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Henson & Efron, PA

Henson & Efron President Joe Dixon Appointed to Federal Practice Committee
Henson & Efron, P.A. is proud to recognize attorney Joseph T. Dixon Jr., who has been appointed by the U.S. District Court to serve on the Federal Practice Committee, which serves as the official liaison between the U.S. District Court and Minnesota State Bar. The appointment is for a three-year term which began in January, 2007.

Dixon has practiced law his entire career with Minneapolis-based Henson & Efron, P.A., and he is currently serving as President of the firm. He represents a wide range of individuals and businesses involved in commercial and business disputes and has an active practice as a mediator and arbitrator in state and federal court. Dixon has been selected among The Best Lawyers in America and as one of Minnesota 's Top Business-Litigation Super Lawyers. He is also a member of the Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations.

04-03-2007

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Garvey Schubert Barer

Kenneth L. Schubert, Jr. and Timothy C. Burkart Named 2007 "Five Star: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager"
Garvey Schubert Barer is pleased to announce that Kenneth L. Schubert, Jr. and Timothy C. Burkart, Owners in the firm's Seattle office, have each been named a 2007 "Five Star: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager" in Seattle magazine. Selection was based on surveys of more than 42,000 consumers, panel review and independent research.

A founding member of the firm in 1966, Mr. Schubert has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to estate planning and trust and probate administration since 1970. He has extensive experience advising owners of family-held businesses on estate planning and administering large estates and trusts. He also serves as lead counsel in litigation involving complex trusts, estates, and estate tax disputes. He has an active business practice as well, acting as outside general counsel to a number of large, closely-held family businesses. He earned his J.D. (1964, Order of the Coif) and his B.A. (1961, magna cum laude) from the University of Washington.

Mr. Burkart focuses on the areas of estate planning and estate and trust administration, as well as being active in handling estate and trust dispute resolutions. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the Washington State Bar Association and on the Estate and Gift Planning Council of the University of Washington. He earned his J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Arizona in 1988 and his B.S. from Fordham University in 1976.

04-03-2007

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Gardner, Carton & Douglas, L.L.P.

Thomas E. Bartrum Joins Drinker Biddle As Partner in Health Law Practice
Thomas E. Bartrum, a nationally recognized authority on health care regulatory issues, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner. In addition to his focus on the health care regulatory environment, Bartrum, who moved to Drinker Biddle’s Washington, D.C., office from Waller Landsden Dortch & Davis LLP in Nashville, Tenn., will provide counsel to health care clients on joint ventures and other transactions.

“We pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality of service to clients,” said Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., chairman of Drinker Biddle. “Thomas Bartrum brings our clients across the country the type of significant experience in the regulatory landscape that they need to succeed in a dynamic health care industry.”

Drinker Biddle’s health law practice group serves a wide variety of clients, including providers, health care vendors, health professional associations, providersponsored managed care organizations, group purchasing organizations and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

“I’m honored to join one of the premier groups of health care lawyers in the nation,” said Bartrum. “In addition to the depth and breadth of experience offered across a wide spectrum of issues, our location in Washington puts us on the front lines of the ever-changing regulatory environment so that we can bring our clients the type of insight and foresight they require.”

In the regulatory arena, Bartrum’s practice includes counsel to clients on structuring financial arrangements and transactions to comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark laws in addition to advice on Medicare payment matters, licensure and certification issues, joint ventures, compliance, self-reporting and response to government fraud and abuse investigations including Medicare and Medicaid overpayment issues, commercial overpayment issues, and whistle-blower actions.

Over the last several years, Bartrum also has developed particular experience in structuring hospital-physician joint ventures, especially radiology and imaging joint ventures, having handled matters relating to the establishment of free-standing ancillary service providers, under-arrangement and provider-based joint ventures, shared ancillary and block lease transactions, restructuring existing arrangements, and advising on compliance issues associated with such ventures. He has written extensively on the issues of outpatient imaging, hospital-physician joint ventures and Stark law compliance, including the American Health Lawyer Association’s Expert Series on “Diagnostic Imaging Centers: Legal and Regulatory Concerns,” which is in its second edition and is highly regarded by the health care bar.

