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Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr. named chair of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture
Governor Ruth Ann Minner has named Young Conaway Partner, Richard DiLiberto, as chairman of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture.

Mr. DiLiberto's practice focuses on personal injury litigation. For a decade, DiLiberto was a lawmaker in the Delaware House of Representatives and served as a ranking member on the Joint Finance, Judiciary, Public Safety and Corrections committees. DiLiberto is a graduate of Bloomsburg University and Widener University School of Law. He and his wife, Faith, live in Newark with their three daughters.

03-28-2007

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Ulmer & Berne LLP

Mary Lovett joins Cleveland office as a partner in the Real Estate Group
Ulmer & Berne LLP, one of Ohio’s largest law firms with four offices across the Midwest, announced the addition of Mary Forbes Lovett as a partner in its Real Estate Group.

Ms. Lovett has substantial experience in assisting developers, investors and lenders in the acquisition, restoration, development and financing of urban developments. Her urban development expertise includes use of historic credits, new markets tax credits and conservation easements. Additional areas of her expertise include leasing and corporate financing transactions and land development, zoning and environmental issues. She also advises clients and provides assistance in the formation of entities and numerous other corporate matters. Prior to joining Ulmer & Berne, Ms. Lovett was head of the Real Estate practice at Cowden, Humphrey, Nagorney & Lovett. She formerly served as president, board member and national delegate of the Commercial Real Estate Women of Cleveland, Inc. (CREW).

03-28-2007

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Cohen and Wolf, P.C.

Donald Lund and Curt Vazquez Join Cohen & Grigsby
Donald M. Lund joins the firm as a director in the Litigation Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation (sale of asset disputes, unfair competition, Lanham Act, construction claims, Internet service disputes, civil RICO actions, business tort actions, partnership disputes) and product defect claims. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1992 and his B.S. from Yale University in 1989. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Mr. Lund was with the law firm of Jones Day in its Pittsburgh Office. He resides in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania.

Curt Vazquez joins the firm as a director in the Litigation Group. With wide experience in a variety of commercial litigation matters, he focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage and counselling, consumer class action defense, and accounting malpractice. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985 and his B.S. from the University of Colorado in 1982. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Mr. Vazquez was Counsel with the law firm of Jones Day in Pittsburgh. He lives in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania.

03-28-2007

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Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

Williams Kastner Obtains Dismissal of Class Action Suit Against Northern Life Insurance Company
Williams Kastner has handled a number of class action suits over the years. Seattle member Jeff Johnson and his team recently obtained a significant, total dismissal of the Curtis v. Northern Life Insurance Company class action suit that was filed over 51/2 years ago. Williams Kastner worked effectively in defense of the case with lead counsel from the Stites & Harbison law firm, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Members Joe Hamilton, Marjorie Farris, and Clark Johnson led the team at Stites & Harbison.

Several years ago, the defense team defeated plaintiff’s attempt to obtain nationwide class certification, but the court did certify an 18,000 person statewide class. After hearing three hours of argument, during which plaintiff’s counsel claimed that damages exceeded a billion dollars (disputed by Johnson who asserted that no one was harmed), Judge Charles Mertel, of King County Superior Court, determined the case was without merit and dismissed all claims of the class.

Johnson’s team consisted of Seattle attorneys Margaret Sundberg, Mary Spillane, Dan Ferm and Jerry Edmonds. Staff members included Jan Keira Knox, James Swift, Carrie Custer, Jeremy Myrick, Nikki Woodhouse, Tom Ross, Abella Placencia, Darryll Broadbrooks, Maria Kjeldtoft, Michele Barger and Phyllis Degrate.

03-28-2007

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Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP

NATALIE MCSHERRY SELECTED AMONG TOP 100 WOMEN
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP is delighted to announce that Natalie McSherry has been named for a second time to The Daily Record’s Top 100 Women. McSherry will be honored on Monday, May 7 at the 2007 Maryland’s Top 100 Women Awards Ceremony at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

“Natalie’s a standout at our firm – a talented attorney, colleague, and mentor to so many,” noted Albert J. Mezzanotte, Jr., the firm’s managing partner. “She’s a superb role model for women and men seeking to gracefully juggle the unending demands of a high powered career with family and community involvement.”

The first female attorney at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston to be made partner, McSherry has over 30 years practicing law in the areas of civil litigation, commercial and personal injury, medical malpractice defense, medical licensing, and insurance defense. Her experience involves representing physicians, nurses and hospitals in medical negligence actions before the Health Claims Arbitration Office of Maryland, the in the Circuit Courts, Court of Special Appeals, Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland, and the United States District Court.

Named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward Law, she is also a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Maryland Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Maryland Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute.

McSherry has held committee and ranking positions at the American Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA). Additionally, she has served the law profession as a member of the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners from 1980-1985, the Maryland Commission of Judicial Appointments (Baltimore City) from 1979-1982, and Senator Mathias’s Federal Judicial Nominating Commission (1982-1985). McSherry is currently a member of the MSBA, the Baltimore City Bar Association’s Lawyer Helpline, the Leadership Campaign for Catholic Charities, the Committee for My Sister’s Place, and Vice President of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. An instructor for the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Education of Lawyers, she is a former board member of the National Women’s Law Center, the YWCA, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, Mount Saint Mary’s College, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. She is a former member of the Greater Baltimore Committee Services Council, and volunteer for the Homeless Persons Representation Project. Additionally, she is the former president of the Roland Park Civic League.

03-28-2007

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Watson, Farley & Williams, LLP

WFW’s Martin Watson is the first practising solicitor to be elected Vice President of the Chamber of Shipping
Martin Watson, one of the founding partners of Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW), has been elected Vice President of the Chamber of Shipping. This is the first time an individual who is not from a shipping company has been elected to the post in the organisation's 125 year history. It comes at an important time for the Chamber and reflects the work which Martin has undertaken in lobbying for the tonnage tax regime, UK flag expansion and new Chamber members from overseas.

WFW celebrates its 25th anniversary in May 2007 which has seen the firm grow into one of the premier specialist maritime finance firms in London. Martin has played a leading role in the development of WFW which grew from its London HQ to be a truly international venture, with offices in many of the world’s leading maritime centres.

Chamber president David Dingle said: “The choice of Martin as my vice-president, aside from his obvious skill as spokesperson for the industry, is clear recognition of the size and nature of the footprint of shipping business within the commercial maritime community and within the maritime cluster as a whole - and of the interdependence of shipping and shipping services.”

With many challenges ahead for UK shipping Martin is looking forward to “focusing attention on just how vital the maritime sector remains to the UK national interest and ensuring its proper representation in an increasingly challenging environment.

03-28-2007

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Vedder Price Kaufman Kammholz

Gabrielle Buckley Featured Author in ABA Magazine
Gabrielle M. Buckley has published “The Immigration Debate,” in the March 2007 issue of GPS Solo Magazine, the magazine for the American Bar Association General Practice Section. This particular issue features “The Best Articles Published By the ABA.”

Ms. Buckley is a shareholder in the Corporate Practice Group of Vedder Price, and Chairs the Firm’s Business Immigration Practice. She presently serves on the Advisory Council of the American Bar Association's 13-member Commission on Immigration Policy, and she is also the former co-chair of the Immigration & Nationality Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice.

Ms. Buckley counsels U.S. and foreign-based companies with regard to employment-related immigration laws. She advises employers as to immigration law issues arising in corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other forms of corporate reorganization and advises employers regarding hiring and compliance issues.

03-28-2007

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