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Connell Foley, LLP

Law Firm Volunteers to Benefit Summer Program
Last month, members of the Connell Foley law firm descended on Jersey City’s Liberty State Park – armed with hammers, nails and saws -- to participate in Rebuilding Together/Christmas in April. The target of their rehab efforts was Camp Liberty, a summertime haven for local children.

Since 1974, Camp Liberty has provided area children with cross-cultural arts and education programs. A hallmark of the camp is the clean, litter-free and open air environment in which the children can play and learn.

Christmas in April is an annual effort by one of the nation’s largest volunteer programs, Rebuilding Together. The program’s goals are to preserve and revitalize housing and communities. The Camp Liberty project was spearheaded by the Jersey City chapter, which has made similar efforts since its founding in 1991.

The Connell Foley/Camp Liberty team installed over 20 new fluorescent lights, 2 toilets, 3 sinks, 5 windows, and 2 doors. They assembled and painted 16 picnic tables, painted over 60 benches, spackled, sanded and painted 6 rooms, assembled and installed 10 sets of shelving and cleaned the grounds of the entire camp area.

Connell Foley had numerous attorneys and staff participate in this event -- from seasoned handymen to enthusiastic rookies. At the end of the day, the staff at Camp Liberty described the camp as “truly transformed” and the effort of the volunteers as nothing short of “a miracle.

05-07-2007

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Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C.

Frilot Partridge Dedicates Charter School Library
Today at 10:30 a.m., more than 3,000 donated books will fill the newly-painted library shelves at New Orleans Free Academy, located at 3601 Camp Street. The books were collected through possible by Frilot Partridge, L.C.

Lieutenant Governor Mitchell J. Landrieu will help dedicate the new library on May 7, and Marjorie Bissinger, a local storyteller for more than 50 years, will read a donated book to the charter school students. “If we introduce children to the joy and wonder of reading early in life, studies show children will nurture that love for generosity of New Orleans Free Academy supporters, these books provide an exceptional start for a school library.” “Our friends at Frilot Partridge, L.C. took the initiative to bring exploration, imagination and reading into the lives of our students,” says Easter James, head of school at New Orleans Free Academy and regional vice president at The Leona Group L.L.C, which manages the school’s day-to-day operations. “Thanks to the attorneys’ diligence and determination, our children will have a newly-refurbished library overflowing with books.”

Through a primarily web-based and viral e-mail campaign, Book By Book collected donations from across the United States, including those by school children in California, sorority members in Florida and a Girl Scout troop in Virginia Each donor inserted a bookplate with their name on the inside cover of the book.

The New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation, the nonprofit that sponsors the charter for the New Orleans Free Academy, needed our support, and we stood ready for the challenge,” says Leslie Ehret, partner at Frilot Partridge, L.C. “We are so proud to be dedicating the library as the new home for all of these wonderful, fun books.”

Frilot Partridge, L.C. would like to give special thanks to Octavia Books and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art for their partnership with the collection of the new and used books for the New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation.

05-07-2007

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Fox Rothschild LLP

Fox Rothschild Elects Commercial Litigator Marinstein As New Office Managing Partner in Pittsburgh
Jay D. Marinstein, Esq., has been elected as the new managing partner of the Pittsburgh office of Fox Rothschild LLP, a Pittsburgh “Top 20” law firm and one of the fastest growing large law firms in the nation. He succeeds Edward J. Kabala, Esq., who served as Pittsburgh office managing partner since 2002, when Fox Rothschild merged with the Kabala & Geeseman firm, and who will continue to serve as a partner with Fox Rothschild and to practice law full-time.

Marinstein, a partner and commercial litigator, represents midsize to large companies in complex, high-stakes, and high-profile commercial litigation in state and federal courts. Among his landmark cases was representing clients employed by a Fortune 100 company accused of breaching non-compete agreements and misappropriating trade secrets, in one of the first cases litigated under the Pennsylvania UniformTrade Secret Act, where the injunction was denied and his clients were awarded their attorney's fees.

He also has obtained a defense verdict by discrediting an executive plaintiff and establishing that the executive was fired for cause and obtained a defense verdict in a multi-million-dollar contract dispute by establishing the unenforceability of a liquidated damages provision. His practice areas include trade secrets, restrictive covenants, breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duties, securities, partnership and shareholder actions, and employment.

About Fox Rothschild’s National Expansion Story - The National Law Journal recently named Fox Rothschild among a handful of growth leaders as it surged on the latest rankings of the nation’s 250 largest law firms and fastest-growing firms. Fox Rothschild increased by 24 places, from
#136 to #112, and had the fourth largest percentage of growth in the nation, up 25%.These figures boutique which added 53 lawyers and offices in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, plus a dramatic increase in the patent and intellectual property group of the firm.

About Fox Rothschild’s Growth in Pittsburgh - The firm recently recruited partners Dennis M. Carleton (intellectual property) and Pamela J. Mills (international franchising) in Pittsburgh to build these new practices as part of its locally based service mix. The firm also has steadily expanded its Pittsburgh immigration and employee benefits practices, both of which are chaired firm wide by Pittsburgh partners, to meet growing demand by clients in these niche specialties.

