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Woodcock Washburn LLP

Woodcock Washburn Profiled in IP Law360, the Newswire for IP Professionals
For the last 60 years, Woodcock Washburn LLP has worked hard to establish itself as one of the foremost intellectual property boutiques, and the firm has no plans to budge from its hard-earned spot at the top.

Founded in 1946, the firm has grown from a small Pennsylvania outfit to one that boasts 90 attorneys scattered throughout offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seattle. Begun by sole practitioner Virgil Woodcock, the firm is now headed up by a three-member policy committee, with partners Joseph Lucci and Steven Samuels having just been elected to join the leadership trio.

Partner Steven Rocci will remain on the committee while Dianne Elderkin and Dale Heist will step down after having served on the team since 2001, Woodcock Washburn recently revealed. “The firm’s partners felt that it was important that the new committee reflect the makeup of the firm, while also maintaining continuity,” said Rocci. “With the committee being composed of one senior, one midlevel and one junior partner, representing the firm’s various legal and technical practice areas, we accomplished these goals.”

As the background of the new leadership group suggests, Woodcock Washburn prides itself on being able to cover all aspects of IP law at a level that it believes few other firms can match.

“We have a lot of depth in many different respects,” says Rocci Though the firm dabbles in all industries, Woodcock Washburn attorneys are particularly knowledgeable in the biotechnology, chemistry, chemicals, electrical and mechanical engineering, and software industries.

“On a technical level, we do electronics, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical -you name it,” he said. “Almost all of us are engineers or scientists.”Woodcock Washburn is not only specialized technically speaking but also in the type of law that the firm practices, according to Rocci.

The firm’s attorneys boast vast experience in patent, trademark and copyright law, litigation and trade secret protection, with a number of them All Content Copyright 2006, Portfolio Media, Inc. having served as the general intellectual property counsel at major corporations.

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Williams Mullen, P.C.

Forces Join to Create Large Southeastern Firm
Williams Mullen, Virginia's third largest law firm, and Maupin Taylor, P.A., North Carolina's oldest law firm, today announced they have signed a letter of intent to combine the firms. The resulting firm will be one of the largest in the Southeast with 300 attorneys and will have expanded capabilities to serve clients in both states as well as in federally regulated and cross-border transactions.

"We are excited about this growth opportunity," said Joey Smith, chairman and CEO of Williams Mullen. "The combined firm will provide our clients with access to additional resources while maintaining the same high quality of service each of our firms is known for."

The two firms will be working diligently with existing clients over the next few months to ensure a seamless transition.

"It is our responsibility as legal advisors to ensure that we have the appropriate resources to assist clients in their growth," said Keith Kapp, Maupin Taylor's managing partner. "Williams Mullen is a great fit for Maupin Taylor, and the depth they bring in legal experience will help enhance our capabilities and expand our services into new territory."

As a result of the pending merger, the firm's attorneys and staff will combine to total nearly 700 employees. The combined firm will operate offices in Raleigh, Research Triangle Park and Wilmington, N.C.; Charlottesville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Virginia Beach and Portsmouth, Va.; Washington, D.C.; and London.

Gateway Bank, a mutual client of both firms, said the merger will provide added service benefits.
"Companies want the best resources and capabilities when it comes to their outside counsel. You want the most equipped team possible." said Ben Berry, chairman and CEO of Gateway Bank and Trust Co. "With this merger, both firms, who already have vast synergies, can enhance their resources and expand practices. Joining forces will only strengthen their service."

The name of the firm will be Williams Mullen, although North Carolina offices will operate under the name Williams Mullen Maupin Taylor for a transition period. Joey Smith will continue as chairman and CEO of the merged entity.

