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Nexsen Pruet Adams & Kleemeier, P.C.

Nexsen Pruet Elects Four New Members
Nexsen Pruet announced that Melissa L. Azallion, Brian C. Bonner, Nikole Setzler Mergo, and Suzanne Guitar Odom have been elected Members (partners) of the firm.

“We are pleased to add these four attorneys to our Membership,” said Leighton Lord, board chairman of Nexsen Pruet. “They have worked hard to serve our clients and contribute to their communities. We are proud to hold them out as the future of Nexsen Pruet.”

Melissa Azallion, of the Hilton Head office, focuses her practice on employment and immigration law. She represents individuals and corporate clients in higher education, manufacturing, health care, hospitality, government, and technology. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Latin American Council of South Carolina, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Earlier this year, she was named to Savannah Business Journal’s “40 under 40” list in recognition of her professional and community achievements. She earned her undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State and her law degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. She is licensed to practice law in SC, GA and OH.

Brian Bonner, of the Columbia office, concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, corporate, and securities law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, his Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina, and his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. While a law student, he was managing editor of the South Carolina Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif, Order of the Wig and Robe, and the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court. He is licensed to practice law in SC.

Nikole Setzler Mergo, of the Columbia office, focuses her practice on employment law advice and counsel, employment litigation defense, complex civil litigation, antitrust, unfair business practices, and professional malpractice defense. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a semifinalist in the Lile Moot Court Competition and senior editorial board member of the Virginia Journal of International Law. She is also a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy. She is licensed to practice law in SC and NC.

01-04-2007

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Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

Sedgwick Launches E-Discovery Management & Compliance Practice Group and E-Discovery Portal
In response to the significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect on December 1, 2006, Sedgwick announces the creation of its E-Discovery, Data Management & Compliance Practice Group and e-Discovery Portal. The e-Discovery Portal, a repository of essential forms, cases, statutes, regulations, rules and articles, provides Sedgwick attorneys and the firm's clients with direct access to practical and relevant information needed at the onset of litigation. The practice group, led by San Francisco Partner Keith Casto and New York Partner Kenneth Rashbaum, further positions the firm as a leader of legal services related to e-discovery and data management.

Sedgwick attorneys in the practice group will serve the firm's domestic and international clients who are impacted by the mandates for management of electronic data. The group will advise on electronic data management issues, on e-discovery retention and production obligations, and will assist with legal issues related to electronically stored information.

Businesses today increasingly rely on email and other forms of electronic data for records retention and communication. As a result, courts are regularly involved in resolving discovery disputes regarding email and other electronic data. E-discovery requirements place significant obligations on both in-house and outside counsel to take steps to avoid destruction of electronic data, and courts may impose significant sanctions for failure to adequately preserve electronic evidence.

The practice group draws on the rich experience of Sedgwick attorneys who already advise clients facing these and other complex issues concerning data preservation and production. The firm’s attorneys consult with clients at the outset of litigation matters on hold orders, preservation plans, and communications. In U.S. litigation matters involving discovery of data outside the U.S., Sedgwick attorneys advise on compliance with the personal data protection laws of the country where the data resides and on the rules and procedures for executing discovery requests in other countries.

The practice group will also be able to draw upon Ken Rashbaum's involvement with the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 6, which focuses on international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure. Sedgwick's involvement positions the firm at the forefront of developing specific best practices and policies that address the unique challenges of processing, reviewing and producing electronic data in a litigation response in multiple jurisdictions.

The legal experts comprising the E-discovery, Data Management & Compliance Practice Group include Kenneth Rashbaum (Co-Chair), Keith Casto (Co-Chair), Todd Betanzos, David Cassidy, Amy Chung, Scott Greenspan, Jolyon Grey (U.K.), Earl Hagström, James Holmes, Edward (Ned) Kirk, Peter Messrobian, Christopher Nedeau, John Stephens, David Subramanian.

01-04-2007

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Announces Formation of Congressional Oversight Strategy Group
Ty Fahner, former Attorney General of Illinois and Chairman of the international law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, announced the formation of the Congressional Oversight Strategy Group. This special team of attorneys and professionals will advise Fortune 500 clients in the United States and globally on issues projected to receive intense scrutiny by the 110th Congress. The team, headquartered in Washington, D.C., includes members of the firm's legislative, white collar defense, government contracts, banking and securities and energy practice groups.

