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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

Managing Partner, J. William Roberts Honored by Illinois State Bar Association
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP’s Managing Partner, J. William Roberts, has been selected by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) as a 2006 recipient of its prestigious Board of Governors Award for significant service to the legal profession and the public.

Mr. Roberts has a long history with the ISBA. For eight years he was a member of the ISBA Assembly, and he served on the Board of Governors from 1994 to 1999. He was a founding member of the Board of Regents of the ISBA Academy of Illinois Lawyers, and served as its chancellor for one year. In addition, from 1993 to 1999 he chaired the Special Committee on Implementation of Lobbying Issues, and in 1998 was also the chair of the Special Committee on Legislative Procedures.

Mr. Roberts serves on the ISBA’s Joint Committee on Judicial Compensation, and the Special Committee on the Future of the Courts. He is also counsel to the ISBA on issues pertaining to the unauthorized practice of law.

In addition to serving as Hinshaw’s Managing Partner, Mr. Roberts is the partner-in-charge of Hinshaw’s Springfield, Illinois, office and chair of the firm’s national Business Litigation Practice Group.

Mr. Roberts’ career has been dedicated to public service through several prominent positions in various levels of government. He served as Chief Legal Counsel to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar from 1995 to 1997. As the primary legal adviser for the governor, he managed a large portfolio of litigation, and acted as liaison with the general counsel of executive branch departments, boards and commissions. He also had responsibility for numerous Illinois regulatory agencies, including the Illinois Gaming Board, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Departments of Public Health and Professional Regulation.

Mr. Roberts served as United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois from 1986 to 1993. During that time, he was director of the Banca Nazionale del lavoro (BNL) Task Force, a complex inter-agency investigation of criminal conduct related to $5.5 billion in loans made by the Atlanta branch of an Italian bank to Iraq before the 1991 Persian Gulf War. In 1992 Mr. Roberts also served as Chairman of the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys and as a Senior Advisor to the Attorney General in Washington D.C. Prior to becoming United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, he was State’s Attorney of Sangamon County.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with 425 lawyers in 27 offices coast-to-coast. The firm offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, corporate, environmental, employment and construction law, as well as professional liability matters. The firm provides services to a range of clients in financial services, construction, health care, not-for-profit, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail, transportation and other industries. Firm clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.

Hinshaw was founded in 1934. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, and maintains offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

06-15-2006

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Robert C. Webb Elected Chairman of the Kentucky Bar Assocation Taxation Section
(Louisville, KY) Robert C. Webb has been elected by the Kentucky Bar Association to be the 2006-2007 Chairman of the Taxation Section. The purpose of the KBA Taxation Section is to promote the objectives of the Kentucky Bar Association within the field of taxation.

Robert C. Webb is chairman of the Frost Brown Todd's white collar group and is co-chair of the firm's tax group. His practice consists largely of representing individuals and corporations in criminal tax fraud and white collar matters. He has led the defense of federal and state criminal offenses at the investigatory, grand jury and trial levels in such areas as criminal tax fraud, mail and wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen goods, criminal and civil RICO, health care fraud, criminal antitrust, money laundering, gambling and environmental matters.

For example, he has successfully represented a former Commonwealth of Kentucky Government Official in a major tax fraud and mail fraud trial in Bowling Green , Kentucky , as well as, executives in a healthcare fraud and grand jury investigation. He has conducted internal investigations for public companies and has extensive experience in counseling clients on voluntary disclosure issues. He worked at the Department of Justice in Washington , D.C. in the Civil Tax Litigation Division and was a professor at Bellarmine College where he taught Federal Taxation of Entities.

He has authored numerous articles regarding criminal tax and white collar matters. He authored the Criminal Tax Practice Monograph for the University of Kentucky College of Law. Mr. Webb has a Masters of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. Webb regularly represents clients in white collar criminal cases involving various types of commercial frauds, and also represents taxpayers in the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court and the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals.

The Firm is consistently ranked in The National Law Journal's NLJ 250, and the first regionally based firm to make the AmLaw 200 list of highest grossing firms. FBT has been named ""Top Dog"" by the Lane Report, ""Top Ten Patent Litigation Firm"" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Top Tier Firm in Corporate, Employment, Construction, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Litigation by Chambers USA; and Top Corporate Firm by Corporate Board Member Magazine. The Firm has received recognition from clients like UPS: Core Counsel of the Year, Service Net's Service Award, AK Steel as an AmLaw/Corporate Counsel ""Go to Law Firm"" and Texas Roadhouse's Vendor of the Year Award. Sixty-six lawyers are in the 2006 edition of Best Lawyers in America across 22 practice areas, 38 in Chambers USA, and America's Leading Lawyers for Business across 9 practice areas and 26 Ohio Super Lawyers.

