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Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

Boston Globe Quotes MBJ Attorney On Workplace Violence Problems
The Boston Globe’s Job Doc column recently quoted MBJ attorney Dan Field in an article addressing a worker’s threats of violence against his co-workers (see the Boston Sunday Globe of 4/8/07). The Globe article responds to an employee’s questions about the propriety of an employer’s response to a troubled worker’s threats to kill other employees. The story also explores employers’ legal responsibilities for curbing workplace violence, and employers’ potential civil and criminal liability when violence occurs at a place of business.

The Globe Job Doc column appears bi-weekly and provides advice concerning workplace matters. The column also answers readers’ questions about the law covering the workplace. Field is frequently quoted in the column as an expert on labor and employment law.

04-10-2007

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

JUDGE SARAH DUNCAN JOINS LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP’S ACCLAIMED APPELLATE PRACTICE IN AUSTIN
Judge Sarah Duncan, who retired at the end of 2006 after two terms as Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, has joined Locke Liddell & Sapp’s Appellate Section and will be based in Austin. At Locke Liddell, she will partner with such seasoned and well-known appellate attorneys as Mike Hatchell, Molly Hatchell, Michael Powell, Cynthia Keely Timms and Charles “R” Skip Watson.

“Judge Duncan is widely viewed as one of the great thinkers in Texas legal circles. We are honored that after a distinguished judicial career she will join our Firm and be a part of an already distinguished Appellate Section,” said Managing Partner Jerry Clements. “She is also a very popular and highly praised speaker on legal and procedural issues, as well as a member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee. Judge Duncan will bring us added depth of experience, intellect and analytical skills for complex appeals.”

A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, where she also received her undergraduate degree, Judge Duncan began her practice with Fulbright & Jaworski and gained valuable experience as a key player in the Texaco/ Pennzoil litigation. Later, she moved to Austin and worked on significant trust and estate litigation which was concluded favorably for her client. Following a return to practice in San Antonio, where she continued to handle significant appeals involving a wide variety of subjects, she ran for and was elected to two six-year terms on the San Antonio Court of Appeals. There, she presided over a docket of civil and criminal appeals from 32 counties. In 1993, she was appointed to serve on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, a position she still holds.

At Locke Liddell, Judge Duncan will work as an integral part of the Appellate Section, which includes expanding the Firm’s work with criminal appeals.

“I have known and worked with many of Locke Liddell’s outstanding attorneys, and now am thrilled to be a part of their team,” Judge Duncan said. “Though I will be based in Austin, I will also be doing work in San Antonio and in other parts of the state. I look forward to combining my skills as an attorney with the insights I gained as a judge to help serve our clients.

04-10-2007

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Hancock & Estabrook, LLP

Hancock & Estabrook LLP Welcomes Associates to the Firm.
Hancock & Estabrook, LLP, Counselors at Law, is pleased to announce the addition of three associates to the Firm.

Melinda Burdick Bowe holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law (cum laude) and a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Brockport (cum laude). She is a member of the Labor & Employment and Education & Municipal practice groups. In her practice she represents management in public sector collective bargaining, contract management and grievance administration and education and employment law matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Burdick Bowe represented over 20 school districts as Director of Labor Relations of the Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES). She also served as Assistant Director of Personnel for Madison County and as a Legislative Staff Member with the United States House of Representatives. Ms. Burdick Bowe is a member of the New York State Public Employment Labor Relations Association (NYSPERLRA), New York State Association of School Attorneys, National Public Employment Labor Relations Association, Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs and the North American Association of Educational Negotiators. She is a member of the Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in New York State. Ms. Burdick Bowe lives in Oneida, New York. Timothy P. Crisafulli holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law (magna cum laude), a Master’s degree from Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Le Moyne College (summa cum laude). Mr. Crisafulli was a recipient of the Robert M. Anderson Publication Award, Arthur L. Cohen Scholarship and a Chancellor’s Scholar. He was a member of the Syracuse Law Review, Justinian Honorary Society and Order of the Coif. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Crisafulli was a social studies teacher with the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District. He is admitted to practice in New York State. Mr. Crisafulli lives in Fayetteville, New York. Zachary M. Mattison holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law (cum laude), and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Mr. Mattison was a member of the Justinian Honor Society and Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society. He published in the Syracuse Law and Technology Journal. Mr. Mattison is admitted to practice in New York State and the United States District Court (NDNY). He lives in Syracuse, New York.

04-10-2007

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Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Davis Graham & Stubbs Attorneys Featured at International Mining and Oil & Gas Institute in Argentina
Davis Graham & Stubbs partners Scot Anderson and Deborah Friedman will be lead participants for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s institute on International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment on April 16-18 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This RMMLF institute, the first of its kind in Argentina, continues a tradition started in 1991 of holding programs in Lima, Caracas, Santiago and the U.S., attended by the leading natural resources lawyers from around the world. The program, co-sponsored with the International Bar Association, features distinguished speakers from eight South American countries, Canada, Mexico, Europe and the U.S., India and China. Scot Anderson is the Organizing Committee Coordinator for the Oil & Gas section of the conference, which brings together experienced practitioners, new lawyers, consultants, and industry representatives for both formal and informal discussions.

