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Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

Janet Garetto Named As One of “40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch Under 40”
Jenkens & Gilchrist is pleased to announce that Janet Garetto, Intellectual Property Law attorney, has been named one of “40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch Under 40,” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

The recognition honors young Illinois attorneys who are true leaders in their profession. They are chosen in a nomination process that takes into account the candidates’ career achievements, how far they have risen in their fields, and their community work.

Ms. Garetto’s practice focuses on intellectual property counseling and litigation. She is recognized by her clients and peers for her intense focus on understanding her clients’ intellectual properties and business goals. Her clear understanding of the intersection between science and business is central to the confidence a growing number of clients place in her counsel.

A graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Ms. Garetto earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1997. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry at Northwestern University.

Ms. Garetto is actively involved with the professional community. She recently completed service as the Chair of the U.S. Patents Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago where she has also served as Vice Chair and Chair of the Membership Committee and was elected to the Board of Trustees and appointed Treasurer of the Association. She is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, International Trademark Association, Chicago Bar Association and Justinian Society of Lawyers. Ms. Garetto also serves her local community as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Blue Island Public Library.

Jenkens & Gilchrist is a full-service law firm providing legal services to businesses and individuals with U.S. and international operations from offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Washington, D.C. Jenkens & Gilchrist serves clients worldwide in all areas of commercial activity.

07-01-2006

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Davis Polk Elects Eight New Partners
Davis Polk & Wardwell is pleased to announce that Luigi L. De Ghenghi, Ray Ibrahim, Rachel Kleinberg, Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Jennifer G. Newstead, Neal A. Potischman, Paul Spagnoletti and Marc O. Williams have been elected partners of the firm as of July 1, 2006. Davis Polk now has 151 partners in its offices in New York, Menlo Park, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Mr. De Ghenghi is a corporate lawyer concentrating in advising financial institutions on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, bank and securities regulatory matters, cross-border collateral transactions, and clearance and settlement issues. He recently advised the underwriters in connection with China Construction Bank’s $9.2 billion initial global equity offering. He has also advised on numerous securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions in Italy, including the recent €2.1 billion initial public offering by Saras.

Mr. Ibrahim is a corporate lawyer focusing on financial products and derivative transactions, including over-the-counter derivative transactions, mandatory and optional convertible securities, and various types of structured products. He has recently advised on the innovative equity-linked financing structure by The Interpublic Group of Companies; convertible securities offerings by King Pharmaceuticals and Pier 1 (including related call spread transaction); the mandatory convertible securities offering by Entergy; and numerous equity-linked, credit-linked and commodity-linked offerings by Morgan Stanley and ABN AMRO.

Ms. Kleinberg is a tax lawyer in the Menlo Park office. Her practice focuses on advice to corporate and private equity fund clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinoffs and other major corporate transactions. She also has significant experience in the areas of corporate finance and derivatives. Recently, she has represented Oracle in its acquisition of Siebel Systems; KLA-Tencor in its pending acquisition of ADE; Stockbridge Real Estate Fund in the formation of its newest fund and its acquisition of the Hollywood Park racetrack; Affymetrix in its acquisition of ParAllele; Comcast in its strategic relationship with Motorola; ARM Holdings in its acquisition of Artisan Components; and E*TRADE in its offering of equity units.

Ms. Lin is a corporate lawyer advising clients on executive compensation, equity-based incentives, deferred compensation, severance plans, pension plans and other employee benefit arrangements, with particular emphasis on issues arising in merger and acquisition transactions, initial public offerings, and new and joint ventures. She also advises on employment and consulting arrangements, the applicability of securities and tax laws to executives and employers, and on general employment-related matters. Among the clients she has recently represented are Citigroup, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, ISH Inc., Marsh & McLennan Companies, MCI, Morgan Stanley, Olympus Corporation, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Texas Instruments.

Ms. Newstead is a litigator who has handled a variety of regulatory, enforcement, civil and advisory matters in both the public and private sectors. Her regulatory and advisory matters have involved financial reporting, antitrust, money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and trade sanctions compliance issues, and she has participated in a number of confidential internal investigations on behalf of clients facing potential regulatory and criminal exposure. She regularly advises companies and financial institutions on the implementation of effective fiscal compliance programs. Her litigated matters have involved professional liability, securities, antitrust and product liability issues in federal and state courts. Before rejoining Davis Polk in 2005, Ms. Newstead served as the General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget, in the White House Counsel’s Office and at the Department of Justice. In those roles, she oversaw litigation and participated in the development of regulatory and legislative initiatives in areas including Sarbanes-Oxley and related corporate governance matters, money laundering and other financial crimes, health care and tort reform.

Mr. Potischman is a litigator representing individuals and institutions in a variety of civil, criminal and regulatory matters. Recent representations include a consumer products company in internal investigations and reviews of compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering statutes; Wall Street investment banks in commercial disputes; leading audit firms in connection with both securities litigation and investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission; and a major pharmaceutical company in litigation related to product marketing.

