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Holland & Knight, L.L.P.

Holland & Knight Adds Eight Intellectual Property Attorneys Including a Former General Counsel of a Leading Technology Company
Holland & Knight recently added a number of the nation’s leading intellectual property attorneys to the firm’s IP Group. In addition to bolstering the firm’s expertise in patent, trademark, copyright and transactional matters generally, the new group greatly expands the group’s software and networking capabilities.

The three most recent recruits include Jeff Seul, the former general counsel of Groove Networks and Harvard Law School lecturer; Carla Calcagno, a sought-after Washington, DC trademark attorney and a leading IP attorney who serves as a Georgetown University Adjunct Law Professor; and Brian Colandreo, who brings extensive software patent law experience.

“It is an exciting time for Holland & Knight’s IP group. Over the last year, we have built a strong team that works well together. As a group and as individual lawyers, we understand our clients’ specialized business needs and possess an unmatched ability in solving their complex legal problems,"" said Josh Krumholz, the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group leader. “We will continue to grow to meet the many needs of our firm’s clients, who represent some of the best companies in the country and the world.""

In addition to Seul, Calcagno and Colandreo, five attorneys have joined Holland & Knight’s Intellectual Property group in the past year. Ken Kozik, a leading software and networking expert, and Tom Johnston, a medical device expert, joined the firm after leaving Fish & Richardson to join Holland & Knight’s Boston office. Meanwhile, the Washington, D.C., office of Holland & Knight added considerable patent litigation expertise through the additions of Jim Laughlin, John Moran and Tom Valente, each of whom previously worked at Swidler, Berlin. Laughlin brings more than 30 years of patent litigation experience, including dozens of jury trials.

Jeff Seul

After serving as a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he taught courses on negotiation and constructive, problem-solving approaches to law practice, Seul arrived at Groove Networks in 2000 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. He was one of the first senior, non-engineers to join the company, which had not yet completed development of its first project or publicly announced what it was doing. Jeff was instrumental in raising venture capital, developing and executing the company’s business strategy, and negotiating the company’s sale to Microsoft in 2005.

At Holland & Knight, Seul’s practice will focus on corporate law, intellectual property protection/licensing, and Internet commerce. Seul has extensive experience forming companies, representing issuers/investors in equity financings and debt offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He has designed domestic and international distribution frameworks and supporting contracts for a wide variety of products and services, and he has structured and negotiated many other types of significant intellectual property based transactions. Seul did his undergraduate work in business administration and communication arts at Regis College in Denver.

He holds a J.D. from the University of Colorado and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he was a Landon H. Gammon Fellow and a Climenko-Thayer Fellow. Seul also holds a master’s degree in religious studies (ethics concentration) from Harvard University.

Carla Calcagno

Carla Calcagno comes to Holland & Knight as a leader in the trademark legal community. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Calcagno also served in a judicial capacity at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Calcagno has extensive experience in IP and Internet litigation and in designing and negotiating international licensing programs and corporate IP programs for leading biotechnology, technology and software companies. Her practice involves all aspects of intellectual property and related corporate business transactions, with a particular emphasis on domestic and international trademark and copyright searching, prosecution, enforcement, counseling, and litigation.

She specializes in trademark, domain name, trade dress, and related areas of Internet, e-commerce, unfair competition, customs, and advertising law, as well as IP administrative proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, domain name dispute resolution proceedings before ICANN, and federal civil litigation.

Calcagno is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and is a regular speaker for numerous international Intellectual Property organizations, including INTA, ABA, AIPLA, and PLI, lecturing on IP issues. Calcagno is the Co-chair for the ABA's Online Internet Subcommittee. Since 2002, Calcagno has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers, a peer selected publication. Calcagno earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from Georgetown University.

Brian J. Colandreo

Prior to joining the Intellectual Property Group of Holland & Knight, Brian Colandreo practiced at Fish & Richardson (Boston) and McDermott Will & Emery (Boston). A registered patent attorney, Colandreo focuses his practice on client management, general IP prosecution, transactional work, litigation support, due diligence work, and opinion work. His extensive technical experience ranges from business methods/web-based applications to IR & EMF-based 3D positioning systems, with clients ranging from small start-ups to publicly-traded corporations.

Colandreo is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Brian was co-chair of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Entrepreneurs Network, is currently an adjunct professor of IP law at Franklin Pierce Law Center, and often judges IP moot court competitions.

Colandreo earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1992) and JD and MIP degrees from Franklin Pierce Law Center (1997).