Deborah Friedman is one of three expert panelists for the Mining Section segment on “The Role and Responsibilities of Inside and Outside Counsel in the Mining Industry” on April 17. Mr. Anderson has advised energy companies on international transactions and operations for over 15 years, including oil and gas properties in the UK North Sea, Europe and Afr ica. Ms. Friedman has represented mining companies in U.S. and cross-border securities offerings and transactions for over 20 years in South and Central America, the Pacific Rim and Africa.

04-10-2007

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Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.C.

Winstead Adds Laura Sims to Real Estate Section
Laura Sims has joined the real estate development practice group of Winstead as a shareholder in the Dallas office. Winstead boasts one of the leading real estate practices in the United States with more than 65 real estate attorneys and a client list that includes many of the largest and most active real estate companies, institutional investors, mortgage lenders and loan servicers in the United States.

Sims' focus is in retail real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, site development, and related loans. She has represented senior housing developers and hotel operators in comparable non-retail transactions. Additionally, she represents both national and regional proprietors and tenants in rental leasing of anchor space, shop space and pad sites. She also has experience in proprietor and tenant representation in restaurant and office leasing, real estate-related environmental matters, telecommunications and bankruptcy matters, and lender representation in multi-jurisdictional loans to industrial users.

Sims has practiced law in Dallas since 1997. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas; the Dallas Bar Association; and the Texas Young Lawyers Association. She received her J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and her B.A. from Trinity University, San Antonio.

04-10-2007

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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Company

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Wins National Legal Marketing Association’s Your Honor Award
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (WWR) is pleased to announce that it was the recipient of a second place award in the Legal Marketing Association’s Annual Your Honor Awards program (Promotional and Collateral Materials/Newsletter or Alert category). The firm was presented with the award at the 2007 Legal Marketing Association (LMA) conference in Atlanta, GA. WWR received the award in recognition of The WWR Letter newsletter- a quarterly newsletter distributed by WWR to clients in the credit union industry.

The Your Honor Awards recognize creativity, execution, achievement and overall excellence in legal marketing. There were 231 total entries to the award program and The WWR Letter won for a submission in the Promotional and Collateral Materials/Newsletter or Alert category.

The WWR Letter debuted as The Weltman Weinberg Letter in Spring 1994, with the goal of communicating relevant and timely legal information to WWR’s credit union clients. Robert Rutkowski, Managing Partner of the firm’s Credit Union department, states, “WWR has been involved with the credit union industry for over 30 years. Serving and supporting the collection and legal needs of credit unions has always been an important part of our business. We have great respect for the credit union movement and strive to stay on top of issues affecting the credit union industry. The WWR Letter is published quarterly and features articles on new legislation, advances in technology and news about the firm. In the past year, we’ve adopted new technology to enhance the tools we offer to the credit union industry, co-hosting a monthly podcast called Current Issues in Credit Unions (www.ciicu.com) with three other credit union attorneys from Farleigh Witt, Messick & Weber P.C. and the American Airlines Credit Union. We also created a blog titled That Credit Union Blog (www.thatcreditunionblog.com) to quickly disseminate information and opinions about credit unions and the credit union movement. The credit union movement is ever-changing, offering new services to their members everyday, and we felt it was important to revamp the newsletter to reflect the rapidly changing nature of the credit union industry.”

Mala Mason, Marketing Communications Coordinator, says, “We set out to create a fresh new look for the newsletter that would reflect the community-based nature of the credit union movement while featuring content that would better cater to this continuously evolving industry. We wanted to showcase our own adaptation of new technology and create a newsletter that was fun to read. Working with our design partner, Sandra Wolk-Graubard of Spiral Studio, and printer Oliver Printing, we are able to produce an exciting and creative newsletter each quarter.”

The LMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and maintaining the professional standards of the men and women involved in marketing within the legal profession. One of the principal goals of the LMA is to provide to its members vital and timely information on a wide variety of legal marketing issues so that they may grow professionally as well as personally.

04-10-2007

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Saul Ewing, LLP

18 SAUL EWING ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
Eighteen Partners from Saul Ewing LLP have received the high honor of being recognized for legal excellence and client service by Chambers USA 2007: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

To compile the list, dozens of full-time Chambers researchers conduct more than 7,000 interviews with attorneys and clients. Top firms and attorneys are ranked and their merits
described ? often in the words of clients who were interviewed.

Attorneys in the Philadelphia office named to the prestigious list are Stephen S. Aichele and Frederick D. Strober of the Real Estate Department; Carl B. Everett of the Environmental Department; and James M. Becker and Joseph F. O’Dea, Jr., of the Litigation Department.

Michael S. Burg of the Chesterbrook office and Saul Ewing's Real Estate Department was also named to the list, as well as Joel R. Burcat from the Harrisburg office and Environmental Department.

Attorneys from the Baltimore office selected are Harriet E. Cooperman and Gary B. Eidelman of the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group; Charles O. Monk, II of the Litigation Department; and Irving E. Walker of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department.

Partners from the Delaware office included are William S. Gee and Daniel H. Krapf from the Real Estate Department; Mark Minuti, Domenic E. Pacitti and Norman L. Pernick of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department; and Pamela J. Scott and Wendie C. Stabler of the Real Estate Department.

We are honored to once again have a strong presence on this list, with more Saul Ewing Partners included this year than any previous year, said David S. Antzis, the Firms Managing Partner. ?The extensive interview process that Chambers conducts adds a great deal of credibility to these rankings.

The directory will be released in May.

04-10-2007

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