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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Sutherland Pro Bono Client People of Hope Prepares for Historic Groundbreaking
After six years of preparation, the People of Hope, Inc., a Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP pro bono client, announces plans to break ground on its project site. As the effort finally comes to fruition, a ceremony to celebrate Phase I groundbreaking will be held Thursday, May 24 at 5:30 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the new home site, located close to downtown Athens, Ga. at 255 Freeman Drive.

People of Hope is a nonprofit organization founded by low-income, multicultural families who were displaced when a mobile home park was shut down to build a luxury apartment complex. Forty-three families created People of Hope with the mission to build Georgia’s first permanently affordable, resident-controlled manufactured housing community. The model was based on more than 80 successful parks in New Hampshire and Vermont. The 17.2-acre site has 26 single and 14 multi-section home lots and is equipped with a community center building, playground, picnic area and walking trails.

Over the past six years, Litigation Partner Charles T. Lester, Jr. led the Sutherland team of more than 20 lawyers on the pro bono People of Hope project, including Partner Eric L. Sidman, Counsel Charles Flickinger and Associates David W. Adams, Enrique R. Anderson, Churchill H. D. Hooff and Benjamin H. Sawyer. “It has been a privilege to work towards this historic goal with People of Hope. After losing their homes, these families will now be able to own their own land. My colleagues and I are honored that our work has contributed to the American dream of these deserving families,” Lester said.

Skipper G. StipeMaas, a Community Economic Development attorney with Georgia Legal Services, Inc., serves as co-counsel of People of Hope. “We are thrilled to break ground on the People of Hope site. The dedicated hard work of volunteers such as those from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has brought the People of Hope residents a newfound sense of ownership and responsibility,” StipeMaas said.

05-22-2007

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Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP

Smith Anderson Partner Gerald F. Roach Elected to the North Carolina Biotechnology Center's Board of Directors
Smith Anderson is pleased to announce that Gerald F. Roach has been elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

Established in 1984 by the State of North Carolina, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center became the world's first government-sponsored organization dedicated to developing the biotechnology industry. The organization seeks to facilitate long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business and education statewide. The Board of Directors includes a cross-section of executives and leaders from North Carolina's for-profit, non-profit, higher education and governmental sectors, united by a desire to develop a strong biotechnology presence in the state.

Mr. Roach heads Smith Anderson's Corporate Practice Group, honored by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as "blessed with having one of the largest and most respected [corporate/mergers & acquisitions] teams in the market." Recognizing the strength of Smith Anderson's Corporate/M&A practice, three of the top seven corporate/mergers & acquisitions partners ranked by Chambers in North Carolina are partners at Smith Anderson, including Mr. Roach. Additionally, Smith Anderson is the only law firm in the state to have four corporate/mergers & acquisitions lawyers ranked.

Mr. Roach regularly represents companies in complex life sciences transactions. His practice involves public offerings, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; general corporate matters; corporate governance, private financings; technology law; and advising boards of directors and special committees. He also regularly represents public and private growth companies and private equity firms with their general corporate needs and domestic and international transactions.

Mr. Roach has been involved in numerous transactions valued at over $10 billion in the past five years. He was lead lawyer on two of the Triangle's largest transactions, representing Quintiles Transnational Corp. in its $1.8 billion merger and Triangle Pharmaceuticals in its $500 million merger. He was lead counsel in the first North Carolina biotechnology company, Embrex, to go public in 1991 and in the sale of Embrex to Pfizer this year.

05-22-2007

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Schnader Attorney At Law

Weintraub Re-appointed Vice Chair of ABA Taxation Committee
Schnader partner Stewart M. Weintraub has been re-appointed to the position of vice chair of the American Bar Association Section on Taxation’s Committee on State and Local Taxes for 2007-2008. He has previously served as the committee’s vice chair of operations, and has been a member of the ABA since 1971.

The mission of the ABA Section of Taxation is to lead and serve its members, the legal profession, and the public to achieve an equitable and efficient tax system. The Committee on State and Local Taxes is responsible for all substantive state and local tax areas, including corporate income and franchise, gross receipts, personal income, sales and use, property, environmental, and excise taxes. The committee maintains liaisons with other state and local tax organizations, develops model acts for use by state and local governments, assists in the development of relevant CLE programs for the ABA’s membership, and prepares the Sales and Use Tax Desk Book and Property Tax Manual published by the ABA Section of Taxation.

Mr. Weintraub’s practice has centered on taxation for more than 30 years. He helps clients plan and structure transactions so that all state and local tax obligations are minimized. He represents clients in all aspects of state and local tax compliance and litigation, from audit through litigation to the appellate courts. Before entering private practice, he was chief of tax litigation for the City of Philadelphia’s Law Department, during which he also served as chief counsel of the mayor’s Tax Reform Commission. In 2003, he was appointed to serve as a member of the new Tax Reform Commission created by the Home Rule Charter.

