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Williams Mullen, P.C.

Eggleston/I\'Anson Professionalism Award Presented to Montgomery Knight, Jr.
Montgomery Knight, Jr. has been named the 2006 recipient of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association (NPBA) Eggleston/I'Anson Professionalism Award. Named for the two former chief justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia hailing from Norfolk and Portsmouth, Lawrence W. I'Anson and John W. Eggleston, this is the NPBA's most prestigious award.

Mr. Knight is a partner in the Tax Section at Williams Mullen where his practice is focused on complex commercial tax and fiduciary litigation, condemnation law, estate planning and administration, and securities arbitration. He earned his bachelor of arts and juris doctor degrees from The College of William & Mary. Shortly there-after, he entered the U.S. Air Force as a judge advocate and served on active duty for three years and in the reserves for 27 years, completing his career with the rank of colonel, USAFR. In the1960s, he practiced in the law firm of Doumar, Pincus, Anderson & Knight (later known as Knight, Dudley, Dezern & Clarke). In 1998, he became a principal in the firm of Hofheimer Nusbaum, P.C., which merged with Williams Mullen in 2004. Mr. Knight practices out of the firm's Norfolk office.

Williams Mullen provides comprehensive legal services to regional, national and international clients. With 250 attorneys and offices in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and London, we deliver innovative solutions to support our clients' diverse business activities. Close working relationships with clients have been the foundation of Williams Mullen's progressive approach to law practice since the firm was founded nearly 100 years ago.

05-25-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents American BankNote S.A. in Initial Equity Offering
Simpson Thacher recently represented American BankNote S.A. (""ABN"") and selling shareholders, ABN Equities Inc. and Banco Alvorada S.A., in a secondary offering of ABN's common shares that raised the U.S. dollar equivalent of US$226.3 million for the selling shareholders. The transaction was ABN's initial equity offering with common shares offered to the public in Brazil, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States under Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S.

ABN is a leading provider of identification cards and print management systems in Brazil. ABN's customers include large financial institutions, telecommunications companies and state governments. ABN’s solutions include credit and debit cards, inductive and pre-paid public phone cards, driver’s licenses, security printed documents, identification cards, processing and issuance of security printing and fraud prevention documents, among others.

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction consisted of Todd Crider, Jaime Mercado, Beatriz Franco and Adriana Kertzer (corporate), and Jonathan Cantor and Sean Austin (tax).

05-25-2006

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Day Pitney, LLP

Pitney Hardin Announces 28 Attorneys Recognized as 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Pitney Hardin LLP has 28 attorneys recognized as 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers. New Jersey Super Lawyers are named by their peers through independent research conducted by Law & Politics. The 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers represent the top 5% of New Jersey attorneys in more than 60 practice areas. The selections are based upon surveys of more than 35,000 lawyers throughout the state.

New Jersey Super Lawyers is published annually in May and also appears in the May issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine.

The Pitney Hardin attorneys who were recognized by their peers as 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers are:

Gail H. Allyn – Environmental
Michael T. Bissinger – Labor & Employment
Richard H. Brown, III – Business Litigation / Intellectual Property
Warren J. Casey – Corporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions / Employee Benefits / Corporate Finance / Securities
Colleen R. Donovan – Real Estate / Environmental / Land Use
David P. Doyle – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Michael J. Dunne – Corporate /Intellectual Property / Mergers & Acquisitions
Peter A. Forgosh –Bankruptcy
L. Allison Garde – Trusts & Estates
Glenn C. Geiger – Real Estate / Land Use
Jane H. Hardin – Trusts & Estates
Richard Kahn – Trusts & Estates
Dennis T. Kearney – Business Litigation / Banking / Intellectual Property Litigation
Dennis R. LaFiura – Business Litigation
Wendy Johnson Lario – Labor & Employment
Murray J. Laulicht – Business Litigation
Kathy A. Lawler – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Edward P. Lynch – Labor & Employment
Anthony J. Marchetta – Business Litigation / Class Action-Mass Tort / Insurance Coverage
Richard M. Meth – Bankruptcy
Deirdre E. Moore – Real Estate
John J. O’Reilly – Business Litigation / White Collar Criminal Defense
Mary Lou Parker – Trusts & Estates
Gregory C. Parliman – Labor & Employment
Richard L. Plotkin – Business Litigation / Real Estate Litigation
Lawrence F. Reilly – Real Estate
Robert G. Rose – Business Litigation / Environmental / Construction Litigation
Elizabeth J. Sher – Business Litigation

05-25-2006

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

David Dukes Elected President-Elect of Lawyers for Civil Justice
David Dukes, managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, was elected this week in Washington, D.C. president-elect of Lawyers for Civil Justice. Lawyers for Civil Justice is a Washington, D.C.-based national coalition of defense trial lawyer organizations and corporations that seeks to restore and maintain balance in the civil justice system. Lawyers for Civil Justice has been actively involved in working for class action reform and reform of rules relating to the use of electronic information in litigation.

Mr. Dukes currently serves as president of DRI, the 22,000-member national professional organization of lawyers who defend individuals and companies in civil litigation. He practices in the areas of business litigation, pharmaceutical litigation and technology litigation. He has served as national counsel to companies in the pharmaceutical, computer and electrical products industries.

