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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods LLP Recognized as a "Client Service All Pro" in BTI Client Service Survey
McGuireWoods LLP is one of only six law firms to be named a “Client Service All Pro” law firm in the 2007 edition of BTI’s The Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms.

BTI Consulting Group, Inc., a Boston-based marketing research and management consulting firm, began publishing the annual national survey six years ago to single out the top 30 law firms for excellent client service. BTI conducts interviews annually with 200 corporate counsel from Fortune 1000 companies to rank the law firms. To achieve the recognition of being a “Client Service All Pro,” a law firm must have been recognized for four of the last six years on the list of the top 30 law firms.

BTI’s research delineates 17 activities that drive client relationships. McGuireWoods was recognized as excelling in 14 of these categories, including being singled out as a leader in the categories of “Client Service” and in “Keeping Clients Informed.”

William J. Strickland, managing partner of McGuireWoods, said, “McGuireWoods has a long tradition of delivering outstanding client service. We are honored that our clients have recognized this as a differentiating factor when comparing McGuireWoods to other law firms.

12-18-2006

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Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Firm Advises Loral Space & Communications Inc. in $2.96 billion Acquisition of Telesat Canada
Willkie client Loral Space & Communications Inc. and its Canadian investment partner, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) announced their agreement with Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. to purchase Telesat Canada for C$3.25 billion and Loral's contribution of its Skynet satellite services business to a new Canadian joint venture company formed to effectuate the acquisition. In a press release, Loral's CEO, Michael Targoff, said: "This newly formed company will be one of the world’s largest operators of telecommunications satellites, with a combined fleet of eleven satellites and four additional satellites to be launched over the next three years." The Willkie team advising Loral includes partners Bruce Kraus, Bill Hiller, Phil Verveer, Rick Reinhold and Barry Nigro, with the assistance of special counsel Jonathan Konoff and associates Mark Getachew, Dalia Al-Sayeh, Jeni Pepper, Vladimir Kobzar and Mike Jones.

12-18-2006

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Stoel Rives, LLP

Senior Real Estate Attorney Joins Stoel Rives
Stoel Rives LLP adds senior real estate attorney Alexander E. Hamilton to its San Francisco office this week. The addition demonstrates the firm’s continued success in expanding its California presence.

Hamilton has more than 20 years of experience in real estate purchases and sales, commercial leasing, development, financing, partnership dispute resolutions, construction disputes and workouts of troubled projects. He has represented a diverse group of clients, including real property lenders, developers, landlords, tenants and contractors. In addition, Hamilton has served as an expert witness in commercial leasing disputes in California.

Hamilton is the author of Miller & Starr California Real Estate Forms (1st & 2nd eds. West 1992–96), a multi-volume real estate form and practice set covering the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, commercial leasing, real property, secured financing transactions and construction contracts. He is a contributing author to the Lease Negotiation Handbook (ALI-ABA 2003).

Hamilton received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. He holds a B.B.A from the University of Texas. Before practicing law, Hamilton worked as a certified public accountant in Texas.

“Alex’s extensive leasing background provides the firm with additional breadth and depth to our real estate practice in California,” says Tom Ellison, chair of the firm’s Real Estate group. “He joins a talented and experienced team of real estate lawyers who together make Stoel Rives a firm of choice on leasing and project development in Northern California.”

“Alex’s skill, experience and visibility in the industry will greatly serve the growing needs of our real estate clients,” adds Chris Keele, Managing Principal of Stoel Rives’ California offices. “His arrival builds on our continued commitment to growth in California.”

Stoel Rives has four offices in California—in San Francisco, Sacramento, Tahoe City and San Diego—as well as offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. In California, Stoel Rives represents entities and businesses ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups and municipal agencies. The firm has depth and experience in many areas, including litigation and transactional counseling services in energy, natural resources, the environment, real property, commercial transactions, governmental relations, products liability and title insurance.

12-18-2006

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Rawle & Henderson, LLP.

Pamela S. Helman joins Rawle & Henderson LLP
Rawle & Henderson LLP is pleased to announce that Pamela S. Helman has joined Rawle & Henderson’s Pittsburgh office as an associate, where she will focus her practice on the defense of product liability, mass tort and environmental matters.

Pam received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2003. She earned a B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 2000.

She is admitted to practice in the states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

12-18-2006

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Molly Peckman of Pepper Hamilton Speaks at Professional Development Institute
Molly Peckman, Special Counsel and Director of Professional Development with Pepper Hamilton LLP, recently spoke at the Professional Development Institute 2006. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), was held in Washington, D.C. on December 7-8, 2006.