Both are full-service law firms providing legal advice in areas such as labor and employment, corporate finance and securities, litigation, tax, government relations and more for clients in industries such as financial services, health care, transportation, technology, insurance and real estate and development. Williams Mullen and Maupin Taylor attorneys have also served as state and local judges, state legislators, as well as Virginia and North Carolina Bar Association officials.
In addition to their similar practice areas, Williams Mullen and Maupin Taylor share a history of strong community involvement. Attorneys at each firm are encouraged to serve their communities, beyond the practice of law. Both firms participate in their area United Way campaigns and support numerous business and community organizations. Williams Mullen attorneys and staff hold leadership positions on the boards and committees of a wide array of non-profit organizations and colleges and universities. They also maintain their own funding entity, the Williams Mullen Charitable Foundation.

Final details of the merger are still being confirmed, but it is scheduled to close March 1.

01-08-2007

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Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP

ANDREW TERRELL RECEIVES RISING STAR AWARD
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP (WTP) is delighted to announce that Andrew J. Terrell, a partner and head of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, was recently honored with a Rising Star Award from the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. The volunteer award was presented on January 4, 2007, at the chapter’s Jumpstart January Breakfast Reception, which was attended by over 150 community association leaders.

With over 15 years of legal experience, Terrell’s practice includes business, real estate, and community association litigation. He has represented small to large companies and community associations in general business affairs and litigation, and nonprofit and trade associations in D.C. and Virginia. Terrell has litigated cases on issues including: toxic tort, product liability, employment law, community association fair housing complaints, contract disputes, construction law, insurance defense, and coverage issues. A member of the American Bar Association, Terrell is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Alexandria Bar, and the Virginia Bar.

The Washington Metropolitan Chapter of Community Associations Institute (WMCCAI) serves the educational, business, and networking needs of community associations in 20 cities/counties in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Members include condominium, cooperative, and homeowner associations as well as those who provide services and products to associations. The Washington Metropolitan Chapter, a national, nonprofit 501(c)(6) association created in 1973, has more 2,600 members including 400 businesses, 200 professional managers from 100 management companies, and community volunteers from more than 800 associations representing 260,000 households.

01-08-2007

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Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

Vorys Announces New Customs & International Trade Attorney in Washington
The law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is pleased to announce that Philip S. Gallas has joined the Washington office as of counsel and will practice as part of the corporate group.

Mr. Gallas provides counsel to domestic and foreign manufacturers and exporters, foreign governments, global retailers, U.S. importers, and trade associations on a broad range of international trade matters. He regularly represents clients before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Congress (i.e., private customs legislation), and U.S. Department of State.

Mr. Gallas has extensive experience in proceedings brought under the antidumping and countervailing duty laws; proceedings under Section 301 and 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. He advises importers on matters of Customs law, including classification, value, origin, and enforcement issues. He has counseled manufacturers of both military and commercial goods and technology regarding U.S. export controls and assisted them with licensing matters before the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Mr. Gallas graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in 1978. He is a member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association as well as the Washington Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association.

Mr. Gallas is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court. Prior to joining Vorys, Mr. Gallas was a partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP.

01-08-2007

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Troutman Sanders LLP

Troutman Sanders Partnership Expands By 16
Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of 16 attorneys who have been elected partners. The new partners are located in the law firm's offices in Atlanta, New York, Norfolk, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C.

"Each of these attorneys has worked hard to achieve this milestone in their careers,” said Robert W. Webb Jr. – chairman and managing partner, Troutman Sanders. “The firm appreciates their hard work and dedication, and looks forward to their continued success as partners."

Troutman Sanders’ new partners are:

Benjamin “Ben” D. Briggs
Seth T. Ford
Eric A. Koontz
Brandon F. Marzo
Jeffrey “Jeff” C. Morgan
Tift Hubbard Shepherd
Sonia Kaur Bain
Jean E. Gallancy
Christopher A. Abel
Carl H. Bivens
John R. Cline
Edwin “Ned” C. Cox
Bryan M. Haynes
J. Garrett Horsley
Thomas M. Rose
Amie V. Colby

AttorneyAbout the new partners in the Atlanta office:

Benjamin “Ben” D. Briggs joined Troutman Sanders in 1999 and is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group.