Bartrum earned his B.A. cum laude in 1989 from Bellarmine College and his J.D. with distinction in 1993 from the University of Kentucky. He earned an LL.M. in Health Law in 1997 from Loyola University Chicago. Bartrum is also active in several professional groups, including the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section and the Health Care Financial Management Association. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and has been a faculty member for its annual Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, its Physician and Physician Organizations Law Institute, its Fraud and Abuse Compliance Program and its In-House Counsel Program and Annual Meeting.

Other aspects of Drinker Biddle’s health law group include counsel on various aspects of business and finance aspects including antitrust, financing and restructurings in addition to regulatory affairs involving areas such as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, HIPAA and tax-exempt organizations. A number of lawyers also focus on the critical aspects of provider operations, including clinical research, life sciences, long-term and managed care, patient care, and medical staff relations.

04-03-2007

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Quarles & Brady

Quarles & Brady Attorney Selected For First Annual DirectWomen Board Institute Class
Susan G. Boswell, Quarles & Brady Tucson Office Managing Partner, has been selected to be a member of the First Annual DirectWomen Board Institute Class of 2007.

04-03-2007

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Susan Cohen Appears on Marketplace
Mintz Levin attorney, Susan Cohen, appeared on Marketplace Tuesday, April, 03, 2007. You can hear the story, titled "High-tech businesses frustrated by H1B limits," on the Marketplace website.

Susan is a member in the firm's Boston office and manages the Immigration Section which she developed. The Section is composed of nine attorneys and thirteen immigration specialists and assistants who service the immigration needs both of Mintz Levin's existing corporate and individual clients and of new clients who choose the firm precisely for its expertise in the field of immigration and nationality law. Mintz Levin also is committed to handling political asylum cases, most of which are taken on a pro bono basis.

04-03-2007

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

MINTZ LEVIN CONTINUES SAN DIEGO AND PALO ALTO GROWTH WITH MAJOR ADDITIONS INCLUDING FORMER PARTNERS FROM SONNENSCHEIN AND BUCHANAN INGERSOLL
Continuing its rapid West Coast expansion, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has added several lateral partners to its San Diego and Palo Alto offices.

Former Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney attorneys Daniel T. Pascucci, who led Buchanan's San Diego office as well as its California Litigation Group, and Andrew D. Skale, an intellectual property litigator, have joined Mintz Levin's San Diego office as Members. In addition, corporate attorneys Matt Kirmayer and Jason Altieri, formerly of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, have joined Mintz Levin's Palo Alto office as Members.

With the new additions, Mintz Levin's San Diego office has tripled in size to 22 attorneys, since opening nine months ago with a group of former Fish & Richardson partners. Mintz Levin's Palo Alto office, formed last year with the acquisition of The Reed Intellectual Property Law Group, a prominent Silicon Valley boutique, has nearly doubled to 11 attorneys serving clients in the life sciences, technology and venture capital sectors. Also joining the San Diego office from Buchanan are associates Nathan Hamler and Benjamin Wagner and joining the Palo Alto office are two associates from Bozicevic, Field & Francis, LLP. Other associates are expected to be joining both offices in the near future.

"Mintz Levin has quickly established a significant presence on the West Coast by expanding our ability to serve clients through the expansion of our key practice areas and attracting a series of top tier lateral partners, a number of whom held leadership positions at their former firms," said Steven P. Rosenthal, Mintz Levin's co-managing Member. "Dan, Andrew, Matt and Jason are outstanding attorneys who not only have exceptional track records representing clients in a range of industries, but also share an entrepreneurial spirit that is rooted in this firm's nearly 75-year history. As we continue to attract new clients and grow our existing practices in our offices in San Diego and Palo Alto, these new partners will provide excellent leadership for our continued growth."

"Mintz Levin has added top quality corporate and intellectual property partners in both major tech areas (San Diego and Silicon Valley), which has been a challenge for many national law firms," added Larry Watanabe, a partner with the search firm of Watanabe & Nason, LLC. "Mintz Levin's ability to attract nearly three dozen lawyers in the technology and life science areas within a 12-month period evidences the firm's national strengths. The California market is highly competitive for lateral partners within these practice and geographic areas."

