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Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd.

HARRINGTON, HOPPE & MITCHELL ADDS LITIGATION ATTORNEY
Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, the area’s largest law firm, announced today that attorney Scott A. Washam has joined the firm in its Salem office.

Washam brings nearly 20 years of legal experience to HHM. He had been a partner at the Okey Law Firm in Canton, where his practice focused on insurance law and litigation. Previously, Washam was a partner at Moore, Primm & Conn in Lisbon. He has presented at seminars on insurance law and is a published author in the field of Ohio workers’ compensation law. He has prevailed in cases before the Ohio Supreme Court.

A native of Lisbon, Washam graduated with honors from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned a juris doctorate from the University of Akron School of Law.

He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbiana and Stark county bar associations. He also serves as solicitor for the Village of Lisbon.

Washam and his wife, Mary Kay, reside in Salem with their three children.

Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd. is the area’s largest law firm, with nearly 30 attorneys at offices in Youngstown, Warren and Salem. The firm provides comprehensive legal services to corporations, other businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies and individuals throughout northeastern Ohio.

10-24-2006

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Gide, Loyrette & Nouel, PC

Gide Loyrette Nouel advises Pirelli RE
The Warsaw office of Gide Loyrette Nouel has acted as Polish legal adviser to Pirelli RE, one of the most important players in the Italian real estate market, during the establishment of a joint venture with an international real estate private equity fund - Cypress Grove International, managed by affiliates of Grove International Partners. This Joint Venture, 60% owned by Grove and 40% by Pirelli RE, plans to invest in Poland’s residential sector.

The joint venture has acquired approximately 88% of a new company that will develop five residential projects from Pirelli Pekao Real Estate for a price of around €60 million. The projects are located in districts of Warsaw (Ostrobramska, Okopowa, Banderii and Grzybowska) and in Gdansk (Szafarnia) and cover a total area of over 243,000 sq. m. The estimated value of future development is € 420 million. Bank Pekao intends to purchase 11.76% of the new company.

The joint venture intends to carry out further investments in the Polish residential sector over the coming years.

Rafal Dziedzic, in charge of the Warsaw team working on this operation, comments: "This transaction involved cooperation between a large number of lawyers representing different practice areas in our Warsaw office, including Real Estate, M&A and Banking & Finance. Assisting Pirelli RE to implement its business model in Poland has been an opportunity to show our capacity to provide the full range of legal services connected with a complex international transaction."

In February 2006, GLN Warsaw advised Pirelli RE on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Pekao Development, a Polish real estate developer, including, in particular, antitrust aspects of this transaction.

10-24-2006

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Fasken, Martineau & Du Moulin, L.L.P.

Fasken Martineau lawyer featured in Law Times article on Family Law
Corina Weigl, a partner in Fasken Martineau's Trusts, Wills, Estates and Charities Practice Group, is featured in an article in The Law Times, "New law ends arbitration clauses in domestic contracts" (October 23, 2006).

Drawing upon Corina's expertise in this area, the article examines "changes to the Family Law Act (which) will put an end to clauses in domestic contracts that require the parties to use binding arbitration to settle disputes."

This issue was discussed thoroughly in the Estate Planning Bulletin "Pre-Agreed Arbitration Provisions in Domestic Contracts No Longer Permitted" written by Corina Weigl.

10-24-2006

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

Winstead Adds Sandra Wilkinson to Real Estate Section
The structured finance practice of the real estate section at Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. is adding Sandra Wilkinson as Of Counsel in the Dallas office. At Winstead, Wilkinson will be joining a thriving structured finance practice which is involved in all aspects of the commercial mortgage backed securities industry. Wilkinson will be working with the origination of mortgage loans nationwide, created for purposes of ultimate securitization.

“We’re very pleased to have Sandra join the Winstead team,” said shareholder Kevin Sullivan, chair of the real estate structured finance practice group. “She brings years of seasoned real estate finance experience and should add a welcome new addition to our practice. Sandra joins more than 75 real estate attorneys and paralegals at Winstead who assist clients with a wide variety of complex commercial real estate and lending transactions and she will be an excellent addition to our team."

Wilkinson has managed legal documentation for the leasing of large retail and industrial facilities and the development for large, publicly held real estate investment trusts (REITs). As an in-house counsel for two local technology companies, she managed outside counsel on matters involving real estate, construction, procurement, software licensing, and customer and vendor bankruptcies. She is skilled at developing contract provisions regarding issues affecting revenue, customers, confidentiality, privacy and new service, and she organizes and administrates complex, multi-state closings.

10-24-2006

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Woodcock Washburn LLP

Best Lawyers Names Eight Woodcock Washburn Attorneys
Eight Woodcock Washburn LLP partners have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 edition. The attorneys, all in the Intellectual Property Law category, are John P. Donohue, Jr. Dianne B. Elderkin, Dale M. Heist, Gary H. Levin, Lynn A. Malinoski, Henrik D. Parker, Steven J. Rocci and Steven B. Samuels.

Published annually since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 80 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The current, 13th edition of Best Lawyers (2007), is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee for a basic listing.

10-24-2006

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Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

Adam Clanton Joins WK&G
Adam C. Clanton, former law clerk to the High Court of American Samoa, has joined the Portland office as an Associate. Adam's practice focuses on civil litigation, including medical, hospital, and professional liability, commercial litigation, product liability, and construction defect.

10-24-2006

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Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP

WTP ATTORNEYS APPOINTED TO FRANKLIN SQUARE HOSPITAL POSITIONS
Taylor & Preston LLP (WTP) is delighted to announce that G. Scott Barhight was elected as Chair of the Franklin Square Hospital Foundation’s Board of Directors, and John Gontrum was voted Chair of the Board of Franklin Square Hospital.

Gontrum has been a member of the Franklin Square Hospital Board of Directors since 2000, and is a member of MedStar Health Inc.’s Finance Committee. Past President of the Baltimore County Bar Association and Bar Foundation, Gontrum is also a Fellow of the Maryland State Bar Foundation and a Member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association. He holds leadership positions within the following groups:, the Essex-Middle River-White Marsh Chamber of Commerce, the Eastside Community Development Corporation, and the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee and was Co-Chairman of the Essex-Middle River Community Plan and UDAT Study. Additionally, Gontrum is a former chair of the Boy Scouts of America in the Chesapeake District and a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the YMCA of Central Maryland.

Barhight has been a member of the Foundation Board of Directors since 2002 and presently serves as Treasurer/Secretary of the Hospital’s Board of Directors. Within the Baltimore community, Barhight also serves on the boards of the Bradford Bank, the Wyman Park Federal Savings Bank, and the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. He is a current member of, and has held leadership positions in, the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce, the Homebuilders Association of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the Hillside at Seminary Homeowner's Association. Barhight is also listed in 2006’s The Best Lawyers in America.

Located in the White Marsh/Essex area, Franklin Square Hospital Center, a member of MedStar Health, is the third largest hospital in central Maryland, providing a comprehensive array of primary care and specialty services. A 357-bed facility, Franklin Square also has the most active emergency room in the State of Maryland and has recently embarked on a $175 million patient tower expansion.

10-24-2006

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