06-22-2006

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Heller Ehrman, LLP

Heller Ehrman Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer
Heller Ehrman LLP today announced the addition of Lynn Kirk as the firm's new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Ms. Kirk, most recently CMO at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, will oversee the Heller Ehrman’s marketing, business development and communication activities.

“Lynn will be a great addition to our management team and will bring experienced leadership to our business development and marketing activities,” said Matthew L. Larrabee, Heller Ehrman's chairman. “We’ve built a strong marketing team here at Heller Ehrman and with Lynn’s leadership we’ll be able to concentrate our energies on achieving aggressive growth targets in our core practice areas and on our key geographic areas.”

Prior to becoming joint CMO at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary in 2005, Ms. Kirk was the CMO at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP from 1995 until 2004. Among Ms. Kirk’s many accomplishments are leading and managing the marketing and business development integration for what became the second largest global law firm; launching a national technology and biotechnology branding campaign that led to a quantifiable increase in revenue and market ranking; and creating and developing strategies during a period of dramatic, global economic change by capitalizing on market demand and firm competitive strengths.

“I’m very excited to be part of a firm that is committed to success at all levels,” said Ms. Kirk. “The firm is focused like a laser beam on growing strategically, maintaining its core values and culture, and providing clients with superior service. Heller Ehrman is definitely the firm to watch.

06-22-2006

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Faegre & Benson, L.L.P.

Land Use and Conservation Attorney Joins Faegre & Benson
Melinda M. Beck, a leading authority on land use and conservation issues, has joined Faegre & Benson’s real estate practice group as special counsel. Melinda will continue her land use, conservation and real estate practice from the firm’s Denver office.

Melinda’s practice focuses on grants of conservation easements to local governments and land trusts by private landowners throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Throughout her career, Melinda has completed more than 50 conservation transactions. She is a former Assistant County Attorney for Douglas County, Colorado and assists landowners and developers eeking approvals from local governments, including annexation, rezoning, subdivision and special use permits. Melinda has varied experience in the creation and revision of land use regulations and also advises developers on projects that provide for the conservation of land while permitting limited development. In addition to her land use and conservation law experience, Melinda assists landowners in general real estate transactions such as the purchase and sale of residential, commercial and vacant land. She has also represented national homebuilding corporations in the purchase of residential lots, including land banking transactions.

Melinda is an expert in her law practice and is a frequent speaker at land use and conservation law conferences. Melinda received her J.D. in 1994 from the University of Denver and her B.A. in 1988 from Pomona College.

06-22-2006

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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

18 \"Rising Stars\" Announced at Schottenstein Zox & Dunn
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA is proud to announce that 18 Partners and Associates of the firm have been named “2006 Ohio Rising Stars” by Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers.

The “2006 Ohio Rising Stars” comprise the top 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in Ohio and are chosen each year by those honored as Ohio Super Lawyers: representing the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state. Rising Stars are selected by their peers, as well as by an attorney-led research team assigned to review credentials and conduct evaluations.

The honor is designed to identify outstanding Ohio lawyers who have demonstrated superior professional potential. Only attorneys who are age 40 and under, or who have been practicing ten years or less, can be named.

Schottenstein Zox & Dunn’s “2006 Ohio Rising Stars” are:

Columbus, Ohio
Daniel M. Anderson - Bankruptcy
Paul L. Bittner - Labor & Employment
Nancy A. Brigner - Health Care
Robert J. Cochran - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Eve M. Ellinger - Labor & Employment
Mary F. Geswein - Business Litigation
Philip K. Hartmann - Cities/Municipalities
Michael S. Jordan - Business/Corporate
David E. Kauffman - Tax & Wealth Management
Josef Keglewitsch - Business/Corporate
Stephen R. Kleinman - Health Care
Russell J. Kutell - Real Estate Litigation
Christopher L. Miller - Public Utilities
Thomas A. Pampush - Business/Corporate
Bryan K. Prosek - Business/Corporate
Hansel H. Rhee - Construction

Cleveland, Ohio
Jay E. Krasovec - Business Litigation
Robert M. Stefancin - Bankruptcy

Established in 1966, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn is one of Ohio’s largest full-service law firms. The firm has over 110 attorneys located in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and serves a diverse clientele ranging from large corporations to small, entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses. The firm offers a breadth of services focused on areas most demanded by today’s businesses. For more information, please visit www.szd.com.

06-22-2006

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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

Chambers Joins Schottenstein Zox & Dunn as Paralegal
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA (SZD) is pleased to announce the addition of Nell Chambers as Paralegal to the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Public Law Practice Areas.

