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Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC

No Liability Jury Verdict
Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo congratulates Partner Keith Langley and his trial team on their no liability jury verdict on behalf of our client American Home Assurance Co., an AIG company.

The Houston jury in Judge Levi Benton’s 215th district court also awarded a combined $206 million verdict to Humble-based Gulsby-Bay Plant Partners and Corpus Christi-based Bay Limited in the culmination of a five-year dispute with Gulf Liquids River Project LLC, a subsidiary of Williams Power Co.

The verdicts are related to facilities constructed by Gulf Liquids. Gulsby-Bay and Bay Limited served as contractors hired by Gulf Liquids who asserted contract and tort claims against Gulf Liquids and others, seeking damages between $20 million and $90 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Langley’s client, American Home Assurance, provided the construction surety (guaranty), for Gulsby-Bay. Gulf Liquids countersued American Home Assurance, a plaintiff in the original case, seeking damages of $225 million.

Mr. Langley and his team spent four weeks in court on preadmission of 3,000 exhibits, work on the video depositions and the jury selection process. The actual trial lasted three-months and 33 witnesses presented evidence either in person or through video depositions.

Godwin Pappas is a 100-member trial and appellate law firm that represents Fortune 500 and middle-market industry leaders in Texas and throughout the United States. We Solve the Problem™!

08-11-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Conrad Harper to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Lawyer Magazine has named retired Simpson Thacher partner, Conrad Harper, a recipient of its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Nationally recognized for his commitment to civil rights, this award highlights Mr. Harper’s long and distinguished career dedicated to public service. The Award is given to distinguished lawyers who have made notably significant contributions to both private practice and public life, and who by their achievements are models for young lawyers.

Mr. Harper joined Simpson Thacher in 1971 and was elected as the Firm’s first African American partner in 1974. One of his proudest moments as a young lawyer at the Firm was winning a ruling from a Federal District Court judge in Greenville, Mississippi stating that county officials had to permit illiterate black voters to receive voting assistance from persons of their choice. Prior to joining the Firm Mr. Harper practiced law at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where one of his landmark cases included arguing successfully before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of residents from Little Rock, Arkansas who sought membership to an all-white club.

In 1993, Mr. Harper was appointed Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State and served three years as the department’s senior legal officer. While there Harper concluded that then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher should authorize American diplomats to back United Nations resolutions stating that “genocide has occurred” in Rwanda. In a significant letter he warned that American diplomats would undermine the country's credibility if they did not attach the 'genocide label' to the slaughter of Tutsis.

Mr. Harper was also the first African American President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a position he held from 1990-1992. During Conrad Harper’s presidency the Bar Association first issued its ground-breaking, Statement of Diversity Principles, revised and reissued by the Bar Association in 2001. The Statement has been adopted by over 130 New York City law firms and corporate legal departments.

In 2005, Mr. Harper again exhibited his strong moral conviction by resigning from the governing board of Harvard University. Five years earlier, Mr. Harper had become the first African American member of Harvard University's executive governing board, the Corporation, in its over 350-year history. Mr. Harper became increasingly dissatisfied with University President Lawrence H. Summers’s performance, specifically with respect to public comments he made regarding women and minorities. “I believe that Harvard's best interests require your resignation,” Harper wrote in a letter to President Summers. The Harvard Crimson’s Year In Review named Mr. Harper a ""Man of Letters"" in June 2006, recognizing him for his authorship of the letters on Rwanda and Harvard “that are destined for the historical archives”.

Among his many extraordinary achievements, Conrad Harper also served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of the New York Public Library from 1990-1993, and from 1987-1992 he was Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Mr. Harper received his bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1962 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1965.

Mr. Harper currently serves several nonprofit organizations including as a Vice President of the American Philosophical Society, Chairman of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and of the Greenwald Foundation, a member of the Council of the American Law Institute, and a board member of the Academy of Political Science. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Mr. Harper continues to be of counsel to Simpson Thacher, having retired from full-time practice in 2003.

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08-11-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

Kassinger Appointed to Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy
The U.S Department of State has appointed O'Melveny partner Ted Kassinger to its Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. The Advisory Committee provides advice and information concerning major issues and problems in international economic policy, including the effective integration of economic interests into overall foreign policy, the role and limits of international economic institutions, and the Department of State's role in advancing U.S. commercial interests in a competitive global economy.

Committee membership consists of representatives of U.S. organizations and institutions, including from business, labor, environment, academia, and public interest groups. Executives from GE and JP Morgan Chase currently serve as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Committee.

