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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Corporate Finance Attorney Buchanan\'s Election to Technology Council Noted in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Corporate Finance shareholder Thomas G. Buchanan's election to the Pittsburgh Technology Council was noted in the June 3, 2006, edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Buchanan was named to the council's Board of Directors. The council works with members of the technology industry, facilitating guidance on business development and educational programming and entrepreneur mentoring programs, among others.

06-05-2006

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Finance, Indian Law Expertise Top-Ranked in International Publication
Two attorneys at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP ranked No. 1 in their practices, according 2006 Chambers & Partners USA, and the firm's Native American law practice received the top national practice area listing as well.

Bill Hayes of Houston was named No. 1 in Texas for banking and finance for the fourth consecutive year, and Nancy Appleby was named No. 1 nationally for Native American law. For the past two years, she has been named No. 1 in New Mexico for her expertise in Native American law.

Bracewell continues to rank as Texas leaders in banking and finance, intellectual property, real estate, tax and environment, while energy continues to rank highly in both Texas and Washington, D.C.

The firm exceeded last year's listings by moving up to 16 recognized practices, adding Washington, D.C.'s electricity practice. Individually, a total of 23 attorneys were recognized. Bracewell attorneys new to the list are Roger Aksamit, Dewey Gonsoulin, Constance Rhebergen, Warren Harris and Timothy Wilkins.

Chambers and Partners, publishers of the international guides to law firms and lawyers: Chambers UK, Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Chambers Student, annually conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients to assess the reputations and expertise of lawyers in 175 countries across the world.

All Bracewell attorneys ranked in the Top 4. These are the results:

National
Native American Law—Nancy Appleby

Texas
Tax—Rodger Aksamit, Robert Hull
Banking & Finance—Mark Evans, Dewey Gonsoulin, Bill Hayes, Robin Miles
Projects—Mark Evans, Alan Rafte
Energy & Natural Resources: Dispute Resolution—Cliff Gunter
Litigation: General Commercial—Cliff Gunter
Employment: Mainly Defendant—Amy Halevy
Litigation: Appellate—Warren Harris
Environment—Tracy Hester, Timothy Wilkins
Bankruptcy/Restructuring—Henry Kaim, Samuel Stricklin
Intellectual Property—Albert Kimball, Constance Rhebergen, Ben Tobor
Technology: Corporate & Commercial—Tom Manford
Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions—Edgar Marston
Energy & Natural Resources—Alan Rafte, Robert Stephens (ranked as Up and Coming)
Real Estate—Clark Thompson

Washington, D.C.
Energy: Oil & Gas—Charles Shoneman

Bracewell & Giuliani has a 60-year history of global excellence. With offices in New York, London, Washington, D.C., throughout Texas, and in Kazakhstan, Bracewell is strategically positioned to serve client needs worldwide. Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, and leading public entities depend on Bracewell & Giuliani for practical solutions and creative advice spanning law, business and public policy.

06-05-2006

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Nexsen Pruet Adams & Kleemeier, P.C.

Eight Nexsen Pruet Lawyers Named Among SC\'s Best; Three Practices Rated No. 1
Eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named among the top legal practitioners in their fields in the 2006-2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, and three of the firm's practice areas were rated No. 1 in South Carolina.

The publication cited David Dubberly for his work in employment law; David Gossett for real estate; Mark Knight for corporate/mergers and acquisitions; Susi McWilliams for both employment and general commercial litigation; Ed Menzie for both corporate/mergers and acquisitions and real estate; Neil Robinson for real estate; and Tom Stephenson and Tom Tisdale for general commercial litigation.

All were named among the state's top three attorneys in their respective practice areas, and Menzie was ranked as the top corporate/mergers and acquisition lawyer. Each earned a spot in last year’s Chambers directory as well.

Also for the second consecutive year, the firm's corporate/mergers and acquisitions, real estate law, and general commercial litigation practices were ranked No. 1, while the employment and labor law practice was No. 2.

