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Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner, LLP

Thelen Lawyer Helped by U.N. as a Child Heads to The Hague
Listening to her giggle over the phone as she mops up another coffee spill (they happen frequently, she quips), it's hard to imagine Hanh Nguyen at The Hague, working to put Serbian war criminals behind bars.

But that's exactly what the third-year Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner associate will be doing.

Thelen is granting Nguyen a yearlong leave of absence so she can pursue her life-long dream of working for the United Nations in The Hague.

01-08-2007

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Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross, P.C.

Ted Zangari - Newark Real Estate Board Re-Forms
GlobeSt.com posted an article about the re-formation of the Newark Real Estate Board (NREB). According to this article, the revitalized NREB "...is devoted to promoting continued economic investment and development in New Jersey's largest city." Ted Zangari, a Member of the Firm, was listed as a key individual behind the founding members of the new board of this organization. This article titled "Newark Real Estate Board Re-Forms" was written by Eric Peterson.

01-08-2007

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Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross, P.C.

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Fed Class-Action Law: Enrage Ebbs
The New Jersey Lawyer interviewed Jeffrey Greenbaum, a Member of the Firm and Chair of the Firm's Class Action Litigation Practice Group, for the January 8, 2007 article titled "Fed class-action law: Enrage ebbs" by Dana Sullivan. This article discusses the recent move of class actions from the state courts into the federal courts. According to article, "Jeffrey J. Greenbaum...now sees it beginning to take hold and have an impact. Not only are there more initial filings in federal courts, he said, but when he has sought removal from New Jersey courts, it's been with a minimum of resistance from plaintiffs.

01-08-2007

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Edmond D. Johnson Joins Pepper Hamilton's Wilmington Office as a Partner
Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Edmond D. (Ted) Johnson, an experienced lawyer concentrating in complex commercial and corporate litigation, including patent litigation, has joined the firm as a partner resident in the Wilmington office.

“Ted is a great addition to the firm and our commercial litigation practice group,” said David B. Stratton, the partner in charge of Pepper’s Wilmington office. “He is a highly experienced litigator, with substantial first-chair experience in the Chancery Court and the federal courts in Delaware. In addition, his patent litigation experience will bolster our Delaware intellectual property practice. We’re very pleased that he has chosen to join Pepper.”

Mr. Johnson’s practice includes patent infringement, trade secret, class action and derivative action cases. His intellectual property litigation experience includes matters involving semi-conductors, computer systems, software and pharmaceuticals.

Additionally, Mr. Johnson has litigated matters involving significant technology issues, including the operation and characteristics of jet aircraft engines and large diesel engines used in ships and locomotives. He also has experience litigating business valuations and business accounting issues, including audit failures.

“Wilmington has become a destination for intellectual property litigation,” said Mr. Johnson. “My experience in this area and my years of experience handling matters before the Chancery Court are nice complements to Pepper’s already strong litigation practice in Delaware. I’m happy to be a part of and help build Pepper’s litigation practice here.”

Mr. Johnson joins Pepper from The Bayard Firm in Wilmington, where he had practiced and been a director since 1996. Before joining Bayard, he was a partner with Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel LLP in Wilmington.

He is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A. 1965), where he majored in math and chemistry, and he received his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law (J.D. 1983).

01-08-2007

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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fifteen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
The law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announced today that 15 attorneys have been named to Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” for 2007. The annual “Legal Elite” list is culled from ballots sent to the state’s more than 17,000 attorneys.

Parker Poe attorneys named to the 2007 “Legal Elite” include:

* David Neal Allen, Charlotte office – Litigation
* P. Neal Cook, Charlotte office – Business
* Melanie Black Dubis, Raleigh office – Young Guns
* John F. Graybeal, Raleigh office – Antitrust
* James N. Greene III, Charlotte office – Tax and Estate Planning; Young Guns
* Thomas N. Griffin III, Charlotte office – Environment
* Russell B. Killen, Raleigh office – Construction
* Fred T. Lowrance, Charlotte office – Construction
* Brent M. Milgrom, Jr. , Charlotte office – Real Estate
* William G. Pappas, Raleigh office – Business
* J. William Porter, Charlotte office – Bankruptcy
* William L. Rikard Jr., Charlotte office – Litigation
* Roy L. Smart III, Charlotte office – Business
* Robert W. Spearman, Raleigh office – Antitrust
* Edward W. Wellman, Jr. , Charlotte office – Business

01-08-2007

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Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody Named A “Best Place to Work” by FORTUNE Magazine; Second Consecutive Year Law Firm Earns Spot on Magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” List
Every year, FORTUNE magazine selects the one hundred best companies to work for in the United States from hundreds of candidates. An organization must excel in many areas to be chosen. Companies are scored on job satisfaction, benefits, diversity, compensation, employee communications, camaraderie, and philanthropy. Two thirds of a company’s score is based on the opinions of the company’s own employees.

“We at Nixon Peabody are delighted by this recognition, especially because it calls attention to something that we have known for quite some time—that the best companies to work for are made up of the best people to work with,” said Harry P. Trueheart, chairman of Nixon Peabody. “Our people are our essence. The spirit, skills, and dedication of our personnel have made Nixon Peabody a special place to work, and a great organization for our clients to do business with. We are pleased to stand among many of the nation’s most respected companies, and to pay tribute to our personnel in such a powerful way.”

Nixon Peabody uses five strategic objectives—client satisfaction, employee satisfaction, professional development, quality processes, and financial performance—to guide its financial and workplace success. William Simpson, director of human resources at Nixon Peabody, said, “At Nixon Peabody, our strategic drivers constantly remind us to listen to our people and focus evenly on all, rather than just one, of our objectives. These underlying objectives provide a roadmap for continuous improvement in a number of key areas, ensuring that year after year progress is achieved in making Nixon Peabody a better place to work.”

Nixon Peabody offers a variety of innovative benefit and career development programs. Many are unique within the legal industry and include:
Benefits That Support Employees’ Lives

* Benefits that include health and dental coverage, an employee assistance plan, child care resources, family leave benefits, supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance, dependent life insurance, long-term care insurance, back-up day care, elder care and a gender-neutral four-week paid parenting leave
* A paid-time off (PTO) policy that allows employees to carry over unused time off and enables the firm to “buy back” unused PTO from nonexempt employees at 100% or 120% of the value

Benefits That Support Career Development and Enhancement

* A job satisfaction survey that uses employee input to determine areas for improvement
* A Diversity Action Committee that supports the firm’s goal of being an innovative leader in diversity
* Extensive learning and development programs for all personnel

01-08-2007

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Pocock Appointed to Bar Committee
The N.C. Bar Association's Litigation Section has appointed Donald R. Pocock to the Civil Practice Committee. The committee is responsible for reviewing issues affecting civil practice and making recommendations to improve the civil court system such as proposing reforms to the rules of civil procedure or evidence or improving civil court administration.

Based in Winston-Salem, Mr. Pocock’s areas of practice include business and commercial litigation, construction litigation, professional liability, and product liability.

01-08-2007

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