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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Adds Seven New Associates
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announces the addition of seven new associates to the firm's California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin offices. The new associates include the following:

Los Angeles, California, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Katherine K. Cheng, 30. Katherine Cheng represents insurance companies, self-insured entities and uninsured employers in the defense and litigation of worker’s compensation matters. Ms. Cheng has prior experience practicing in the areas of immigration and naturalization law, trademark and copyright applications, as well as criminal procedure. She received her J.D. in 2002 from LoyolaLawSchool, where she served as Note and Comment Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. During law school, Ms. Cheng was an extern for The Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and in the Civil Pretrial Division at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. She is a member of the Los Angeles Bar Association and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Ms. Cheng speaks conversational Chinese.

Scott Pomerantz, 35. Scott Pomerantz focuses his practice in commercial litigation and professional liability defense. Mr. Pomerantz has extensive experience in defending legal malpractice matters. He also handles commercial litigation in state and federal court, including matters involving breach of contract, intellectual property, partnership dissolution and Section 17200 matters. Mr. Pomerantz earned his J.D. in 1997 from Washington University School of Law.While still in law school, he was a summer intern in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Pomerantz also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Gerald B. Cohn, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Jeffery R. Lawley, 31. Jeffery Lawley focuses his practice in complex litigation at the state and federal levels, with particular emphasis in products liability, medical malpractice defense and personal injury defense. Mr. Lawley represents a diverse clientele including manufacturers of industrial and commercial vehicles, power doors, power tools, small appliances and cosmetics. Additionally, he defends physicians of all specialties, hospitals, nurses, insurers of medical professionals, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, dentists and pharmacists. Mr. Lawley also represents corporations involved in transportation accidents, and national companies as well as local Florida-based corporations. He received his J.D. in 2002 from St. Thomas University School of Law, where he served as President of the Mock Trial Board. Prior to law school, Mr. Lawley clerked for The Honorable Dennis W. Mattingly, Magistrate, Fayette County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio. He is a member of The Florida Bar, Tennessee Bar Association, American Bar Association, Broward County Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute and the Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council.

Miami, Florida, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Edward T. Sylvester, 39. Edward T. Sylvester focuses his practice in the area of commercial insurance coverage. Mr. Sylvester has experience analyzing commercial general liability, architects and engineers, directors and officers, errors and omissions, commercial auto, personal auto and excess/umbrella insurance policies. He is also a skilled appellate attorney, having prepared appellate briefs for and successfully argued before numerous courts of appeals. Mr. Sylvester is an adjunct professor for Indiana Wesleyan University and a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Akron Law Alumni Association. In 2000, he received his J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, where he served as Research Case & Comment Editor for the Akron Law Review.

Chicago, Illinois, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Scott M. Gilbert, 27. Scott Gilbert advises management-side clients in a wide array of labor and employment law matters. Mr. Gilbert handles employment discrimination claims before the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the federal and Illinois state courts. He also handles defamation and breach of contract claims arising from employment circumstances. In addition, Mr. Gilbert regularly reviews and analyzes employee handbooks and personnel policies for his clients. Graduating cum laude, he earned his J.D. in 2004 from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Gilbert was an award-winning member of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law moot court team, which won the Robert F. Wagner National Labor & Employment Law Moot Court national competition in 2003. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Waukegan, Illinois, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Blake Stone, 36. Blake Stone represents clients in commercial litigation, construction, environmental and municipal liability litigation, as well as in administrative and public law matters. Mr. Stone has tried more than 175 cases to verdict or finding. Previously he was a Major in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, stationed in Baghdad, Iraq, where he served as Officer-in-Charge of the Coalition Forces’ Combined Review & Release Board, the legal offices responsible for providing review hearings to security detainees held in U.S. custody in Iraq. In that capacity, Mr. Stone coordinated high-profile cases with senior representatives of several Iraqi Ministries. Throughout his active military service, he provided strategic and legal counsel to senior military commanders and to numerous generals and civilian leaders within the Department of Defense. Mr. Stone has received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal from the Department of Defense; the Meritorious Service Medal from the Department of the Army; and the Army Commendation Medal. He has been a frequent lecturer on topics of organizational leadership, government ethics and public international law. As a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, Mr. Stone remains a Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He is also a mentor for returning combat veterans returning to civilian life. Graduating cum laude, Mr. Stone earned his J.D. in 1996 from Northern Illinois University College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association.

