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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

James J. Evangelista Elected President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
James J. Evangelista, a shareholder with the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker, was elected president of The Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. ABOTA is an invitation only organization of the finest lawyers and judges in America. Made up of attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases, ABOTA members have earned great distinction at trial. ABOTA was created in 1958 to defend and preserve the 7th Amendment right to trial by jury.

Mr. Evangelista is the Health Care Litigation Practice Chair and practices in the Health Care and General Trial Practice Groups of Fowler White Boggs Banker, where he concentrates his practice in all facets of civil litigation, particularly professional liability, medical malpractice, medical device and drug manufacturer, pharmaceutical, aviation, premises liability, products liability, transportation liability, and catastrophic loss.

01-04-2007

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Represents Cisco Systems in Acquisition of IronPort Systems
Fenwick & West LLP represented its client Cisco Systems, Inc. in its acquisition of San Bruno, CA-based IronPort Systems, Inc. IronPort is a leading provider of Internet gateway security, focusing on enterprise spam and spyware protection. Cisco will pay approximately $830 million in cash and stock for IronPort in the transaction. The transaction is subject to closing conditions, and is expected to close in the third quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2007.

More information about the transaction can be obtained from the Cisco Web site.

The Fenwick & West transaction team included corporate attorneys Doug Cogen, Andrew Luh, Gerald Audant, Matthew Forkner, Robert Ricca, Aaron Hou and Shulamite Shen; executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys Scott Spector, Blake Martell, Tahir Naim and Liza Morgan; technology transactions attorneys Stephen Gillespie, Greg Sato, Christopher Joslyn, Jennifer Stanley, Chad Woodford, Tracy Randall, Darren Hutchins and Christa Gaines; patent attorneys Michael Farn and Daniel Brownstone; copyright attorney Mitchell Zimmerman; trademark attorney Karen Marie Kitterman; antitrust attorney Mark Ostrau; and tax attorneys Ron Schrotenboer and Victor Ng.

01-04-2007

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Collier, Shannon & Scott, P.L.L.C.

Kelley Drye Welcomes New Special Counsel in Chicago
Jean Marie Pechette has joined the Chicago office as a Special Counsel to the Firm. She has an extensive expertise in information technology, intellectual property and healthcare law. She has represented publicly and privately-held companies in various industries in complex transactions, such as, strategic alliances, joint ventures, sourcing, software, content or other technology development, licensing, transfer, and data or applications hosting agreements.

Jean was formerly Associate General Counsel of GE Healthcare (a General Electric Company division), where she was a member of the management team and responsible for the global legal affairs for several emerging clinical information technology and imaging businesses in the Integrated IT Solutions unit. As a business partner, she provided strategic counseling, playing an integral role in the high growth of the business from a start-up venture to an almost $2 Billion business. In addition to cross-border technology licensing, development, distribution and transfer matters, she also handled data privacy and security, fraud and abuse, and other regulatory compliance issues unique to the clinical information and medical device industry.

Jean received her J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and B.A. with Highest Distinction from Indiana University. She is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and on the Board of Directors of GB Manufacturing Co.

01-04-2007

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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Dewey Ballantine and Orrick End Merger Discussions
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP have jointly decided to end merger discussions. Both firms are successful, global firms that saw great potential in a combination. However, a combination of this size and scope posed significant challenges. While both firms tried
their best to work through these challenges, we were unable to bring the merger to completion. No one issue led us to this point, and each firm leaves this process with great respect for the leaders and partners of the other.

01-04-2007

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Phillips Lytle, L.L.P.

Riddell elected president of Minority Bar Association
Sakina Riddell, an associate at Phillips Lytle LLP, was elected president of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York at the organization’s annual meeting last month.

Riddell, who was the association’s corresponding secretary and chairperson of its annual dinner committee for 2006, began her one-year term Jan. 1. She succeeds Betty Calvo-Torres, of counsel to Cantor Lukasik Dolce & Panepinto PC.

At 31, Riddell can use her youth to advantage. From building the association’s 100-person membership to increasing awareness of diversity across the legal field, Riddell has several initiatives in mind.

