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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Cooley Godward Expands Intellectual Property Litigation and Life Sciences
Cooley Godward LLP announced today that Thomas F. Poché has joined the Firm as a partner in its intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution practice. Dr. Poché is experienced in all areas of patent practice pertaining to life sciences, and his particular focus has been patent litigation. He is resident in Cooley’s Washington, D.C. office.

“Tom has tremendous expertise as a life sciences IP litigator,” said Frank Pietrantonio, partner in charge of Cooley’s firm wide intellectual property practice. “The addition of Tom significantly broadens and deepens Cooley’s life sciences litigation capability.”

Dr. Poché was previously a partner in the Washington, DC office of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. Prior to that he specialized in intellectual property litigation at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Washington, D.C. and Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.

""We are pleased to have a first rate litigator working closely with our large and experienced life sciences patent counseling team,"" said Dr. Erich Veitenheimer, a partner in Cooley’s life sciences patent practice. ""This highly integrated approach allows us to better advise our clients regarding the challenges and opportunities they encounter in further developing and protecting their patent estates.""

Dr. Poché graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 with a B.A. in chemistry. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in biochemistry and molecular biology in 1992. Before entering law school, he worked as a graduate student and post-doctoral researcher studying the developmental regulation of mammalian gene expression. In 1995, he graduated from Boston University Law School magna cum laude. Dr. Poché is admitted to practice in Illinois and Washington, D.C. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

About Cooley Godward

Cooley Godward is an established provider of strategic litigation and business transaction services and a recognized leader in the representation of high-growth private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Our singular

focus on providing the highest quality legal services has enabled our clients to achieve their strategic business objectives and garnered for Cooley recognition as one of the country's leading law firms.

Cooley was named to The American Lawyer magazine’s 2005 “A-List,” the publication’s annual ranking of “the best of the best” among the nation's top law firms. For additional information please visit www.cooley.com.

06-01-2006

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Rothman Gordon

EIGHT ROTHMAN GORDON PARTNERS NAMED PENNSYLVNIA SUPER LAWYERS
Eight attorneys at Rothman Gordon P.C. have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2006. Recognized lawyers include R. Douglas (Doug) DeNardo, James W. Ummer, and K. Sidney (Casey) Neuman for Estates Planning/Trusts; Thomas R. Solomich and Samuel L. Douglass for Real Estate; and James W. Carroll, Jr., Stephen H. Jordan, and Louis B. Kushner for Labor & Employment. Law and Politics Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine mailed more than 36,000 ballots to attorneys across Pennsylvania, asking them to vote for the best lawyers that they had personally observed in action. The nominees were reviewed and scored, with only the top 5% of Pennsylvania lawyers receiving the distinction.

Mr. Kushner was also named one of The Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, which is a list of the 100 attorneys who received the highest point totals in the state. Mr. Kushner and Mr. Jordan were both listed on The Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers, which is a list of the lawyers within the Pittsburgh area who received the highest point totals in the balloting and review process.

About Rothman Gordon
Rothman Gordon is a Pittsburgh-based law firm that has been advocating its clients' interests since 1954. Rothman Gordon has created a suite of services for closely-held businesses and individuals. Our areas of practice include business and corporate law; commercial real estate; commercial litigation; employment litigation, estate planning and administration; taxation; banking and finance law; employment and labor law; and workers' compensation and social security disability.

06-01-2006

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Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, L.L.P.

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Rice Joins Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) announced today that John J. Rice, a 15-year veteran of the United States Attorney’s Office, has joined the firm’s securities-fraud task force. Mr. Rice joins Lerach Coughlin after spending almost two decades prosecuting a wide array of complex white-collar criminal cases. Most recently, he worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, specializing in public corruption cases. He has also served stints prosecuting organized crime for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York and was nominated to serve as Branch Chief in the Northern Mariana Islands, prosecuting public corruption and white-collar criminal cases.

Mr. Rice has been praised for his diligent efforts to combat graft, corruption and collusion among public and private officials in San Diego. In 2005, he was a member of the trial team that obtained guilty verdicts against the acting San Diego Mayor and a well-known councilman on federal corruption charges. Mr. Rice is also currently an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego Law School, most recently teaching a course in Federal Crimes.

