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Adams & Reese LLP

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Honors Pidgirsky with 2007 President's Award
Andrew A. Pidgirsky, a partner in the Houston office of Adams and Reese, was recently honored with the 2007 Association of International Petroleum Engineers (AIPN) President’s Award. The Association, composed of approximately 2,000 members from 75 countries, is an international non-profit association serving the worldwide energy industry. This award is given annually to one member who, through his or her outstanding contributions, has helped the President fulfill the goals and objectives of the Association.

Pidgirsky serves on the Board of Directors. He is also currently serving as Vice President of Communication. In this capacity, he led the effort to develop and implement the Association’s first ever Five Year Communication Plan aimed at improving global activities. He was also responsible for the web site management and the Advisor newsletter. AIPN President Rick Goenmer also lauded Pidgirsky’s energy, good judgment and positive attitude.

Pidgirsky is a member of the Transactions and Corporate Advisory Services Practice Group. He practices primarily in the areas of corporate mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, restructuring, and reincorporations involving oil and gas companies, refineries, shipyards, auto companies, telecommunications providers, steel manufacturers, business forms publishers, health care providers, banks and biotech companies. He also has extensive securities experience in SEC disclosure issues, Sarbanes-Oxley issues, Exchange Act reporting, stock exchange issues, registration statements on Forms S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4, proxy solicitation, PIPES, trust preferred securities offerings, private and public offerings and blue sky matters.

Aside from his service to AIPN, Pidgirsky has served as President of the Ukrainian-American Bar Association, Director of MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas, Director of Italy-America Chamber of Texas, and as a member of the World Trade Supervisory Board of the Greater Houston Partnership, the standing committee of the Mayor's International Affairs and Development Council/Europe, and the executive committee of the International Study Group of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is also a past vice-president of the International Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association.

05-04-2007

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil Gotshal Partner Peter N. Cubita and Associate Michelle Hartmann to Receive 2007 Burton Award for Legal Achievement
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Peter N. Cubita and associate Michelle Hartmann have been selected to receive a 2007 Burton Award for Legal Achievement. Mr. Cubita and Ms. Hartmann are being honored for their article entitled “The ECOA Discrimination Proscription and Disparate Impact -- Interpreting the Meaning of the Words that Actually Are There,” which was published in the February 2006 edition of The Business Lawyer.

The Burton Awards program is a national awards program, run in association with the Library of Congress, that is dedicated principally to recognizing and honoring law firm partners and law school students who exhibit excellence in legal writing. Program organizers note that the competition for these legal writing awards has been extremely competitive given the quality and number of law firm and law student nominations. The 2007 Burton Awards for law firm writing are being given to partners at only 30 law firms who have been selected from all of the entries received from the 1,000 largest law firms in the US.

Mr. Cubita, a member of the Financial Services practice group in Weil Gotshal’s Litigation/Regulatory department, practices in the consumer financial services area. He has extensive experience in financial services litigation, governmental enforcement matters and regulatory compliance. Ms. Hartmann practices in the areas of complex commercial, financial services and employment litigation.

The eighth annual Burton Awards ceremony will be held at the Library of Congress in Washington DC on June 4, 2007. Last year, Weil Gotshal received a 2006 Law Firm Record of Distinction Award, an honor bestowed upon a select group of law firms that have had winners in the Burton Awards program for three or more years.

05-04-2007

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Named Global Management Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year for Second Consecutive Year
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), whose top-ranked global employment law department is best known for successfully defending employers in high-stakes employment cases, is pleased to announce that the firm has been named the Global Management Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2007 edition. This marks the second consecutive year that Paul Hastings has been recognized with the award.

"This award acknowledges the strength of our global employment practice, and underscores its preeminence in providing cutting-edge employment law expertise to our clients in the U.S., Europe and Asia," said Nancy Abell, chair of the firm's Employment Law Department. "It is also a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of an extraordinary team of attorneys and other professionals who have established themselves among the best in handling employment and labor law matters for the world's prominent employers."

Paul Hastings lawyers featured in the Labour & Employment chapter of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007 include partners Nancy L. Abell, Christopher Barreca, Barbara Brown, Paul Cane Jr., Zachary D. Fasman, Paul Grossman, Geoff Weirich, Kirby C. Wilcox and John F. Wymer, III. These attorneys, as well as partners Erika Collins and Christopher Walter, will also be recognized in the forthcoming edition of Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007 - Labour and Employment, set to be published in June 2007.

The awards were based on independent research and peer review, including feedback received in the ongoing research process, past performance in the research and the overall aggregate number of weighted votes cast in their favor. Who's Who Legal examined thousands of nominations it received from clients and private practice professionals to identify the preeminent lawyers and firms in each of the 27 practice areas covered in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007, a compendium edition of all the individual
Who's Who Legal publications.