06-15-2006

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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Florida Super Lawyers Names 44 Fowler White Boggs Banker Lawyers - Five Receive Top Honors
Forty-four Fowler White Boggs Banker’s lawyers have been named to the Florida Super Lawyers 2006. Five of those have been recognized in their top honors category. Rhea Law, president and CEO of Fowler White Boggs Banker, was listed among the top 50 female Florida Super Lawyers. Ms. Law was also recognized in the area of environmental law. John W. Robinson, IV, secretary/treasurer of the firm’s Board of Directors, was named one of the top 10 Florida Super Lawyers. Cathy J. Beveridge, E. Jackson Boggs and Linda Loomis Shelley were listed among the top 100 Florida Super Lawyers.

06-15-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema and Nine of Its Members Ranked In Chambers USA
The law firm of Dykema announces that the firm and nine of its Members have been recognized by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers 2006-2007 as leading business attorneys in the State of Michigan. Dykema is ranked as a leading firm in the following areas: Corporate/M&A; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Employment: Mainly Defendant; Litigation: General Commercial; and Real Estate.

J. Michael Bernard, who is the director of the Business Services Department and the leader of the Corporate Finance Practice Group, ranked as a leader in the Corporate/M&A area. Mr. Bernard’s practice focuses primarily on business planning, general corporate and securities matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, corporate formation matters for emerging businesses, and public company securities compliance and corporate governance. Mr. Bernard is a resident of Grosse Pointe.

James P. Feeney, Director of the firm’s National Litigation Practice, ranked as a leader in the Litigation: General Commercial area. He has appeared in over 1500 cases throughout the United States, and has tried approximately 70 complex civil matters to verdict. Representative clients include automobile manufacturers, media companies and pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Feeney has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006 in two categories, Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is a member of three invitation-only organizations - A Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates and the Product Liability Advisory Council. A resident of Birmingham, Mr. Feeney received the 2004 Michigan Trial Lawyer of the Year Award presented by the Michigan Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Dennis M. Haffey, the Director of Dykema Gossett’s Litigation Department, ranked as a leader in the Litigation: General Commercial area. His practice focuses on complex business litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants, with an emphasis on shareholder, partner and owner disputes, commercial transactions, dealer and distributor claims, sales commission disputes; fraud, interference and other business torts; non-compete agreements and trade secrets; OEM, Tier I, Tier II and general automotive disputes; and fiduciary duty claims. A resident of Bloomfield Hills, Mr. Haffey is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for business litigation.

Margaret Adams Hunter ranked as a leader in the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation area. Ms. Hunter is the leader of Dykema’s Employee Benefits practice group. She focuses on the design, implementation and administration of pension plans, welfare plans, fringe benefit plans, stock compensation plans and executive compensation arrangements for publicly owned, nonprofit and governmental employers. She also works with benefit plan issues in the M&A context; and counsels clients regarding voluntary and involuntary compliance programs sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. Ms. Hunter is a resident of Bingham Farms.

Aleksandra A. Miziolek ranked as a leader in the Corporate/M&A area. Ms. Miziolek currently serves on Dykema’s Executive Board. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions of public and privately held companies in the automotive, building supply, and transportation industries, among others. She has also counseled public clients in areas such as corporate governance and social responsibility and has represented a number of privately held companies in connection with general corporate matters, secured and unsecured financings and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. Ms. Miziolek has served as Chairperson and Council Member of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. She is a native Detroiter and currently resides in Grosse Pointe Park.

Cameron H. Piggott ranked as a leader in the Real Estate area. Mr. Piggott is Department Director of the Real Estate and Environmental Department and Practice Group Leader of the Real Estate Practice Group. He practices general real estate law, with an emphasis on commercial and residential development, leasing, construction, public/private projects, master planned communities, complex real estate transactions and eminent domain. Mr. Piggott has been involved in all aspects of complex real estate transactions, in which he has represented developers, users, lenders, health care systems, manufacturers, investors, municipalities and other public bodies. Mr. Piggott is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He currently resides in Grosse Pointe Shores.