Chambers' legal directory - the ""guide to the best practitioners in all the main areas of business law"" - makes its selections based on thousands of interviews with clients and attorneys.

""One of the most important benefits a firm can bring to its clients is consistent, high-quality representation,"" said Leighton Lord, chairman of the Board of Nexsen Pruet. ""The fact that our attorneys and practices continue to rate so highly is pretty good evidence we’re doing exactly that.""

Dubberly chairs the firm's employment and labor law group and practices in the Columbia office. He is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a Specialist in employment and labor law and is a member of the court's Employment and Labor Specialization Advisory Board. A former chair of the South Carolina Bar's Employment and Labor Section, he is also listed in Best Lawyers in America.

Gossett is based in the Greenville office, where he concentrates his practice in the economic development, real estate, and lending areas. He is regularly involved in financing some of the larger agribusinesses in the country and is a board member of the Upstate Alliance, a regional economic development group. He has represented new and expanding business in all phases of their projects in the Upstate of South Carolina.

Knight is based in the Columbia office and heads the firm's corporate practice group. He concentrates his practice primarily on the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, and partnership law. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for corporate, securities, and mergers and acquisitions Law, and is a former chair of the S.C. Bar's Corporation, Banking and Securities Section.

McWilliams, who practices in the Columbia office, is a trial lawyer with experience in products liability, employment, business litigation, malpractice defense, securities, and lender liability. She is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a Specialist in employment and labor law and is a member of the prestigious America College of Trial Lawyers. She is also listed in Best Lawyers in America for labor and employment law.

Menzie practices in Columbia, and combines extensive corporate, finance, real estate, and securities experience in the representation of a variety of clients, including major real estate developers. He is listed in the corporate law and real estate Law sections of Best Lawyers in America, and is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Since 1986, he has served on the Board of Directors of Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc.

Robinson practices in the firm's Charleston office. He has broad experience in complex real estate transactions; administrative law, including permitting, zoning and land sales registrations; community association and condominium law; and commercial and resort real estate development. He is recognized in Best Lawyers in America in real estate law, and is listed in both Who’s Who in Real Estate Development and Who’s Who Legal. He is the former president of the Clemson Advancement Foundation.

Stephenson is based in the Greenville office and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, labor law, employment law, and employment-related litigation. He is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a Specialist in employment and labor law; is a certified mediator; and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for alternative dispute resolution and labor and employment law. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina.

Tisdale, based in Charleston, practices in the firm's litigation and appellate groups. He is a former president of the South Carolina Bar and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for business litigation and First Amendment law.

For more information on the Chambers' ratings visit ChambersAndPartners.com.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.

06-05-2006

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Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

Christopher Kent Joins Fraser Milner Casgrain Partnership to Head its International Trade Practice Group
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, announced today that Christopher Kent, an international trade lawyer with significant expertise in Canadian and U.S. relations, will join the firm to head its International Trade Practice Group. Mr. Kent will leave his practice in which he has acted as co-counsel on a number of high-profile international trade disputes with the globally reputed law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP. He will enter FMC as a partner in its Ottawa office but will continue to hone and leverage his relationship with this global leader.

“Chris is ideal to spearhead this strategic practice, which is increasingly critical, as the 49th parallel ceases to be a barrier – fuelling continuous growth of cross-border activity,” explains David Fuller, Chief Executive Officer, FMC. “Our clients will benefit from Chris’s exceptional record in working with various agencies, such as U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), the Federal Court of Canada, as well as binational panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to provide counsel on Canadian and U.S. trade disputes, remedy proceedings and competition issues.”

“Having appeared in various landmark cases, including the Canadian Steel Safeguards investigation and one of the largest U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty investigations involving Softwood Lumber from Canada, Chris is highly regarded in the industry,” explains Tom Houston, Managing Partner, FMC Ottawa. “His significant insight is also an optimal complement to our strong regulatory and public policy practices.”

