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Allen & Overy LLP

FT commends Allen & Overy for innovative work
Allen & Overy has scored highly in the Financial Times special report on 'Innovative Lawyers'. The report ranks UK firms against each other for their innovative work.

Associate Director David Jabbari led the project, putting forward submissions for eight of the nine categories. Allen & Overy was successfully mentioned in all eight.

Senior Partner Guy Beringer commented: "We can all be very proud that we have more awards overall than any of our mainstream UK competition and we were the most highly ranked magic circle firm in the 'Judges' Choice'.

"This was a complex project and our thanks goes to the many people involved in putting the submissions together and of course to the people who were responsible for the projects that have been recognised as groundbreaking."

Judges' Choice (overall)

Allen & Overy was ranked sixth for its donation to legal aid centres in the Corporate Social Responsibility category.

06-29-2006

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Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, P.C.

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione’s Robert K. Fergan and John M. Card, Ph.D. Take On New Leadership Roles
Robert K. Fergan and John M. Card, Ph.D., attorneys in the Ann Arbor, Michigan office of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., were recently appointed to leadership roles in local and national legal associations.

Mr. Fergan was appointed Chair of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Section and Chair of the Association’s Young Lawyers Division, Affiliate Database Committee. In addition to these roles, Mr. Fergan is the Vice-Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section.

Mr. Fergan concentrates his practice in intellectual property litigation and in the preparation and prosecution of patents, both in the U. S. and internationally in the electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical and computer science arts, as well as patents related to business methods.

Dr. Card was appointed Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Washtenaw County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Michigan and American Intellectual Property Law Associations.

Dr. Card’s practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution in the electrical, mechanical and chemical arts. Additionally he has experience in drafting non-infringement and invalidity opinions and conducting due diligence investigations.

Founded in 1917, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is based in Chicago with three other offices across the country serving the intellectual property needs of clients from around the world. The firm is one of the largest IP law firms in the country, with more than 150 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents specializing in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, intellectual asset management, and technology and licensing agreements. Brinks routinely handles assignments in fields as diverse as electrical, chemical, mechanical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, Internet and computer technology, as well as in trademarks or brand names for a wide variety of products and services.

06-29-2006

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Names Three New Local Partners in Moscow
White & Case today announced that Jennifer Josefson, Maya Melnikas and Irina Nesvetova have been named local partners of the Firm's Moscow office. These appointments bring the total number of partners and local partners in the Moscow office to 11. With almost 70 lawyers in its Moscow office, White & Case is one of the largest international law firms in Russia.

""Jennifer, Maya and Irina are excellent lawyers who have been leaders in the Moscow office for a number of years,"" said Hugh Verrier, executive partner for White & Case in Moscow. ""Their promotion to local partner is recognition of their great value to our clients and to the Firm.""

Josefson is an oil and gas lawyer who advises on international transactions including M&A, PSA matters, supply contracts, oilfield service agreements, energy law and international arbitration. She joined White & Case in 2002 and is a member of the board of directors for the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).

Melnikas advises on international corporate and finance transactions related to the Russian Federation. With White & Case since 1993, she specializes in international transactions related to securitization and other financing, as well as corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Nesvetova specializes in project and trade finance, secured transactions, corporate acquisitions and corporate law. She regularly represents multilateral financial institutions and has considerable experience in the oil and gas and precious metals industries, much of it gained after she joined White & Case in 1998.

06-29-2006

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Two Weil Gotshal Attorneys Named Finalists for Nationally Prestigious 2006 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
Two Weil Gotshal attorneys were named as finalists for the prestigious Trial Lawyer of the Year Award which is presented by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation (TLPJ) in Washington DC. Weil Gotshal counsel David Jackson Ball, Jr. and associate Mamoni Bhattacharyya were among the seven finalists recognized. The award is bestowed annually upon the trial lawyer or lawyers who have made the greatest contribution to the public interest by trying or settling a precedent-setting case.

Mr. Ball and Ms. Bhattacharyya are being recognized for reaffirming our fundamental constitutional rights of due process and equal protection through their work in Elmaghraby v. Ashcroft . They achieved a precedent-setting $300,000 settlement on behalf of Elmaghraby, the first settlement by the government for its indiscriminate, sweeping arrests of Arab and South Asian Muslim immigrants in the wake of 9/11. It is also the government’s first settlement of claims for physical abuse and harsh conditions asserted by immigrants detained on the suspicion of terrorism.

