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Orrick LLP

Daily Journal Recognizes Orrick's Women's Career Initiative
While women comprise close to half of all associates at major law firms, only 17 percent of partners at those firms are women, according to a June 29 San Francisco Daily Journal article. The good news, according to the article, is that law firms are now making enormous efforts industry-wide to retain their women attorneys.

“We're focused on the fact that careers are long and we really want to retain good people,” says Katharine Crost, a partner in Orrick’s New York office who chairs the firm’s Women's Career Initiative, one of the retention programs highlighted in the article.

Orrick's Women's Career Initiative (WCI) supports the goal of work/life integration and assists lawyers in balancing their obligations through alternative work schedules. The WCI affirms the firm's commitment to recruiting, retaining and promoting women attorneys. The group also organizes activities to increase business development opportunities for women.

One component of the WCI is a mentoring circles program in which groups of women throughout the firm meet to develop mentoring relationships, find role models, and discuss issues of common concern. Survey results suggest that firms with mentoring circles see improved results from their retention efforts and ultimately in the promotion of women associates to partners in the firm.

According to the Daily Journal, law firms such as Orrick are also partnering with law schools and the American Bar Association to provide networking and continuing education seminars designed to ease the transition back to work for women who leave the profession for a significant amount of time.

08-01-2006

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Orrick LLP

Orrick Lawyers Recognized by Law Dragon and Super Lawyers
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has had significant showing on recent lists of top lawyers in the country and regionally. Six Law Dragon Leading Litigators, 85 regional Super Lawyers, and three of Law Dragon's New Stars, New Worlds are Orrick lawyers. These honors are determined through peer nominations, panel reviews, and independent research.

The ""Law Dragon Leading Litigators"" list is comprised of 500 lawyers throughout America determined through searching 25 practice specialties for the trial lawyers who are best in their field. Six of the 2006 Leading Litigators are Orrick lawyers.

Peter Bicks received praise for his 'slamming' of a defense verdict in a Union Carbide mass asbestos case; Peter Coll for big wins for Talley Industries and Mead Corporation; and Lynne Hermle for employment defense suits for Old Navy and Blockbuster. Additionally, Daniel Thomasch was deemed a ""star products liability litigator"", and Michael Torpey and Daniel Tyukody both received recognition for significant securities cases.

These six, along with 79 other Orrick lawyers, were also listed on their local Super Lawyers lists, which were compiled in New York, Northern California, Southern California, and Seattle.

Three Silicon Valley Orrick lawyers were recognized on the ""New Stars, New Worlds"" list, Law Dragon's compilation of 500 up and coming lawyers throughout the country. Neel Chatterjee was selected based on his intellectual property work for eBay, Lucasfilm, and Logitech International. Stephen Venuto was described as ""a standout for start-ups"", and Gary Weiss as being ""talented in trade secret work.

08-01-2006

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Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody Grows Its Private Equity Team with New Partner Addition; Experienced Leveraged Buyout Attorney, Jane Greyf, Joins New York City Office
New York, New York. Nixon Peabody LLP announces the expansion of its Private Equity Team, with the addition of Jane Greyf as a new partner. Based in the firm’s New York City office, Greyf adds depth and experience to Nixon Peabody’s private equity capabilities, specifically in the area of leveraged buyouts, in both New York and nationwide. Nixon Peabody is one of the most active firms in the private equity arena, and in recent years has closed a significant number of new private equity funds with total capital raised exceeding $6 billion.

Richard F. Langan, Jr., partner and chair of Nixon Peabody’s Business and Finance Department, said, “Nixon Peabody is pleased to have Jane Greyf join our Private Equity Team. Jane brings considerable experience in representing leading buyout firms that we believe adds considerably to our capabilities in handling complex buyout transactions for leading financial sponsors. With Jane’s addition, we will have added several private equity partners to our New York City practice over the past year, a significant step toward our plan of committing additional resources to this growing and active area.”
Greyf joins Nixon Peabody from Latham & Watkins LLP in New York City. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, representing both acquiring and selling entities, most notably financial sponsors in various private and public leveraged buyout and merger and acquisition transactions. Greyf has significant experience representing private buyout funds in various acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, buyouts, and leveraged finance transactions. She has also represented public and private companies in connection with various corporate and securities law issues. She holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from New York University, and a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law. She is also fluent in Russian.

About Nixon Peabody’s Private Equity Team
Nixon Peabody’s Private Equity Team is one of the most active in the country. It includes more than 55 attorneys who counsel venture capital and private equity funds, buyout funds, investors, technology companies, and institutional investors. Services include fund formation and management as well as transaction representation. The group brings together an interdisciplinary team experienced in all areas of corporate finance, business counseling, corporate governance, securities, tax, ERISA, labor and employment, technology and intellectual property, and litigation. In the most recently released Private Equity Analyst survey of leading law firms, Nixon Peabody ranked #5 in the number of private equity and venture capital funds negotiated or structured on behalf of general and limited partners, and ranked #19 in the number of private equity and venture capital deals the firm closed.

08-01-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Secures Acquittal in Federal Securities Fraud Trial
A team of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP attorneys, led by litigation partner Andrew Schapiro, successfully defended their client Robert Scavone, Jr. in a federal securities fraud trial in the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Scavone, a specialist broker on the New York Stock Exchange, was accused of intentionally mishandling trades in order to increase his firm's profits. After deliberating for less than an hour, the jury acquitted Mr. Scavone of all charges.

