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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Warren Named Vice-Chair and Chair-Elect of Appellate Courts Committee
Cleveland partner and head of the firm's national Appellate Practice Team Tom Warren was appointed to the position of Vice-Chair and Chair-Elect of the Appellate Courts Committee of the Litigation Section of the Cleveland Bar Association.

Warren was also a speaker at the committee's Appellate Practice 2007 seminar held on May 2, "From En Banc Proceedings to Oral Argument." Warren was part of a panel discussion focusing on oral argument, along with the Honorable Carla Moore, Ohio Court of Appeals, 9th District, and John Martin, Cuyahoga County Public Defender's Office.

05-07-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Bernert Presides at Ohio Tax Update Briefings
Columbus partner Edward Bernert was invited to preside over and deliver the opening remarks at the "Ohio Tax Update Briefings," to be held in Columbus and Cleveland on May 10 and May 22, respectively.

Bernert will also be a presenter at both programs, speaking on "Recurring Sales & Use Tax and CAT Compliance Issues." In addition to his tax practice, he has also been appointed by the Governor to the Ohio Business Gateway Steering Committee to address the continued development of an electronic link for filing taxes and other matters affecting business. Bernert is also an adjunct professor of state and local taxes at Capital University Law and Graduate Center, a member of Ohio Chamber of Commerce Taxation Committee and was chief editor of Ohio Tax Review.

Sponsored by the Ohio Department of Taxation, Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers' Education Council, the programs will provide information on major tax developments impacting Ohio businesses, including: the proper sourcing of various taxes, rules and methods for sourcing of sales, use, commercial activity and corporation income and franchise taxes; taxation of pass-through entities; classification of property; and nexus issues.

05-07-2007

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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Wyrick Robbins ranked in Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP is proud to be ranked 40th nationally in the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst (April issue) published ranking of law firms based on the number of private equity and venture capital deals they negotiated and closed in 2006. The ranking was based on self-reporting by law firms.

05-07-2007

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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Sarah McCarty Joins Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Sarah C. McCarty has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm’s Charleston office as an associate. McCarty will focus her practice in the areas of banking and commercial transactions. She received her juris doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, with a specialization in Alternate Dispute Resolution. McCarty received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in business administration from Ohio University. She is licensed to practice in West Virginia and Ohio.

05-07-2007

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Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel's, P.C.

Senniger Powers Partner Speaks to Financial Week about Effects of KSR v. Teleflex on Acquired Intangible Assets
Mike Godar, partner at Senniger Powers, recently was quoted in the May 7, 2007, issue of Financial Week on the potential implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in KSR v. Teleflex on acquired intangible assets.

In the article by Craig Schneider titled, "Supreme Court ruling prompts patent review," Mike spoke on the vulnerability of patents in certain industries, including Internet companies, banks and accounting firms, as they frequently file business method patents that simply are improvements of prior methods. Other types of patents, however, "might be more resistant to challenges in the wake of this decision if the invention creates an unexpected result than those patents with obvious tweaks to the technology.

05-07-2007

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Rogers Towers

Rogers Towers Opens Office in Nassau County Jacksonville
Rogers Towers, P.A., is pleased to announce the opening of their newest office in Amelia Island, Florida. Due to the continuous growth in Nassau County, Rogers Towers feels that opening the branch is a natural extension of the firm’s offices in Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine and Palm Coast.

“Rogers Towers is very excited to enter the Nassau County community,” said Douglas A. Ward, managing director of Rogers Towers. “The new office will allow us to provide services to our clients who have business interests in the county in a much more efficient way.”

Michael Mullin, who was Nassau county attorney both part and full-time over the past 25 years, and fellow shareholder, Susan McDonald, who has represented clients in Nassau County for many years, will practice in the new office.

The Amelia Island office is the firm’s third branch opened within the past two years. The firm’s new location will offer clients in Nassau County convenient access to a host of legal services, including real estate, land use, environmental, litigation, municipal finance, business transactions, trusts and estates, and family law. The office is located in the Gateway Commons II office building off of Highway AIA (960185 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 203, Amelia Island, Florida 32034).

05-07-2007

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Locke, Liddell & Sapp, L.L.P.

LONG-TIME DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT MARK SIEGEL JOINING LOCKE LIDDELL STRATEGIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
"Locke Liddell Strategies today announced that long-time Democratic adviser and Washington lobbyist Mark Siegel is joining the firm as Partner. Siegel, a former Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Carter White House, will further strengthen the Firm's ability to communicate effectively with Democrats in the Congress, including the many Democratic leaders he has worked with for so long. Locke Liddell Strategies is the Washington, D.C., public affairs arm of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.

Siegel, who holds a Ph.D. in congressional behavior and political parties from Northwestern University, has 25 years of experience on the highest level serving and providing strategic counsel to a broad range of domestic private and public sector clients. He also has served as head of one of the premier international representation practices. He has served as Legislative Assistant to Senator and former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN), and Chief of Staff to Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY).

Siegel will join Locke Liddell Strategies at the end of this month. For the past four years, Locke Liddell & Sapp has been named the No. 1 lobbying law firm in Texas by Capitol Inside and is significantly expanding its presence in Washington, D.C. In January, Democratic Strategist Shane Doucet joined Locke Liddell Strategies. Doucet began his career in Washington with Congressman Chris John, a conservative Democrat from Louisiana who is a former Chairman of the Blue Dog Democrats, and joined Locke Liddell from the Louisiana-based firm of Adams & Reese. They join seasoned lobbyists at Locke Liddell Strategies: Roy Coffee, Dave DiStefano, Jim Moriarty, and Phil Rivers. On May 1st, former Managing Partner Harriet Miers returned to Locke Liddell & Sapp after six years working for President Bush, most recently as White House Counsel.

“Locke Liddell is committed to offering a diverse team of professionals to provide the best resources, knowledge and experiences to our clients facing complex public affairs issues,” said Robert Miller, Managing Partner of Locke Liddell’s D.C. office and Chair of the Firm’s Public Law Section. “This month’s additions of such respected power players as Democrat Mark Siegel and Republican Harriet Miers will ensure we provide the best and most comprehensive expertise for our clients. We plan to continue growing strategically when it makes sense for our Firm and for our clients.”

Siegel has appeared frequently on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX as a Democratic analyst and strategist. During the 2000 presidential recount crisis, he was the on-air consultant to The Today Show on NBC. During three Democratic National Conventions, Siegel served as political consultant to Walter Cronkite, acting as his analyst and spotter.

Siegel was the chief strategist of the Humphrey for President Campaign in 1972, the political director of the Democratic National Convention in 1976 and the Coordinator of the Draft Kennedy movement in 1980. He was an elected at-large member of the Democratic National Committee for more than 10 years and served on three separate Democratic commissions on the presidential nominating process.

For 15 years, Siegel served on the Board of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, chairing the Institute's party building and election monitoring in Asia. Considered one of the Democratic

Party's most prominent speechwriters, he has written for Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senators, Congressmen and Corporate Executives. He has also served as speechwriter to President Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, and Prime Minister Henny Eman of Aruba. Both as an academic and practitioner, he is often cited as the leading expert on delegate selection procedures in the United States. Siegel joins Locke Liddell after serving for the past three years as the Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at New Century Financial Corp.

Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Doucet served as Vice President of a significant Washington, D.C., consulting firm where he represented various homeland security and law enforcement agencies, pharmaceutical and health services companies, as well as clients in the energy, high-tech and financial services industries. Previously, he lobbied on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for more than two years on issues such as health care reform, legal reform, energy, tax and environmental regulations.

05-07-2007

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