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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Walters Named to Professional Development Consortium
Kristi K. Walters, Special Counsel and Director of Professional Development & Diversity for Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, has been named to the Professional Development Consortium.

The Professional Development Consortium is a national organization that brings together individuals at law firms, government agencies and corporations who oversee professional development programs for attorneys. An attorney with Parker Poe since 1999, Ms. Walters was named the firm’s Director of Professional Development & Diversity in January 2006. In this newly created position, Ms. Walters designs and integrates programs that impact professional development including recruitment, training, mentoring, leadership development and career planning. She dedicates two-thirds of her time to this new role, while continuing to practice law in the firm’s Employment Practice Group.

Ms. Walters received her J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 and her B.A., cum laude, from Davidson College in 1991.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP currently has more than 175 lawyers, with five offices in the Carolinas including Columbia, Charleston and Spartanburg in South Carolina and Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina. The firm provides a complete range of legal services and has extensive experience in antitrust and business torts, banking and finance, bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment, environmental, government, health care, international, mergers and acquisitions, public finance, real estate and commercial development, securities, tax and torts, trial and insurance. www.parkerpoe.com.

07-05-2006

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Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.

Russ Munsch Selected For Recognition In K&A Restructuring Register
Russell Munsch, founding shareholder of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., a Texas-based law firm with offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, has been recognized by the K&A Restructuring Register as one of the top 72 attorneys who practice in the restructuring, reorganization, insolvency and bankruptcy arenas in the United States. Qualification for listing in the Register is by invitation only and requires selection by a 18 member advisory panel.

“The K&A Restructuring Register is a highly regarded publication in this specialty,” said Joseph Wielebinski, shareholder at Munsch Hardt and chairman of the Reorganization/Corporate Finance practice group. “Russ is an expert in this field, and we are proud of his accomplishments both in our legal practice, and as a leader in the profession overall.”

Russell Munsch is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas (Business Bankruptcy section), the Dallas Bar Association and the Travis County Bar Association. His practice focuses on reorganization and creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, international insolvency and commercial litigation. He represents financial institutions, bank groups and significant creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees and entities acquiring assets from troubled organizations. He has served as Bankruptcy Trustee and Examiner in both Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases. Russ also serves as managing shareholder of Munsch Hardt’s Austin office.

07-05-2006

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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Steven Metalitz and Eric Schwartz join MS&K
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced today that leading intellectual property attorneys Steven J. Metalitz and Eric J. Schwartz have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as partners.

Steven J. Metalitz was formerly a name partner at Washington-based Smith & Metalitz LLP. He represents clients in the publishing, recording, motion picture, software, and e-commerce industries. Metalitz has worked with major coalitions of the copyright industry sector on key public policy issues, including the Creative Incentive Coalition, where he was involved in the drafting and enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, and as President of the Intellectual Property Constituency of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Metalitz has taught copyright law at the George Washington University Law School and has published extensively on copyright and Internet law topics.

Eric J. Schwartz also joins Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp from Smith & Metalitz. His practice includes traditional copyright and emerging electronic information and delivery issues, commercial transactions, domestic and international copyright law and policy matters, litigation strategy, and Copyright Office practices. Schwartz has served as Acting General Counsel for the United States Copyright Office and currently holds the position of Vice President and Special Counsel to the International Intellectual Property Alliance. He is also the founding Director and a Board member of the National Film Preservation Foundation, and serves as pro bono Counsel to the Library of Congress’ National Film Preservation Board. Schwartz is an Adjunct Professor of Copyright Law at Georgetown University Law School.

“We are pleased to welcome Steven and Eric to our intellectual property practice and to our growing Washington D.C. office,” said Thomas Lambert, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Managing Partner. “These leading practitioners are a valuable addition to our copyright capabilities in the nation’s capital.”

Founded in 1908, Los Angeles-based Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp has 125 attorneys and offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. For further information, please visit www.msk.com.

