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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Recruits Three Leading Special Counsels
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, announced the recent hiring of Special Counsels Michael Anglin, Christopher Mirick, and Gary Ticoll, all resident in the New York office

“These three seasoned attorneys will be valuable additions to our Global Finance and Financial Restructuring Departments ,” stated Robert O. Link, Chairman of the firm. “We are delighted to welcome.

Michael, Christopher and Gary to the firm.” Michael Anglin, who joined the Global Finance Department, concentrates his practice in real estate finance, acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing. He represents investment and commercial banks, developers and other owners, investors, government agencies, corporate tenants, and others in connection with mezzanine and mortgage financing, ground leasing, space leasing, financing and structuring of limited liability companies and partnerships, buying and selling real estate, and the restructuring of debt facilities. He received his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. at Berkeley, in 1985 where he was named to the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1981, receiving a citation for outstanding academic performance. Mr. Anglin was previously a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP and counsel with Alter Mantel, LLP.

Christopher Mirick, who joined the Financial Restructuring Department, practices in the areas of business reorganizations and debtors’ and creditors’ rights. He represents debtors, creditors, acquirers, landlords and equity holders across a wide array of industries. In 2005 and 2006, he was named one of the “Massachusetts Rising Stars” by Law & Politics and Boston Magazine. He served as the co-chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Boston Bar Association from 2004-2006, and in 2003, he received a special achievement award from the Bankruptcy Law Section in recognition of his pro bono efforts.

Mr. Mirick is the co-author with Professor Lynn M. LoPucki of UCLA Law School of Strategies For Creditors In Bankruptcy Proceedings (Aspen Publishers, 5th Ed., 2006). He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Amherst College and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He previously practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Gary Ticoll, also a new addition to the Financial Restructuring Department, represents debtors, individual creditors, and other parties in all aspects of chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court financial restructurings. His representations include clients in a wide variety of industries and in multijurisdictional and cross-border matters. He received his B.S., M.S., LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University, ranking first in his class in the LL.B. and B.C.L. programs. He previously practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

04-12-2007

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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Former Iowa Governor Thomas J. Vilsack Joins Dorsey & Whitney
The international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP today announced that Thomas J. Vilsack will join its Des Moines office on May 1, 2007. Vilsack served as Iowa governor from 1998 through 2006. In addition to a distinguished public service career as governor, Iowa state senator and the mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Vilsack is a highly regarded litigator with more than 25 years of trial experience handling complex litigation and class actions with state-wide and national implications.

Vilsack is a past president of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, and is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Drake University Law School. Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1975, he received his law degree from Albany Law School.

At Dorsey, Vilsack will specialize in litigation, and provide advice to clients in the fields of energy conservation, renewable energy and agribusiness development. ”We are delighted that Tom is joining our firm. His dedication to public service and the legal profession is commendable. We expect him to be a colleague to all, a trusted advisor to our clients, and a mentor to our junior attorneys,” said Dorsey Managing Partner Marianne Short.

Dorsey & Whitney has a rich tradition of attracting excellent attorneys with an interest in community service, including former United States Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, former United States Vice President Walter Mondale, former Minnesota Attorney General Warren Spannaus, and former United States Attorneys Bob Bundy (AK) and Zach Carter (NY). Dorsey partner Mondale observed: “Governor Vilsack was one of the most respected governors in America and he earned a very strong reputation in the private practice of law. On top of that, he is a genuine human being. We are proud to have him associated with our firm.”

Specialties in the Dorsey Des Moines office include trial, public finance, intellectual property and health law. The office includes 16 lawyers counseling Iowa-based companies, national and international companies doing business in Iowa, hospitals and other health care providers. The Des Moines office also counsels issuers and underwriters in all types of securities offerings, financial institutions, and state/local governments and agencies.

04-12-2007

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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Dewey Ballantine Wins “Diversity Fellowship Program” Award
Dewey Ballantine LLP will be the recipient of the Diversity Fellowship Program Award presented by the New York City Bar Association Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers at its Annual Spring Event on May 1, 2007 to be held at the United Nations.

Other honorees at the event include Prudential Financial. The award is given annually to a law firm and a corporate legal department in recognition of their support of the Fellowship Program.

The Fellowship Program enables diverse first year law students from New York area law schools to obtain summer associate positions at law firms and corporate legal departments. Dewey Ballantine has participated in the program for many years and has provided support in other ways, most recently by hosting the orientation program for this year's fellows.

Litigation partner Janis Meyer, who has been a member of the Committee for many years, said that Dewey Ballantine was honored and delighted to receive the award.

