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Edwards & Angell, L.L.P.

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Merger
The national law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (EAP&D) today celebrates the one-year anniversary of the merger between Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP, which put the firm squarely in the AmLaw 100 (#74) and Global 100 (#97) rankings in terms of size and revenue.

“The success of the merger and integration of our firms is due to the extraordinary efforts and dedication of all of our members and the complementary nature of the two firms,” said Charles DeWitt, co-managing partner. “Thanks to our team we have retained our most valued professionals, added terrific talent and avoided significant client conflicts.”

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge marked the anniversary across its nine offices on November 1 with breakfasts, trivia contests and a dedicated jeans day for charity, raising $6,400 for the American Red Cross.

During 2006, the combined depth and bench-strength of EAP&D resulted in significant client wins and precedent-setting legal victories. EAP&D made international bankruptcy law history this year by obtaining the first Order granting a Petition under the new Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the aid of a non-U.S. proceeding involving a foreign business debtor.

2006 has been a year of successes for Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, not least of which is its successful integration. During this period, the firm’s 538 attorneys merged accounting, email and client management systems, and through a concerted and dedicated effort, forged a unified culture.

According to Terrence Finn, co-managing partner, “today we are a stronger and more competitive firm than we were one year ago and are very well poised for continued growth, which is being driven by opportunities coming out of expanded client needs and demands, our evolving marketplace and enhanced capabilities.

11-01-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Forty-seven Michigan Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
Forty-seven Dykema attorneys from the Michigan offices of the firm were named Super Lawyers for 2006. This listing is published annually by Law & Politics. Law & Politics performs the polling, research, and selection of Super Lawyers in a process designed to identify Michigan lawyers within 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

11-01-2006

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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Bankruptcy Partner Ronald R. Sussman Elected to Leadership Positions in TMA, ACTP
Ronald R. Sussman, a partner in Cooley Godward Kronish’s industry-leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice, has been named to two leadership positions within important associations in the bankruptcy sector.

Mr. Sussman was re-elected to the Board of Directors at the Turnaround Management Association’s recent annual meeting in Orlando, FL. He will serve a two-year term, after having recently completed a first three-year term. Mr. Sussman was also recently elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of ACTP.

The Turnaround Management Association (www.turnaround.org) is the only international non-profit association dedicated to corporate renewal and turnaround management. With international headquarters in Chicago, TMA has 7,100 members in 38 regional chapters who comprise a professional community of turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters and consultants.

The Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals (ACTP) is the sole international organization dedicated to developing, monitoring and maintaining a program of certification for professionals engaged in the turnaround, crisis management, restructuring and renewal of troubled businesses, organizations and associations.

Cooley Godward Kronish’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice represents secured lenders, official and unofficial creditors’ committees, equity committees, employee and retiree committees, tort committees, investors in distressed situations, debtors, companies and governmental entities in the negotiation of complex reorganizations. The group has handled major cases, including litigations in the Enron, Montgomery Ward, Federated Department Stores, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and USG Corporation Chapter 11 cases.

11-01-2006

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke's Co-Founder of Student Hurricane Center Honored for Work With Katrina Victims
Chadbourne & Parke attorney Laila Hlass received an award on October 19, 2006 from Equal Justice Works on behalf of the Student Hurricane Network (SHN). Ms. Hlass co-founded SHN, which works with law students and administrators to create and coordinate volunteer legal opportunities in Gulf Coast communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Based in Washington, D.C., Equal Justice Works was founded in 1986 by law students seeking equal justice for underserved communities. Equal Justice Works presented SHN with the LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Exemplary Public Service Award at its 2006 Awards Dinner in Washington.

"In September 2005, other students and I started the Student Hurricane Network to connect law students with service opportunities to help the people of the Gulf Coast," explains Ms. Hlass, a native of storm-damaged Long Beach, Mississippi, and a 2006 graduate of Columbia Law School. "We have sent over 1,000 students to the region to volunteer during their winter and spring breaks. We have more trips planned."

Ms. Hlass spent 20 days in New Orleans supervising students involved in projects focused on issues such as voting rights, housing, criminal justice, juvenile justice, and immigrant rights.

She is continuing her commitment to public interest work at the Legal Services Center of The Door, New York City's premier youth development agency. Since 1998, Chadbourne has placed associates at the Center as externs, and in 2005 Chadbourne expanded the commitment by starting the Chadbourne & Parke Door Fellowship. Last month, Ms. Hlass began serving as the newest Fellow, working entirely on pro bono matters. The Center provides a broad range of legal counsel and advocacy services in such areas as family law, the rights of youth in foster care, immigration, and access to public benefits.

