmates. Within the past few weeks, the DOC issued a comprehensive Action Plan that identifies the specific measures that the Department intends to take in order to bring the four facilities covered by the Agreement into compliance. The facilities are the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institute, the Delaware Correctional Center, and the Sussex Correctional Institution. The Action Plan was submitted to and accepted by the DOJ.

At Potter Anderson, Mr. Martin concentrates his law practice on mediation and arbitration, as well as on business counseling, particularly in the areas of telecommunications, public utilities and governmental relations. He also serves as Chair of Potter Anderson’s Diversity Committee, where he is responsible for enhancing the firm's ongoing diversity efforts.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Martin was president and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Delaware from 1996 until 2005, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s telecommunications business within the State, including regulatory, financial and operational matters. He also spent eight years as a Delaware Superior Court Judge and served on the Delaware Public Service Commission from 1978 until 1982, including three years as chairman.

05-31-2007

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Phelps Dunbar Expands Regional Employment Practice in Texas
Phelps Dunbar LLP is pleased to announce that the Houston office has recently hired a new attorney. Sandra B. Jacobson has joined the firm's regional labor and employment practice group as counsel. Although attorneys throughout the firm's other regional offices practice employment law in Texas, Ms. Jacobson is the first employment attorney to be resident in the Houston office. Ms. Jacobson's practice will enhance the firm's employment law capabilities in Texas.

"We are excited about Sandy joining the firm and developing a full-time employment practice here in our Houston office," said Patricia Hair, managing partner of the firm's Houston office. "Our clients throughout the region will benefit from her depth of knowledge and experience. In addition, this announcement demonstrates Phelps Dunbar's commitment to the Houston market and our overall goal to provide a full spectrum of legal services in each of our regional locations."

Ms. Jacobson is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice includes representing employers in a wide range of employment matters including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, management labor relations, non-competition agreements, trade secrets and employment torts. Ms. Jacobson assists employers in the preparation and review of employment contracts and agreements as well as personnel policies and procedures. She regularly counsels employers regarding compliance with various applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. In addition, Ms. Jacobson makes speeches and presentations at seminars and employer associations regarding a variety of employment law topics. Her experience also includes transactional work, business law, commercial litigation, government contracts, torts, real estate and construction law. She has received both Texas and Florida State Board of Education Certification (1979-2007).

Ms. Jacobson received her J.D., cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Houston Law Center. She received her M.Ed., summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. She received her B.S., magna cum laude, from the Florida State University in 1978.

Ms. Jacobson is a member of the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section, Litigation Section) and the State Bar of Texas (Labor and Employment Law Section). She is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and U.S. District Court in the Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas.

05-31-2007

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