“More importantly, it has been our privilege and honor to participate in and support the Fellowship Program, which gives young law students the opportunity to work in Apr-07 corporate legal environment,” she said.

04-12-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Member Richard J. Bortnick Honored for Pro Bono Representation of Chinese Community Member
Cozen O’Connor member Richard J. Bortnick was recently honored by The Philadelphia Hoyu Chinese American Association for his work representing members of Philadelphia’s Chinese community, including with respect to immigration cases. The Hoyu Association, a Chinatown community organization, presented Bortnick with a plaque during its Chinese New Year Celebration to honor his work on behalf of Zhen Xing Jiang in her highly publicized deportation case.

In February 2006, immigration officials told Jiang that she had exhausted her asylum appeals. She was immediately taken into custody and transported to J.F.K. Airport in New York for deportation. After learning that Jiang had suffered a miscarriage of twin babies, Bortnick accepted her representation on a pro bono basis before the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers. After a lengthy proceeding, Bortnick earned Jiang the right to stay in the U.S. while she and her husband further pursued asylum. Jiang’s asylum petition remains pending before an ICE/administrative law judge.

Resident in the firm’s West Conshohocken, Pa., office, Bortnick practices with the insurance department, concentrating his practice in directors' and officers' liability, securities fraud, insurance coverage, products liability, employment practices and commercial litigation. He lectures frequently at seminars around the world and has published and been quoted in numerous articles on D&O and insurance-related issues. He also has authored a chapter on D&O which was published in the professional liability treatise “Inside the Minds: Professional Liability Law: Leading Lawyers on Strategies for Minimizing Risk and Increasing Success in Professional Liability Suits.”

Bortnick is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey and the Western District of Michigan.

A resident of Gladwyne, Pa., Bortnick earned his undergraduate degree from Boston University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1981) and his law degree from the Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985).

04-12-2007

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Covington & Burling, P.C.

Covington Advises Management of Boart Longyear on A$2.75 Billion Australian IPO
Boart Longyear Group announced that it has completed its Australian initial public offering for A$2.75 billion, which was Australia’s largest IPO in nine years. The final price of shares was A$1.85. Boart Longyear expects normal trading of its shares to commence on April 16, 2007. Covington & Burling LLP advised the management team of Boart Longyear on employment and equity arrangements in connection with the IPO.

Boart Longyear is the world’s leading integrated drilling services provider and products manufacturer for the global mining industry.

The Covington corporate team was led by partner Carolyn Taylor. The New York and Washington based team also included partner Scott Smith and associates Maja Baumann, Sean McAuliffe, and Noa Rosenberg (corporate), partner Robert Newman and associate Kendra Roberson (benefits), and associate Robert Heller (tax).

04-12-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & Mckenzie No. 1 in PLC Which lawyer? Top 20 Firms, Fourth Consecutive Year
Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that it ranked no. 1 in PLC Which lawyer? Top 20 Firms for the fourth consecutive year. The Firm also received a regional award in the PLC Which lawyer? Awards 2007: Best Firm in Asia Pacific for the third consecutive year. The Firm was runner-up for Best Firm in Latin America.

PLC Which lawyer? attributed Baker & McKenzie’s overall success to its “sheer number of recommended offices and practices around the world.” In Asia Pacific, Baker & McKenzie was characterized as a “reputable firm with various legal scope of expertise” and having “good knowledge of local culture, good perception of non-local requirements.”

The PLC Which lawyer? Top 20 Firms rankings are based on research compiled for the twelfth edition of the PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook. Firms are ranked in the core corporate and commercial practice areas across more than 90 jurisdictions based on surveys of general counsel and clients, and interviews with private practitioners.

The PLC Which lawyer? Awards recipients were determined by in-house counsel from around the world, who voted for their favorite legal advisors in six regional categories (North America, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Asia Pacific) in addition to International Law Firm of the Year. The 2007 award winners and Top 20 firms of 2007 are featured in the April – June issue of PLC Cross-border Quarterly.

04-12-2007

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Ulmer & Berne LLP

Seth A. Voit Joins Ulmer & Berne LLP’s Cincinnati Office
Ulmer & Berne LLP, one of Ohio’s largest law firms with four offices across the Midwest, announced today the addition of Seth A. Voit to its Cincinnati office’s Intellectual Property & Technology Group.

Prior to joining Ulmer & Berne, Mr. Voit was an attorney in the Intellectual Property Group at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. His experience includes prosecuting and drafting patent applications, performing patentability studies related to various technologies, and participating in infringement litigation. Mr. Voit received his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of law (cum laude) and his B.S. from Ohio Northern University.

04-12-2007

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