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Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, L.L.P.

C. Michael Branham Listed in the Upcoming 2007 Edition of Marquis Who's Who in America.
Because of the reference value of Mike Branham's outstanding achievements, Marquis Who's Who has selected his biography for inclusion in the forthcoming 2007 (61st) Edition of Who's Who in America. This volume profiles the country's most accomplished men and women from across all fields of endeavor. It is a testament to Mike's hard work and dedication that he has earned a place in America's premier biographical resource.

07-12-2006

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Wolf Block Schorr & Solis

WolfBlock Lawyer to Receive ABA’s Highest Award
Jerome Shestack of Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen has recently been selected to receive the 2006 American Bar Association Medal.The ABA Medal is the highest recognition the Association presents to honor individuals who have performed exceptional services in the cause of American jurisprudence.

Previous recipients of the Medal include Supreme Court Justices Charles Evans Hughes, William J. Brennan, Thurgood Marshall Lewis Powell, Sandra Day O’Connor and Senator George Wharton Pepper.

Shestack, a Past President of the American Bar Association, is a world leader in the international human rights movement. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights under President Jimmy Carter, where he formed the UN’s first “human rights bloc” and was instrumental in the UN’s investigations of disappearances in Argentina and Chile. He was also a Commissioner of the United States Presidential-Congressional Commission to Improve the Effectiveness of the United Nations under President Bush. He served as President of the International League for Human Rights for 20 years. He currently co-chairs the ABA's Human Rights Center, which he founded. President Clinton appointed him to the Board of the Washington Holocaust Museum, where he chaired its Committee on Conscience.

Shestack was president of the American Bar Association from 1997 to 1998. For six years he served on the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which makes recommendations to the President and Senate on the qualifications of all prospective federal judges. He was chair of the ABA's Section of Individual Rights and instituted the ABA’s first Women’s Rights Committee. He chaired the first ABA Commission on the Mentally Disabled and started the ABA’s first Mental Health Advocates Program. Shestack was a founder of the ABA's Pro Bono Center, a founding member of The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and a founder of PILCOP, a Philadelphia public interest law program.

Shestack is a nationally known trial lawyer and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as chair and co-chair of WolfBlock's Litigation Department until 2006, becoming Of Counsel to the firm this year. He has written more than 300 articles in books, journals, and op-ed pages on legal and human rights subjects.

Shestack has also been long active in Jewish affairs. He was president of the Jewish Publication Society of America, Vice President of the American Jewish Committee and chair of its Foreign Affairs Commission. He was President of Har Zion Temple and on the board of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was also President of the Association of Jewish Lawyers and Judges. He is currently on the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University.

Shestack graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater during World War II for three years. He received his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School.

07-12-2006

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Powell Goldstein LLP

Powell Goldstein Continues Aggressive Growth with New Dallas, TX Office and Acquisition of 13-Member Capital Markets Group
Powell Goldstein LLP announces a significant expansion with the opening of a new office in Dallas, TX and the acquisition of a Capital Markets Group. Thirteen members in total will join the Firm: 2 partners and 7 other attorneys, one of counsel, as well as 3 paralegals (breakdown by office is listed below). They all come to Powell Goldstein from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and will join the Firm's existing offices in Atlanta and Washington, and will anchor the opening of the new Dallas location.

Partner Robin R. Green will manage the Firm's new Dallas office and partner Keith A. Dunsmore will join the Firm's Washington office. The new Dallas office will be located on the 32nd floor of the JP Morgan Chase Tower at 2200 Ross Avenue.

While Powell Goldstein has existing capabilities in servicing the capital markets industry, the incoming group adds a national practice that will appeal to an institutional client base and enhance the firm's depth, especially in the area of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). This new Capital Markets Practice Group will strengthen the Firm's Financial Products and Real Estate Services Department. With these new additions, Powell Goldstein's Real Estate Group becomes one of the largest in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions with over 70 lawyers and other professionals spanning three offices.

""We are extremely excited to bring this group on board as we continue to aggressively grow the firm. Robin, Keith, and their team are top-tier attorneys who bring exceptional CMBS capabilities,"" said James J. McAlpin, Jr., Powell Goldstein Chairman. ""In addition, this gives us an entree into a new geographic market, one that we have been looking at for some time now. The Dallas and Texas legal markets are appealing to us given our firm's core strengths in the areas of health care, banking, real estate, and litigation.""

""Our group is extremely excited about the opportunity to open the Dallas office for Powell Goldstein. Given the firm's existing strengths in real estate, banking and financial services, it was an excellent fit for our Capital Markets Practice and will allow us to better serve the needs of our current clients,"" said Ms. Green.

""Moving back to Powell Goldstein is personally very satisfying for me. More importantly, Powell Goldstein has a tremendous platform for our growing Capital Markets group,"" said Mr. Dunsmore. ""We look forward to working together with our new colleagues at Powell Goldstein to continue to provide our clients with the highest level of service.""