Nelson Mullins, established in 1897, has more than 360 attorneys practicing from offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh, Washington and Winston-Salem. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call (803) 255-9794 or (803) 255-9280.

05-25-2006

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Nexsen Pruet Adams & Kleemeier, P.C.

April Lucas Wins YWCA\'s Tribute to Women and Industry - Diamond Award
April C. Lucas, a Member in Nexsen Pruet's Columbia office, has earned the YWCA's Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Diamond Award, a nationally recognized honor given annually to outstanding female executives in the Midlands.

Lucas, who is active in a number of civic, policy, and professional organizations, practices in the areas of corporate, economic development, finance, international, public contracts, and public finance law.

""April represents what we stand for as a law firm,"" said Leighton Lord, chairman of the board of Nexsen Pruet. ""She is an exceptional lawyer who brings an awful lot of skill and professionalism to our clients. At the same time, she embodies our belief that we all have an obligation to give something back to the community.""

Lucas heads Nexsen Pruet's economic development and bond groups. Over the years, she has been instrumental in developing innovative financing programs.

Lucas is on the board of the Columbia World Affairs Council and the South Carolina Cotton Museum; a member of the executive committee of the Midlands International Trade Association; a former president of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association; and a member of the Women’s Business Development Center, the South Carolina Small and Minority Business Development Authority, the Governor’s Welfare Blue Ribbon Committee, and the Department of Revenue’s Economic Development Incentives Committee.

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.

05-25-2006

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Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

Sachnoff & Weaver Welcomes Chirag Patel to the Firm
Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. is pleased to announce that attorney Chirag Patel has joined our firm as an associate in S&W’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group. Mr. Patel has represented clients in various patent matters, including patent prosecution, licensing, infringement and litigation.

Among his other accomplishments, Mr. Patel is a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst. He also has co-authored several articles on intellectual property issues. Mr. Patel joins Sachnoff & Weaver from Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP. He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. He also received an M.A. in Economics from Old Dominion University in 1995 and a Bachelor of Engineering from Gujarat University, India in 1990.

Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. is one of Chicago’s leading mid-sized law firms, with more than 145 lawyers working with clients throughout the United States and abroad, offering extensive experience in securities and equity offerings; mergers and acquisitions; complex commercial litigation; estate and wealth planning; employment and human resources; intellectual property and technology; financial services; insurance coverage; and securities litigation.

05-25-2006

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Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP

Vasaly Named President of Minnesota Women Lawyers
Maslon attorney Mary Vasaly has been named president of Minnesota Women Lawyers. A partner with Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand’s civil litigation and appeals practice areas, Vasaly has served as president-elect of Minnesota Women Lawyers for the past year.

“I’m honored to accept this position,” said Vasaly, who has been a member of the organization for about 20 years. “Minnesota Women Lawyers is a high-energy organization with an important mission: securing the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society.” She indicated that among other things, MWL mentors new attorneys, provides professional development for women lawyers, and undertakes social initiatives that assist women in need throughout the state.

Vasaly will offiicially assume her new role on July 1, after speaking at the MWL Annual Meeting, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 4:30-7:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis.

Practicing in the areas of appeals, probate/trust litigation and commercial litigation at Maslon for more than 20 years, Vasaly has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, and has tried cases and argued appeals in state and federal courts in Minnesota and other states. She was recently inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Last year, she received the Pro Bono Award from the Ramsey County Bar Association for her service to the Children's Law Center of Minnesota. She also is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor granted to only the top one percent of attorneys in each state. Vasaly teaches Appellate Advocacy at the University of St. Thomas Law School and is co-editor of the Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, now in its third edition, and The Amicus Brief, 2nd ed. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.

As president of MWL, Vasaly said she has three main initiatives. “First, I intend to highlight the significant contributions of women lawyers in the Minnesota legal community. We have come a long way from the time when MWL began and there were no women judges and few women in private law firms. It is now clear that women lawyers have shattered most of the historic barriers to practice and have become highly successful in all fields of law. Our success should be celebrated,” she said.

“Second, I am committed to expanding and strengthening MWL’s service to our members who are women of color,” she explained. “While women lawyers of color have also been successful in their practices, they are leaving law firms in increasing numbers. We need to address this problem. Third, I will continue MWL’s focus on preserving the independence of Minnesota’s judiciary by educating the public about the role of the judiciary in our system of government. It is important that the public understand that judges must have the freedom to make decisions that protect the rights of the minority even if the decisions are not popular. MWL will also encourage judicial candidates to engage in responsible campaign conduct.”

With a membership of more than 1,200 attorneys, judges, law students and legal employers, MWL was established in 1972. Through programs and initiatives, MWL works to advocate on behalf of women lawyers within the legal profession, and to support social action initiatives to end discrimination in the justice system and promote equality of women in society.

Founded in 1956, Maslon is a 77-attorney commercial law firm based in Minneapolis. Maslon specializes in the areas of business and securities, financial services, bankruptcy, commercial litigation and arbitration, appeals, tax, trusts and estate planning, employee benefits, insurance, labor and employment, intellectual property, real estate and construction law.

05-25-2006

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