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Cozen O' Connor

Tenny Mirzayan Joins Cozen O'Connor Los Angeles Office as Associate
Tenny Mirzayan recently joined Cozen O’Connor’s Los Angeles office as an associate in the firm’s subrogation and recovery department. Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate with a Novato, Calif., law firm. Mirzayan has experience in complex litigation matters involving products liability and toxic torts. She is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. She also earned a Certificate of Completion from the American Bar Association’s TIPS National Trial Academy in 2006.

Mirzayan earned her undergraduate degree in history from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2001) and her law degree from the University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 2004).

01-18-2007

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Robinson & Cole LLP

Robinson & Cole Lawyer Named Co-Chair of the MBA's Civil Litigation Council and Highlighted in Lawyers Journal
R&C Trial & Appellate Advocacy lawyer Lee M. Holland was named co-chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Civil Litigation Council. He was also recently highlighted in the January 2007 issue of the MBA's Lawyers Journal. As co-chair of the Council, and as its liaison to the MBA's Amicus Committee, Lee assists in the preparation of amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the MBA.

In this article, Lee assisted in drafting a brief regarding whether a same-sex spouse can pursue a claim for the loss of an injured spouse's consortium where the couple was not married when the personal injury cause of action accrued, but can demonstrate that they would have been married if allowed by law (and the couple did marry) when permitted following the Goodridge decision.

01-18-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Robert G. Katz Joins Cozen O'Connor West Conshohocken Office as Associate
Robert G. Katz recently joined Cozen O’Connor’s West Conshohocken office as an associate in the firm’s general litigation department. Prior to joining the firm, he was Chief Staff Attorney to the Hon. Sandra Schultz Newman of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Katz has extensive experience in the preparation of drafts of opinions in criminal, civil, administrative and domestic relations matters, including capital cases, contracts, torts, zoning and land use planning, workers’ compensation, governmental and sovereign immunity, spousal and child support. He has also prepared recommendations regarding the disposition of petitions for allowance of appeal, amendments to procedural rules proposed by the Committees of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the imposition of attorney discipline.

Katz has also handled domestic relations matters in private practice. He has worked with clients on matters involving divorce, equitable division of marital property, spousal and child support, and custody. He has experience drafting briefs, memoranda of law, and assisting in discovery, and has participated in settlement conferences and represented clients in trial courts and at masters’ hearings.

Katz earned his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1977), his master’s degree in Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1979) and his law degree form Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Prior to attending law school, he taught Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College, French language at the University of Pennsylvania, and English Language and Literature at the University of Bordeaux in Talence, France. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.

01-18-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Pitt and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to Host 10th Anniversary Symposium Celebrating Pitt’s Health Law Certificate Program
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will host a symposium titled "Tax Exemption and Charitable Health Care Providers" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the law school’s Health Law Certificate Program. The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Barco Law Building’s Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

The symposium codirectors are Alan Meisel, Pitt professor of law and Dickie, McCamey and Chilcote Professor of Bioethics, and Robert T. Harper, cochair of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s Healthcare Section and a faculty member of the health law program at Pitt.

Thomas K. Hyatt, a Pitt law school alumnus and principal of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver will give the keynote address. He is the author of The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, 2nd edition, with Bruce R. Hopkins, (John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Hyatt is chair emeritus and serves on the faculty of the annual Tax Issues in Healthcare Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and is past chair of AHLA’s Tax and Finance Special Interest and Substantive Law Committee. He frequently lectures on business and tax planning issues for nonprofit healthcare providers and has written numerous articles for publication on tax-exempt organization topics.

According to Meisel, the topic of the symposium is particularly timely. "Last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it would investigate whether nonprofit hospitals are complying with the requirements for tax-exempt status, which necessitates that they provide significant charity care, and if the standards that have been in effect for almost 40 years should be revised. This is an issue that states began looking into 10 or 15 years ago," Meisel explained, "and Pennsylvania took a very hard line on this issue. Now, with the federal government investigating, nonprofit hospitals have another important reason to make sure they are providing adequate charity care."

Since Meisel founded the Health Law Certificate Program a decade ago, it has consistently been ranked in the top 15 health law programs in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report rankings. Pitt’s program prepares lawyers to work in law firms, government agencies, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare institutions. Students are exposed to complex business and legal transactions, bioethics, patient-care issues, and legal topics that arise in the operation of a healthcare company.

Hyatt’s talk will be followed by a panel of speakers composed of Pitt law school Dean Mary Crossley; Thomas E. Boyle, a healthcare attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney who teaches a course in the health law program; Linda Burke, Pitt adjunct professor of law and former IRS Large and Midsize Business Division Counsel; and Karl Emerson, director of the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Charitable Organizations.

The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board has approved this course for two hours of substantive CLE credits.

01-18-2007

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O'MELVENY & MYERS' MICHAEL MOSER ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Partner and China Practice Co-Chair Michael Moser has been elected to Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) effective March 1, 2007.

Mr. Moser is a recognized authority in international arbitration, has been a member of HKIAC for 16 years and has lived in China since 1980. He regularly advises clients on a wide variety of issues including mergers and acquisitions and direct investments. He also has extensive experience in the resolution of Chinese-foreign business disputes and has acted as arbitrator or counsel in more than 100 cases.

In addition to his new role with HKIAC, Mr. Moser is also Co-Chair of the China Arbitration Forum and a member of the panel of arbitrators of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). Mr. Moser was the first foreign national to be appointed as an arbitrator in China.

01-18-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Michael R. Stein Joins Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia Office as Member
Michael R. Stein recently joined Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office as a member in the firm’s business law department. Prior to joining the firm, he was counsel at a Wilmington, Del., law firm. Stein concentrates his practice in trust and estate matters, as well as individual tax planning. He handles estate planning, estate and trust administration (including post-mortem planning), business succession planning and charitable planning for high net worth individuals and families. He also represents clients before the IRS in audit and related proceedings pertaining to federal estate tax and gift tax returns.

Stein is a member of the Pennsylvania, Delaware and American Bar Associations. Stein is also a vice-president of the Golden Slipper Camp, an overnight camp in the Poconos for deserving children. Involved with the organization since 1993, he has served on its board of governors, and as a trustee and secretary.

Stein earned his undergraduate degree from Dickinson College (B.A., 1984), his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1989), where he was articles editor of the Dickinson Journal of International Law, and his Master of Laws from the Villanova School of Law Graduate Tax Program (L.L.M., taxation, 1992). He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and before the U.S. Tax Court.

01-18-2007

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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods Partner is One of Only 12 Named as an Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyer
McGuireWoods is proud to announce that Leland H. Chait, a partner in the law firm’s Chicago office, was named an “Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyer” for 2006 by Nightingale’s. Chait is one of only 12 lawyers nationally selected for this honor.

The list of honorees is published in the December 2006 issue of Nightingale’s, a national newsletter for executives and other professionals serving the healthcare industry. Selection for the list of “Outstanding Healthcare Transactional Lawyers” is made by the Nightingale’s editorial staff based on information obtained from former honorees and other sources in the legal community.

Nightingale reported that Chait’s outstanding achievements included being lead counsel representing an ambulatory surgical center in litigation against one of the largest hospital systems in Illinois. The newsletter also cited his work for defending 16 cases filed in state and federal courts alleging antitrust, fraud and regulatory violations arising from a conspiracy among all major U.S. workers compensation insurance carriers.

Chait has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He also advises senior management on litigation strategies and on communicating effectively with boards of directors, employees, shareholders and other constituencies.

01-18-2007

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