Schererville, Indiana, Office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Richard P. Girzadas, 41. Richard Girzadas focuses his litigation practice in the areas of professional liability defense, primarily on behalf of lawyers and medical professionals, and personal injury defense on behalf of restaurants and other retail operations. Mr. Girzadas’ vast litigation experience also includes handling insurance coverage matters and transportation and maritime litigation on behalf of casinos, marine transporters and cargo owners. An experienced trial and appellate lawyer, he is skilled in managing all aspects of defense litigation. Mr. Girzadas earned his J.D. in 1997 from The John Marshall Law School. In 1998, he received an LL.M. in Admiralty from Tulane University School of Law.

01-25-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

New partner for corporate group in Paris
David Revcolevschi is to join international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a corporate partner in the firm's Paris office.

David was previously European counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Paris, which he joined in 1999. He specialises in international capital markets transactions and public M&A with particular emphasis on transactions involving French and global offerings of equity and equity-linked securities.

He represents both issuers and underwriters in connection with international financing transactions, including IPOs, privatisations, international offerings of equity securities and equity-linked securities, and general corporate and securities law matters. David has recently advised on fifteen initial public offerings on the Paris stock exchange and most of the privatizations that took place in France since 1999.

'We are very pleased to welcome David to our international corporate team,' said Andreas Fabritius, global practice group leader for the corporate group. 'David will play an important role in providing an outstanding service to our French and international corporate clients, and will help us build on our success and achievements in the global M&A and European capital markets.'

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was ranked number one M&A adviser for the second year running in Mergermarket's 2006 pan-European year end league table of legal advisers by value, advising on 277 deals worth €382.4bn. The firm was also ranked number one European legal advisor in Bloomberg's 2006 M&A league tables, and was ranked number two in Bloomberg's 2006 league tables for global equity IPO issuer advisers, advising on 26 deals worth $14.6bn, and number two for global equity IPO manager advisers, advising on 24 deals worth $16.8 bn.

David will strengthen the corporate group of Freshfields' Paris office, becoming the seventh partner in a team of 40 lawyers, led by corporate partner Antoine Vignial.
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01-25-2007

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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Kathy Billings Massing Elected to the Ophelia Project Community Board
Kathy Billings Massing, an associate with the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker, was elected to the Ophelia Project Community Board. The Ophelia Project - Tampa Bay is dedicated to inspiring an emotionally, physically, and socially safe culture for all girls by promoting the best practices in gender-specific youth programs, providing community education and professional training, and coordinating community resources. Ms. Massing had previously served as a volunteer mentor with the organization.

Ms. Massing is a member of Fowler White’s Securities, Financial Services and White Collar Practice Group. Her practice involves the representation of brokerage firms and other financial institutions, and their associated persons, in arbitration, litigation, and regulatory and law enforcement proceedings before state and federal agencies and self-regulatory organizations. She is admitted in Florida and Louisiana. Ms. Massing received her bachelor’s degree cum laude from the University of Missouri and her law degree cum laude from Tulane University School of Law.

01-25-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

CRAVATH REPRESENTS IBM IN JOINT VENTURE WITH RICOH
Cravath represented IBM in the formation of a joint venture company with Ricoh Co., Ltd., based on IBM’s Printing Systems Division and called the InfoPrint Solutions Company. Ricoh initially will acquire 51 percent of the joint venture and will progressively acquire the remaining 49 percent over the next three years as the joint venture evolves into a fully owned subsidiary of Ricoh. The lawyers involved in this matter are partners George F. Schoen and Scott A. Barshay and associates Michael E. Healy and D. Scott Bennett on corporate matters, and associate Jennifer S. Conway on executive compensation and benefits matters. The deal is valued at $725 million and was announced on January 25, 2007.

01-25-2007

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Clausen Miller PC

Robert Stern Listed in New Jersey as Court-Approved Mediator
Partner Robert A. Stern was recently included on the New Jersey Courts' Statewide Roster of court-approved mediators as a R. 1:40 qualified mediator.

01-25-2007

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Butzel Long

Lesley Hogan joins Butzel Long's Boca Raton office
Butzel Long attorneys Arthur Dudley II and Marcus A. Williams have been named in the 2006 inaugural edition of Who's Who in Black Detroit®. The book includes photos, historical and biographical data on local leaders in the metropolitan Detroit area. The book is produced by Who's Who Publishing Company, the nation’s largest annual directory publisher targeting the African-American market.

Arthur Dudley II – He has practiced law for more than 25 years and has extensive experience in nearly all aspects of corporate law. He has had primary responsibility for mergers and acquisitions, securities matters (including public offerings), general counsel work, counseling minority business enterprises, and a variety of other matters, including executive compensation, corporate contracts, joint ventures and strategic alliances and technology licensing.