His practice focuses on a wide-variety of labor and employment matters arising under state and federal law. Areas of significant experience include representation of clients in employment discrimination cases, wage and hour litigation (including collective actions), OSHA matters, employment contract disputes, union campaigns, collective bargaining, unfair labor practice charges, whistleblower claims and agency proceedings. In addition, Briggs has significant experience providing training, advice and preventative counseling in all areas of labor and employment law.

Briggs wrote Defending the Mixed-Motive Retaliation Case for the March 2006 ALI-ABA Practical Litigator and contributed to the American Chamber of Commerce Resources' 2006 Georgia Human Resources Manual, A Guide to Georgia and Federal Employment Laws and Regulations.

He received a B.B.A. from the University of Miami in 1990 and a J.D., with honors, in 1999 from Georgia State University.

Seth T. Ford has been with the firm since 2001 and is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group. Prior to joining Troutman Sanders, he was the Senior Law Clerk for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas from 1997 to 2001.

His practice focuses on the handling of a wide variety of employment disputes arising under both state and federal law. These disputes include harassment and discrimination claims under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as well as employment contract disputes (including pay issues, enforcement of non-compete agreements, protection of confidential employer information and trade secrets), wage and hour law issues, and workplace drug and alcohol testing issues. Additionally, he handles disputes arising under the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Ford was the editor for the American Chamber of Commerce Resources' 2006 Georgia Human Resources Manual, A Guide to Georgia and Federal Employment Laws and Regulations.

He received a J.D. in 1997 and a B.A. in 1994 from the University of Arkansas.

Eric A. Koontz joined the firm in 1999 and is a member of the Securities & Capital Markets, and Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Ventures practice groups.

He represents clients in a variety of corporate and securities matters, including public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, mergers and acquisitions involving publicly traded and privately held entities, and investments involving private equity and real estate funds. In addition to transactional matters, Koontz has significant experience in providing day-to-day advice regarding Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance issues as well as day-to-day compliance with federal and state securities laws.

Koontz serves on the Board of Directors for the Diabetes Association of Atlanta, Inc.

He received a B.S., magna cum laude, in 1996 from Robert Morris College and a J.D., with high honors and Order of the Coif, from the University of North Carolina in 1999.

Brandon F. Marzo is a member of the firm’s Energy practice group and has been with Troutman Sanders since 2004. Prior to joining the firm, he was an attorney for the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) (2002 - 2004) and the Consumers’ Utility Counsel Division of the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs (2001 - 2002), as well as an associate for The Howard Law Firm (2002).

Marzo represents clients in regulatory proceedings before State Utility Commissions. His compilation of work includes various matters involving integrated resource planning, applications for certificates of public need and necessity, request for proposals for resources, rate cases, qualifying facilities, and Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act claims.

Prior to joining Troutman Sanders, Marzo served as primary counsel to the Natural Gas Section of the GPSC. In this role, he handled various matters involving the enforcement of GPSC rules and matters involving natural gas marketer related violations.

Additionally, Marzo worked intimately with the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs in assisting with the development of the Consumers’ Relief Act of 2002.

He received a J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1999 and a B.A. from Morehouse College in 1995.

Jeffrey “Jeff” C. Morgan joined the firm in 2003 and practices in the Intellectual Property and Media & Entertainment practice groups.

He litigates intellectual property cases in federal courts throughout the nation, with an emphasis on complex patent litigation. He also has expertise in Internet related issues, particularly relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the posting of infringing or defamatory content, and other wrongful on-line conduct.

In addition to his practice, he co-chairs the Trial and Appellate Rules committee for the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section. He is also the author of the Internet Law and Practice chapter “State Regulation of the Internet” (West Publications, 2002), co-author of “Fighting ‘Cybersmears’: How to Protect Your Company Against Anonymous Internet Postings (Atlantic Coast In-House, July 2004), as well as numerous articles exploring developments and evolution of Internet law.

Morgan received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 1996 from Boston College.

Tift Hubbard Shepherd is a member of the Securities & Capital Markets, and Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Ventures practice groups. She has been with the firm since 1997.