"We’d like to get younger attorneys interested and invigorated while not forgetting the importance of maintaining ties with older members, who are an anchor for us to remember how far we’ve come," said Riddell, who practices in the area of commercial real estate and lending/finance transactions.

However, minorities continue to struggle to be proportionately represented in the legal field.

The association’s mission is to improve the status of minorities in the legal profession, insure the rights of all people and enhance legal services available to minorities in the Buffalo area.

"The Minority Bar Association has a role to play in terms of promoting diversity in the court system, in corporate legal departments and in law firms, to increase awareness of the need to promote diversity," Riddell said. The problem exists, she said, "nationwide and here in Western New York."

"We’re not necessarily different from any other legal community, but it’s something that is an area that we’d like to work on making strides."

Other initiatives Riddell has planned include:

• Obtaining CLE approval — The association, which now co-sponsors continuing legal education seminars with other organizations, is seeking approval to provide CLEs of its own.

While the seminars may focus on diversity themes, the association plans to host a wide range of programs for both members and nonmembers.

"We’ll focus on ethics credits, which are usually harder to obtain and come by," Riddell said.

• Continuing a relationship with UB Law — Riddell said the association’s relationship with the University at Buffalo Law School will be expanded through a mentoring program with the school’s Students of Color organization.

"It gives minority law students the ability to interact one on one and to learn from practicing minority attorneys, (who will) share struggles and successes and to provide them with added support," she said.

• Working with the New York State Bar Association — Riddell plans to work with former Minority Bar Association President David Edmunds, who was recently named to the state bar’s Special Committee on the Civil Rights Agenda.

"We’d like to try to develop some type of diversity forum or panel or conference here in Western New York that can bring different sectors in the legal community together to discuss issues of diversity and inclusion in different sectors," Riddell said. "You think you’ve come a long way, but it’s still a struggle, and there’s still a lot more advances we need to achieve."

A 2000 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Riddell is also chairwoman of the Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program Committee’s Buffalo affiliate.

Edmunds, who is special counsel at Phillips Lytle, said the association is fortunate to have her as president.

"Her energy and enthusiasm will be a great asset toward continuing the traditions of the association and introducing new initiatives," he said of his firm colleague.

"It is my hope that I will be able to … assist and complement Sakina’s efforts to implement her vision and to achieve her goals in this new role."

01-04-2007

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Gide, Loyrette & Nouel, PC

Gide Loyrette Nouel Casablanca advised EHC Maroc on a $116 million real estate development projec
The Gide Loyrette Nouel Casablanca office advised EHC Maroc, a joint venture company formed between The European Hotel Corporation (EHC), Alliances Development Immobilier and Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), on the financing of a mixed-used hotel and residential development project in Marrakech.

This $116 million project, scheduled to be completed in 2008, will include a 140-room luxury hotel and 40 Ryads & Villas, which will both be branded and managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

The Gide Loyrette Nouel legal team advising EHC Maroc on this transaction comprised Hicham Naciri, partner, and Thomas Urlacher.

01-04-2007

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Ulmer & Berne LLP

Tanya Sample Appointed to Board of KidsHealth 2020
lmer & Berne LLP announced today that one of its attorneys, Tanya Williams Sample, was appointed to the Board of Directors for KidsHealth 2020.

KidsHealth 2020 is an organization dedicated to providing interactive learning experiences and educational resources that promote the healthy development of children and youth of Mt. Pleasant, especially those in their formative years, from birth to age 10. KidsHealth 2020 programs encourage hands-on learning and the development of fundamental skills, self-esteem, and the ability to work with others. Caregivers use KidsHealth 2020 as a resource that provides information on early childhood development, learning styles, and effective parenting skills.

As an attorney with Ulmer & Berne, Ms. Sample focuses her practice on business litigation and employment and labor law. She is experienced in general litigation including defending worker’s compensation claims in state and federal courts. She is involved in various aspects of business litigation including contract disputes, employment-related issues, insurance coverage, warranty disputes and business disputes. Ms. Sample also represents school districts in education law matters.

01-04-2007

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