08-11-2006

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Presents Charlotte Subrogation Seminar
Cozen O'Connor’s National Subrogation and Recovery Department recently presented its annual Charlotte Subrogation Seminar, “Subrogation Strategies: Increasing Your Batting Average,” held at Knights Stadium.

The half-day educational law seminar was comprised of six presentations by Cozen O'Connor attorneys: Cost Containment in the Subrogation Claim, presented by B. Elizabeth Gast of the Charlotte office; Ford Switch Fires, presented by John W. Reis of the Charlotte office; Inter-company Arbitration/Restitution, presented by Megan A. Lammon of the Charlotte office; Time Limitations for Cargo Claims and Bankruptcy Proceedings, presented by Peter F. Asmer, Jr. of the Charlotte office; An Overview of Handling Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Claims, presented by Daniel L. Hessel of the Philadelphia office. The seminar was followed by the Charlotte Knights vs. Columbus Clippers baseball game.

08-11-2006

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Attorney Matthew J. Siegel Receives Most Valuable Peacemaker Of The Year Award From Good Shepherd Mediation Program
Matthew J. Siegel was recently honored by the Good Shepherd Mediation Program, receiving its Most Valuable Peacemaker of the Year Award for 2006.

The Good Shepherd Mediation Program, established in 1984, is a neighborhood justice center located in Germantown, Pa., whose mission is to empower Philadelphia community residents to creatively search for meaningful and lasting solutions to their conflicts without resorting to crime or violence. Siegel is a member of the steering committee for Good Shepherd's Family Passages Initiative, which provides mediation services at low or no cost in family court matters.

Siegel is resident in Cozen O'Connor’s Philadelphia office, where he practices in the insurance department. He focuses his practice in the areas of arson and fraud defense, bad faith litigation, casualty defense, insurance coverage, products liability and construction litigation.

In addition, he is a member of Cozen O'Connor’s pro bono committee, and was recently named as a distinguished advocate of the Support Center for Child Advocates, a non-profit organization that represents Philadelphia children in need. Outside of the office, Siegel is active in community service and is a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Relief Agency.

A resident of Philadelphia, Siegel graduated from Colgate University (B.A., 1995), where he was editor-in-chief of the Colgate Environmental Review and president of Students for Environmental Action. He earned his law degree from Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998), where he served as an articles editor for the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review and was awarded the Barrister Award for achievement in the field of trial advocacy. Siegel is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and before the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations

08-11-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Corporate Finance Attorney Rob Jones Quoted in Article on How Technology Makes Work Inescapable
Corporate Finance and Technology attorney Robert A. Jones was quoted in an article in the August 10, 2006, edition of Young Lawyer, a publication of The Legal Intelligencer, about the increase of young lawyers who work while on vacation. Jones is an associate in the Philadelphia office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

With BlackBerries and cell phones making it possible to work from any location, young lawyers often find themselves tied to their office, even when on vacation.

Jones said in the article that the key to being able to take a vacation is planning and timing. He attempts to ""transition things before vacation"" so that someone is able to provide coverage in his absence.

He added that he feels ""even more relaxed"" on vacations, because he knows he can contact the office at any time.

""I know that if a problem comes up, it can be resolved wherever I am,"" he said.

08-11-2006

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Andrews Kurth

Andrews Kurth Names Hong Irwin Partner
Andrews Kurth announced that Hong Irwin became a Partner in the firm as of July 1.

Hong's practice focuses on the acquisition of international oil and gas properties, project finance - including upstream and downstream - and mergers and acquisitions. She is a member of the firm's Business Transactions section and is chief representative for the Beijing office.

""Hong's admission to our partnership is well deserved. She's done a great job representing our firm in China,"" said Managing Partner Howard Ayers. ""We recognize and commend her dedication to leading and managing our efforts there.""

The Beijing office provides logistic and personnel support for the firm's China-based clients and other clients with business in China, and also facilitates marketing, referral and liaison activities in the region.

A number Andrews Kurth clients are Chinese companies with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, including Sinopec, China Oilfield Services Limited and Asia Frize Ltd.

""I'm excited to be taking this next step in my career at Andrews Kurth,"" Hong said. ""The firm's commitment to building the China practice is strong. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to its future growth.""

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth LLP has built its practice on the belief that ""straight talk is good business."" Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm's relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law.

Associated Lawyers
Hong Irwin

Associated Practices
International

08-11-2006

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