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Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A.

Ellis Lawhorne Announces Montague as Shareholder
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A., Attorneys At Law, announces that Shelley Montague has been named a shareholder in the full-service law firm.

Montague has been with the firm for six years. She is a member of the Ellis Lawhorne Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her practice is focused on construction litigation, commercial litigation, and insurance defense. “We are extremely pleased to have Shelley as shareholder. Her leadership skills and hard work have proven to us that she is a great asset to our firm,” says Bill McElveen, managing shareholder for Ellis Lawhorne.

Montague earned her bachelor’s degree from Washington & Lee University in 1996, and her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1999. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, Richland County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division of the Richland County Bar, and the Defense Trial Attorneys Association.

01-25-2007

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Davis Polk Advises Bonnier on Its Acquisition of Time4 Media and The Parenting Group
Davis Polk &Wardwell is advising Bonnier AB on its acquisition, through its U.S. subsidiary Bonnier US Holding Inc. of Time4 Media, Inc. and The Parenting Group Inc. from Time Inc. Bonnier is a 200-year-old Swedish media company with operations in more than 20 countries. Time4 Media and The Parenting Group are publishers of special interest magazines, including Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Yachting, Popular Science, MotorBoating, Parenting and Babytalk. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Davis Polk corporate team includes partner Phillip R. Mills and associates Aly El Hamamsy, Anthony Feo, Benjamin H. Klein and Shawn Thomas Richards (not yet admitted). Partner Barbara Nims and associates Bernice A. Grant and Tamar Y. Croog are providing employment advice. Partner Kathleen L. Ferrell and associates Neil Weinberg and Grace M. Lee are providing tax advice. Associates Frank J. Azzopardi and Matthew J. Bacal are providing intellectual property advice. Counsel Betty Moy is providing environmental advice. Associate Stephen M. Pepper is providing antitrust advice. Associate Josiah R. Madar is providing real estate advice. All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.

01-25-2007

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Davis Polk Advises MetalMark on Its Acquisition of SCA’s North American Packaging Division
Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising MetalMark Capital LLC on its $400 million cash acquisition of the North American packaging operations of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA. MetalMark is a private equity investment firm managing assets in excess of $3 billion. Based in Sweden, SCA is one of the world’s largest paper and forestry enterprises.

The Davis Polk corporate team includes partners Leonard Kreynin and John H. Butler and associates Sabra Easterday (not yet admitted), Angela Doolan (not yet admitted) and David L. Portilla (not yet admitted). The tax team includes partner Kathleen L. Ferrell and associate Jason D. Rogers (not yet admitted). The environmental team includes partner Gail A. Flesher, counsel Loyti Cheng and associates Heather Daly and Elisabeth Hanratty (not yet admitted). Partner Barbara Nims and associate Bernice A. Grant are providing employment advice. Partner Joseph P. Hadley is providing credit advice. The real estate team includes counsel James P. McIntyre and associates Karla Booth and Lucie E. Shin (not yet admitted). The intellectual property team includes associate Stefan Quick (not yet admitted). All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.

01-25-2007

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Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, L.L.C.

Noble Street Charter High School Selected as a “Model” for Success
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP client Noble Street Charter High School has been heralded by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as a proven example of how to help struggling, low-income students achieve higher standards.

The school was chosen to launch a nationwide tour promoting Building on Results: A Blueprint for Strengthening the No Child Left Behind Act. The Secretary's visit comes after President Bush called for a reauthorization of the law. She toured a physics lab and spoke at a school assembly where she took questions from students.

"In order to help struggling students, we must replicate proven, innovative strategies, and Noble Street is a model for others to follow," the Secretary said in her remarks at the school assembly where she was joined by Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Rufus Williams, president of the Chicago Board of Education and Michael Milkie, founder and superintendent of Noble Street Charter High School.

Noble Street High School is the first of three charter high schools established by the Noble Network of Charter Schools, Chicago's most successful charter school organization. Led by Bell, Boyd attorney Robert J. Best, Bell, Boyd's team represents the school system in real estate, zoning, construction, finance, tax and corporate matters.

Noble Street is one of the highest-performing schools in Chicago, and more than eighty percent of its students go on to attend college. In addition to Noble Street, the Noble Network opened two additional charter schools in August 2006. Four more are in development, with plans to open two this year and two in 2008.

01-25-2007

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Tanner & Guin LLC

Carol Armstrong Honored by Chamber of Commerce
Carol Armstrong was recently honored by the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce as the recipient of a Distinguished Service award for her work with the Women in Business Council. Ms. Armstrong currently serves as the chairperson for the Women in Business Council.

01-25-2007

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Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

DEMOCRATS’ CONTROL OF CONGRESS PORTENDS INCREASED GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR SCRUTINY
Smith Pachter McWhorter constantly tracks current events, issues, and trends in Government Contracts to keep clients on the cutting edge of legal and policy developments.

01-25-2007

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Smith, Debnam, Narron, Wyche, Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.

Two Associates Join Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.
Jennifer Blue and Christina McAlpin have joined Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Saintsing & Myers, LLP. Both Ms. Blue and Ms. McAlpin are alumnae of Smith Debnam’s 2005 Summer Associate Program and will work as associates in the firm’s Raleigh office. Ms. Blue will focus her practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis in creditor’s rights. Ms. McAlpin will focus her practice in retail collections and creditor’s rights.
Ms. Blue, a native North Carolinian, earned her J.D. from North Carolina Central University in 2006 and her A.B. in English with Honors from the University of Georgia in 2002. She participated in the UGA at Oxford Study Abroad Program, Oxford, England, in 2000 and the Hofstra University Study Abroad Program, Nice, France, in 2004. Ms. Blue speaks French with a high level of proficiency and in 2002 served as a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Benin, West Africa. Her practice includes the defense of creditors under a variety of federal and state consumer protection statutes, commercial and consumer creditor bankruptcy, and construction litigation.
Ms. McAlpin, earned her J.D. from North Carolina Central University in 2006 and her B.S. in Family and Community Studies with a minor in Business Management from East Carolina University in 2003. While participating in North Carolina Central University School of Law’s Litigation Clinic she worked at Chatham County’s District Attorneys’ Office where she assisted with several trials in both District and Superior court including a jury trial. Ms. McAlpin represents a wide range of businesses through all stages of creditor representation, including pre-suit collection efforts, lawsuits, judgments, and executions.

01-25-2007

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