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Orrick LLP

The Future of Orrick's Logo Featured in San Francisco Legal Publication
Chairman Ralph Baxter is quoted and pictured in The Recorder's front-page article about the future of Orrick’s logo in light of the potential merger with Dewey Ballantine. When the merger was announced, Baxter said “We want to emphasize New York and at the same time, we want to emphasize Orrick – we’ve retained the ‘O’ and the green color.”

Creating a brand name is a challenge for many firms, and the green 'O' is widely identified with Orrick. "It is a visual representation of the balance of the merger," said Director of Communications Allan Whitescarver.

11-07-2006

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Miller Nash LLP

UW Department of Economics Visiting Committee Welcomes New Leadership
Miller Nash lawyer Tom Olson, recent chair-elect of the University of Washington’s Department of Economics’ Visiting Committee, welcomed Ron Irving, interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Robert Halvorsen, chair of the Economics Department, at a ceremony recently. In attendance were more than 50 members of the greater Puget Sound business community.

The Visiting Committee provides non academic guidance and assistance to the department and promotes stronger relationships with the local business community. With many of the area’s top business leadership as members, the Visiting Committee bridges an essential gap between academia and the world of business.

“As a product of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington, I believe a liberal arts education teaches us to be life long learners,” said Olson, a partner of Miller Nash LLP specializing in business formation and operations. “Being on the Visiting Committee affords me the opportunity to get involved with one of the country’s finest economics departments and actively play a role in its continued preeminence.”

Olson, who has been a member of the Visiting Committee for the past four years, was elected chair in September 2006 and will serve a two-year term.

As one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest multispecialty law firms focusing on business and litigation, Miller Nash LLP serves clients locally and worldwide from its five offices in Bend, Portland, and Prineville, Oregon, and Seattle and Vancouver, Washington.

11-07-2006

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC Announces Addition to the Marketing Department
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The law firm of McGlinchey Stafford announces the addition of Shelly Robichaux to the firm’s marketing department. Located in the New Orleans office, Robichaux will serve as the InterAction coordinator and will oversee the processing, data-entry, administration and maintenance of the firm’s client relationship management system, InterAction.

Prior to joining McGlinchey Stafford, Robichaux worked as a human resources information systems specialist and an information technology analyst. Her extensive experience includes developing staffing strategies and analyzing trends, maintaining various software applications and databases that support information technology and human resources departments and providing customer support and applications training.

A graduate of Tulane University, Robichaux received a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Info.

11-07-2006

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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Essentials of Section 1031 Exchanges Seminar
Shareholder T. Michael Blake will be a featured speaker at the National Business Institute's upcoming "Essentials of Section 1031 Exchanges" seminar scheduled for Tuesday, November 7th, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Oklahoma City.

This one-day seminar is designed to provide accountants, attorneys, real estate professionals, financial planners, bankers and contractors with a higher level of understanding regarding "like-kind" property exchanges. Topics include:
* Introduction to 1031 Exchanges
* Qualified Property for the Exchange
* Sale v. Exchange
* Requirements of Section 1031 Exchanges
* Title Parking Exchanges
* Special Exchange Issues

11-07-2006

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King & Spalding

Board of Directors Network, KPMG Honor King & Spalding’s Chilton D. Varner with Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that The Board of Directors Network, Inc. and KPMG LLP have awarded King & Spalding partner Chilton D. Varner the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award, which recognizes the achievements and accomplishments of Georgia women serving on corporate boards of directors. The Board of Directors Network is a non-profit research and advisory organization that works to increase the number of women in executive leadership roles and on corporate boards.

"Ms. Varner’s accomplishments are extraordinary and inspirational to other women in the greater Atlanta community," said Elizabeth Noe, President of the Board of Directors Network. "Her unwavering commitment to her profession, to exemplary board service and her community make her a most deserving recipient of this honor."

Varner is the only woman serving on the board of directors of Brown & Brown, Inc., a publicly traded insurance broker. She serves on the compensation and corporate governance committees for Brown & Brown. Varner also serves on the Emory University Board of Regents, Wesley Woods Geriatric Center Board of Directors and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors.

Varner was King & Spalding’s second woman partner, the firm’s first woman litigation partner and the first woman member of the firm’s management committee. Since she became partner in 1983, the percentage of women lawyers at the firm has increased from less than 5 percent to nearly 40 percent today. She is one of the relatively few female trial lawyers in the country with a successful "first chair" courtroom practice, and her leadership of the field has led to numerous honors, including being named one of the top ten women litigators in the nation and leading the firm’s product liability practice to become one of the top 3 in the nation. Many of the world’s top corporations, including The Coca-Cola Company, GlaxoSmithKline, General Motors and 3M, rely on Varner to represent them in their highest stakes disputes.

11-07-2006

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding Partner Clark Lackert Elected President of the U.S. Group of the AIPPI
Clark W. Lackert, Deputy Practice Group Leader and partner in King & Spalding's Intellectual Property group, was elected President of the U.S. Group of the AIPPI at its annual meeting held in Chicago on Friday, November 3, 2006. Prior to his election, he had held the office of Secretary since 2001. His election is effective immediately.

Mr. Lackert has been consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading IP lawyers, having an extensive practice in global IP litigation, anti-counterfeiting, counseling, due diligence and protection. He is a frequent lecturer in diverse venues around the world, such as Beijing, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro. He has also chaired numerous professional committees, including the American Bar Association's Trademark and Copyright Divisions and INTA's Committees on Issues and Policy, External Affairs, Amicus Brief and Geographical Indications.

The AIPPI, the acronym for the French name of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, is the oldest and most prestigious global intellectual property law association. The group was founded in 1897, and now has over 8,000 members specializing in patent, trademark and copyright law.

King & Spalding’s Intellectual Property practice provides traditional and innovative intellectual property legal services to clients with trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret legal issues. The firm's IP practice now numbers over 100 attorneys and patent agents, and in Corporate Counsel’s annual survey "Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?", King & Spalding ranked 5th for total representations of FORTUNE 250 companies in intellectual property matters.

11-07-2006

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman Represents Winthrop Realty Trust in $117 Million Public Offering
The law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to have served as legal counsel to Winthrop Realty Trust, a Boston-based NYSE listed real estate investment trust (REIT), in its recently completed public offering of 19,550,000 shares of common stock at a price of $6.00 per share. The offering, which closed on November 3, had an aggregate value of $117.3 million.

Mark I. Fisher, a New York-based partner in Katten’s Corporate Practice, served as lead counsel to Winthrop. Additional members of Firm’s legal team that were involved in the transaction included partners Elliot Press, Jill E. Darrow and Robert L. Kohl, and associates Michael H. Williams and David A. Pentlow, all of the New York office.

The offering included 2,550,000 shares issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. acted as sole book-running manager for the offering. KeyBanc Capital Markets, a division of McDonald Investments Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Incorporated, and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow Inc., acted as co-managers.

Katten’s Corporate Practice encompasses mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, public and private debt and equity offerings, public company representation, REIT formation, institutional lending, securitizations, leveraged leasing, structured finance, start-up and venture capital financing, leveraged buy-outs, joint ventures and other strategic alliances, real estate finance, partnership tender offers and roll-ups and proxy contests.

11-07-2006

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