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Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, L.L.P.

Pam Cox Elected as 2007 LES Chair
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun is pleased to announce that Partner Pamela L. Cox is serving as 2007 Chair of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), Chicago Chapter.

“We are pleased to see Pam lead the local arm of the Licensing Executives Society,” said Jeff Sharp, managing partner of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun. “The technical experience, industry knowledge and enthusiasm that make Pam such a valuable asset to the firm and her clients will undoubtedly make her a strong leader for the society, as well.”

Following on the Chapter leadership efforts of Mark Dietzen and Michael Bredhal and responding to a recent survey of LES members, in 2007, the Chapter is focused on bringing its members speakers and topics that cover a wide range of pressing issues in valuation, negotiation, deal optimization and the law.

“I am excited about the top-notch speakers we have lined up to provide insight and creative solutions to issues facing the experienced licensing executive,” Cox said.

Cox handles licensing and other IP-related transactions for a range of clients from start-up organizations to non-profit institutions to multi-national corporations. She also focuses on biotechnology patent opinion work and counseling. Cox is a frequent speaker and active participant in several professional organizations, such as the Intellectual Property Owners Association, Association of University Technology Managers and BIO.

Cox received her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame School of Law and her B.S. in biology from Indiana University. She is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

01-25-2007

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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

K&L Gates Hires Pensions Team
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) announced the appointment of Danny Tsang as partner, and Louise Waldron and Comron Rowe as associates. This is a significant enhancement of the firm's benefits group and re-establishes the London Office's pensions capability.

Tsang and his team join from McDermott Will & Emery.

Tsang qualified in 1994, became a partner of McDermott Will & Emery in January 2005 and has been the Head of Pensions & Incentives in its London Office since September 2005. Tsang has a wide-ranging pensions law practice and advises both employers and trustees. He has extensive experience in advising on plan re-organisations and strategy as well as on corporate transactions with particular expertise in public sector outsourcing. His expertise also includes employee incentives (both equity and cash based) and, having advised on a number of global share plan projects, he will work closely with Ian Fraser in further developing the London Office's share schemes offering.

Senior associate Louise Waldron joined McDermott Will & Emery in November 2002 and is a qualified solicitor in both the UK and South Africa. Prior to this, Waldron spent two years at MacFarlanes.

Comron Rowe also joins K&L Gates as an associate. He joined McDermott Will & Emery last year from Simmons & Simmons.

Tony Griffiths, K&L Gates’ London Administrative Partner, said: "The increasing importance of benefits related issues to all of our corporate clients made the recruitment of a pensions team a strategic imperative for the London Office. In Danny and the team, we believe to have found a fairly unique blend of technical expertise and proven business generation. We are delighted that Danny and the team are joining us."

Danny Tsang, said: "Pensions issues have in recent years been and will continue in the foreseeable future to be high profile and top of the agenda for many corporate clients. K&L Gates, with its presence in the three key continents, will provide a fantastic and exciting platform for the team and myself. A pensions practice will fit very well into and assist the continuing expansion of the London Office. The team and I are excited with this great opportunity and look forward to joining K&L Gates.

01-25-2007

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Katz, Barron, Squitero & Faust, P.C.

Katz Barron Attorney Elected to Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce Board
Ileana M. Espinosa, associate in the Litigation and Restructuring & Creditor’s Rights groups of Katz Barron, has been elected as a board member of the Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce and will serve as the organization’s board secretary.
Ms. Espinosa currently handles an array of litigation and transactional commercial/ corporate matters, and represents creditors and trustees in bankruptcy and insolvency cases.

The mission of the Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce is to bring together, as a not for profit organization, businesspersons, professionals and enterprises in the United States, for the promotion and development of their business interests, assuming a leadership role in the affairs of the local business community and for the promotion of commerce and cultural ties between the United States and Nicaragua.

Katz Barron is a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Established in 1977, Katz Barron provides counsel on a wide range of business matters, including complex securities transactions, construction and other commercial litigation, bankruptcy and reorganization matters, real estate transactions, environmental law, international and domestic tax counsel, and estate planning.

01-25-2007

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Herold And Haines, P.A.

James Wyse Teaches Course for the Land Trust Alliance
James Wyse will be teaching a course entitled "Tax Benefits and Appraisals of Conservation Projects" at the Midwest Land Conservation Conference in Indianapolis on April 26, 2007. The course is part of the land trust accreditation curriculum sponsored by the Land Trust Alliance.

01-25-2007

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Lowis & Gellen LLP

Retired Judge Joins Lowis & Gellen
Judge David R. Donnersberger (Retired) joins the firm after 20 years on the bench in Cook County. He was a civil and criminal trial attorney and Assistant State’s Attorney prior to his term in the judiciary and will counsel clients in commercial litigation and in the settlement of arbitration and mediation actions.

01-25-2007

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King & Spalding

Harold Franklin, a King & Spalding Lawyer, Named President Of Gate City Bar Association
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that Harold E. Franklin, Jr., is the new president of the Gate City Bar Association, the oldest African-American bar association in the state of Georgia. Franklin is a senior associate in the firm’s Tort and Environmental Law practice group.

Franklin’s installation as president of the association took place at ceremonies yesterday at the Fulton County Government Center Assembly Hall.

“We applaud Harold’s commitment to the Gate City Bar Association and congratulate him on this personal honor,” said Mason W. Stephenson, managing partner of King & Spalding’s Atlanta office. “Harold’s dedication to this venerable professional organization is characteristic of our lawyers’ determination to give back to the community in a tangible way.”

The Gate City Bar Association, established in 1948, has approximately 450 members and is an affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association. With over 20,000 members, the National Bar Association is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of predominantly African-American lawyers and judges. Gate City is the official affiliate host of the National Bar Association Convention, scheduled this summer in Atlanta.

Franklin concentrates his legal practice in the area of defending complex product liability actions. He has served as counsel for a number of the country’s largest automotive, pharmaceutical, beverage and package delivery companies and has been actively involved in matters throughout the continental United States and abroad. He also has served as in-house counsel (on loan from King & Spalding) for General Motors Corporation. Franklin has utilized his fluency in Spanish in his law practice in matters in Puerto Rico, Europe and South America. He received a B.A. degree from Emory University and a J.D. degree from Georgia State University School of Law. Franklin recently was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is listed in the 2006 issue of Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite as a leading lawyer in his practice area.

“This as an exciting opportunity, which I regard as both an honor and tremendous responsibility,” Franklin said. “I am honored to have been entrusted with the leadership of the organization and, in keeping with Gate City’s distinguished history, I intend to advance the legacy of advocacy and service to the bar and wider community.

01-25-2007

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Hodgson Russ LLP

Pierre Cournot joins Hodgson Russ
Hodgson Russ LLP is pleased to announce that Pierre Cournot has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group in the firm’s New York office.

Mr. Cournot is a French-born and U.S.-trained business lawyer. He advises foreign corporations and high-net-worth individuals at every stage of their presence in the United States. Mr. Cournot’s services include agency and distribution agreements, licenses of intellectual property, formation and governance of legal entities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate matters, and alternative dispute resolution. He is general counsel to the French Consulate General in New York and is consulted regularly by several French ministries and administrative agencies regarding legal problems in the United States.

Additionally, Mr. Cournot is a foreign trade advisor to the French Republic — one of approximately 100 French business leaders appointed by the French Government in the Northeast to provide advice on specific matters. He is also on the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and a Knight in the French National Order of Merit.

01-25-2007

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