05-22-2007

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Quarles & Brady

Quarles & Brady Attorney Gregory Everts Elected President Of The Western District Bar Association
Quarles & Brady LLP partner Gregory T. Everts was elected president of the Western District Bar Association. The Association serves as liaison between the U.S. District Court, attorneys, litigants and the public, encourages pro bono representation among its membership, and provides information and continuing legal education to attorneys practicing before the Court.

05-22-2007

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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

K&L Gates Representing Microsoft in Landmark Acquisition
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) is serving as lead counsel to Microsoft Corp. in its recently announced agreement to acquire aQuantive, Inc.—the largest acquisition in Microsoft history. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Microsoft will acquire the company for $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion.

The deal is expected to close in the first half of Microsoft’s fiscal year 2008. Lawyers Robert Jaffe, Eric Simonson, Chris Visser and Mark Wittow are leading the K&L Gates team in the firm’s representation of Microsoft.

aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT) is a global digital marketing company with 2,600 employees. Founded in 1997 to help marketers acquire, retain and grow customers across all digital media, it is the parent company of Avenue A | Razorfish, the largest interactive agency in the United States. The acquisition expands Microsoft’s vision to provide the advertising industry with a world class, Internet-wide advertising platform.

05-22-2007

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Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie Continues Its Growth in California With the Addition of Kirk Dublin
Perkins Coie announced that Kirk Dublin has joined its national Litigation practice as a partner. He will practice in the firm's San Francisco office.

Dublin joins the firm from Jones Day, where he was a partner in the Litigation practice. He brings more than 30 years of experience litigating in state and federal courts around the country. His clients range from individuals and small businesses to FORTUNE 100 companies and major public entities. Prior to joining Jones Day, Dublin had for many years practiced at Preston Gates & Ellis, where he served a term as the firm’s managing partner. He was elected to that position immediately after what was, at the time, believed to be the largest single-city merger of law firms in the country. In his Managing Partner role, Dublin was responsible for integrating lawyers and support personnel and clients, while running a business with multiple offices and hundreds of employees.

"Kirk will be a great asset to our Litigation practice," said Jay Rossiter, San Francisco managing partner. "We are thrilled that he has joined the firm and look forward to capitalizing on his wealth of experience."
He joins a team up of more than 300 litigators who represent plaintiffs and defendants across the spectrum of business and other disputes, from relatively simple contract matters to highly complex cases in such technical areas as class action, product liability, antitrust, intellectual property, securities and employment.

Dublin's experience includes clients from a variety of industries, including computer software, health care, consumer products, agriculture, chemical manufacturing, waste disposal, insurance and reinsurance, precious metal production, sport equipment manufacturing, clothing manufacturing, heavy machinery manufacturing, timber, auto repair, distributorships and franchising.

"Perkins Coie's Litigation practice is well known both to me, personally, and to the legal community at large for the caliber of its lawyers and quality of its client base," said Dublin. "I am delighted to be joining such a highly respected team."

He earned his law degree from The George Washington University, and his undergraduate degree from Oakland University.

05-22-2007

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Motley & Rice, L.L.C.

MARLON KIMPSON APPOINTED TO LABOR FUND ADVISORY BOARD
Attorney Marlon Kimpson of Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' law firms, has been named to the Advisory Board of the Peggy Browning Fund. As a board member, Kimpson will serve the non-profit organization's mission to provide law students with diverse, challenging and educational work experiences within the practice area of workers' rights and labor law.

As an advocate for union workers, Kimpson has been involved with labor organizations in the local community as well as on a national level. He frequently represents Motley Rice at union meetings and conferences, addressing occupational disease issues as well as the increasing problem of securities fraud involving pension funds. "Marlon's commitment to labor unions shows his personal dedication to the current issues affecting these groups," said Motley Rice attorney Ann Ritter. "His involvement with the Peggy Browning Fund is a great example of how young attorneys can continue to serve this public."

The Peggy Browning Fund is celebrating ten years of educating law students about employment law. Established in memory of Margaret A. Browning, a prominent labor attorney and member of the National Labor Relations Board under President Bill Clinton, the fund hosts an annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference. In 2007, the Peggy Browning Fund will support a 39 different fellowships, including employment with international labor unions and community-based groups.

The Peggy Browning Fund Advisory Board consists of General Counsel from several international and national labor unions as well as representatives from private firms. The group meets quarterly at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Kimpson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College and spent five years in commercial banking before receiving a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1999. He began working with Motley Rice attorneys in 2000. A 2004 recipient of Charleston's Forty Under 40 award, Kimpson also serves on the Palmetto Project Board of Directors. He is a Member of the Carolina Youth Development Center Board and was named to the University of South Carolina Board of Visitors as a Presidential Appointee in 2006.

05-22-2007

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