Mr. Kent is also the co-author of the Canadian Competition Law Handbook, has published many articles, spoken at numerous conferences and was a sessional lecturer in competition law at Queen’s University, his alma mater, from 1998 to 2002.

FMC’s Ottawa office is one of six full-service Canadian offices. It has acclaimed expertise in technology, telecommunications and broadcasting, as well as strengths in competition/antitrust, public sector transactions and public policy.

About Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
For more than 165 years, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has distinguished itself as one of Canada’s leading business law firms. With more than 500 lawyers within Canadian offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and an office in New York, FMC offers the essential depth of experience and trusted legal advice to anticipate clients’ needs and help them succeed. Visit: www.fmc-law.com

06-05-2006

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Hall & Evans, L.L.C.

Hall & Evans welcomes CHERYL PETERSEN to the firm!
Hall & Evans is pleased to announce that Cheryl Peterson has joined the firm as an Associate. Cheryl received her J.D. and B.S. degree in Biology from the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School in Williamsburg, VA. Cheryl also holds a Masters degree in Environmental Biology from the George Mason University.
Cheryl was most recently with the Riggs, Abney Law Firm where she handled a broad range of legal cases from employment related issues to small claims litigation. Cheryl joined Hall & Evans to work with Chris Mattison on Environmental litigation issues, which is her specialty. During her career, Cheryl has been an Environmental Consultant and worked with the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C. as a Career Staff Attorney.

06-05-2006

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Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie Partner to Receive Prestigious Burton Award
Perkins Coie proudly announces that Seattle Partner Jerry Riedinger will be honored as a recipient of the prestigious Burton Award at a black-tie reception at the Library of Congress on June 12.

The Burton Awards were established seven years ago with the objective of rewarding plain, clear and effective legal writing. Only 30 law firm winners were selected from the applications submitted by the nation's 1,000 largest firms.

Riedinger is being honored for ""The Doctrine of Equivalents,"" which appeared in Chapter 24 of the Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook published by the Bureau of National Affairs.

""We are so pleased to see Jerry's talent for effective legal writing recognized in this way,"" said Robert E. Giles, Managing Partner. ""Jerry's writing abilities and wealth of knowledge bring value to the service he provides our patent litigation clients.""

About Perkins Coie: Perkins Coie serves great companies with more than 600 attorneys in 14 offices across the United States and in China. The firm represents clients that range in size from FORTUNE 100 companies to startups and has historically represented market leaders in traditional and cutting-edge technology industries.

06-05-2006

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Varnum LLP

Varnum Attorney Joins Michigan Lawyer\'s Weekly Board of Editors
Steven T. Buquicchio, an attorney with Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP, recently joined the Board of Editors of Michigan Lawyer's Weekly.

The board consists of prominent judges, both trial and appellate, and attorneys who are leaders within their area of practice.

Buquicchio has received an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell which identifies a lawyer as having a very high to preeminent legal ability. He is a member of Varnum’s Litigation and Trial Services Group where his practice focuses on creditors’ rights and commercial litigation. He also specializes in receivership law with an emphasis in federal securities enforcement actions by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Buquicchio has extensive experience in asset tracing and recovery, and judicial liquidations of various assets including: businesses, real estate, fine art, antiques, automobiles, airplanes, watercraft and jewelry. He’s also skilled in disgorgement and settlement administration.

Buquicchio was recently selected as one of Michigan Lawyer Weekly's ""Up & Coming"" Leaders in Law. This designation salutes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the Michigan bench and bar early in their careers.

Established in 1888, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP is a leading Michigan law firm providing a broad range of legal services to meet the complex needs of its clients. With more than 150 attorneys in five offices, Varnum serves as counsel to growing businesses and institutions throughout Michigan and the Midwest. Varnum's web site address is www.varnumlaw.com.

06-05-2006

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