Mr. Dudley provides ongoing counseling to public companies involving issues concerning corporate governance, compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, transactions in restricted securities, transactions governed by Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act and matters related to corporate disclosure. His securities law experience with public companies has also included a variety of other transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.

He has represented emerging high tech corporations in venture capital private placements and as general counsel, and has had principal responsibility for or participated in international acquisitions and divestitures and international corporate restructurings and reorganizations. He has many years of experience in designing and drafting equity based compensation plans as well as individual executive employment agreements. He is experienced with change of control and corporate governance issues, as well as "golden parachute" issues.

In 2006, Mr. Dudley was honored by the Michigan Minority Business Development Council and received the Council’s 7 GEMS Award. He also serves as a member of the Council’s Board of Directors. Last year, Mr. Dudley was honored by Black United Fund (BUF) for 20 years of volunteerism and was elected as Vice President of the Legal Aid and Defender Association, where he also serves as a member of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Dudley has been an Adjunct Professor in the College of Business and Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business law.

Mr. Dudley received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University in 1977. Prior to law school, Mr. Dudley attended Harvard College as National Merit Scholar, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1973.

Marcus A. Williams – His practice includes corporate transactions, corporate finance, securities and business law. He is actively involved in all phases of negotiating, drafting and closing complex corporate transactions, domestic and international, for public and privately held companies, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments in growth companies, joint ventures and strategic alliances. He also advises securities issuers and broker-dealers with respect to compliance matters under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Prior to joining Butzel Long, Mr. Williams was a tax consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he specialized in tax planning and compliance for business combinations and divestitures. His tax practice focused primarily on transactions involving wealthy individuals, closely held corporations and flow-through entities. He has represented taxpayers in audits and other disputes before the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Williams has considerable experience in real estate transactions and valuation, particularly in eminent domain proceedings. He has represented the Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, and the Detroit Economic Development Corporation in various real estate acquisition and condemnation matters.

Mr. Williams is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1996) and the University of Michigan Business School (B.B.A. 1993), where he specialized in Corporate Finance. He is currently a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Think Detroit Police Athletic League, a non-profit corporation which is widely recognized for its management excellence. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Boll Family YMCA in Downtown Detroit, where he serves on the Leadership Development Committee and the Strong Kids Campaign Committee. He is also Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Paula L. Tutman Children's Toothfairy Foundation, a non-profit corporation which was recently organized to provide dental care funding to under served children in the Metropolitan Detroit Area. He has served on the Executive Board of the National Association of Black Accountants, Detroit Chapter, as Co-Chairperson of the Student Affairs Committee, and is a member of the University of Michigan Business School Club of Detroit.

01-25-2007

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Bryan Cave LLP

Firm Promotes Eight to Counsel
Bryan Cave LLP has promoted eight lawyers to counsel.

John Burnside from the Phoenix office is a member of the Environmental Client Service Group. He received his J.D. in 1997, magna cum laude, from Arizona State University and his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in 1991 from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Karen Cain from the Kansas City office is a member of the Labor & Employment and Commercial Litigation Client Service Groups. Cain received her J.D., with honors, in 1995 and her M.S., with honors, in 1988, both from the University of Kansas. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1986 from Avila College.

Brenda Gordon from the Irvine office is a member of the Banking, Business & Public Finance, Real Estate and Transactions Client Service Groups. She received her J.D. in 1999, cum laude, and her M.A. in 1999, both from The University of Arizona. Gordon received her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in 1994 from Mount Saint Mary’s College.

Holly Lopez from the Irvine office is a member of the Real Estate and Banking, Business & Public Finance Client Service Groups. She received her J.D., Order of the Coif, from the Loyola Law School-Los Angeles in 1998 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of California-San Diego in 1994.

Thomas Nanney from the Irvine office is a member of the Commercial Litigation Client Service Group. He received his J.D. in 1999 from the University of California-Los Angeles. He received his M.A. from Harvard University in 1994 and his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1990.

Amy Thompson from the St. Louis office is a member of the Class & Derivative Actions, Product Liability and Commercial Litigation Client Service Groups. Thompson received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Saint Louis University in 1995. She received her M.A. from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, in 1988, and her bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Truman State University in 1987.

David Unseth from the St. Louis office is a member of the Banking, Business & Public Finance and Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Client Service Groups. Unseth received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998. He received his bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 1989.

Cassandra Writz from the Kansas City office is a member of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Client Service Group. She received her J.D. in 1996 from the Ohio State University and her bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in 1992 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

01-25-2007

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