The Chadbourne & Parke LLP Foundation has donated $110,200 to Katrina relief efforts

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chadbourne supported relief efforts on several fronts. For example, attorneys in New York took part in the City Bar Justice Center's Hurricane Katrina Legal Relief Project, and the Chadbourne & Parke LLP Foundation donated $110,200 to five charitable groups. The donations were:

$20,000 to Habitat for Humanity’s "Make a Difference Today" project, at which homes for Gulf Coast families were constructed at Rockefeller Plaza during the week of September 26-30, 2005. Chadbourne had 54 volunteers working on the project. The Firm also made available conference rooms, telephones and computer hookups for Habitat for Humanity.
$60,200 to New York Disaster Interfaith Services to help purchase clothes and school supplies for 3,000 evacuees living in New York.
$10,000 to America’s Second Harvest to help support disaster relief and recovery activities and assist its food banks.
$10,000 to Katy Christian Ministries in Katy, Texas (a Houston suburb), where churches were being used as shelters for evacuees. The Firm had previously collected and sent blankets, clothing and personal care supplies to churches in Katy.
$10,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the Greater New Orleans Foundation, which arranged grants to community organizations in the areas hit by the hurricane.

11-01-2006

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Arent Fox LLP

Longtime Toyota Executive Dennis Cuneo Rejoins Arent Fox
Arent Fox is pleased to announce that Dennis C. Cuneo has joined the firm’s Automotive Group as counsel in the Washington, DC, office. Cuneo, formerly senior vice president at Toyota Motor North America in New York— the second highest-ranking officer there—spent more than 22 years in executive positions at the giant automaker. From 1980 to 1984, Cuneo was an associate at Arent Fox, where he worked on various legal and regulatory matters.

“Dennis’ varied experience at Toyota will be extremely valuable not only to the Automotive Group,” said Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox chairman, “but also to all our practice groups that focus on manufacturing. His insight and knowledge of the industry is unmatched, and we are happy to welcome him back to the firm.”

While senior vice president, Cuneo was in charge of administration, corporate communications, industry and government relations, legal planning, research and the Latin American Group. He also served as chief environmental officer. During his tenure, he developed and executed a comprehensive external affairs strategy to manage consumer and government perceptions of Toyota’s steady ascent in the American automobile industry. He also executed a diversity strategy that led to an invitation to join the Billion-Dollar Diversity Roundtable—a first for the foreign-owned company.

Among his many professional activities, Cuneo was chairman of the Cincinnati branch of the Federal Reserve and member of the executive committee and chair of the human rights policy group of the National Association of Manufacturers.

Cuneo received his JD from Loyola University, an MBA from Kent State University and a BS from Gannon College.

11-01-2006

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Adams & Reese LLP

Mississippi Business Journal Selects Jarrad Garner Among "Top 40 Under 40" for 2007
Jarrad Garner, a partner in the Jackson office of Adams and Reese, has been selected as one of Mississippi Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.” He will be recognized at a luncheon on January 17, 2007, at the Mississippi Trademart in Jackson. For the past 14 years, “Top 40 Under 40” recognizes 40 of Mississippi's top business and community leaders under the age of 40.

Garner is a member of the Commercial Dispute Resolution, Casualty Coverage and Transportation Practice Teams. He represents clients in a wide variety of matters including commercial and corporate litigation, insurance defense, health care litigation, products liability, premises liability and workers’ compensation defense. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Over the past several years, Garner has devoted a significant amount of time to the Jackson office’s recruiting efforts through his service on the Recruiting Committee. He remains active in the legal community as a member of the Hinds County and Mississippi State Bar Associations, the American Bar Association, the Jackson Young Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. He also contributes to the Jackson community through participation in the firm’s corporate philanthropy program, HUGS and through pro bono work with the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project.

Garner earned his law degree (J.D.) in 1999 from University of Mississippi. During law school, he served as judicial intern for the Honorable David C. Bramlette, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. In 1996, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Millsaps College where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He continues his service to the fraternity as an alumni advisor.

11-01-2006

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Wolf Block Schorr & Solis

WolfBlock Adds John Nixon as Partner in Employment Services Practice Group`
WolfBlock announced today that accomplished Philadelphia attorney John A. Nixon will join the firm as a partner in the Employment Services practice group. He will be resident in WolfBlock's Philadelphia office.

Nixon focuses his practice in the design and operation of executive compensation, pension and retirement programs. He advises employers, executives, plan sponsors and ERISA providers on a variety of issues and is a frequent lecturer, commentator and author on executive compensation and employee benefit issues.

Nixon currently serves on the national Advisory Panel on Employee Benefits for the American Law Institute-American Bar Association Program Committee and is a former vice president of the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan Law School (J.D.) and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (B.S.).

"John is a very talented attorney. He has a terrific reputation in his field," said WolfBlock chairman Mark L. Alderman. "His skills and experience will complement our Employment Services practice group and will be an asset to the firm and its clients.

11-01-2006

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