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Berger & Singerman, Attorneys At Law

ATTORNEY RENÉ D. HARROD ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION’S BROWARD CHAPTER
The Florida business law firm of Berger Singerman announces that attorney René D. Harrod has been elected as the vice president of the Broward County Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (FBA).

At Berger Singerman, Harrod is a member of Berger Singerman’s Dispute Resolution team and practices general commercial litigation in both federal and state courts, complex commercial litigation, including high profile complex fraud actions, multi-district antitrust class action litigation, and professional malpractice actions.

Harrod is a board member for the Broward County Women Lawyers' Association and is a board member of the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association, the editorial board of The Federal Lawyer, and a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Broward County Bar Association, and the Order of the Coif. She is also a member of the Executive Women's Club and a graduate of Leadership Broward, Class of XXIV.

She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School and her Bachelor’s degree in political science from Amherst College. She is admitted to the state courts of Florida and Illinois, the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

07-03-2006

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Alford, Clausen & McDonald, LLC

Firm Names Three New Partners, One New Member
The Firm is pleased to announce that Kathleen Kaufman, Richard Moore, and Chris Estes have been named partner. Kaufman is a graduate of The University of Alabama as well as The University of Alabama School of Law. Her primary areas of practice are medical malpractice, extra-contractual and construction claims. Moore is a graduate of Louisiana State University and Vanderbilt University Law School. His primary areas of practice are complex litigation, construction claims and medical malpractice. Estes graduated from Spring Hill College and The University of Alabama School of Law. His primary areas of practice are products liability and medical malpractice.

We are also pleased to announce that Hunter Compton has been named member. Compton graduated from Samford University and Cumberland School of Law. His areas of practice include transportation law, products liability, medical malpractice and extra-contractual.

07-03-2006

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Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

ANDREW PALMIERI OF ALEXANDRIA NAMED A 2006 VIRGINIA SUPER LAWYER
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is proud to announce Andrew Palmieri has been named a 2006 Virginia Super Lawyer. The Virginia Super Lawyers list is the latest in a series of honors bestowed on the Vorys law firm.

Mr. Palmieri, a partner in the Alexandria office, practices in complex commercial, corporate, and real estate transactions for small and emerging national and international business enterprises. He has built an extensive community association practice, which includes creating common interest community associations in the Washington metropolitan area as well as serving as general counsel to these and other not-for-profit associations.

Mr. Palmieri devotes much of his time to public service in Alexandria. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and pro bono counsel to the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. Mr. Palmieri is a former chair of the Alexandria Waterfront Committee.

“The Super Lawyers recognition clearly reflects the value our attorneys place on providing outstanding legal counsel,” said Robert W. Werth, managing partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. “While we are pleased to be named to these prestigious lists, we continue to believe that our most important rewards come from consistently exceeding the needs of our clients.”

Super Lawyers are chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. The Virginia Super Lawyers list names the top five percent of attorneys across 60 different practice areas.

Celebrating 98 years in 2006, the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP has offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Akron, Ohio; as well as in Washington, DC, and Alexandria, VA. With nearly 400 attorneys, Vorys is one of the largest law firms in the United States.

07-03-2006

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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

SQUIRE SANDERS ASSISTS CITIZENS IN LARGEST-EVER FLORIDA MUNICIPAL FINANCING
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. was bond counsel on an historic municipal financing that sets the record for Florida bond issues. Squire Sanders’ client Citizens Property Insurance Corporation recently completed the $3.05 billion bond issue. The financing has been characterized as the largest single new-money municipal bond issue in Florida history.

The bond issue boosts Citizens’ reserves to pay policyholder claims that might result should Florida’s 2006 hurricane season match major past storms. Citizens is a statutorily-created insurer of last resort that provides property and casualty insurance to qualified risk in the state. Lawyers from the firm’s offices in Miami and Tampa served as bond counsel on the financing.

“In 2004, we were pleased to help Citizens secure needed resources in a $750 million bond issue that was completed just before the start of the one of the worst hurricane seasons in Florida history,” said Albert A. del Castillo. Del Castillo is Squire Sanders lead lawyer on the financing. The 2004 financing was later named “Deal of the Year” by The Bond Buyer, the premier public financing publication.

“Our client provides Florida residents with essential insurance protection. We are very pleased to be able to help Citizens enhance its reserves by providing nearly $3 billion for claims that might be made by Florida residents in high-risk areas for windstorms and hurricanes,” Del Castillo said.

Squire Sanders is a nationally recognized bond counsel that has been consistently listed among the top five bond firms in the United States in official rankings published by Thomson Financial Securities Data. The firm’s Florida public finance practice has been the top-ranked bond counsel in that state in 11 of the past 13 years.

Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is one of the largest international law firms, with offices in the Americas in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons Corner, Washington DC, West Palm Beach, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro and Santo Domingo. In Europe, offices are in Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, London, Moscow, Prague and Warsaw. In Asia, offices are in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Associated offices include Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Kyiv, Milan and Santiago.

07-03-2006

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Reed Smith

Richards Butler LLP Announce The Establishment Of A Presence In Switzerland
Swiss law firm Chabrier & Partners (Geneva) and UK and international law firm Richards Butler have signed an agreement to form an association, effective immediately. The purpose of this arrangement is to broaden each firm’s expertise, in order to better service the needs of their Swiss and international clients.

Both firms are recognised market leaders in the fields of trade and energy, trade finance, shipping and commercial arbitration. Richards Butler, whose partners have voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging with US law firm Reed Smith, is already ranked as one of the leading law firms in commodities by the major legal directories and both firms hope to benefit in other strategic areas including finance, shipping and international arbitration. Reed Smith also has a widely acknowledged US trade practice, which will provide a neat complement to the overall global practice.

