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Jenner & Block LLP

Verrilli Argues Habeas Evidentiary Hearing Rights Case Before Supreme Court
Jenner & Block Partner Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9 to help delineate those instances in which it is appropriate to hold an evidentiary hearing for a habeas petitioner whose original attorney failed to present important mitigating evidence during the sentencing phase of his death penalty trial. Among other things, Mr. Verrilli, Jr., asserted that Jeffrey Landrigan, convicted of murder in 1990 and sentenced to death by an Arizona State Court, should be granted an evidentiary hearing to determine if he was deprived of his 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at trial. Schriro v. Landrigan, No. 05-1575.

According to Mr. Verrilli, his pro bono client’s attorney at the time failed to provide adequate representation at trial by refusing to present valuable evidence, including key testimony and expert evaluations regarding Landrigan’s troubled childhood and current mental state during sentencing.

The case comes on appeal from the Ninth Circuit, in which the Appellate Court held en banc that Mr. Landrigan “has demonstrated proper basis for an evidentiary hearing,” based on the assertion that he “made a colorable claim that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel in his sentencing.”

In addition to Mr. Verrilli, the Jenner & Block legal team on this matter includes Partners Ian H. Gershengorn and Elaine J. Goldenberg, and Associates Scott B. Wilkens, Jessica Ring Amunson, and Joshua M. Segal. Mr. Landrigan’s counsel of record are Dale A. Baich, Sylvia J. Lett, and Justin F. Marceu of the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona.

Mr. Verrilli had played a lead role in the landmark Supreme Court case, Wiggins v. Smith, in which a majority of Justices struck down the death sentence of another pro bono client and reaffirmed the duty of defense counsel in capital cases to explore all potentially mitigating evidence.

01-09-2007

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Hogan & Hartson Represents Investors in the Financing of Xunlei Network Technology Company
Hogan & Hartson LLP represented a consortium of investors, led by Ceyuan Ventures, in the Series B financing of Xunlei Network Technology Co., Ltd. Xunlei, based in Shenzhen, China, is a leading provider of person-to-person file sharing network and downloading services in China. Investors include Ceyuan Ventures, Google Inc., IDGVC, Morningside Ventures, and Fidelity Asia Ventures.

The Hogan & Hartson team was led by partner Roger Peng in the Beijing office, with assistance from associates Amanda Zhou and Norman Li in the Beijing office, and associate Adi Dabholkar in the Washington, D.C. office.

01-09-2007

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Former Goldman Sachs Vice President and Associate General Counsel Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that K. Susan Grafton has joined as of counsel resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Previously Vice President and Associate General Counsel in the Legal Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co., and a former official of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation, Grafton has extensive experience addressing business, regulatory and compliance issues that affect broker/dealers, investment banks and other participants in the securities industry.

"Susan will be a terrific addition to the firm," said Stephanie Tsacoumis, Co-Partner in Charge of the Washington, D.C. office. "Her market regulation background will complement our securities regulation practice and dovetail nicely with the enforcement experience of Barry Goldsmith, who was the head of enforcement of NASD and Chief Litigation Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement before joining Gibson Dunn last year."

"Susan is highly regarded in the securities industry," said Gibson Dunn partner Barry Goldsmith. "She offers a unique combination of current industry and regulatory experience -- working at Goldman Sachs, serving as Chair of the ABA Market Regulation Subcommittee, and drafting key regulations, including significant parts of Regulation M, while working at the SEC.

"Gibson Dunn has a top-notch securities practice which is known for its deep bench of lawyers, many of whom served in senior regulatory positions," said Grafton. "I look forward to contributing my skill set and experience to Gibson Dunn's regulatory, enforcement and transactional practices."

With her previous experience in the SEC's Division of Market Regulation, Grafton joins Goldsmith and several other former SEC officials in Gibson Dunn's Washington, D.C. and California offices, including Brian Lane who served as Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, Amy Goodman who served as Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, Ron Mueller who served as Counsel to SEC Commissioner Edward H. Fleischman, John Sturc who served as an Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of the SEC Enforcement Division, and James Moloney who served as Special Counsel in the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions in the Division of Corporation Finance.

01-09-2007

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pillsbury Advises Joint Global Coordinators on World's Second Largest Equity Offering of 2006
Employing a team of lawyers across practice disciplines and offices from Sydney, San Francisco and New York, the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman recently represented the joint global coordinators in a A$15.5 billion (approximately US$12 billion) secondary public offering of shares in Telstra Corporation Limited., Australia's leading telecommunications and information services provider. The offering of ordinary shares (in the form of installment receipts) by the Commonwealth of Australia was the largest equity offering ever in Australia and the second largest global equity offering of 2006.

Pillsbury represented ABN AMRO Rothschild, Goldman Sachs JBWere and UBS AG, Australia Branch. The deal closed in November 2006.

The offering consisted of a global retail offering to investors in Australia and New Zealand, a public offering without listing in Japan, and an institutional offering in Australia, New Zealand, and other jurisdictions, including the U.S.

"This transaction, which was one of the most complex deals completed in 2006 and has been heralded as one of the most significant capital markets transactions of the year, involved a large integrated team of lawyers across the various Pillsbury practice groups and network of offices, and it is representative of the kinds of global, cross-discipline matters that Pillsbury regularly handles," said Bob Meyers, a corporate and securities partner in Sydney who lead the Pillsbury team.