Mr. Pascucci has a wealth of experience representing clients in complex business litigation, intellectual property litigation, class action defense, unfair competition and telecommunications related cases. He has led more than a dozen major cases in federal, state and appellate courts that have played a significant role in shaping current telecommunications law. Most recently, Mr. Pascucci achieved a significant victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th District on behalf of Sprint PCS. The case involved the placement of cell towers in San Diego County, but the ruling has far-reaching implications for wireless carriers nationwide. He also obtained the first published decision in the U.S. applying entry barrier provisions of the Telecommunications Act to wireless carriers. Prior to joining Buchanan, Mr. Pascucci was a shareholder of Fish & Richardson, focusing on patent litigation and counseling. A graduate of Fordham University, Mr. Pascucci earned a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.

Mr. Skale concentrates his practice on patent and trademark prosecution on behalf of companies and inventors in the fields of electronics, the Internet, business methods, software and mechanical arts. He also specializes in complex business litigation, including unfair business practices, class action defense and intellectual property cases. A graduate of the University of Illinois, with a degree in electrical engineering, Mr. Skale earned a law degree from New York University School of Law.

Mr. Kirmayer, who previously practiced in Sonnenschein's Corporate, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company and Life Sciences groups, represents emerging technology and life sciences companies in corporate and securities matters as well as venture capital and private equity funds in their fund formations and investment transactions. He has significant experience handling deals ranging from seed stage financings to initial public offerings, leveraged buyouts and mergers & acquisitions. A graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, Mr. Kirmayer earned law degrees from Rutgers University School of Law and New York University School of Law.

Mr. Altieri, who practiced in Sonnenschein's Corporate and Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company groups, represents both private and public companies in a range of industries, including technology, medical device and retail, as well as venture capital firms. He has extensive transactional experience covering venture capital financings, mergers & acquisitions and public equity and debt financings. Prior to joining Sonnenschein, he was with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC in Palo Alto. A graduate of the University of California, Davis, Mr. Altieri earned a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

One of the most active major law firms in the intellectual property and life science areas, Mintz Levin has more than 90 attorneys, scientists and other professionals focused on the protection, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights. The firm's roster of more than 400 intellectual property-related clients includes many of the most prominent names in the life sciences and technology industries including: StemCells Inc., Merck, 454 Life Sciences and Neuromolecular Pharmaceuticals Inc. The firm also represents a number of life sciences companies, including Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., Curagen Corporation, OSI Pharmaceuticals and QIAGEN, in other areas including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and public and private financings.

On the corporate transaction side, Mintz Levin completed more than 200 transactions with a value of more than $13.5 billion in 2006. The transactions included more than 80 merger & acquisition transactions totaling more than $12 billion; more than 70 venture capital transactions totaling more than $635 million; and 13 public offerings, totaling more than $1.2 billion.

04-03-2007

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Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, L.L.P.

Duane Morris Welcomes Corporate Attorney Richard Graf to Washington, D.C. Office
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Richard Graf, formerly of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Rick joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group.

Specializing in both domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, as well as venture capital, private equity and real estate transactions, Rick has developed a distinguished and successful corporate practice. He has represented clients in matters encompassing a broad scope of legal issues, including domestic and international M&A transactions, public and private securities offerings, limited partnership and limited liability company formation and structuring, loan transactions representing both borrowers and lenders, intellectual property licensing and acquisition, fund formations, business planning and general corporate matters. In addition to his corporate practice, Richard has significant experience in real estate transactions, including resort development, construction and acquisition loans and loan workouts and restructurings.

A former head of the Business and Finance practice in the Washington, D.C. office of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., and a former partner in the Corporate and Real Estate groups of Arnold & Porter LLP, Rick also has significant in-house experience, having served in the roles of co-founder, chief operating officer and general counsel for SSE Capital, L.L.C., a hedge fund manager.

Prior to earning a J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1984, Rick graduated with both a B.A. in 1979, and an M.A. in 1980, from the University of Chicago.

04-03-2007

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