Paul R. Rentenbach ranked as a leader in the Corporate/M&A area. Mr. Rentenbach has more than 33 years of experience in corporate and municipal finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for clients in a wide variety of industries, including automotive suppliers, retailers, technology providers and business services providers. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Rentenbach served as Practice Group Leader or co-leader of the Firm's Corporate Finance Practice Group. For the past several years he has focused his practice on corporate transactions, corporate governance, mutual fund regulation and governance and representing clients in the financial services industry (including investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment bankers and hedge fund sponsors). A resident of Grosse Pointe Park, Mr. Rentenbach is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Joseph A. Ritok, who is currently the Detroit Office Managing Member, ranked as a leader in the Employment: Mainly Defendant category. He specializes in the defense of employment matters before federal and state agencies and courts. Mr. Ritok handles all employment and labor matters, including appearing before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Labor Relations Board and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. He is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and a member of the following associations: Advisory Board of the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, American Bar Association, American Employment Law Council, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, and State Bar of Michigan. Annually since 1997, Mr. Ritok has been selected for The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Ritok currently resides in Grosse Pointe Park.

Lloyd A. Semple is a Senior Statesman in the Corporate/M&A area. Mr. Semple has practiced general corporate law, including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and financings for more than forty years. Most recently he has been advising boards of directors of public companies (and special committees thereof) in recapitalization transactions and governance matters. Mr. Semple has been active in politics and has considerable experience in dealing with governmental agencies and regulators. From 1997 through 2001 Mr. Semple, as Chairman of the Board of The Detroit Medical Center, directed and was responsible for the reorganization and financial turn-around of one of the country's largest health care systems. A resident of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mr. Semple was Chairman and CEO of Dykema Gossett from September, 1995 through April, 2002.

06-15-2006

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Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

FMC Partner Laura Safran, Q.C. Selected as a Leading Practitioner By the 2007 International Who\'s Who of Aviation Lawyers
Laura M. Safran, Q.C., a senior partner in FMC’s Calgary office, has been selected by the International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers 2007 as one of the of the world's leading practitioners in the field of aviation law.

The Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers is a yearly publication produced by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers based out of London, England. The Who’s Who determines the lawyers it lists through an extensive independent research process and is a reference source for companies seeking to corroborate the reputations of expert lawyers recommended by another party.

Laura was one of only 12 Canadian lawyers named as a leading practitioner in aviation law. Prior to joining FMC, Laura held the position of Vice-President, Law and Corporate Secretary of Canadian Airlines International and its parent and affiliated companies for a number of years.

06-15-2006

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Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC

Alan York Elected to Executive Committee
The law firm of Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo is pleased to announce Partner R. Alan York has been elected to the Firm's Executive Committee. He continues to serve as the Administrative Partner of the Houston office and as Chair of Godwin Pappas’ Appellate section.

Mr. York joined Godwin Pappas in 2004. He is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. York is a former Chairman of the Appellate Section of the Houston Bar Association and a former council member for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Practice Section. He taught appellate advocacy and legal research and writing at the University of Houston School of Law. Mr. York has been named as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines for three consecutive years since 2003, and was named a Top Houston Lawyer by H Texas magazine in both 2005 and 2006. He has a wide range of experience representing both plaintiff and defendants at trial and on appeal. Mr. York earned a J.D. from the University of Houston School of Law in 1989 and a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Houston in 1986.

Mr. York joins the Firm's existing Executive Committee members, which include Donald E. Godwin, Darrell E. Jordan, Keith A. Langley, Christopher C. Pappas, Marcos G. Ronquillo and Kirk D. Willis.

This election is effective immediately.

Godwin Pappas is a 115-member trial and appellate law firm that represents Fortune 500 and middle-market industry leaders in Texas and throughout the United States. We Solve the Problem.

06-15-2006

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Strong & Hanni

Brian Johnson named as Commercial Litigation Group Leader
Strong & Hanni is pleased to announce Brian C. Johnson has been named as the Commercial Litigation Practice Group Leader.

Brian C. Johnson received his B.S. in 1977 from BrighamYoungUniversity where he graduated magna cum laude, was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a recipient of the Alvina Barrett Academic Scholarship, and was on the Dean’s List. He received his J.D. from the University of California Hastings in 1980, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif and was a member of the Thurston Honor Society. He received his LLM from the University of Chicago in 2002. He became a member of the California State Bar in 1981 and the Utah State Bar in 1983. Mr. Johnson’s areas of practice include Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, and Antitrust.

06-15-2006

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