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Blank Rome LLP.

Steven D. Weinstein Elected to the Board of New Jersey Future
Blank Rome is pleased to announce that Steven D. Weinstein, Partner and Administrative Head of the Firm’s Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of New Jersey Future.

The New Jersey Future is a statewide organization that conducts research, policy analysis, public education, and advocacy. As a member of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Weinstein will help to advance the New Jersey Future mission and support the organization to achieve its mission of protecting New Jersey’s open lands and natural resources, strengthening communities, revitalizing neighborhoods, and expanding economic opportunity.

At Blank Rome, Mr. Weinstein’s civil litigation practice includes complex matters, contract, commercial, environmental, trademark litigation, administrative law, governmental relations, local and state government law, local and state redevelopment and incentives, and higher education law. In addition, Mr. Weinstein’s practice focuses on public finance, including representation of numerous local government units, authorities, underwriters in municipal bond transactions and related matters, administrative matters, litigation and government relations. Mr. Weinstein is also certified as a New Jersey State and Federal Mediator.

Mr. Weinstein is actively involved in numerous professional and community organizations, including serving as 2006-2007 Chair of the United Way of Camden County, Vice President of the Haddonfield Board of Education, Director of the New Jersey Alliance for Action, Board Member of the United Way of Camden County Community Impact Council. Mr. Weinstein is also former Chair of both the Rowan College Board of Trustees and the West Jersey Health and Hospital Foundation.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mr. Weinstein received his law degree from Rutgers-Camden School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Rutgers College.

08-03-2006

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Foley & Lardner

American Bankruptcy Institute Chairman Michael P. Richman Joins Foley to Lead National Business Reorganizations Practice
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Chairman Michael P. Richman has joined the firm as chair of its national Business Reorganizations Practice.

“Michael's experience as counsel in numerous national bankruptcies, restructurings and creditors' rights litigation, and his longstanding reputation in New York, make him ideal to lead our firmwide practice as well as our strategic bankruptcy initiatives in New York,” said Jon Wilson, chair of the firm's Litigation Department. “He will bring an immediate focus on representation of creditors' committees and equity committees in large chapter 11 cases that will enhance and add significant depth to our highly accomplished roster of bankruptcy practitioners.”

The addition of Richman, who will be based out of Foley's New York office, is the next step in the firm's strategic plan to recruit high-level practitioners and build the firm's bankruptcy and litigation practices nationally and in the New York market.

He is the latest high-profile attorney to join Foley's New York office in the past nine months, following Seth L. Levine who joined the firm from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Foley plans to continue to grow its New York office by adding attorneys to its key niche practices, including intellectual property, intellectual property litigation, complex litigation, corporate and M&A, private equity, and white collar defense and corporate compliance.

Richman, 53, joins Foley from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, where he spent the past 17 years as a partner and associate in the bankruptcy practice. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy, restructurings and creditors' rights litigation, with primary emphasis on the representation of secured and unsecured creditors, bank groups, creditors' committees and other parties interested in contested and litigated bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts and civil suits. He has been responsible for the prosecution or defense of hundreds of preference cases. He also has creditors' rights litigation expertise in various fields, including fraudulent conveyance, loan enforcement and mortgage foreclosure litigation.

He is the current chairman of the board of the ABI and served as the organization's president in 2004-2005. Richman also is a founding member of the ABI's house band, “The Indubitable Equivalents,” in which he performs as a keyboardist and vocalist. He was recently selected as a 2006 New York Super Lawyer and has been profiled in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America: Finance and Industry. He also was named one of twelve “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts in 2004.

Richman earned his juris doctorate from Columbia University Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and was awarded the prestigious David M. Berger Memorial Award in honor of Professor Wolfgang Friedman. He also was managing editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. He earned an A.B. in political science from Vassar College and attended the London School of Economics and Political Science.

08-03-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Firm Representation Noted in Highmark Press Release About Completion of ECCA Acquisition
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's representation of Highmark during a recent acquisition was noted in a press release issued by the company after the completion of a merger of ECCA Holdings Corporation with HVHC, a subsidiary of Highmark.

One result of the merger is that ECCA Holdings became a wholly owned subsidiary of HVHC. Eye Care Centers of America, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based optical retail chain, is owned by ECCA Holdings and, as a result of the merger, is now an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark.

08-03-2006

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Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C.

Five Associates Join Much Shelist
Chicago-based law firm Much Shelist has added four new associates within the past two months: Adam M. Hecht, Real Estate associate, from the law department at The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies in Oak Brook, Ill; Laura A. LeeLun, Litigation associate, from Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago; Tzivia A. Masliansky, Litigation associate, from Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg in Chicago; and Jonathan M. Ruby, Real Estate associate, from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York.

Earlier this year, Much Shelist also welcomed Pamela M. Belyn, Business & Finance associate, from Harris Kessler & Goldstein in Chicago.

08-03-2006

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Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, L.L.C.

HASKELL SLAUGHTER’S HORTON TO CHAIR KEY ABA HEALTH LAW SECTION COMMITTEE
William W. Horton, an attorney with the Birmingham law firm Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, has been named Chair of the Programs Committee of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section. The Program Committee oversees all educational programming for the 9,000-member Health Law Section, including in-person programs, teleconferences and webcasts.

Horton has served in leadership roles with the ABA Health Law Section and the American Health Lawyers Association for several years. He is a nationally recognized speaker and author on healthcare law, corporate law and securities law topics.

Bill Horton practices in the areas of healthcare law, securities and corporate finance law, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law, with a particular focus on the representation of physicians, institutional healthcare providers and other healthcare enterprises. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the Duke University School of Law.

08-03-2006

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Saul Ewing, LLP

AIDA M. LEBBOS ELECTED TO ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aida M. Lebbos, an Associate in the Business Department of Saul Ewing s Baltimore office, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY) organization. She will serve a three-year term.

Founded in 1987, ACY is a nonprofit organization that encourages policies and programs that will improve the lives of Maryland s children. ACY works to ensure that Maryland s children are educated and live in a healthy and safe environment. As a member of the ACY Board of Directors, Ms. Lebbos will serve as an advocate for Maryland s children and families, making sure they receive proper care.

Ms. Lebbos received her B.A. from Duke University in 1988, and her J.D., cum laude, from the University Of Baltimore School Of Law in 2000.

08-03-2006

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Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie Ranked in Vault Top 100
Perkins Coie proudly announces that once again it has been named as one of the most prestigious law firms by Vault Inc., publishers of the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms. The firm has been ranked #72 in the 2007 edition of the annual guide. In addition, Perkins Coie was ranked #1 in the Pacific Northwest.

More than 16,000 practicing attorneys from more than 150 law firms were asked to rank their peer firms based on prestige. The attorneys were also asked to rank their own firms based on topics such as compensation, satisfaction and diversity.

""We are honored to be named among the most prestigious firms,"" said Erin Childress Thakkar, Director of Recruiting and Retention. ""This recognition is reflective of our commitment to hire and retain the most talented and committed attorneys to serve our great clients"".

08-03-2006

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