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Butzel Long

Butzel Long receives award from the Oakland Region of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
Butzel Long was honored recently by the Oakland Region of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (WLAM) for having the ""Most Progressive Work-Life Balance Policies"" for women attorneys.

""We are extremely pleased by this recognition,"" said Philip Kessler, Chairman of Butzel Long. ""Our leadership has long appreciated the importance creating an environment that provides our lawyers the flexibility to grow and advance their professional careers within the context of meeting personal responsibilities. This strategy also benefits our clients and reflects the realities of the modern workplace.""

WLAM distributed a survey earlier this year and forwarded it to Michigan law firms with offices located in Oakland County. The survey is completed on a biannual basis. This year, the survey asked for information regarding area law firm policies on promotion and advancement, disability and leave programs and more.

""We are honored to be recognized by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan for our work-life policies,"" said Mary Ann Walter, Director of Human Resources, Butzel Long. ""We believe it is important to offer comprehensive benefits to all of our employees.""

WLAM was established in 1919 and has more than 700 members including attorneys, judges and law students. WLAM's mission is to advance the interests of women members of the legal profession, to promote improvements in the administration of justice and to promote equality and social justice for all people.

Butzel Long was established in 1854 and is headquartered in Detroit. Butzel Long is one of Michigan's oldest and largest law firms, with 215 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Holland, Mich., Washington, D.C. and Boca Raton, Fla., as well as Alliance offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. The firm represents clients from diverse industries on a regional, national and multi-national level and is the sole Michigan member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 161 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.

08-08-2006

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Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

Hailey Joins DLA Piper's Real Estate Practice in Austin
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP has announced that Jay Hailey has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice group as a partner. He joins DLA Piper from Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP where he was a partner.

Hailey practices in all areas of commercial real estate law, including zoning and other land use matters. He has represented clients in complex transactions, including the ground lease and redevelopment of city-owned land for a major downtown mixed use project, the residential condominium component of a major regional mixed use retail center, the development of mixed use projects involving ground lease and tenancy in common transactions on state-owned land, several high-rise residential condominium projects, the construction and financing of several West Texas wind power projects, and zoning, development approvals and other entitlements for various office, industrial, retail and residential projects.

“Jay is an accomplished and nationally recognized real estate and entitlement attorney who brings a distinctive skill set to our world-class real estate practice,” said Jay Epstien, chair of the firm’s U.S. Real Estate practice. “His experience and strong relationships with national clients doing business in Texas make him the ideal candidate to work with Phil Weller in our Dallas office to guide the growth of our real estate practice in Texas.”

Hailey has worked with various civic organizations dealing with downtown revitalization, urban redevelopment, regional planning, transportation and economic development. He has served as President of the Real Estate Council of Austin and Chair of the Urban Land Institute Austin District Council, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee the Envision Central Texas regional planning group. He is also a member of the Urban Land Insitute Public-Private Partnership Council, and The University of Texas School of Architecture Foundation Advisiory Council.

Hailey is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for real estate and banking and has been named as a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer for real estate.

Hailey received a B.A. from Southern Methodist University, and a J.D. from the University of Texas.

08-08-2006

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Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Miller Canfield Attorney Re-Elected to ABA House of Delegates
The law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. announces that Pamela C. Enslen, senior counsel in the Kalamazoo office, has been re-elected to a three-year term on the American Bar Association’s (ABA) House of Delegates. This is her third election to the governing body of the ABA. Additionally, she will serve a one-year term on the ABA’s 11-member standing committee on Judicial Independence.

Enslen is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Miller Canfield. Her experience with dispute resolution is extensive, serving or having served on numerous committees of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan, and Kalamazoo County Bar Association, as well as serving as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and as a distinguished neutral for New York’s Center of Public Resources.

She received her law degree, cum laude, from Wayne State University, and a Master of Music and Bachelor of Music, both with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan.