07-05-2006

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Lewis and Roca LLP

Chambers USA Ranks Lewis and Roca Among The Top Law Firms And Recognizes Fourteen Firm Attorneys in Their Areas of Practice
The fourth edition of Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, ranks Lewis and Roca LLP among the top law firms in nine categories including: Employment, Commercial Litigation, Gaming & Licensing, White-Collar Crime and Governmental Investigations, Environmental, Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, Corporate/Commercial, and Corporate/M&A. In addition, fourteen individual Lewis and Roca lawyers have been listed among the best in their areas of practice including four #1 rankings: Peter D. Baird, Commercial Litigation; Anthony N. Cabot (Las Vegas), Gaming & Licensing; Richard S. Cohen, Employment; and Amy R. Porter, Environmental.

Other Lewis and Roca attorneys listed in the fourth edition of Chambers USA include: Frank S. Bangs, Jr. (Tucson) – Land Use and Zoning; Jim J. Belanger – White-Collar Crime and Governmental Investigations; Dale A. Danneman – Commercial Litigation; Scott D. DeWald – Corporate/M&A; David B. Dornak (Las Vegas) – Employment; Von S. Heinz (Las Vegas) – Commercial Litigation; Dennis E. Jontz (Albuquerque) – Corporate/M&A and Real Estate; Frederick Petti – White-Collar Crime and Governmental Investigations; D. Randall Stokes – Real Estate; and Kenneth Van Winkle, Jr. – Real Estate.

07-05-2006

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Announces New Associate Leeanne R. Coons
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that Leeanne R. Coons has joined the firm as an Associate.

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Leeanne Coons graduated with a B.S. in Business-Marketing in 1993 from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Ms. Coons received her law degree in 2004, cum laude, from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, where she completed the Health Care Law Concentration with honors. She is a member of the Firm's Health Care Practice Group. Ms. Coons concentrates her practice on health care issues, providing legal representation to hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers in business transactions, administrative appeals, and regulatory compliancerelated issues.

Ms. Coons resides in Fishers, Indiana.

Krieg DeVault LLP is a 120-professional, diversified law firm representing a wide variety of local, regional and national clients. It is a general practice commercial law firm with offices in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Hammond, Indiana. The firm’s attorneys have significant experience in key areas that address the needs of a diversified client base. Through its membership in Meritas, the firm's ability to assist clients reaches around the world. For more information, please visit www.kriegdevault.com.

07-05-2006

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault LLP Announces New Associate Jason A. Houdek
The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that Jason A. Houdek has joined the firm as an Associate.

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Jason Houdek graduated with a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Science in 1998 from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Mr. Houdek received his law degree in 2001, cum laude, from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, where he was an Associate Editor of the Indiana Law Journal. He is a member of the Firm's Intellectual Property & Technology and Litigation Practice Groups. Mr. Houdek concentrates his practice in the area of intellectual property including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. Mr. Houdek resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife Elizabeth.

Krieg DeVault LLP is a 120-professional, diversified law firm representing a wide variety of local, regional and national clients. It is a general practice commercial law firm with offices in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Hammond, Indiana. The firm’s attorneys have significant experience in key areas that address the needs of a diversified client base. Through its membership in Meritas, the firm's ability to assist clients reaches around the world. For more information, please visit www.kriegdevault.com.

07-05-2006

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Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL

James W. Thweatt III Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp
James W. Thweatt III (Jay) has joined Keating Muething & Klekamp as an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group.

Mr. Thweatt's practice is concentrated in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation advising companies on the design, formation and operation of qualified retirement plans and employee welfare benefit plans, including defined benefit pension plans, profit-sharing plans, 401(K) plans, health plans, cafeteria plans, and fringe benefit plans. He also represents clients before the IRS and Department of Labor with respect to determination letter requests, voluntary correction submissions, and other employee benefit-related matters. In the area of executive compensation, he assists client with the creation and operation of equity compensation arrangement, including stock options, restricted stock plans, phantom stock plans and SARs.

Prior to joining Keating Muething & Klekamp, Mr. Thweatt was an associate with the law firm of LeClair Ryan, PC in Roanoke, Virgina. Mr. Thweatt received his LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center, with distinction (2002), his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law (1999) and his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, magna cum laude (1995).

Keating Muething & Klekamp, founded in 1954, is a service-oriented law firm with more than 100 lawyers and a support staff of approximately150 employees based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm is committed to providing efficient, valuable and cost-conscious legal services to its clients.

07-05-2006

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