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RatnerPrestia

RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate John McGlynn to its Trademark Center
RatnerPrestia is pleased to announce that John McGlynn has joined the firm as an a Associate in the Wilmington, DE office, which is the location of the firm's Trademark Center. Prior to joining RatnerPrestia, Mr. McGlynn was an associate in the New York office of an international intellectual property law firm with a strong presence in the Trademark legal community. In that firm, he counseled and assisted clients in connection with all aspects of domestic and international trademark prosecution and use including clearance, registration, enforcement, transfer and licensing of trademarks. Mr. McGlynn will play a key role in RatnerPrestia's Trademark Center.

Mr. McGlynn earned his B.A. from Loyola College and received his J.D. from Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. He is a member of the International Trademark Association and the Trademark Committee of the IP Owners Association. Mr. McGlynn is a contributor to World Trademark Law Reports and was a featured panelist in the inaugural issue of World Trademark Review.

In its third decade, RatnerPrestia is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. Its clients range from start-up companies to multi-billion dollar corporations, both domestic and international, and include well-known institutions and universities. For more information call (610) 407-0700.

10-27-2006

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RatnerPrestia

RatnerPrestia Welcomes Two New Associates and a Scientific Advisor in Valley Forge
RatnerPrestia is pleased to announce that Dawn Kerner and Lauren Schmidt have joined the firm as Associates and Tarik Patterson as a Scientific Advisor in the Valley Forge office.

she focused on Electrical Engineering and Business Management. While working toward her degree, Ms. Kerner served as a tutor for the Mathematics and Sciences Academic Enhancement Center and was a member of the school's Golden Key International Honor Society. Ms. Kerner earned her J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law, where she was awarded the Dorothy Day award for excellence in pro bono activities.

Mr. Patterson holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Temple University. He served his co-op rotations in the machine design services department of the Walt Disney Company "Ride & Show" Engineering. Shortly after graduating from Temple University, he was selected for the General Electric Company Corporate Technical Leadership Program where he completed graduate-level advanced engineering coursework and spent two weeks at General Electric Company's exclusive Corporate Leadership Training facility. Mr. Patterson received his J.D. from Rutgers University - Camden School of Law.

she was a member of the Tri-Beta National Biological Honors Society. She interned in the legal department of a pharmaceutical company, gaining experience in patent prosecution and contracts. She earned her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, where she was vice president of the Intellectual Property Society. During law school, Ms. Schmidt externed for Judge Irvin J. Snyder and the Late Judge Charles A. Weiner. She also gained experience working as a legal intern at a pharmaceutical services organization actively assisting in a pending trademark infringement action, patent prosecution and contract renegotiations.

10-27-2006

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Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, L.L.P.

Not following new option rules is a perilous practice
Stock option programs typically are one of the key tools that technology companies use to recruit, retain and provide incentives to their workers. Thanks to recent actions by the Internal Revenue Service, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, executives of private and public companies may need to tweak or even change long-standing policies, plans and practices.

Human assets are critical to every tech business, and recruiting the right talent to join the company can be essential to every major milestone on your path forward, such as research and development breakthroughs; new product launches; major marketing campaigns; and new channels and distribution. In order to induce the right person to leave her current employer or choose your company over a competitor's, you must tell a compelling story and follow it up with an attractive offer letter. The sweetener in many offer letters is often the grant of stock options.

10-27-2006

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, L.L.P.

Joseph M. Manko and Rodd W. Bender of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, Address Real Estate Institute
Joseph M. Manko, a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), and Rodd W. Bender, a partner at MGKF, will speak at the 10th Annual Real Estate Institute on December 7, 2006, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. They will present a workshop entitled “Real Estate Development: How to Avoid the Environmental Pitfalls.”

Manko and Bender will provide advice to real estate practitioners on recognizing and overcoming environmental regulatory pitfalls when acquiring and developing property. They will both review basic issues and evaluate new and emerging trends in such areas as “all appropriate inquiry” for environmental due diligence, wetlands permitting,and construction stormwater management and erosion and sedimentation controls. Organized by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Real Estate Institute has become the premier real estate law educational event in Pennsylvania. This year’s two-day institute will offer 47 sessions covering the most current developments across a broad spectrum of real estate practice areas.

Listed in the Best Lawyers of America since 1991, Manko has extensive experience in lecturing and teaching courses on environmental law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vermont Law Schools, practice and policy, and impacts of real estate development. Manko serves as Governor Rendell’s representative and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVest), which manages more than three billion dollars in water, wastewater and storm water grants and loans. Manko earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University and his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School.

Bender joined MGKF in 1997 and focuses his practice on matters involving brownfields redevelopment and transactions, regulatory compliance and counseling (including storage tanks, spill prevention planning, community right-to-know reporting, and other programs), and environmental auditing/compliance management systems. Bender previously worked as a law clerk for a federal judge in Savannah, Georgia and had served as an analyst for the Environment and Health Systems Group, American Management Systems, Inc., performing program analysis and support for EPA. He is a graduate of Brown University, magna cum laude, and received his masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, where he served as special projects editor of the Law Review.

10-27-2006

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Lathrop & Gage LLP

41 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
Forty-one attorneys from Lathrop & Gage L.C. have been recognized as Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers for 2006 – a 37 percent increase from 2005, when the firm had 30 attorneys honored.

Super Lawyers are selected by Law & Politics magazine, which performs the polling, research and selection in a process designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in a given state or region are named Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers are nominated by their peers, active lawyers in the state or region who have practiced for five years or longer. These nominations are supported by interviews, independent research, data verification and a good standing review. More information is available at www.superlawyers.com.