Chambers is an active advocate for paralegal professionals and is current Past President of the Paralegal Association of Central Ohio (PACO) where she has worked to create an alliance between PACO and the Columbus Bar Association. She previously served as First and Second Vice President of PACO and currently sits on the Advisory Board and is Chair of the Pro Bono Committee. Chambers also has experience working with other law firms and from establishing a court reporting and subpoena service business in southeast Ohio where no such services previously existed.

An associate member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Chambers is also a member of the National Federation of Paralegals, the Columbus County Bar Association and the Paralegal Association of Central Ohio. She has also written several articles for national and state publications on notary public, ethics and law firm management.

Chambers is a graduate of the Ohio Dominican College’s American Institute for Paralegal Studies and also attended the U.S. Army Military Police academy in Fort McClellan, Alabama. She and her husband reside in Blacklick.

Established in 1966, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn is one of Ohio’s largest full-service law firms. The firm has over 110 attorneys located in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and serves a diverse clientele ranging from large corporations to small, entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses. The firm offers a breadth of services focused on areas most demanded by today’s businesses. For more information, please visit www.szd.com.

06-22-2006

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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

Columbus Law Firms Report 100 Percent More Minority Attorneys
As an original member of the Columbus Bar Association’s Managing Partner’s Diversity Initiative in 2000, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA (SZD) is pleased to announce the most recent findings by the Association regarding the historic Initiative pledge over five years ago.

Reporting twice as many minority attorneys in central Ohio law firms since 2000, annual survey results from the 24 participating Diversity Initiative law firms show significant increases in attorneys of color at every level compared to 2000, the first year statistics were collected. Most notably, from 2000 to 2006, the number of minority attorneys overall increased 117% from 47 to 102.

“We are proud of each firm’s commitment to diversity and pleased to see the results of the concerted effort Columbus area firms are taking to enhance their culture,” says Jim Davidson, President of SZD.

In late May, the Columbus Bar Association (CBA) announced a new five year commitment – and a host of new strategies – for area law firms, law schools and the CBA to continue their public pledge to build a more diverse legal community in Columbus, Ohio.

“For five years the Columbus legal community has powered a comprehensive effort to recruit, retain and promote talented minority attorneys, an effort reflected in firms of every size from twice the number of minority partners to twice the minority summer clerks,” said Sally Bloomfield, president of the CBA. “This is the signal year we get to leverage the passion of the original Managing Partner’s Diversity Initiative with superior knowledge about how to improve in the next five years, specifically, retainment efforts and continued changes in firm culture.”

The new 2006-2010 Diversity Initiative action plan, signed in May, restates the commitment to recruit, hire, train, retain and invite to partnership attorneys who are African-American/Black, Asian-Pacific American, Native American Indian and Hispanic. Each participating organization agrees to write a diversity plan, and create and promote an image of Columbus as a “diverse community of lawyers.”

The CBA’s effort is seen as a model program for bar associations across the country, and has been recognized locally, statewide and nationally, including the 2003 “Diversity Champion” award from United Way, the 2005 “Achievement Award” from the Ohio Society of Association Executives and the 2003 “Partnership Award” from the American Bar Association.

May’s recommitment includes: twenty three law firms, the John Mercer Langston Bar Association (comprised primarily of African American attorneys), the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Capital University Law School, the Columbus City Attorney Office and the Columbus Bar Association.

Established in 1966, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn is one of Ohio’s largest full-service law firms. The firm has over 110 attorneys located in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and serves a diverse clientele ranging from large corporations to small, entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses. The firm offers a breadth of services focused on areas most demanded by today’s businesses. For more information, please visit www.szd.com.

06-22-2006

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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

SZD Welcomes Louis as Library Manager
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA (SZD) is pleased to announce the addition of Kelley A. Louis as Reference Librarian to the firm.

Louis will manage the firm library, provide reference services, oversee collection development and train users in computerized research. Her prior professional experience includes serving as Reference Librarian at the firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP in Columbus, Ohio.

A frequent lecturer on Internet legal research, Louis was featured at the Real Property Institute 2006 and CBA Summer Associate Program 2004-2006, and has spoken before the Paralegal Association of Central Ohio and Columbus Bar Association.

Louis is chairman of the legal research committee of the Columbus Bar Association and is also a member of the Association’s Pro Bono Task Force. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries.

Louis received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University, her law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law and her Masters of Library and Informational Science from Kent State University.

Established in 1966, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn is one of Ohio’s largest full-service law firms. The firm has over 110 attorneys located in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and serves a diverse clientele ranging from large corporations to small, entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses. The firm offers a breadth of services focused on areas most demanded by today’s businesses. For more information, please visit www.szd.com.

06-22-2006

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