About Paul Hastings Employment Law Department: Paul Hastings has one of the largest and most accomplished employment practices in the United States and abroad. It was named "Global Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year" in 2006 and 2007 by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. Chambers USA 2006 described the practice as "'the best of the best'" - "'the gold standard.'" In 2006, The American Lawyer noted that "no firm has scored as many class action wins as Paul, Hastings." Many of the Department's partners have been elected to membership in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and/or American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and 31 are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Through its employment law attorneys in key capital markets around the globe, Paul Hastings coordinates global employment and benefits strategies and solutions, as well as inbound and outbound immigration through its globally-acclaimed immigration practice group. The Department is frequently called upon by many of the world's leading law firms to represent them in their employment law litigation and advice matters.

05-04-2007

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

World’s Leading Technology Law Association Names New Officers And Board Members
Larry Robins of Finnegan Henderson’s Cambridge office was elected to the Board of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw). The leadership team will work to expand ITechLaw’s thought leadership and educational programs in emerging and established technology markets around the globe.

05-04-2007

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Sutter, O'Connell, Mannion & Farchione

Adams and Sherwin Pass Ohio Bar Examination
Sutter, O'Connell & Farchione would like to congratulate new Associates Stephanie Adams and Ari Sherwin for passing the February 2007 Ohio Bar Examination.

05-04-2007

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Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P.

Tia Phillips Joins the Raleigh Office of Poyner & Spruill LLP
Poyner & Spruill LLP is pleased to announce Tia S. Phillips has joined the law firm as an Associate in its Raleigh office. She practices in the areas of Financial Services and Real Estate focusing on real estate transactions. She regularly represents national developers in matters related to real estate finance, acquisitions, deal structuring, and commercial leasing. Tia also represents borrowers and lenders in secured lending transactions for all types of commercial and residential projects, and represents landlords and tenants in the leasing of commercial and residential space, and the financing of ground leases.

Tia received her B.A. and J.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and a member of the Holderness Moot Court.

05-04-2007

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Plunkett Cooney, P.C.

Firm adds four new attorneys to its regional offices
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., one of Michigan’s largest full-service law firms, has expanded the depth of its regional offices with the addition of associate attorneys Jeremy S. Pickens, Susan A. Finnegan, Leontyne Partee-Elder and Robert J. Shefferly.

Pickens recently joined the firm’s office in Marquette, Michigan where he will provide litigation defense services in the areas of commercial and general liability. He will focus his practice primarily on claims involving premises and product liability. Prior to joining the firm, Pickens worked for a Mt. Clemens-based law firm.

Pickens is a 2006 graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, where he studied international trade and litigation in Mexico. Prior to attending law school, he worked as a judicial court clerk for the 25th Circuit Court of Michigan in Marquette and interned in the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office.

Susan A. Finnegan recently joined the firm’s Kalamazoo office as an associate attorney in the Title Insurance Practice Group. Finnegan previously worked for a Chicago-based law firm and has extensive commercial litigation experience.

Her legal background includes defense of common law and statutory claims for post-termination commission payments, fraud and conversion, professional malpractice, employment law, mechanics lien and breach of contract. She has represented a professional athlete, the City of Bloomfield Hills • Columbus • Detroit • Flint • Grand Rapids Kalamazoo • E. Lansing • Marquette • Mt. Clemens • Petoskey Chicago, national trucking companies, general contractors and national insurance companies.

Finnegan received her law degree, with honors, from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1999. She earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude and with honors, from Albion College in 1996.

A former member of the City of Detroit Law Department, Leontyne Partee-Elder joins the firm’s Grand Rapids office as an associate attorney in the areas of litigation and criminal defense. She has been in personal private practice since leaving the Detroit Law Department as Chief Assistant Corporate Counsel in 2003. As a member of the firm’s Grand Rapids office, she will draw upon her extensive background to represent clients in such areas as municipal liability, personal injury, family law and employment liability.

Partee-Elder is a certified mediator in Wayne and Kent counties, and she is a member of numerous professional organizations. She is licensed in both state and federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

A 1991 graduate of University of Miami Law School, Partee-Elder has numerous academic awards to her credit. She earned her undergraduate degree in 1988 from the University of Michigan.

Also joining the firm’s Grand Rapids office is Robert J. Shefferly, who will focus his practice primarily in the area of title insurance. He previously worked for a law firm based in Bingham Farms, Michigan where he represented clients in land title disputes and matters arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act.

Shefferly received his law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2004 and his undergraduate degree from Aquinas College in 2000. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Real Estate and Probate and Estate Planning sections, as well as the Michigan Land Title Association.

05-04-2007

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