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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter client wins prize for inventiveness
Nathan Ball, co-founder and CTO of Atlas Devices LLC, a firm client, has been awarded the 2007 Lemelson-MIT prize for life-saving inventions. Nate, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student, received this prestigious $30,000 award partially for his role in developing the ATLAS Powered Rope Ascender along with his MIT colleagues Tim Fofonoff, Dan Walker, and Bryan Schmid.

The ATLAS Ascender, a device the size of a hand-held power tool, can lift a 250-pound load more than 600 feet into the air at nearly 10 feet per second, all in a single battery charge. The invention enables a fully loaded firefighter to reach the top of a 30-story building in only 30 seconds, a potentially life-saving improvement as it typically takes at least six minutes to trudge up the stairs with 80 to 100 pounds of equipment. Nate believes that this invention has many commercial applications including rescue work, recreational climbing and cave exploration, as well as urban warfare.

Atlas Devices LLC currently has four patents pending on the rope-handling mechanism and iterations of the device, written by Ronald Cahill, co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property practice. Gene Blumenreich, attorney in the firm's Business Department, helped Nate and his colleagues set up Atlas Devices LLC, which will develop and market the ATLAS Ascender.

03-13-2007

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Nexsen Pruet Adams & Kleemeier, P.C.

Jim Blair Joins Nexsen Pruet's Real Estate Team
James A. (Jim) Blair III has joined the Greenville office of Nexsen Pruet, where he will practice in the Real Estate group and serve as Special Counsel.

Blair focuses his practice on real estate development, corporate law, real estate litigation, and public utilities. He has represented developers and public and private corporations.

“Jim combines broad legal skills with a deep background in areas that are important to our clients,” said board member David Gossett of Nexsen Pruet’s Greenville office. “Along with his real estate work, he has been extensively involved in developing client business plans and in litigating shareholder and partnership disputes. His experience compliments the existing practice areas in our Greenville office and broadens our platform to better serve our client base in the Upstate and throughout the Southeast.”

Blair earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and his law degree from the Syracuse University School of Law. He also received a Certificate in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary.

He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the American Bar Association, the Greenville County Bar Association, the United States Tax Court, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the E.L. Wiegand Corporate Practice Group.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 180 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.

03-13-2007

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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Sheryl N. Young Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus by OCU LAW Magazine
Shareholder Sheryl N. Young was one of 48 alumnae of the Oklahoma City University School of Law to be recognized in its "Women of Law" special edition.

Young, who graduated from law school in 1990, credits the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Scholarship and the school's evening program for making it possible for her to attend law school as a single mother.

In the OCU LAW profile, Young was recognized for being an active participant of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inn of Court from 1999 to 2003 and for being awarded its Outstanding Barrister Award in both 2001 and 2002. The alumni magazine also noted that a local program she coordinated on behalf of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inn of Court was given the National Award for Most Creative Program at the National Inns of Court in 2001.

03-13-2007

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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Jacque Brawner Dean Inducted as Fellow of The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Jacque Brawner Dean, an attorney with the law firm of McAfee & Taft, was one of 39 lawyers nationwide to be inducted as a fellow of The College of Workers’ Compensation Attorneys at its first annual induction dinner on March 2, 2007, in Naples, Florida.

Recently established by the American Bar Association, The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers honors attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the field of workers’ compensation law and who have been identified as possessing the highest professional qualifications and ethical standards, character, integrity, professional experience and leadership. Members were selected based on the outstanding traits they have developed in their practice of 20 years or longer, either representing clients, serving as judges, or acting for the benefit of all in education, overseeing agencies and developing legislation.

Dean’s practice is focused exclusively on the defense of employers in workers’ compensation issues. Her extensive experience in the field includes serving as a Workers’ Compensation Judge from 1984 – 1988 and as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Court from 1982 – 1984. She is also a noted author and frequent speaker on workers’ compensation issues at continuing education seminars, legal conferences and employer-sponsored workshops.

Dean’s extensive experience and practice has also earned McAfee & Taft the distinction of being selected as the sole Oklahoma member of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network, a network of independent law firms throughout the United States and Canada with an established workers’ compensation practice committed to providing quality representation and information to employers and the insurance industry.

03-13-2007

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Pool Honored in BBJ's "Who's Who in Health Care
James M. Pool was recently listed in the Birmingham Business Journal's list entitled "Who's Who in Health Care." The BBJ publishes this section every five years, stating that the purpose of the listing is to inform readers of the top health care decision-makers in the area.

03-13-2007

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Wiggin and Dana LLP

Wiggin and Dana Partner David B. Fein Appointed to 2nd Circuit’s New Committee on Admissions and Grievance
Wiggin and Dana LLP partner David B. Fein has been appointed to a new committee formed by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to handle grievances against attorneys.

Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs announced the selection of the seven-member Committee on Admissions and Grievances, which has been charged with what he called the “vital” function of investigating and filing recommendations on disciplinary matters that are referred to it by the Court of Appeals.

Former Southern District of New York Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey will chair the Committee, whose other members include former SDNY US Attorney Mary Jo White, former EDNY Acting US Attorney Loretta Lynch. Eileen Blackwood, Terrence Connors, Dierdre Daly, Evan Davis and former New York Court of Appeals Judge Howard Levine.

"These appointments form a distinguished committee that will enable the court to maintain high ethical standards and will ensure fairness in the administration of attorney disciplinary matters," Judge Jacobs said in a statement released by the court. "The work of the committee is instrumental and indispensable to the administration of justice in the
Second Circuit."

Fein chairs the White-Collar Defense, Investigations and Corporate Compliance PracticeGroup at Wiggin and Dana and serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a resident of both the Stamford, CT and the New York offices, and represents clients in state and federal governmental investigations, conducts internal and external investigations for corporations and other entities, and counsels clients regarding corporate compliance. He is also a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where he teaches a class on Federal Criminal Investigations.

03-13-2007

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Stevens & Lee P.C.

Ramiro M. Carbonell Chairs Panel at Fifth Annual NABL's Tax & Securities Law Institute
Ramiro M. Carbonell, a Shareholder in Stevens & Lee’s Tax-Exempt Finance and Tax Credit and Housing Departments, chaired a panel that discussed “Tax Due Diligence” at the Fifth Annual National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) Tax & Securities Law Institute held March 1-2, 2007 at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas.

Mr. Carbonell concentrates his practice in tax-exempt finance with an emphasis on taxation and federal arbitrage law. He serves as bond counsel, special tax counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, trustee’s counsel and as counsel to the liquidity provider for a variety of matters. He also focuses a portion of his practice on New Market Tax Credit transactions and Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit transactions.

Mr. Carbonell has represented investors, developers and syndicators in New Markets Tax Credit transactions, housing transactions and Federal Historic Tax Credit transactions. He is bilingual and helps counsel the firm’s clients doing business in Latin America on corporate or related issues.

Mr. Carbonell has been a speaker for the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey and is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Camden County, the Pennsylvania Housing Alliance, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Carbonell received an LL.M. in Taxation from Temple University School of Law, a J.D. with Tax Honors from Rutgers School of Law and a B.S. from New York University.

03-13-2007

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