She represents energy clients in public offerings of debt securities and trust preferred securities, including drafting portions of registration statements, drafting and negotiating ancillary documents and conducting due diligence review of corporations. Additionally, she has experience representing multiple public and private corporations, as both buyers and sellers, in connection with mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations.

Shepherd conducts extensive general corporate legal work on behalf of public and private corporations by assisting public companies with Securities Exchange Act compliance, representing borrowers in commercial loan transactions, drafting commercial agreements, corporate formation documents and resolutions, and conducting corporate law research.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of The Atlanta Humane Society, where she assists the humane society with day-to-day legal matters.

Shepherd received her B.B.A., magna cum laude and with general honors (1993), and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia (1997).

01-08-2007

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Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, P.A.

ATTY. MARIA RECALDE NAMED BY WOMEN'S BUSINESS TO ITS TOP TEN WOMEN ATTORNEYS LIST FOR 2007
Attorney Maria E. Recalde, a shareholder with the regional law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, was named by Women’s Business as one of Boston’s Top Ten Women Attorneys for 2007 appearing in the January 2007 issue of the publication. Recalde was selected based upon responses from Women’s Business readers and firm clients, who submitted nominations.

Paula Harris, principal and co-founder of WH Cornerstone Investments in Duxbury, Massachusetts, was quoted in the publication’s feature. “(Recalde) is a thoughtful, compassionate attorney who is ready to deliver the appropriate message at the appropriate time.”


Recalde’s practice concentrates on the rapidly changing areas of technology and intellectual property litigation, transactions and counseling. She also provides strategic counseling on the wide range of issues facing emerging companies today. Recalde regularly lectures and writes on intellectual property, Internet, e-commerce, electronic communications and related topics. She was named as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property by the publishers of Boston Magazine and Law & Politics in 2005 and 2006.

Recalde has been active in numerous community organizations. She is a former Trustee of the Boston Bar Foundation, has chaired the Boston Bar Journal’s Board of Editors and served on the council of the Boston Bar Association. She also chaired the Internet/e-commerce committee of the Hispanic National Bar Association. She is currently the President of the South Shore Women’s Business Network and a member of its Board of Directors. She serves on the Wellesley Development and Outreach Council, an advisory council to the Board of Trustees, the President and the Office of Resources and Public Affairs of Wellesley College. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Boston Chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. She is a former member of the International Institute of Boston’s Board of Directors.

Recalde is a 1985 graduate from Wellesley College and is a 1988 graduate from Boston College Law School. She is a resident of Hingham, Massachusetts.

01-08-2007

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Perkins Coie LLP

Five Years in a Row! Perkins Coie Named to FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best Places to Work for Fifth Year
Perkins Coie announced that it's been named one of the nation's "100 Best Companies to Work For" by FORTUNE magazine for the fifth straight year. It is one of only five law firms nationwide to make the list. The firm was ranked #64 overall.

"We are thrilled to be named one of the best places to work for the fifth straight year," said Managing Partner Robert E. Giles. "This honor is a reflection of the tremendously talented people that we hire and our collegial culture, which encourages them to reach the top of their potential."

The firm's focus on excellence has been validated by various other organizations. Vault, Inc. ranked Perkins Coie among the most prestigious law firms in the world in its 2007 edition of the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms. Woodward/White, publishers of The Best Lawyers in America, named 110 Perkins Coie attorneys as the best in the country in its 2007 edition, and ChambersUSA ranked Perkins Coie as a leading law firm in 24 different areas in markets across the country, including the top ranking in 13 areas.

"The 100 Best Companies to Work For" list is compiled for FORTUNE by Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco. The list is based on two criteria: an evaluation of the policies and culture of each company, and the opinions of the company's employees. The latter is given more weight; two-thirds of the total score comes from employee responses to a 57-question survey which goes to a minimum of 400 randomly selected employees from each company. More than 100,000 employees from 446 companies participated in the survey this year. It asks about things such as attitudes towards management, job satisfaction, and camaraderie within the organization. The remaining one-third of the score is based on an evaluation of each company's demographic makeup, pay and benefits programs, and culture.

01-08-2007

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