TLPJ is a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society. The foundation fights for justice through precedent-setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation designed to enhance consumer and victims' rights, environmental protection and safety, civil rights and civil liberties, workers' rights, America's civil justice system, and the protection of the poor and powerless. TLPJ has special litigation projects that secure access to justice by battling unnecessary secrecy in the courts, mandatory arbitration abuse, federal preemption of injury victims' claims, and class action abuse.

06-29-2006

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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Seong Hwan Kim Joins Century City Office
Steptoe & Johnson LLP, an international litigation, regulatory, and corporate law firm, announced today that Seong Hwan Kim will join the firm’s Century City office, as a litigation partner.

Mr. Kim was formerly a litigation partner at Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, in Los Angeles.

“Seong brings us a depth and breadth of litigation experience and strong connections within the international business community on three continents,” said Roger Warin, Steptoe’s Managing Partner. “He is an exceptional addition to a new office in which we eventually expect to have some 50 attorneys. Seong and the four partners we earlier announced as part of the Century City startup team will play key roles in creating a strong foundation from which we can significantly expand our presence on the West Coast.”

In mid-June, Steptoe named Mark A. Neubauer, Rebecca Edelson, Katessa Charles Davis, and Meredith M. Moss, all formerly with Alschuler Grossman Stein and Kahan, LLP in Santa Monica, as new partners in the Century City office. The firm has long had an active office in downtown Los Angeles with 19 lawyers who work primarily in the firm's top-tier toxic tort and ERISA practices.

Mr. Kim, a 1993 graduate of UCLA Law School, has developed a broad litigation practice that includes entertainment, intellectual property, real estate, securities and other business litigation. He received a B.S. in Business Administration with honors from the Walter A. Haas School of Business, at the University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in Finance and Accounting.

Mr. Kim represents multi-media companies, producers, agents, and entertainers; banks and other financial institutions; venture capitalists; technology companies; real estate developers and construction companies; hotels and casinos; officers and directors; and government officials and municipalities. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Kim secured a landmark victory on a writ petition to determine the rights of minority shareholders to dissolve and liquidate the corporation in the highly publicized Idealab case, and secured summary judgment for the City of Monterey Park in a lawsuit brought by one of its City Councilmen.

Having spent his early childhood in South Korea, Mr. Kim is fluent in Korean and represents Korean and other Asian companies in a variety of commercial and corporate litigation matters. He also represents Latin American and US Spanish language media companies in entertainment and copyright litigation.

“My practice has remained interesting partly because I have been able to handle a variety of matters for a large range of clients, domestic and foreign,” Mr. Kim said. “Steptoe has a prominent and respected international litigation, trade, and regulatory practice that is rapidly growing. For example, Grace Parke Fremlin, who focuses on Korea, China, and Japan, joined the firm’s Washington, DC, office last year. John Lovi in the firm’s New York City office has long represented major Korean companies in complex securities and derivatives matters in both US and international tribunals. I look forward to helping expand that capability. I am excited about joining a firm with such a broad platform and which offers my current clients additional depth in areas such as international arbitrations and in international trade, regulatory, immigration, and First Amendment matters. I am also looking forward to working with the highly respected trial lawyers in Steptoe’s downtown Los Angeles office, such as Laurence Janssen, Lawrence Riff, and Kevin Mayer, who literally have tried hundreds of case—significantly more than most lawyers try in their entire career.”

Mr. Kim lectures on legal topics, most recently including the Orange County Bar Association's trial technique seminar. He has been repeatedly identified as a Southern California Super Lawyer in an independent survey conducted by a local publisher.

Steptoe’s Century City office will be located in the Fox Plaza, located at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, in the heart of one of the world's premiere business districts. This will be the seventh office for Steptoe, which currently has offices in downtown Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York City, Phoenix, London, and Brussels.

06-29-2006

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Robinson & Cole LLP

Robinson & Cole Business Partner Named to Clean Water Fund Advisory Group
R&C Business Partner Glenn Santoro has been named by the Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection to the Clean Water Fund Advisory Group. Mr. Santoro will be directly involved in the effort to evaluate creative options to make ever decreasing federal funds as useful as possible.

06-29-2006

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Michael H. Reed of Pepper Hamilton Appointed to ABA\'s Presidential Advisory Coucil on Diversity
Michael H. Reed, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession. The term is for one year.

Mr. Reed, a partner in Pepper’s Philadelphia office, is a member of the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group and has concentrated his practice in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency law since his admission to the bar in 1972. He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the American Law Institute.

Mr. Reed is past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and was the first African-American to lead the PBA. He also serves on the ABA’s Board of Governors.

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with 400 lawyers in six states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.

06-29-2006

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