Robin R. Green joins the Firm from Akin Gump where she was a partner in the Real Estate and Finance Practice in the Dallas office. Her practice focuses primarily on real estate finance and commercial mortgage-backed securities. She has been active in the real estate securitization market since 1991 with the issuance of the Resolution Trust Corporation's first ""M Series"" securitization. She represents various lenders, master and special servicers, and real estate investors in all aspects of the market with a special focus on origination, restructuring and workout. Ms. Green attended the University of North Texas and received her J.D. from Baylor University, where she was a member of the Baylor Law Review.

Keith A. Dunsmore returns to the Firm from Akin Gump where he was a partner since 2001. He was previously with Powell Goldstein from 1984 - 1999, and at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP from 1999 - 2001. Mr. Dunsmore's practice focuses on the securitization of commercial real estate assets, as well as on general corporate finance matters. Much of his work centers on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) transactions, including a full range of post-issuance issues, loan assumptions, modifications, REMIC-related issues and defeasance transactions, representing master servicers and special servicers. He has been very involved with several industry associations, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and the CMSA, and is currently vice-chair of the Legislative Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mr. Dunsmore received his B.A. from Williams College, his J.D. from Vanderbilt University and his LL.M. in taxation from Emory University. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Georgia Bars.

07-12-2006

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Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Morrison & Foerster Names Haren Bhatt as New Chief Financial Officer
Morrison & Foerster has announced that Haren Bhatt has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bhatt will be responsible for all areas of finance and accounting, and will participate with senior management in corporate planning and development for the firm. He brings to Morrison & Foerster more than thirty years of financial management experience. Mr. Bhatt will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. He replaces Bill Twomey who retired earlier this year.

“We are very pleased to have someone with Haren’s extensive financial background and international experience join our management team,” said Keith C. Wetmore, Chair of Morrison & Foerster. “His experience and financial leadership positions us well for accomplishing our next set of strategic goals and corporate growth.”

“Morrison & Foerster is clearly committed to the best possible performance and to making continual improvements in the service of its clients. I look forward to helping the firm achieve those goals,” said Mr. Bhatt.

Mr. Bhatt served as Global Finance Director at Ernst & Young, where he had been since 1972. Previously, among other positions he has held within Ernst & Young, he was the Director of Finance and Administration for the General Counsel’s Office. Mr. Bhatt received his B.S. from Bombay University in India, and his M.B.A. from St. John’s University.

07-12-2006

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Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar P.A.

Dunbar Co-Authors Article for Florida Bar
Shareholder, Marc Dunbar, in collaboration with attorney, Nelson Diaz of the Becker & Poliakoff firm, have co-authored an article which appears in the July/August 2006 issue of The Florida Bar Journal. The article is entitled, Evaluating Proviso in the State Budget: Is the Florida Legislature Complying with the Constitution?

07-12-2006

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Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar P.A.

Pennington Partners Selected Top Florida Lawyers by Florida Trend Magazine
For the third year in a row, a number of Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar's Partners have been recognized as members of Florida's Legal Elite.

Partners Douglas S. Bell, Marc Dunbar, Peter Dunbar, Gerald Livingston, Steve Malono, Brian Newman, Cynthia Tunnicliff, Cathi Wilkinson and Carl Pennington have been selected by their peers as Top Florida Lawyers in Florida Trend's 2006 Legal Elite Survey. These attorneys are honored in the July 2005 issue of Florida Trend magazine.

Additionally, Kory Ickler was named to the top 55 up-and-coming legal elite lawyers in the state in the same survey and is also recognized in the July 2006 issue of Florida Trend magazine.

07-12-2006

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

Much Shelist and Its Founders Receive "Making a Difference Award"
The Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend-a-Hand Program recently selected Much Shelist and its founders to receive the 2006 ""Making a Difference Award"" in recognition of the firm's $35,000 contribution to the organization. Along with several other honorees from the legal community, Much Shelist was recognized during the 3rd Annual My Hero Awards and Volunteer Recognition Luncheon on July 12 at the Standard Club in Chicago.

In celebration of its 35th anniversary in August 2005, the firm chose to honor its five founders—Morrie Much, Michael R. Shelist, Michael J. Freed, Howard M. Denenberg and Joseph D. Ament—with a monetary contribution to the Lend-a-Hand program to fund the new Much Shelist Founders' Award. During each of the next five years, $7,000 will be awarded to an up-and-coming tutor/mentor program in Chicago that has been in existence for less than five years. The recipient of the 2006 inaugural award was Inspired Youth, Inc., a one-year-old tutoring program that provides assistance with reading, writing, arithmetic and homework for low-income children in the Uptown/Edgewater community.

07-12-2006

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