Switzerland and, in particular, Geneva is a major business centre for commodity and energy trading and trade finance and a number of Richards Butler's premier clients have significant trading presences in Switzerland. The association is not only seen as a way of supporting those clients but also as an important step for Richards Butler's continued growth in these sectors. With Richards Butler lawyers working from the Geneva office on a rota basis, they will provide a seamless service to clients based in Switzerland with a need for UK legal services.

The Richards Butler International Trade and Commodities group has had extensive experience working with clients with a Swiss presence. This includes international commercial arbitrations for Swiss based energy clients, trade finance transactions with Swiss banks and for Swiss corporates, and the enforcement of arbitral awards and commercial court judgments against Swiss - located assets, They have also had experience of enforcing worldwide freezing orders against Swiss companies, or companies with assets located in Switzerland.

Richards Butler’s relationship with Patrick Chabrier, head of Chabrier & Partners, can be traced back over twenty years, when they worked together during his time acting as counsel for Continental Grain before establishing Chabrier & Partners in 2001. Since then, there has been a continual flow of referral work between the two firms, most notably in the areas of international trade and energy, for which both firms are highly regarded as market leaders. Their mutual expertise in this area and impressive client base, as well as Richards Butler’s need for a physical presence in the increasingly important Swiss market, have been the main drivers behind the formation of closer ties between the two firms.

Head of Richards Butler's International Trade and Commodities Group, Kyri Evagora said, ""We are delighted to be taking this important step with Chabrier & Partners. Switzerland is an important geographical area for our firm. Above all, the association and our increased presence in Geneva underlines our firm's commitment to meeting the needs of our clients who have trading operations in Geneva.”

Patrick Chabrier, Head of Chabrier & Partners said 'This exciting association with Richards Butler will enable our two firms to best service the growing needs of our respective trade and energy clients in Switzerland.

07-03-2006

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Finnegan Henderson Announces New Management Team
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP announced changes in its management team effective July 1. Richard B. Racine follows Christopher P. Foley as the firm’s new Managing Partner. The firm also announced the appointment of Thomas H. Jenkins as Chairman.

Foley served as Chairman and Managing Partner for more than five years overseeing the firm’s growth and success in a highly competitive legal market. Under Foley’s leadership, the firm increased in size, offices, revenues, and global presence and expanded its worldwide reputation for quality legal services and quality of life as a great place to work.

In the management restructuring, the firm split the responsibilities of Managing Partner and Chairman to facilitate a more focused and strategic approach to build upon the firm’s growth and success. Racine, who has been with the firm for more than 20 years and has served as the firm’s chemical practice group chair, takes the helm as Managing Partner and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm. Jenkins, who served as Chairman and Managing Partner prior to Foley’s appointment and subsequently chaired the firm’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice group, returns to a senior leadership post as Chairman of the Management Committee. He will lead the overall strategic direction of the firm.

“Chris successfully led the firm in a very demanding and changing legal market while holding true to the core principles that stabilize and guide our firm. Under his leadership, the firm received many awards, including the ranking as a number one IP law firm. As we move forward and build on these successes, we will continue to evolve and expand on the traits that make us the best,” said Racine.

07-03-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Attorneys Selected for Florida Trend\'s 2006 Florida Legal Elite
Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that 34 of the firm's attorneys were selected by their peers as Florida Trend magazine's 2006 Florida Legal Elite , a select group comprising the top 2% of lawyers practicing in Florida.

The list of Carlton Fields attorneys in the 2006 Florida Legal Elite include Alina Alonso (Appellate Practice); Robert E. Biasotti (Appellate Practice); David P. Burke (Taxation); Matthew Conigliaro (Appellate Practice); Cristin A. Conley (Taxation); Alexander D. del Russo (Labor & Employment); Nathaniel L. Doliner (Business Law); Steven C. Dupre (Commercial Litigation); Thomas A. Dye (Commercial Litigation); Robert S. Freedman (Real Estate Transaction); Edward W. Gerecke (Civil Trial); Robert N. Gilbert (Bankruptcy & Workout); Thomas A. Hanson (Real Estate Transaction); Nancy G. Linnan (Environmental & Land Use); Wendy F. Lumish (Appellate Practice); John P. McAdams (Labor & Employment); Frank M. McDonald, Jr. (Civil Trial); C. Douglas McDonald, Jr. (Intellectual Property Rights); Joseph C. Mellichamp III (Taxation); Kevin J. Napper (Criminal Law); Paul L. Nettleton (Appellate Practice); Michael F. Nuechterlein (Construction); Gary M. Pappas (Civil Trial); Luis Prats (Construction); Benjamine Reid (Commercial Litigation); Hardy L. Roberts (Construction); Thomas J. Roehn (Commercial Litigation); Gary L. Sasso (Commercial Litigation); Marty J. Solomon (Commercial Litigation); Jay A. Steinman (Real Estate Transactions); Patricia H. Thompson (Construction); Sylvia H. Walbolt (Appellate Practice); Thomas E. Warner (Appellate Practice); and Gwynne A. Young (Commercial Litigation).

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Firm, Gary L. Sasso, has been selected one of Florida Legal Elite's ""Top Managing Partners: Head of the Firm"" in Florida Trend. The 2005 Legal Elite lawyers were asked to name the state's top managing partners and Sasso was one of the seven named in the state by these honorees. Sasso assumed the leadership of Carlton Fields in February 2006.

07-03-2006

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