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Wolf Block Schorr & Solis

WolfBlock Ranks Among Top Trademark Firms
WolfBlock has ranked among the country's top trademark firms following an annual survey conducted by Intellectual Property Today, a magazine that focuses on patent, trademark and copyright law.

The May 2006 issue of the publication names WolfBlock as #71 on this year's list, which is comprised of 126 law firms and individuals. The issue shows that WolfBlock prosecuted more than 100 trademarks in 2005.

In the past year and a half, the number of patent lawyers in WolfBlock's growing IP practice has quadrupled. Last February, WolfBlock expanded the practice with three partners and two associates from Steinberg & Raskin PC, a 25-year-old Manhattan-based IP boutique. These additions provided a significant boost to the practice's New York presence.

WolfBlock’s IP lawyers represent a national and international clientele in a broad range of intellectual property and information technology matters, including licensing and technology transfer, trademarks, patent prosecution and litigation, trade secrets and copyright.

Top firms were selected based on responses to a survey conducted by Intellectual Property Today in March. The data gathered outlined federal trademark registrations issued in 2005.

07-06-2006

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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

Preston Gates Adds Five New Associates
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, one of the nation's premier law firms, has announced the addition of five new associates to its Seattle and San Francisco offices.

Aleka Skouras Eisentraut - Finance, Insolvency and Real Estate, San Francisco. Aleka Eisentraut’s practice concentrates on real estate transactions in California and Hawaii. She has extensive experience representing developers and investors in the acquisition, disposition, development, construction and leasing of commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. In her land use practice, Eisentraut advises on conservation easements, operation and management plans and preserve budgets in connection with mitigation and preservation efforts, as well as species, wetlands and hazardous waste issues. She holds a juris doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University.

Byron Dailey - Corporate Securities/Mergers and Acquisitions, Seattle. Byron Dailey assists clients in a wide range of matters, including registered and unregistered equity and debt offerings, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, tender offers, proxy solicitations, consent solicitations, redemptions, SEC filings, NYSE matters and corporate governance. Dailey received a juris doctor from Ohio State University College of Law, a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.

Roberto Diaz-Luong - Tax, Trusts and Estates, Seattle. Roberto Diaz-Luong has extensive experience in international and corporate tax issues. He advises clients on outbound and inbound investments, domestic and international tax planning, partnership formations, COD income, international tax compliance, dual consolidated losses, sale of partnership interests and corporate reorganizations. Diaz-Luong received a master’s in tax law from the University of Florida College of Law, a juris doctor from George Washington University Law School and a bachelor's degree from Dickinson College.

Mhkeeba L. Pate - Intellectual Property, Seattle. Mhkeeba Pate’s practice primarily focuses on intellectual property transactions, including drafting, negotiating and counseling clients on software development and distribution agreements, technology license and service agreements, and other technology transfer-related documents. Mhkeeba also assists in intellectual property due diligence and risk analysis for mergers, acquisitions and investment transactions. She received both a master’s degree in business administration and a juris doctor from Temple University, and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

Luke Thomas - Tax, Trusts and Estates, Seattle. Luke Thomas concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, with a special focus on tax planning, asset protection and succession planning. Prior to joining Preston Gates, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served in the Washington Army National Guard. Thomas is active in the real property, probate and trust section and the taxation section of the Washington State Bar Association, and holds both a juris doctor and bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.

07-06-2006

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Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

Five Law Students Join Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC as Summer Associates
Five law students join the Seattle office of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC as summer associates:

Manny Borde will receive his J.D. in Spring 2007 from the University of Illinois College of Law. He earned his B.A. in Economics at Northwestern University.

KoKo Huang will receive her J.D. in Spring 2008 from the Seattle University School of Law. She earned her B.A. in Government & Legal Studies and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College.

Huong Lam will receive her J.D. in Spring 2007 from Vanderbilt University School of Law. She earned her B.A. in History at New York University.

Amanda Ose will receive her J.D. in Spring 2007 from the University of Washington School of Law. She earned her B.A. in American Studies at Stanford University.

Jamal Whitehead will receive his J.D. in Spring 2007 from the Seattle University School of Law. He earned his B.A. in Political Science at the University of Washington.

WK&G's Recruiting Committee is dedicated to hiring summer associates with strong academic credentials and high levels of personal achievement. WK&G's summer associate program is designed to explore all aspects of the firm's diversified practice, and to provide summer associates with an environment that will prepare them for the beginning of their legal career following graduation from law school.

07-06-2006

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Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

Vicky L. Strada Joins Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC
Vicky L. Strada, formerly with Scheer & Zehnder, LLP, has joined the Seattle office of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC as an Associate. Ms. Strada's practice will focus on commercial and construction litigation. She received her B.A. from Stanford University, and her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law.

07-06-2006

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP

Thirteen Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as Southern California Rising Stars 2006
Thirteen Sheppard Mullin attorneys were recognized as Los Angeles and Orange County Rising Stars for 2006 by the publishers of Super Lawyers: partners Shaun Clark, Geoff DeBoskey, Jason Gasper and Aaron Malo, special counsel Mette Kurth, and associates Janene Bassett, Melanie Breen, Jean-Paul Jassy, Amy Johnson Harrell, Yael Karabelnik, Lara Mackey, Lisa Stutz and Tony Young. Lawyers in the region's legal community were asked to vote for up-and-coming attorneys under age 40. The honorees are listed in a special supplement to Los Angeles magazine's July issue.

07-06-2006

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Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A.

Ford is Minnesota State Bar Association treasurer
Michael J. Ford, a shareholder in the St. Cloud law firm of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., has become treasurer of the Minnesota State Bar Association. The office, which he assumed July 1, puts Ford on track to become MSBA president during the 2008-09 bar year.

Ford, a native of New York City, is a graduate of St. John's University and William Mitchell College of Law. Ford's civil litigation practice focuses on product liability, environmental law, employment law, government liability, land use and professional liability.

With 16,000 members the MSBA is the state's largest and most influential voluntary organization of attorneys, providing continuing legal education and public service opportunities for lawyers, and assistance to the legal system.

In recent years, the MSBA has worked closely with the state courts to lobby the Minnesota Legislature for adequate funding for the court system, salaries for judges and funding for legal services for the disadvantaged. The MSBA also works with the state Supreme Court on setting high ethical and practice standards for Minnesota lawyers.

07-06-2006

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Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C.

JUDGE MEYER SCHOLARSHIP WINNER AWARDED
An Albany Law School third-year student from Troy, Kathryn E. Basal (seen centered in the photo with MSEK Managing Attorney Lois Carter Schlissel and partner Andrew J. Turro), has won the Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship, a $2,500 award administered by the New York Bar Foundation for her piece ""What's a Legal System to Do? The Problem of Regulating Internet Pharmacies.""

Her essay, as summarized in a State Bar Association press release, ""examines the attraction and relative ease of buying drugs online without a valid prescription from a health care provider in light of the increasing number of Americans without health insurance and the skyrocketing cost at traditional pharmacies.""

The paper also discussed recent action by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in an attempt to combat the development of illegal online pharmacies, as well as federal and state proposals to deal with regulating legitimate Internet pharmacies.

The award was established in 2004. It is available to second-year law students who attend a law school in New York state and who exhibit excellence in legal writing and advocacy skills. The scholarship will be applied to Basal's tuition for the 2006 fall semester. She graduates next year.

Meyer was an associate judge of the state Court of Appeals form 1979-1986 and practiced with the Long Island-based firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein from 1987 until his death last year.

07-06-2006

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