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King & Spalding

Reuse and Development of Contaminated Property to Be the Focus of King & Spalding's January E-Learn Seminar
As part of King & Spalding’s monthly E-Learn Series, an hour-long web seminar entitled "Reusing Contaminated Property for Commercial and Residential Developments" will be offered to King & Spalding clients on January 16, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. The seminar will be presented by environmental group partner Charles Tisdale and counsel Les Oakes.

The seminar will be presented online from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EDT. Clients of the firm will be able to participate online, or may view the program at the firm’s offices in Atlanta, Houston, London, New York, and Washington, D.C. Participants in the King & Spalding E-Learn Series generally receive CLE credit for attending the program.

Among the topics to be addressed in the January 16 seminar:

* Analyzing the contamination to select the most practical legal approach;
* Use of Federal, Georgia and other state Brownfield programs;
* Fast tracking the work necessary for legal compliance to begin development quickly; and
* Working with lenders, environmental regulatory agencies and environmental consultants

Speakers
Charles H. Tisdale has practiced environmental law at King & Spalding since 1973 and has represented clients on air, water, and waste issues before state and federal agencies and in litigation. He is listed as a leading environmental lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA. He practices in the Atlanta office of King & Spalding. Tisdale is a member of the Boards of the Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, the Clean Air Campaign, the Emory University Alumni Association and the Georgia Conservancy. He is the former chair of the Atlanta Bar Litigation Section and the State Bar Environmental Law Section.

Leslie A. Oakes joined King & Spalding's Environmental Practice Group in 1986 following a career of over eleven years as an environmental engineer with the Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (EPD). At EPD, he conducted compliance inspections, wrote permits and participated in agency enforcement proceedings. He worked in the air, hazardous waste and water branches. Chambers USA selected Mr. Oakes as a leading environmental lawyer in Georgia.

01-03-2007

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Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.

Twenty-Four Kennedy Covington Attorneys Named Among 2007 Legal Elite
Kennedy Covington, one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, is pleased to announce that 24 of its attorneys have been named to Business North Carolina magazine's Legal Elite for 2007.

This prestigious list includes attorneys considered by their peers to be the best in their fields. Of the 18,000 eligible attorneys, only 3% made this year's Legal Elite.

Kennedy Covington attorneys named to the 2007 list were: Amie Flowers Carmack (Employment), John H. Carmichael (Real Estate), D. Scott Coward (Business and Corporate), George C. Covington (Litigation), Buddy DuBose (Real Estate), Brian P. Evans (Real Estate), Walter P. Fisher Jr. (Real Estate), David A. Franchina (Environment), A. Lee Hogewood III (Bankruptcy), Wayne P. Huckel (Construction and Litigation), Cliff R. Jarrett (Patents/Intellectual Property), Joseph B.C. Kluttz (Bankruptcy), William C. Livingston (Employment), Kiran R. Mehta (Environment and Litigation), John M. Murchison (Antitrust), Ray E. Owens Jr. (Litigation), Bailey Patrick Jr. (Real Estate), Francis M. Pinckney (Patents/Intellectual Property), Karl S. Sawyer Jr. (Patents/Intellectual Property), and J. Michael Wilson (Tax and Estate Planning).

Kennedy Covington attorneys Amie Flowers Carmack and Curt C. Brewer were named "Young Guns" for 2007, a new Legal Elite category for the state's top attorneys under the age of 40. J. Michael Booe (Bankruptcy), Norfleet Pruden (Business Law) and Ace Walker (Litigation) are members of the Legal Elite Hall of Fame.

Business North Carolina's Legal Elite is a statewide listing of North Carolina's top attorneys. Ballots are mailed to every member of the State Bar living in North Carolina. From these ballots, only 607 attorneys across the state received enough votes to be listed among the 2007 Legal Elite.

01-03-2007

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Fred Werkenthin - Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Lawyer Award
The Austin Bar Foundation has named JW partner, Fred Werkenthin, the recipient of its 2007 Distinguished Lawyer Award. The Award is given annually by the Foundation to honor a member of the legal profession "whose life work exemplifies integrity and service to the community." Mr. Werkenthin will be presented the award on Saturday, January 20th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin.

01-03-2007

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Gary Thornton Named Chair of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's South Area Business Council
Gary Thornton was named chair of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's South Area Business Council. The South Area Business Council offers a channel for members to become "involved in solving problems, discussing issues, and implementing special projects and events for the benefit of the area.

01-03-2007

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Hunton & Williams, LLP

Nine North Carolina Hunton & Williams Attorneys Recognized by Business North Carolina Magazine as ‘Legal Elite’
The Raleigh and Charlotte offices of Hunton & Williams are proud to announce the following attorneys are among those recognized by their peers and named “North Carolina Legal Elite” in Business North Carolina magazine. The attorneys were selected through a poll of more than 18,000 attorneys from across the State of North Carolina.