Mr. Spagnoletti is a litigator concentrating in securities enforcement, antitrust and securities litigation, and professional liability matters. In addition to his representation of numerous corporations in confidential grand jury proceedings and internal investigations, he recently has represented Marsh & McLennan Companies in connection with the New York State Attorney General’s investigation into the insurance industry; JPMorgan Chase in a federal antitrust class action relating to the use of complex derivatives transactions in the gold industry; and several major law and accounting firms in connection with malpractice claims and securities enforcement proceedings across the United States.

Mr. Williams is a corporate lawyer concentrating in mergers & acquisitions. He advises both corporate clients and private equity firms on public and private transactions, and has recently advised Texas Instruments on the sale of its Sensors & Controls business to Bain Capital, Argosy Gaming in its merger with Penn National, Quadrangle Group in its acquisition (with CVC) of NTELOS and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in its acquisition (with Blackstone Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners) of HealthMarkets (formerly UICI).

07-01-2006

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McCarter & English, Attorneys At Law

Partner named in a New Jersey Law Journal Supplement
Edward J. Fanning, Jr., has been named in a New Jersey Law Journal Supplement to watch in Business in New Jersey.

07-01-2006

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Fagel Haber, L.L.C.

FagelHaber LLC Congratulates Its Newest Members
FagelHaber LLC is pleased to announce that on July 1, 2006, the following individuals became Members of the Firm:
W. Kent Carter
Litigation Department
Joel S. Dalinka
Commercial Finance and Secured Transactions Department
Jack L. Parrino
Real Estate Department, Construction Law Department, Government Relations Department, and Zoning and Licensing Department

On January 1, 2006, the following individuals became Members of the Firm:
Robert N. Kamensky
Business and Corporate Transactions Department
Lauren Newman
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Department and Litigation Department
David M. Rownd
Litigation Department

07-01-2006

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Fagel Haber, L.L.C.

Fourteen FagelHaber LLC Attorneys Named "Illinois Leading Lawyers" for 2006
FagelHaber LLC is pleased to announce that fourteen of the Firm's members have been named ""Illinois Leading Lawyers"" for 2006 by the Leading Lawyers Network:

Floyd Babbitt
Litigation Department
Richard H. Chapman
Litigation Department
Robert B. Chapman
Business and Corporate Transactions Department
Walter D. Cupkovic
Chairman of Real Estate and Real Estate Tax Assessment Departments
James M. Drake
Business and Corporate Transactions Department, and Commercial Finance and Secured Transactions Department
Allen J. Fagel
Chairman of Commercial Finance and Secured Lending Department
Edward L. Filer
Chairman of Construction Law Department; also practices in Business and Corporate Transactions Department, Litigation Department, and Real Estate Department
Norton N. Gold
Chairman of Tax, Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation Department
Alan Jay Goldstein
Business and Corporate Transactions Department
Gary E. Green
Co-Chair of Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Department; also practices in Litigation Department
Joel A. Haber
FagelHaber's Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Corporate Transactions Department
Glen T. Keysor
Chairman of Litigation Department
Dennis E. Quaid
Co-Chairman of Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Department
Arthur B. Sternberg
Chairman of Labor and Employment Department

Leading lawyers are selected through a statewide survey conducted by the Leading Lawyers Network. Only those lawyers who are most often recommended by their peers are selected. For more information, see http://www.leadinglawyers.com.

07-01-2006

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Fagel Haber, L.L.C.

Meet our Newest Associates
FagelHaber LLC is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have joined the Firm as Associates:

Mary E. Ammermann joined the Firm on May 24, 2006; she practices in the Real Estate Department.
Anita L. Bryant joined the Firm as a Summer Associate on June 1, 2004; she was sworn in on November 10, 2005, and practices in the Real Estate Tax Assessment Department.
Robert A. Lucas joined the Firm on September 12, 2005; he practices in the Business and Corporate Transactions Department.
James P. Moorhead joined the Firm on October 3, 2005; he practices in the Real Estate Department.
Timothy E. Wieher joined the Firm on June 19, 2006; he practices in the Real Estate Tax Assessment Department.

07-01-2006

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Fagel Haber, L.L.C.

Nine FagelHaber LLC Attorneys Named "Super Lawyers" for 2006
FagelHaber LLC is pleased to announce that nine of its members have been named ""Illinois Super Lawyers"" for 2006:

Richard H. Chapman
Litigation Department
John J. Cullerton
Government Relations Department, Licensing and Zoning Department, and Real Estate Tax Assessment Department
Walter D. Cupkovic
Chairman of Real Estate and Real Estate Tax Assessment Departments
Allen J. Fagel
Chairman of Commercial Finance and Secured Lending Department
Norton N. Gold
Chairman of Tax, Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation Department
Alan Jay Goldstein
Business and Corporate Transactions Department
Joel A. Haber
FagelHaber's Chairman, as well as Chairman of Corporate Transactions Department
Dennis E. Quaid
Co-Chairman of Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Department
David M. Rownd
Litigation Department

The Super Lawyers list represents the top five percent of attorneys in each state based on peer recognition and professional achievement.

The second annual guide to Illinois Super Lawyers, published by Law & Politics, is included in a special supplement to the February 2006 issue of Chicago magazine. See http://www.superlawyer.com/ for more information.

07-01-2006

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