Ms. Peckman presented “Lawyer Career Satisfaction: How Professional Development Can Make a Difference.” The session illustrated ways to promote lawyer satisfaction, including implementation of goal setting and career guidance, helping lawyers deal with tension between their career desires and the employer’s interests, and identifying ways to ensure that lawyers receive meaningful work assignments.

Ms. Peckman speaks and writes regularly regarding attorney professional development and is responsible for coordinating the evaluation and partnership nomination processes at Pepper. In addition, she coordinates training programs for all firm attorneys, including lawyer orientation and integration, mentoring, substantive and skills-related training, and formal Continuing Legal Education.

The American Law Institute-American Bar Association Continuing Professional Education is a nonprofit endeavor providing continuing professional education for lawyers since 1947.

12-18-2006

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Two Associates Join Nelson Mullins in Atlanta
Two new associates have joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in its Atlanta office:

Attorney Nekia HackworthNekia S. Hackworth practices in the areas of business, general, and product liability litigation. Before joining Nelson Mullins, Ms. Hackworth served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sterling Johnson Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Ms. Hackworth was an associate for another law firm in New York in the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy group before her clerkship. There, she worked with a Brazilian media client on a $1.3 billion debt restructuring. Ms. Hackworth is admitted to practice in New York. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association, and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. Ms. Hackworth earned a Juris Doctor and a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School in 2004. While attending Harvard, she was the co-managing editor of the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal and treasurer and spring conference committee co-chair of the Harvard Black Law Students Association. In 1999, Ms. Hackworth earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, with concentrations in Accounting and Human Resource Management from Emory University.

Attorney Sarah WhalinSarah Whalin is an associate who practices in the areas of corporate and health care law. She is admitted to practice in Georgia and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association. Ms. Whalin is the author of National Security Versus Due Process: Korematsu Raises Its Ugly Head Sixty Years Later In Hamdi and Padilla, 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 711 (2006) and Peach Sheet on House Bill 98: Georgia Land Conservation Act, Review of Selected 2005 Georgia Legislation, 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (2006). She earned a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law in 2006. While in law school, Ms. Whalin served as legislation associate editor of the Law Review. She was also the recipient of the 2006 Best Peach Sheet Award and Outer Barristers’ Guild Award. In 1999, Ms. Whalin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, cum laude, from Williams College.

12-18-2006

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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

GEORGIA’S BUSINESS RECRUITMENT CHIEF JOINS
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, an international law firm providing a wide range of legal and public policy solutions for business and other clients, announces Craig Lesser, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development will be spearheading the firm’s new International Public Affairs practice.

“Craig joins the firm with a wealth of experience in the areas of government affairs and economic development and he clearly understands the competitive nature of the global society we live in today,” said Gordon Giffin, Chairman of the Public Policy and International practice at McKenna Long & Aldridge. “Craig will be integral in broadening our global focus and his contribution will allow us to provide an unprecedented level of service to our clients.”

Commissioner Lesser was appointed to GDEcD by Governor Sonny Perdue in 2004. Since that time, Lesser has lead efforts to recruit new businesses to Georgia from around the nation and internationally, including the KIA Motors Company assembly plant in LaGrange, Georgia. In this role he was integral in the establishment of the Georgia Tourism Foundation, a public-private partnership fostering tourism throughout the state. His responsibilities also included oversight of the state’s small business and entrepreneur programs, efforts to grow existing business as well as marketing Georgia as an ideal destination for filmmakers, the music industry and multi-media companies.

Prior to his gubernatorial appointment, Lesser’s previous positions included VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Georgia Power Co.; President & CEO of Mirant New York; and Senior VP of External Affairs for Mirant Americas. Prior to joining the department, he was a partner in a boutique public affairs consulting firm.

Present and previous affiliations include Board of Directors Chair for the Georgia Centers of Innovation, the Georgia Tourism Foundation and Governor Perdue’s Growing Georgia Cluster group of state agency heads. Commissioner Lesser also serves on the boards of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the OneGeorgia Authority, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and the Tech High Foundation, as well as on Emory University’s Board of Visitors.

Mr. Lesser received his B.A. from the State University of New York College at Oneonta and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business, Leadership Georgia and the Regional Leadership Institute.

“I am delighted to be joining one of the nation’s finest government affairs practices,” said Craig Lesser. “I believe that given the strong credentials of professionals within the firm, McKenna Long & Aldridge is positioned to become an international powerhouse.”

Lesser is the latest addition to the firm’s Government Affairs group which includes former U.S. Senator Zell Miller; former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin; Keith Mason who served in the Clinton White House and as chief of staff to Governor Zell Miller; Eric Tanenblatt who served as chief of staff to Governor Sonny Perdue and senior advisor to the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell; former Congressman Buddy Darden; and the local government affairs team including Steve Labovitz, Sharon Gay, and Hakim Hilliard.

12-18-2006

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