Craig A. Bromby — Environmental Law
John D. Burns — Litigation
Jean Gordon Carter — Tax & Estate Planning
Frank E. Emory, Jr. — Litigation
Douglas W. Kenyon — Antitrust & Trade Regulation
William S. Patterson — Tax & Estate Planning Legal Elite Hall of Fame
Charles D. Case — Environmental Law
William D. Dannelly — Environmental Law
William M. Flynn — Business Law

“We are proud that nine of our North Carolina-based attorneys were included in this restigious list and we congratulate Charles Case, Bill Dannelly and Bill Flynn for being selected as members of the Legal Elite Hall of Fame,” stated William S. Patterson, managing partner of the firm’s Raleigh office. Added Thomas T. Cottingham, Jr., managing partner of the firm’s Charlotte office:

“Congratulations to all of this year’s Legal Elite. We are especially honored to have been recognized by our peers.

01-03-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields partner awarded OBE for services to corporate law
Vanessa Knapp, corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire OBE for her services to corporate law in Her Majesty the Queen's New Year's Honours List 2007.

Ms Knapp was awarded the honour as UK Representative, Company Law Committee, Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the EU.

Ms Knapp advises clients on a wide variety of corporate transactions and has been closely involved in the review of British company law leading to the recent enactment of the Companies Act 2006. She is a member of the expert advisory group set up by the European Commission to provide advice on corporate governance and company law measures. She is a member and former chairman of The Law Society Company Law Committee and the City of London Law Society Company Law Sub-committee. Vanessa is also the UK representative of the Company Law Committee of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE).

Commenting on the award, Ms Knapp said: 'It is very important that British and EU company law provide an environment in which business can flourish. I am delighted that my involvement in trying to ensure this is the case has been recognised in this way'.
Notes for editors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing a comprehensive worldwide service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

01-03-2007

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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Drinker Biddle and Gardner Carton Merger is Official
After announcing their intention to combine in November, the law firms of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP are now officially merged. The new firm enters the new year as Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, but will be known as Drinker Biddle Gardner Carton in Chicago and Milwaukee during 2007. The combined firm includes more than 640 lawyers in 12 offices nationwide, making it one of the 70 largest law firms in the United States.

“This combination provides our clients with a critical mass of top-notch lawyers across the country,” said Alfred W. Putnam Jr., chairman of Drinker Biddle. “We now have major presences – each with more than 100 professionals – in the dynamic legal markets of Philadelphia, Chicago, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.”

While expanding and deepening its presence in several key markets across the country, the combination also has strengthened many of the firm’s core practice areas. For example, the firm’s newly combined intellectual property group has more than 80 professionals, making it one of the biggest IP groups in any U.S. full-service law firm. Other examples of the firm’s enhanced capabilities to provide superior client service include:

• In the corporate and securities practice, the number of public companies served increases, as does representation of businesses based abroad in places such as Europe, Asia and Australia.
• The corporate restructuring practice’s capabilities double, with the addition of lawyers in both New York City and Chicago along with a prominent bondholder/creditor representation team handling large national cases. The firm now has a presence in three of the top five bankruptcy venues: New York, Chicago and Delaware.

• The firm now boasts more than 300 litigators in a wide variety of practice teams, including general commercial, antitrust, communications, products liability, mass tort and class actions, environmental, insurance, labor and employment, construction, corporate governance and securities and white collar crime.
• The investment management practice, which pre-merger was already recognized by The American Lawyer as one of the top 10 groups in the nation, gains additional depth with the addition of lawyers with significant experience in hedge funds that complements the existing group’s broad 1940 Act practice.
• A pharmaceutical industry consortia practice joins lawyers already serving top pharmaceutical companies. This practice adds significant experience to a large and continually growing government and regulatory affairs practice.
• The combination of one of the country’s premier ERISA law practices with an expanded labor and employment group, with specialties in defense of class actions, creates a human resources law group that will compete with the largest firms in the country.
• The firm’s commitment to health care law remains – and in particular in representation of large academic medical centers – with a group of more than 40 professionals comprising a practice that has been ranked No. 1 in the United States by Chambers USA.
• In real estate, a highly respected Midwest-based team of lawyers provides a strong complement to existing strengths on the East Coast, along with enhancing national relationships in commercial and retail development and leasing.
• Several nationally known industry-focused practices, including education, customs and trade, and Native American affairs, now gain a larger platform from which to provide service to their clients. According to the firm’s management, the process of combining the firms is going very smoothly.

“The integration of the two firms has been progressing since we announced the merger in November, and that process will continue during the year ahead,” said Andrew C. Kassner, executive partner of Drinker Biddle. “There are many logistical details in a combination of this size that need to be handled, but one of the most important aspects of the combination – the blending of the firms’ cultures – has been an overwhelming success, something we expected from the very beginning.”

Some business-related details of the combination include:
• The firm has redomesticated as a Delaware limited liability partnership.
• Drinker Biddle’s Chicago lawyers have relocated from 161 N. Clark St. to the Gardner Carton’s 191 N. Wacker Dr. offices.
• Gardner Carton’s New York City lawyers will be moving to Drinker Biddle’s 140 Broadway location later this month.
• Additional office space is under construction at Drinker Biddle’s Washington, D.C., office at 1500 K St. NW. Lawyers and professionals from Gardner Carton’s office at 1301 K St. NW will be relocating in the spring.
• Both firms’ graphic identities have been merged into a new look, with a combined website launched today.

01-03-2007

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