The team included David Lillevand, Cécile Baume and Mark Connelly, all corporate and securities associates in Sydney, San Francisco partners Stan Wong and David Lamarre (corporate and securities), and Bill Kurz (finance and market regulation) and Jim Chudy (tax), both partners in New York.

01-09-2007

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Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Jeralyn L. Lawrence to Speak About Child Custody and Grandparents’ Rights
Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the Somerville law firm of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., will speak at a free seminar entitled "What Everyone Should Know About Child Custody and Grandparents' Rights." The seminar, sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. Lawrence will discuss custody arrangements, working with a custody expert, relocation outside of New Jersey, how to maximize child support within the state guidelines, and grandparents' visitation rights.

For more information or to register, contact the New Jersey State Bar Foundation at www.njsbf.org.

A resident of Watchung, Lawrence devotes her practice to the litigation and mediation of matrimonial and family law matters, including custody, parenting time, divorce and adoption.

Lawrence has been qualified for certification as a Matrimonial Law Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification, and is a Family/Divorce Mediator. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and Chair of the New Jersey Matrimonial Young Lawyers Committee of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She is also a member of the Somerset County (Chair, Family Law Committee) and Essex County Bar Associations, the New Jersey Supreme Court Office of Attorney Ethics, District XIII Attorney Ethics Committee, and an attorney volunteer at the Somerset County Resource Center for Women and Their Families. Lawrence has also been selected by her peers as one of 10 Attorneys Under 40 in Family Law.

Lawrence received her J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, summa cum laude. At Seton Hall, she was awarded the New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Award, and served as Student Director of the Seton Hall University School of Law, Family Law Clinic. After law school, Lawrence served a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Herbert S. Glickman, Essex County, Chancery Division, Family Part.

01-09-2007

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Anthony Joseph Selected for Faculty of National Trial Advocacy College
Anthony A. Joseph, a shareholder at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., has been selected to serve as a faculty member of the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia School of Law. The National Trial Advocacy College, a partnership of Virginia Continuing Legal Education and the University of Virginia School of Law, is a program that assists attorneys in refining their trial skills. The college’s faculty consists of over 50 trial lawyers, professors and judges from around the country, and as a member of the faculty, Joseph will be providing instruction on trial techniques.

Anthony A. Joseph practices in Maynard Cooper’s General Litigation and White Collar Criminal Practice areas. Joseph represents companies and individuals in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as parallel civil and criminal proceedings. In addition, he often makes presentations on issues pertaining to white collar criminal defense and other subjects. Joseph graduated from Cumberland School of Law in 1980, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and an associate justice of the Moot Court Board. In 1977 Joseph received his M.C.P. from Howard University, and in 1975 he received a B.S. from Vanderbilt University. He has been selected for Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar for White Collar Crime and in Best Lawyers in America for Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense and White-Collar Criminal Defense.

Joseph is First Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section as well as a member of its White Collar Crime Committee. He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the past Vice President and Executive Committee member of the Alabama State Bar Association, an Alabama State Bar Commissioner, an adjunct professor for the Cumberland School of Law, and the President the Birmingham Bar Association. Joseph is also a member of the Birmingham Inns of Court, the Magic City Bar Association and is a former president of the Legal Aid Society. Joseph also serves as a member of the Advent Episcopal School Board. He is also a member of the Steering Committee and a former member of the Alumni Council for Leadership Birmingham, a member of Birmingham Partnership, and a member of Leadership Alabama, Class XVII. Joseph is on the Board of Directors for the Birmingham Metropolitan YMCA, a former Chairman of the Downtown YMCA, a former president and member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education, a former president and member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and a former Board member of the American Red Cross.

01-09-2007

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Maynard Cooper's Strategic Initiatives Include Next Generation of Leadership
After 22 1/2 years of tremendous success, Maynard Cooper is implementing strategic initiatives to support its growth and prepare for the future. These initiatives include the founding members of the firm passing on much of the leadership to the next generation. In 1984, Maynard Cooper was founded by 26 attorneys. Today the firm has 160 attorneys that serve local clients as well as serving as national counsel for Fortune 250 companies. Members of the firm include the Alabama State Bar President, the President of the Birmingham Bar Association and a past president of the American Bar Association.

The firm's new Managing Partner, Mark Drew, is the first Managing Partner who was not a founding partner of the firm. Drew is a partner in the firm's Corporate, Tax and Securities Law practice group. As Managing Partner, he will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and administrative functions of the firm though he is quick to state, "Serving my clients will continue to be my number one priority." Fournier J. "Boots" Gale III, the firm's former Managing Partner, will now serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee.

In addition, the firm has recently added significantly to its administrative support personnel. Kim Russell has been named Chief Operating Officer. Russell brings with him over 20 years of law firm management experience. His most recent position was COO of Ice Miller LLP, a 250 lawyer firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. Scott Barringer has been named Controller and brings over 13 years of accounting experience to the firm. Maynard Cooper has also continued to grow and enhance individual practice groups to provide more expertise, depth and resources to its clients.

01-09-2007

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