She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Master of the American Inns of Court, Grand Rapids Chapter, and a member of American MENSA. Other activities include the American Cancer Society, Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce, and co-founding the Community Dispute Resolution Center of Kalamazoo and Barry Counties.

She resides in Kalamazoo.

The 350-attorney law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. was established in Detroit in 1852 and has offices in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Saginaw, and Troy, Michigan. Other offices are located in New York City, Naples and Pensacola, Florida, Windsor, Ontario, and in Gdynia, Warsaw, and Wroclaw, Poland.

08-08-2006

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Life Sciences Lawyers to Present at C5 EU Pharma Law & Regulation September 18
Hogan & Hartson LLP lawyers Linda Horton and Elisabethann Wright will present "What you need to know about orphan drugs" and "Key features and implementation of the new pharma legislation," respectively, on September 18 at the C5 EU Pharma Law & Regulation two day conference. The conference will be held on September 18 and 19 at the Millennium Hotel in London. For further information about the program, please see the attached PDF or visit the C5 Web site.

08-08-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema Attorney Named To 40 Under Forty List By Law Bulletin
Gregory L. Lacey, Member of Dykema’s Litigation Practice Group in the Chicago office, was recently named one of the ""2006 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch"" by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Profiles of all the recipients were included in a supplement to Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer.

Mr. Lacey’s practice areas include employment, commercial and medical litigation and consumer financial services. He is also a member of the firm’s Recruiting and Diversity Committees.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Lacey was an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York. While an Assistant District Attorney, he also taught business law as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. Upon moving to Chicago, he was engaged in civil litigation with law firms where he handled matters involving coverage litigation, labor disputes and constitutional violations. He was also an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the Law Department of the City of Chicago, in the Employment Litigation Division, where he litigated cases involving age, race, gender and disability discrimination.

Mr. Lacey received his B.A. from Washington University and his J.D. from the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Iowa Law Review.

08-08-2006

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Blank Rome LLP.

Firm Expands Immigration Practice
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cherylle C. Corpuz has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in the immigration group. Ms. Corpuz will be based out of Blank Rome’s Philadelphia office.

Prior to joining Blank Rome, Ms. Corpuz was in private practice. During this time, Ms. Corpuz established a full-service immigration law practice with clients throughout the East Coast. Ms. Corpuz has extensive experience in multi-state representation of clients in all aspects of immigration law. In addition, Ms. Corpuz counsels hospitals, social services agencies and criminal defense attorneys in the area of immigration law. Before private practice, Ms. Corpuz served as Vice President of Nationalities Service Center, where she directed the non-profit legal services department and was responsible for the overall operations of a refugee resettlement organization. Nationalities Service Center is a United Way member agency which provides legal, social and educational services to immigrants.

A frequent speaker on immigration law topics, Ms. Corpuz served as a Clinical Instructor and continues to serve as a mentoring attorney with the Temple University School of Law Immigration Law Clinic. In addition, Ms. Corpuz is a member of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Ms. Corpuz received her law degree from the University of Maryland and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.

08-08-2006

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Blank Rome LLP.

Former U.S. Army Engineer Joins IP Group
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Bruce D. George has joined the Firm as an Associate in the Intellectual Property and Technology group. Mr. George will be based in Blank Rome’s Philadelphia office.

Prior to joining Blank Rome, Mr. George served as an Associate with the Philadelphia-based law firm of Woodcock Washburn LLP. Mr. George represents corporate, university, and emerging business clients in patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, counseling, opinion preparation, and licensing. In addition, Mr. George’s practice includes U.S., international, and foreign national patent prosecution and counseling; patentability infringement, validity, and freedom to operate opinions; design around counseling; trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling and licensing; trademark registration availability and freedom to use opinions; and matters of unfair competition.

Before attending law school, Mr. George served as a planning, design, and construction management engineer for 14 years with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Mr. George received his law degree, with high honors, from Rutgers School of Law – Camden and received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering.

08-08-2006

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