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Lewis and Roca LLP

Markert Joins Lewis and Roca
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announce that Diane Markert has joined the firm’s Las Vegas office as an associate in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. She will contribute her experience in both lender and purchaser commercial real property loan financing, opinion letters for commercial real property financing, and bond and asset purchase transactions. Her practice also includes experience with business entity formation and reorganization documents.

Ms. Markert received her J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University (2004), her M.A. from the University of Chicago (1991) and her B.A. in English from San Diego State University (1988, summa cum laude).

Prior to joining Lewis and Roca, Ms. Markert was an associate with Jones Vargas.

04-12-2007

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Kaye Scholer LLP

Kaye Scholer Receives Law Firm Honoree Award from NYLAG
The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) will present Kaye Scholer LLP with its 2006 "Law Firm Honoree" award for the firm's on-going commitment to pro bono. The award will be presented at NYLAG's annual Pro Bono Recognition Event on April 19, 2007. NYLAG provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers who would otherwise be unable to afford or receive legal advice or representation.

04-12-2007

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Howrey, LLP

MATTHEW NEUMEIER & SCOTT SCHUTTE JOIN HOWREY IN CHICAGO
"Howrey LLP has announced that Matthew M. Neumeier, one of the nation’s outstanding class action defense lawyers in the areas of products liability, mass tort and financial services, will join the firm’s Chicago office, effective immediately. Mr. Neumeier joins from Jenner & Block LLP, where he was Co-Chair of the Firm’s Class Action Litigation Practice and its Products Liability and Mass Tort Defense Practice. Mr. Neumeier will be joined by his fellow partner Scott T. Schutte.

Howrey Chairman and CEO Robert F. Ruyak announced the appointment to the firm noting, “Matt Neumeier is one of the most dynamic, effective class action defense lawyers practicing in the fields of products liability, financial services and complex torts today. His skills and legal experience, along with Scott Schutte’s, mesh perfectly with ours, especially our IP, Global Litigation and Insurance Recovery practices. He and Scott are an important addition to our Chicago office. We welcome them to Howrey.” At Howrey, Neumeier will join the Global Litigation Practice Group and head the Products Liability and Mass Tort Class Action practice. He will be a part of the management group of the Chicago office.

Mr. Neumeier’s clients include global consumer product manufacturers and consumer financial services clients involved in nationwide class actions and state attorney general investigations and enforcement actions. His recent work includes the defense of the nation's largest tax preparation firm and some of the largest residential mortgage lenders in a variety of nationwide class actions involving RICO, Truth-in-Lending, predatory lending, contract, fiduciary duty and state consumer fraud claims. In the area of products liability and mass tort defense, he has represented global clients facing nationwide claims involving personal computers, claims-adjusting software, medical devices, beverage alcohol, and a variety of industrial chemicals used in medical device, food packaging and industrial applications. Mr. Neumeier has also represented clients in variety of high-stakes TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings, particularly disputes involving intellectual property or technology, such as trade secret, trademark infringement and Lanham Act unfair competition claims, domain name disputes, and disputes involving partnership or non-compete agreements. Prior to beginning private practice, Mr. Neumeier was a law clerk for Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Neumeier is co-author of treatises on Electronic Discovery and Directors' & Officers' Liability: Prevention, Insurance & Indemnification.

Mr. Schutte’s practice focuses primarily on class action defense, insurance coverage litigation, and complex business litigation. Mr. Schutte has defended numerous consumer services and product manufacturers in class actions throughout the U.S., and has pursued claims for insurance coverage on behalf of policyholders in a range of settings in the United States and throughout the world.

Dr. David Clough, Managing Partner of the Chicago office welcomed the group. “We are pleased that this first rate group will help us continue to grow this office and extend the service we provide to clients. Their expertise, coupled with the litigation, IP and Insurance Recovery expertise which already resides here, should be an effective combination. We look forward to many productive years working together.”

Howrey’s Chicago office has grown steadily since it opened in July 2001. Dr. Clough took over as Managing Partner in January of this year."

04-12-2007

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

New York Partner Randy Mastro Receives Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award
"The Jewish Theological Seminary presented New York partner Randy Mastro with its Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award in recognition of his dedication to sustaining a strong New York. Mastro was honored at an awards luncheon on Thursday, April 12 with Rudolph W. Giuliani serving as Honorary Chairman.

The Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award was established in 1996 in recognition of Judge Rifkind's exemplary life, marked by professional preeminence, distinguished public service, and unstinting devotion to the Jewish community."

04-12-2007

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Hunton & Williams, LLP

Hunton & Williams Elects New Partners
"Hunton & Williams LLP, with more than 975 lawyers in 19 offices serving clients worldwide,
today announced the election of these lawyers to its partnership, effective April 1.

Rudene Mercer Bascomb
Melinda R. Beres
S. Gregory Cope
Ashley Cummings
Alexandra B. Cunningham
Kenneth L. Dobkin
Eric H. Feiler
Christopher L. Gaenzle
Bradley W. Grout
Cecelia Philipps Horner
Kevin W. Jones
Ryan T. Ketchum
Robert A. King
Christopher G. Kulp
Michael C. McCann
Thomas E. Oney
Jeremy R. Schwer
Jonathan Michael Wilan
Allison D. Wood
Scott F. Yarnell
In addition, Elizabeth A. Mullican has been elevated to Counsel.
Please join me in congratulating this very talented group of lawyers."

04-12-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Earns Favorable Ruling For Guam’s Attorney General
WilmerHale achieved a victory in the US Supreme Court on behalf of the Attorney General of Guam in a dispute over the interpretation of a debt limitation imposed on the territorial government by Congress.

The Court held that the federal statute limiting public debt to 10% of the “aggregate tax valuation” of property on Guam should be interpreted to mean the assessed valuation of property used for taxation purposes, rather than the full appraised value, as argued by the Guam Governor. The decision reversed a judgment of the Guam Supreme Court upholding the legality of a 2003 bond issue.

The WilmerHale team on the case included Seth Waxman, Randolph Moss, Jonathan Cedarbaum, and Kelly Cochran.

04-12-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Named As One of Top Ten Global Antitrust Firms in the Practical Law Company’s Competition Super League 2007
WilmerHale has once again been named as one of the top ten antitrust and competition practices in the world in the PLC Competition Super League 2007, published in PLC Quarterly. WilmerHale is one of only five US law firms to rank in the top ten globally and is commended for extending its competition capabilities across the U.S. and into Europe, notably England, Brussels, and Germany.

The PLC ranking are based on independent research among corporate counsel and private practitioners from 46 jurisdictions. Thirteen individual WilmerHale lawyers were identified by the respondents as being among the leading competition lawyers in the world: Robert B. Bell, Marco Bronckers, James C. Burling, Yves Van Gerven, Suyong Kim, William Kolasky, Frederic Louis, A. Douglas Melamed, Michelle D. Miller Thomas Mueller, Urlich Quack, John Ratliff, and Dr. Sven B. Volcker.

04-12-2007

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