Lathrop & Gage Super Lawyers:

* David Shorr, Environmental
* Jerry Bales, Construction/Surety
* Bill Beck, Environmental Litigation
* Rick Bien, Business Litigation
* Mark Bluhm, Mergers & Acquisitions
* Jean Paul Bradshaw, Health Care
* Peter Brown, Estate Planning & Probate
* Don Dagenais, Real Estate
* Doug Dalgleish, Business Litigation
* Brian Fenimore, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
* Bill Ford, Environmental
* Shelly Freeman, Employment & Labor
* Bob Grossman, Employee Benefits/ERISA
* Bob McKinley, Employment & Labor
* Tom McMahon, Tax
* Rosalee McNamara, Employment & Labor
* Tim McNamara, Business Litigation
* Joe Medved, Mergers & Acquisitions
* Charles Myers, Health Care
* Maurice O’Sullivan, Employee Benefits/ERISA
* Bernie Rhodes, First Amendment/Media
* Dick Rhyne, Construction/Surety
* Jerry Riffel, Real Estate
* Jack Rowe, Employment & Labor
* Bill Rudy, Intellectual Property
* Tom Stahl, Business/Corporate
* Tom Stewart, Business Litigation
* Joel Voran, Estate Planning & Probate
* Scott Beeler, Business Litigation
* Jim Betterman, Estate Planning & Probate
* Jeffrey Ellis, Health Care
* Lewis “Pete” Heaven, Real Estate Transactions
* Andy Ramirez, Health Care
* Fred Starrett, Civil Litigation Defense
* William Waugh, III, Estate Planning & Probate
* Harry Wigner, Jr., Business/Corporate
* Gary Cunningham, Class Action/Mass Torts
* Frank Evans, III, Business Litigation
* Randell Wallace, Real Estate
* Brent Baldwin, Personal Injury Defense: Medical
* Mark “Thor” Hearne, Business/Corporate

A leading Midwest full-service law firm, Lathrop & Gage L.C. has 260 attorneys in 10 offices nationwide – from Denver, Colo. to New York, New York. In 2006, Chambers USA ranked Lathrop & Gage’s corporate, litigation, real estate and labor and employment practices among the best in the Midwest, noting the firm is populated with “excellent legal advisers with a strong commitment to customer service.

10-27-2006

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Lathrop & Gage LLP

Michael Williams Named Up and Coming Lawyer
Michael Williams, a partner at Lathrop & Gage L.C., has been named an Up and Coming Lawyer by Missorui Lawyers Weekly.

Sixteen lawyers from Kansas City, Columbia, Jefferson City, Poplar Bluff, St. Peters and St. Louis who were awarded with the Up and Coming Lawyer distinction. A committee of three selected lawyers who are dedicated to both the legal profession and community. The winners were honored in the Oct. 9 edition of the legal weekly.

Williams practices labor and employment, representing employers in investigation and handling of discrimination. Williams has litigation experience in age, sex, race, disability and retaliation claims before local, state and federal agencies. Williams also practices worker’s compensation, speaking on employment law topics to employees, management and human resource officers.

Williams’ professional affiliations currently include the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors, Centurion – Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, United Way Young Leaders Society, The Missouri Bar, Young Lawyers Section, Board of Directors, Kansas Bar Association, Inn of Court and Williams is an active member of the Diversity Committee at Lathrop & Gage L.C.

He earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he was honored in February as an outstanding recent alumnus.

Thor Hearne, a member in Lathrop & Gage’s St. Louis office, previously received the Up and Coming Lawyer distinction.

10-27-2006

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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Eckert Seamans Attorneys Volunteer at Family Resources
The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today announced that on October 14, 2006, over 25 attorneys volunteered at Family Resources. The group, led by the managing partner of Eckert Seamans’ Pittsburgh office, Scott Cessar, carried out a number of construction and landscaping projects at the Family Retreat Center in Mars, Pennsylvania.

The firm has been sending a group of volunteers to do service projects at Family Resources for the past several years. The event is based on a softball game between the firm’s associates and partners; the losing team is designated as the volunteers, but players from both teams end up serving for the day. The partners won this year’s game. Partners, associates, and their friends and family all pitched in to volunteer.

“We appreciate the efforts of our volunteers like those from Eckert Seamans. Their assistance helps us to improve upon what we do and focus our efforts on the family,” stated Jack Stockman, Operations Supervisor with Family Resources.

“It is a great opportunity to give back to the community, and what better thing to do than to assist a facility which strives to make families whole,” said Scott Cessar. “Eckert Seamans is happy to lend their support and make this small contribution to such a great organization.”

John Myers, captain of the partners’ team, said, “In the spirit of competition, it was great to have the partners beat the associates. We really expected them to give us more of a fight. Those of us who have been around the block a few times didn’t have to run around the bases much, for which we were grateful.”

Mike Herzog, captain of the associates’ team, said, “The associates were happy to lose the game if it meant that we would be helping out at Family Resources. In truth, I think everyone has a much better time volunteering for the day than they do playing the softball game.”

Family Resources combats child abuse and provides support and treatment services to families in Western Pennsylvania. They treat the whole family -- the perpetrators of violence as well as the victims. Each year, approximately 8,000 parents, children and teenagers attend activities at Family Resources’ Family Retreat Center. The facility offers special opportunities to work on family issues in a natural setting.

10-27-2006

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