“I am honored to be able to work again with some of my former colleagues at the United States Attorney’s Office and to practice at the most successful securities class-action law firm in the country. Lerach Coughlin offers a veteran trial lawyer like me an environment rich in legal talent and the resources and opportunity to make a difference for those shareholders who need it. I look forward to working with the firm’s many talented lawyers, including former federal Judge Lawrence Irving, whom I know well and before whom I have appeared,” Mr. Rice said.

“We are indeed fortunate to have someone of John Rice’s background and experience join our firm. Our large corporate corruption cases are made-to-order for him,” said Mike Dowd, a member of the firm’s management committee.

Mr. Rice graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, and he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Rice served as a judicial law clerk to the late U.S. District Court Judge Judith N. Keep.

Lerach Coughlin has more than 175 lawyers in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, DC, Houston, Philadelphia and Seattle (www.lerachlaw.com). Lerach Coughlin is actively engaged in complex litigation, emphasizing securities, consumer, insurance, healthcare, human rights, employment discrimination and antitrust class actions. As a result, Lerach Coughlin attorneys have been responsible for recoveries of more than $45 billion, including the $7.1 billion of recoveries to date in the Enron class action, the largest securities class action recovery in history.

06-01-2006

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon, L.L.P.

LEADING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAWYER JOINS BLAKES
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading full-service business law firms, today announced that Richard Owens will be joining the Firm’s Information Technology Group as a Partner.

“Richard is well known in the technology area both nationally and internationally,” said Jim Christie, Chairman of Blakes. “His expertise and experience, both as a practitioner and an academic, will add significant depth to our national IT practice, and I welcome Richard to Blakes.”

Richard Owens specializes in technology-related law and the regulation of financial services. For many years, he acted for high-technology companies and financial institutions in connection with technology matters including licensing, strategic alliances and joint ventures, privacy, financing, outsourcing, electronic commerce, public-private partnerships, and Internet issues. Mr. Owens has also written and published widely on the law of information technology, privacy, and the regulation of financial institutions. In 2001, he joined the University of Toronto where he is currently the executive director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy at the Faculty of Law and an adjunct professor of law.

Founded in 1856, Blakes has more than 500 lawyers and offices in Canada, the United States, Europe and China. In October 2005, and for the third consecutive year, Blakes was the only law firm named one of ”Canada's Top 100 Employers” in Maclean's newsmagazine. The Firm's signature “Blakes means business” is not just a catch phrase, but a discipline that defines how Blakes helps clients achieve their business objectives.

06-01-2006

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Rose Law Firm

Rose Law Firm Names Steve Joiner CEO
Wilson Jones, Chairman of the Board of Rose Law Firm, announces that Stephen N. Joiner has been named the firm's chief executive officer. Joiner, who has been with the firm since 1987, concentrates his law practice on commercial law and energy regulation. Joiner has served for the past five years as the firm's litigation practice manager and for five years has been on the firm's executive and compensation committees. The other members of the firm's executive committee are David Martin, Gary Garrett, Wilson Jones, and Brian Rosenthal.

Also, Rose Law Firm is pleased to annouce that Mike Ptak has joined the firm in an of counsel position. Ptak, previously with Pender, McCastlain & Ptak, practices in the area of debtor/creditor relations and civil litigation and is past president of the Debtor-Creditor Bar of Central Arkansas, Inc.

The Firm welcomes John Adams of Little Rock (Yale University, B.A., 1999; University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2003). John formerly practiced with Davis, Polk and Wardwell in its New York office and will be in the firm's business section. The firm also is pleased to announce the June arrival of Adam Crow of Hot Springs. Crow has been attending New York University's tax master's program and holds a University of Arkansas J.D. 2005.

The announcement of Joiner's election coincides with Stephens Group, LLC's selection of Ron Clark as General Counsel. Clark had been Rose Law Firm CEO. Joiner praised Clark and wished him continued success. ""Ron Clark is a preeminent attorney and has been an exceptional leader for us. We congratulate him on his new position with an outstanding group of people,"" Joiner said.

Joiner said his main objective as the firm's new CEO will be to continue the firm's focus on meeting clients' needs and providing good client service. A Lepanto native, he is a past Chairman of the Business Law Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association and is a member of the Association's Uniform State Laws Committee. He received his BS degree at the University of Arkansas in mechanical engineering and his JD degree at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law.