""When you put a human being at the middle of a fast-paced, computerized trading system, there are going to be some small number of trades that don't get executed properly,"" said Mr. Schapiro. ""That's all that happened here, and the jury didn't need much time to reach that conclusion. I wish the prosecutors had understood that from the outset; if they had, Mr. Scavone would have been spared this whole ordeal.""

This win is the first of its nature in the Southern District. Earlier this year two specialists facing similar charges pleaded guilty, and last month two others were convicted of one count of securities fraud each. If convicted, Mr. Scavone would have faced a lengthy prison sentence.

Lawyers in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Securities Enforcement practice have extensive experience defending the full range of investigations conducted by the SEC, CFTC, NYSE, NASD, individual states, and other self-regulatory organizations (SROs) on behalf of institutional and individual clients. Our team includes former senior SEC and NASD enforcement attorneys and federal prosecutors who are at the forefront of defending against ever-changing regulatory priorities and investigative initiatives.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is among the largest law firms in the world with more than 1,400 lawyers practicing in seven U.S. cities (Chicago, Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, and Washington) and six European cities (Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, London, and Paris)

08-01-2006

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Hodgson Russ LLP

Julie A. Kennedy, Alexander M. Popovich, and Michael C. Cruse join Hodgson Russ
Ms. Kennedy is a senior associate in the Torts, Insurance & Products Liability Practice Group, Mr. Popovich is a senior associate in the Estates & Trusts Practice Group, Michael C. Cruse is an immigration practitioner in the Immigration Practice Group. All three will practice from the firm’s New York office.

Ms. Kennedy concentrates her practice in insurance defense and commercial litigation with a primary focus on auto, construction, railroad, products liability, premises liability, and contract matters in both state and federal courts. She also has experience representing clients in toxic tort asbestos litigation.

Ms. Kennedy earned a B.A. from Villanova University and received a J.D. from Widener University School of Law.

Mr. Popovich concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, trust planning and administration, private foundations, charitable giving, and probate. His experience includes the drafting of complex wills and living trusts; irrevocable trusts including CLATs, CRATs, GRATs, GST trusts, IDGTs, ILITs, and QPRTs; and entity agreements including limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and private foundations.

Mr. Popovich earned a B.A. at the University of Michigan, a J.D. at Brooklyn Law School, and an LL.M., Taxation, at New York University School of Law.

Mr. Cruse assists corporate and individual clients with a wide range of immigration matters, including PERM labor certifications, professional worker petitions, naturalization, consular processing, and family petitions. He frequently represents clients in hearings before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Mr. Cruse earned a B.A. from the University of Arizona, pursued comparative legal studies at the Universities of Oslo and Bergen in Norway, and received a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.

With more than 230 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. Over the past year, the firm has tripled its roster of Manhattan-based attorneys to provide an even wider range of services and increased depth in important niche practice areas, including federal, multi-state, New York State, and local tax; intellectual property; estates and trusts; litigation; commercial real estate; securities; immigration; employment law; and health law. Established in 1817, Hodgson Russ is among the oldest law firms in the United States. Hodgson Russ has offices in New York, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

08-01-2006

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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

Thomas R Mulroy, III Selected as One of Chicago's 40 Most Promising Lawyers Under Forty
For the fourth consecutive year, a Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP attorney has been selected as one of Chicago’s 40 most outstanding attorneys under the age of 40. Partner Thomas R. Mulroy, III was chosen out of 1,200 nominees to appear in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer’s esteemed “40 under Forty” list. last year, partner Craig T. Liljestrand was so honored. In 2004, partner Matthew T. Walsh, II received the honor, and in 2003, it was partner Robert T. Shannon.

Mr. Mulroy is a litigator with a wide-ranging practice. He has litigated in both federal and state courts in connection with a variety of substantive issues, including civil rights, construction and trucking, labor and employment, municipal laws, products liability, professional malpractice, real estate and school law. He is the youngest attorney in the firm to have successfully first-chaired medical malpractice trials in the Law Division of the Cook County Courts.

His professional memberships include the Chicago Bar Association, where he is a past chair of the YLS Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee.

According to attorney Michael Morrissey of Cassiday Schade LLP, ""Tom has a way of connecting with a jury that is very impressive for a lawyer at his level of experience, or for any level, for that matter."" In addition, Morrissey noted, ""In my 30-plus years of trying cases, I have rarely seen someone so young handle himself so well in the courtroom.

08-01-2006

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Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

Partner Raymond P. Reichert To Present At An Advanced Llc Issue Program
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, a law firm with offices in Buffalo, Amherst and Rochester, New York and Phoenix, Arizona, announces that partner Raymond P. Reichert will present at a National Business Institute program entitled ""Advanced LLC Issues"". This program takes place on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Hyatt Regency Hotel, Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY. For further information or to register visit www.nbi-sems.com.

Mr. Reichert is a partner in the Firm's Tax and Economic & Land Development practice groups and has devoted substantially his entire career to the practice of tax law, including federal and New York income tax, New York sales and use tax, and other miscellaneous taxes. In addition to general transactional tax planning, his practice includes structuring real estate joint ventures, low income housing and historic tax credit partnerships, and economic development planning.

Mr. Reichert frequently lectures on a variety of tax related subjects and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where he has taught the basic federal income tax course, and currently teaches the partnership tax course. Mr. Reichert practices from the Firm's Buffalo office.

Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP is a full-service business law firm with more than 80 legal professionals practicing from offices in Buffalo, Rochester and Amherst, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. The Firm's clients include Fortune 500 companies, publicly and privately held businesses, financial institutions, governmental entities, universities, traditional and high tech start-ups, as well as individual business owners. For more information, visit our website at www.jaeckle.com.

08-01-2006

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