"With Washington gearing up for a period of heightened regulatory and investigative activity on the part of the Congress, our Congressional Oversight Strategy Group is well suited to assist in preparing clients for diverse challenges that lie ahead," said Mr. Fahner. "As one of the fastest growing offices of any international law firm in Washington, D.C. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is home to an impressive array of legal and legislative expertise - including former Members of Congress, Cabinet and Sub-cabinet officials, former prosecutors and heads of nationally prominent Congressional investigative committees."

The firm has been actively involved in numerous Congressional and Administration investigations including the backdating of stock options, steroids in baseball, excessive professional fees, and inquiries into the pharmaceutical and energy sectors. In many of these investigations, attorneys from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw have also dealt with the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and other key state and federal regulatory agencies' interest in ongoing matters.

The members of the Congressional Oversight Strategy Group include:

* Mickey Kantor, former Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative
* Richard Ben-Veniste, member of the 9-11 Commission, Chief Minority Counsel, Senate Whitewater Committee
* David McIntosh, former Member of Congress and White House official
* Peter Scher, former Chief of Staff to Senator Max Baucus and Staff Director of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
* Andrew Shore, former Chief of Staff to House Republican Conference
* Ty Fahner, former Attorney General of the State of Illinois and Assistant U.S. Attorney
* Rich Morvillo, Chair of the firm's Securities Enforcement Group
* Andy Pincus, former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce and Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States Department of Justice
* Carolyn Osolinik, former Chief Counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy and former Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
* Howard Waltzman, former Chief Counsel for the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
* David Krakoff, former Assistant United States Attorney and member of firm's White Collar Litigation Practice
* Robert Glennon, Head of firm's Tax Legislative Practice
* Mark Gitenstein, former Chief Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
* James Jochum, former Counsel to Senator Charles Grassley and former Counsel to Senate Banking Committee
* Joe Goldstein, former Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Peter White, member of the firm's White Collar Litigation group
* Penny Eastman, former White House staffer and senior official in Reagan Administration
* Thomas Delaney, former Staff of House Banking Committee and Office of Thrift Supervision
* Marcia Madsen, head of the Firm's Government Contracts Practice and Chair of the Acquisition Advisory Panel, authorized by the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 and, recently mandated by Congress to review federal contracting laws, regulation and policy

The firm's Washington office was the fastest growing of D.C.'s top 25 law offices in 2006 - with a 42 percent increase in attorneys and professionals over those on staff the previous year.

01-04-2007

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Appoints Sharon B. Hearn as Chairperson of Employee Benefits Practice Group
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce that Sharon B. Hearn has been appointed to serve as Chairperson of the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

Ms. Hearn graduated from Indiana State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree, magna cum laude. She received her J.D. cum laude, in 1984, from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis where she served as Executive Editor of the Indiana Law Review. Ms. Hearn was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1984 and is a member of the American, Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations. She is also a member of the Indiana Benefits Conference and The ESOP Association. She serves on the Legislative and Regulatory Advisory Committee of the ESOP Association and as Vice President of the Indiana Chapter. She dedicates her practice to advising clients on employee benefit matters with an emphasis on qualified defined contribution plans, executive compensation and employee stock ownership plan matters. Ms. Hearn resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Krieg DeVault's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group assists clients in the design and implementation of ESOPs, cash balance plans, safe harbor 401(k) plans, equity and non-equity-based plans, incentive compensation programs and “top-hat” plans for executives. The practice group is also actively involved in developing solutions to increasing health care costs.

Krieg DeVault LLP is a 120-professional, diversified law firm representing a wide variety of local, regional and national clients. It is a business-focused law firm with offices in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Hammond, Indiana. The firm's attorneys have significant experience in key areas that address the needs of a diversified client base. Through its membership in Meritas, the firm's ability to assist clients reaches around the world.

01-04-2007

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Appoints Scott S. Morrisson as Chairperson of Litigation Practice Group
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce that Scott S. Morrisson has been appointed to serve as Chairperson of the firm's Litigation Practice Group.

Mr. Morrisson received a B.A., with Distinction, from Hanover College in 1984, received his J.D., cum laude, from the Indiana University School of Law in 1987, and was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1987. Mr. Morrisson’s main area of practice is civil litigation, including employment, insurance, business, corporate, tort and personal injury litigation. His practice also focuses on arbitration. Mr. Morrisson has served as lead counsel on numerous jury trials, bench trials, preliminary injunction hearings and arbitrations. Mr. Morrisson resides in Carmel, Indiana.