Founded in 1820, Rose Law Firm is the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River. The full service law firm provides legal services to a broad range of clients through 14 practice areas: commercial law, corporate and securities, environmental law, estate planning, governmental relations, health law, intellectual property, litigation, labor and employment law, public finance, real estate, regulatory/administrative law, taxation and utilities.

06-01-2006

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Rogers Towers

David A. Garfinkel Named Vice Chair of The Florida Bar Marital and Family Law Certification Committee
The Florida Bar has appointed David A. Garfinkel, Rogers Towers, PA, as Vice Chair of the Marital and Family Law Certification Committee. Garfinkel, who is a board certified marital and family law attorney, will begin a one-year term on July 1. In this position he will serve on the peer review group that grants certification to attorneys who specialize in family law and meet the highest standards of professionalism, competency and experience in their field. Certification is the highest recognition an attorney is given by The Florida Bar and is recognized as such by the Supreme Court of Florida.

The Florida Family Law American Inn of Court also recognizes Garfinkel as a leading attorney in family law. The organization comprised of judges, attorneys, law professors and students, named Garfinkel the 2006 Hernandez Professionalism Award recipient during a ceremony on May 12, 2006. The Honorable Judge Waddell A. Wallace, III, president of the Florida Family Law American Inn of Court, presented the award.

“We are proud of David’s accomplishments and are honored to have him as a shareholder at Rogers Towers,” said Douglas A. Ward, managing director, Rogers Towers. “His professionalism and expertise set him apart among attorneys. It is a commitment that is evident in the service he provides to his clients and to the community.”

Active in the community, Garfinkel will be installed on May 23, 2006 as the president of Jewish Family Community Services, a charitable agency that offers emergency financial assistance, food, counseling services and other social services to persons in need, regardless of race or creed.

Rogers Towers, P.A., founded in Jacksonville in 1905, is Northeast Florida’s largest law firm with offices in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Ponte Vedra Beach. The firm’s capabilities include: Construction; Corporate; Labor and Employment; Environmental; Eminent Domain; Elder Law; Family; Health; Immigration; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Litigation; Real Estate; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; and Wills. www.rtlaw.com

06-01-2006

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Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Lisa Prager, Former Federal Prosecutor and Commerce Department Export Enforcement Official, Joins Miller & Chevalier
Miller & Chevalier Chartered is pleased to announce that Lisa A. Prager has joined the firm as a Member. Ms. Prager’s practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions, both regulatory and criminal in nature, as well as issues under U.S. export controls and economic sanctions laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

“Lisa’s wealth of experience will further complement our strong enforcement practice and will be a tremendous asset to our clients,” said Samuel M. Maruca, Chair of Miller & Chevalier. “Lisa’s practice is a perfect fit with our existing White Collar and International capabilities. Among other things, Lisa’s addition will reinforce Miller & Chevalier’s top-tier position in export controls and FCPA compliance, investigations, and enforcement.”

Angela Styles, a Member in the Government Contracts group and former Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the White House, adds, “Lisa’s strong capabilities in export controls and white collar defense make her a valuable asset to our government contractor clients.”

Prior to moving into private practice in 2004, Ms. Prager served both as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the District of Columbia and as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Her work as an AUSA included some of the most challenging cases in the office, including the first ever indictment of a Chinese state-owned entity and McDonnell-Douglas in a case involving export controls violations. She also handled federal cases involving terrorism, wire and mail fraud, and economic espionage violations.

At BIS, Ms. Prager led the Commerce Department’s export enforcement efforts, managed a large staff of investigators, and established an administrative process for resolving cases on a more transparent and expedited basis. She managed many of the largest export controls settlements and indictments in Commerce Department history.

Ms. Prager moves to Miller & Chevalier from DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, where her work included a mix of high-level compliance and enforcement matters involving U.S. laws with international ramifications. At Miller & Chevalier, she anticipates expanding her practice to include other white-collar defense matters.

Founded in 1920, Miller & Chevalier is a Washington, D.C. firm with over 110 professionals who practice in the areas of tax, international, employee benefits and ERISA, government contracts, government affairs, litigation, and fraud and white collar criminal defense. For more information on the firm, visit our website: www.millerchevalier.com.

06-01-2006

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