05-07-2007

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Davis & Gilbert, LLP

MANHATTAN LEGAL SERVICES NAMES DAVIS & GILBERT PARTNER MAUREEN MCLOUGHLIN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Davis & Gilbert LLP partner Maureen McLoughlin has been elected to the Board of Directors of Manhattan Legal Services, a non-profit entity of Legal Services in New York (LSNY) that provides free legal help in civil matters to low-income people throughout Manhattan.

“This is an exciting and challenging time for Manhattan Legal Services,” said McLoughlin. “I’m honored the Board provided me with the opportunity to assist in LSNY’s efforts on behalf of low-income people in Manhattan.”

McLoughlin, a partner in Davis & Gilbert’s Litigation Department and Employment Practices Group, is one of several new members elected to the Board.

“Davis & Gilbert is certainly proud of Maureen’s desire to contribute to the advancement of legal services to the underrepresented in Manhattan,” said Davis & Gilbert’s Managing Partner, Michael Ditzian. “Davis & Gilbert is committed to supporting the pro-bono work of its lawyers.”

Harlem Legal Services and LSNY-Manhattan were recently combined to form Manhattan Legal Services, although the organization will keep both its Harlem and Lower Manhattan offices.

About LSNY

For over 30 years, LSNY has made access to the legal system a reality for people who have no where else to turn. LSNY is a network of non-profit legal services programs that provides free legal help in civil matters to low-income people throughout New York City. Today, with multiple offices and outreach centers located in transportation hubs throughout New York City, LSNY is the largest provider of civil legal services to low-income persons in the United States.

05-07-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

CRAVATH REPRESENTS BAE SYSTEMS IN ITS ACQUISITION OF ARMOR HOLDINGS
Cravath represented BAE Systems in its acquisition of Armor Holdings Inc. for $4.1 billion. The lawyers involved in this matter are partners Sarkis Jebejian and Philip A. Gelston and associates Robert A. W. Pleasant, Joel Unruch and Richard C. Lin on corporate matters; partner Stephen L. Gordon and associate Rebecca M. Kysar on tax matters; partner Eric W. Hilfers and associate Rolf Zaiss on executive compensation and benefits matters; senior attorney Gregory J. Battista on environmental matters; and partners Gregory M. Shaw and Timothy G. Massad and associates Sandra C. Wittmann and Leopoldo A. Aguilar on financing matters.

05-07-2007

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Brown & Brown

Brown Rudnick Attorneys Appointed to Leadership Positions by the International Council Of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
James Wakim will serve as Connecticut State Director; Thomas J. Phillips will serve as Eastern Division Next Generation Chair Boston, MA, May 7, 2007 – Brown Rudnick, a premier international law firm, today Boston, MA, May 7, 2007 – Brown Rudnick, a premier international law firm, today announced that two partners in the firm’s Retail & Shopping Centers Practice Group -- Thomas J. Phillips and James Wakim -- were selected for leadership positions by the Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). announced that two partners in the firm’s Retail & Shopping Centers Practice Group -- Thomas J. Phillips and James Wakim -- were selected for leadership positions by the Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Mr. Wakim was appointed Connecticut State Director, where he will be responsible for directing ICSC State Officers to help advance the mission of ICSC in Connecticut. Mr. Wakim will also serve a key role on the New England Idea Exchange Program Planning Committee and the planning of associated conferences in the region. For the past three years, Mr. Wakim has served on the Connecticut Planning Committee and as the Connecticut State Government Relations Committee Co-Chair for ICSC.

Mr. Phillips will serve as Eastern Division Next Generation Chair. In this role, he will oversee the Next Generation program for all six New England states as well as for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Next Generation is ICSC's educational, networking and mentoring program for retail real estate professionals seeking to develop their careers and build relationships within the shopping center industry. Mr. Phillips has also served on ICSC’s New England Idea Exchange Program Planning Committee for the past three years
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Both attorneys will serve one-year terms beginning on May 20, 2007.Later this month, over 300 leaders in the retail and shopping center industry will gather at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas for Brown Rudnick’s fifth annual cocktail reception during the 2007 ICSC Spring Convention. At this event, Brown Rudnick’s delegation will host The Honorable Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of the City of Boston, creating a forum for both retailers and developers to discuss development opportunities in Boston and across the Northeast.

Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its 70,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 80 other countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and other professionals as well as academics and public officials. As the global industry trade association, ICSC links with more than 25 national and regional shopping center councils throughout the world.

05-07-2007

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Brown & Brown

BROWN RUDNICK ATTORNEY NAMED TO THE 2007 GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S LEADING STRUCTURED FINANCE AND
Brown Rudnick, a premier international law firm, today announced that Ronald S. Borod, Chair of the firm’s Structured Finance Group and a member of the Climate and Energy Group, has been selected for inclusion in the 2007 Guide to the World’s Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers. Published in association with International Financial Law Review, this guide lists pre-eminent international legal practitioners based on nominations from senior in-house counsel, partners at top law firms, and industry peers.

Expert Guides are published by Legal Media Group, the legal publishing arm of Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of the world's leading financial publishers. Each practice area guide benefits from a new edition every two years to ensure up-to-date information that will help in-house counsel find the best lawyers across a range of jurisdictions and assist private practitioners to make referral decisions

05-07-2007

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