Krieg DeVault's Litigation Practice Group is staffed by seasoned trial attorneys whose background and experience cover all the major practice areas in the firm. The attorneys of the Litigation Practice Group represent local, regional, national and international companies and individuals in litigation matters in both federal and state courts. Similarly, they assist clients in dealing with various federal, state and local administrative agencies, including representing clients before administrative tribunals. Members of the Litigation Practice Group are experienced in handling arbitration and mediation proceedings. Several members are also trained arbitrators and mediators.

01-04-2007

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Appoints James T. Crawford Jr. as Chairperson of Municipal Practice Group
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce that James T. Crawford Jr. has been appointed to serve as Chairperson of the firm's Municipal Practice Group.

Mr. Crawford has practiced extensively in the area of governmental finance and governmental law for more than three decades. Mr. Crawford acts as bond counsel, tax counsel in lease transactions, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel and borrower's counsel in a wide variety of governmental financings at the state, county and local levels of government. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences throughout the United States and has authored numerous articles and book chapters concerning tax-exempt financing as well as state and local government incentives for economic development. Mr. Crawford is the lead attorney for the firm in the areas of general obligation bonds, building corporation lease rental bonds, tax anticipation borrowings, economic development income tax bonds, economic development incentives and financing affordable housing developments, having provided bond and/or tax credit counsel services for affordable housing developments which constructed and/or rehabilitated in excess of 15,000 affordable housing units. He has previously served as tax counsel to the Indiana Housing Finance Authority. Mr. Crawford is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. He is the former Chairman of the National Association of Bond Lawyers Tax-Exempt Lease Financing Panel as well as its Glass-Steagall and Banking Law Issues Panel. Mr. Crawford resides in Fishers, Indiana.

Krieg DeVault's Municipal Practice Group has extensive experience in representing government entities and in advising private firms and individuals before various agencies, boards, commissions and the state legislature. The group’s attorneys have represented government entities and private contractors in all areas of government procurement matters, including the preparation, submission, negotiation and performance of public bids, proposals and contracts. They advise private contractors and public entities in the opportunities and pitfalls involved in complex contractual matters and the "privatization" of various traditional functions of the public sector. They assist governmental clients in developing creative solutions to business problems, financial questions and opportunities. Krieg DeVault also advises clients in the areas of public health care and health care finance, public finance and general public property improvements, management and finance.

01-04-2007

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Appoints Linda J. Cooley as Chairperson of Employment Law Practice Group
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce that Linda J. Cooley has been appointed to serve as Chairperson of the firm's Employment Law Practice Group.

Ms. Cooley, a native of New Jersey, graduated cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law in 1992. Prior to joining Krieg DeVault, Ms. Cooley served as law clerk to the Honorable Patrick Sullivan, Indiana Court of Appeals. Ms. Cooley’s practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, employment law, and mental health law. Her experience in employment law includes litigating cases in federal and state courts, defending clients before city and county EEO agencies, defending clients before OSHA on Sarbanes-Oxley complaints, and advising companies on developing personnel policies and handbooks, terminating employees, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Ms. Cooley is a presenter at seminars discussing FMLA issues, access to employee records, and general personnel matters.

Krieg DeVault's Employment Law Practice Group helps clients meet such challenges as discrimination claims based upon age, religion, color, disability, sex, race, national origin, and veteran's status and harassment claims so they can operate their businesses efficiently without the disruption of costly and divisive employment claims. Krieg DeVault's employment lawyers have successfully represented employers in state and federal trial and appellate courts, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, the Indiana and United States Departments of Labor and various other state agencies. The subject matter of these proceedings has included such diverse issues as discrimination, wrongful discharge, disputes over employment agreements (including covenants-not-to-compete and trade secrets), wage and hour violations, and Workers Compensation.

Krieg DeVault LLP is a 120-professional, diversified law firm representing a wide variety of local, regional and national clients. It is a business-focused law firm with offices in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Hammond, Indiana. The firm's attorneys have significant experience in key areas that address the needs of a diversified client base. Through its membership in Meritas, the firm's ability to assist clients reaches around the world.

01-04-2007

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