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Blank Rome LLP.

New York Associate Adds Financing Experience to Lending Group
Blank Rome is pleased to announce that Amoy W. Chambers has joined the Firm as an Associate in the Financial Services group. Ms. Chambers will be based in Blank Rome’s New York office.

Prior to joining Blank Rome, Ms. Chambers served as a Corporate Associate for the New York law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Ms. Chambers’ practice includes representation of commercial and investment banks and companies in the real estate sector, mezzanine financing providers, and issuers and underwriters in connection with syndicated senior financings, acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings, securitizations, collateralized debt obligations, commercial loans, and mezzanine financings. In addition, Ms. Chambers focuses on the negotiation of transaction documents, including intercreditor, loan, participation, assignment and assumption, pledge and security, and operating agreements.

Admitted to practice in New York, Ms. Chambers received her law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was Symposia Editor, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Ms. Chambers holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and English from Binghamton University (SUNY).

05-24-2006

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Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.

Corporate Attorney Joins Buchanan Ingersoll in San Diego
Buchanan Ingersoll's Corporate Finance & Technology Group has announced the addition of William A. Reavey, special counsel, in the firm's San Diego office.

Reavey's practice is focused on international business transactions, cross-border investment in Mexico, structuring international joint ventures, real estate development, construction, leasing and finance. His experience includes representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions involving private companies; negotiating IT outsourcing contracts; representing a private, nonprofit university; and advising corporate clients on contract disputes, leasing and handling hazardous materials.

San Diego's rapid development over the past 20 years has resulted in Reavey's real estate practice being focused on the representation of developers and users of commercial real estate. The recent boom in Mexico resort development has led to his representing U.S. developers in the acquisition of large tracts of land throughout Baja California for development of resort communities. Over the years, Reavey has also gained experience in matters involving compliance with RESPA by real estate brokers, title insurance companies and other settlement service providers.

About Reavey

Reavey has represented Native American tribes on non-gaming matters including casino construction contracts, leasing, executive employment agreements, waivers of tribal sovereign immunity and casino management agreements.

After serving on active duty in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1973, Reavey remained in the Reserves until his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1992.

He is a member of the American, California and San Diego County Bar Associations, as well as the Board of Trustees of the Anza-Borrego Foundation.

Reavey received his J.D. degree from Yale University in 1976, where he also earned an M.A., degree in international relations in 1968. He earned a B.S. degree in international affairs from the United States Air Force Academy, graduating in 1966 as a distinguished graduate.

About the Firm

Buchanan Ingersoll PC is one of the largest law firms in the nation, and has more than 415 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the United States, with offices in San Diego, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., Alexandria, New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Miami, Aventura, Tampa, Wilmington, Princeton and Cleveland.

The firm has undergone a series of acquisitions and additions during the last year, including: government relations boutique Hill Solutions; a group of nine litigators from Saul Ewing; the 55 attorneys and patent professionals of Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis; a team of IP and business litigators in San Diego; a group of three government relations professionals in Washington, D.C.; a group of seven high-profile tax and immigration lawyers in Miami; and the litigation boutique of Slotnick, Shapiro & Crocker in New York.

Buchanan Ingersoll's attorneys have experience in industries that include entertainment and media, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine, nanotechnology, financial institutions, construction, franchise and real estate. Within these and other industries, Buchanan Ingersoll attorneys focus on more than 65 practice areas including Corporate Finance, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Tax, Government Relations, Health Care and Labor & Employment. The firm serves national and international clients that include Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, technology companies and financial institutions.

05-24-2006

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Jackson Kelly PLLC

Jackson Kelly Gaming and Native American Law Attorney Dennis Whittlesey Named Among The Best Lawyers in America 2007
Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent legal referral guide in the U.S., named Dennis J. Whittlesey of Washington, DC, ""Best"" Gaming Law and Native American lawyer. Mr. Whittlesey has practiced law in the District of Columbia for more than 30 years. His practice focuses on the development of economic projects for Native American tribes, including casinos, throughout the United States. His clients includeNative American and Canadian tribes, local governments in negotiation with tribes, and private developers involved in projects as partners with tribes.

Best Lawyers bases its listings on an exhaustive yearlong survey of the legal profession, in which attorneys nationwide are asked to rate the top practitioners in their specialties, in their respective jurisdiction. This year, more than 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast over a million votes. Because listings are based on the votes of other lawyers, inclusion in Best Lawyer is considered a singular honor. Nationwide, only about 19,000 attorneys (less that 3% of all attorneys in the country) were selected for this honor.

Mr. Whittlesey was educated at the University of Oklahoma (B.A. in Journalism) and the Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., LL.M. in Taxation). He is a member of the District of Columbia bar, Oklahoma bar, is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Federal Fourth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, United States Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Northern District of Oklahoma, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Jackson Kelly PLLC is a full service law firm with roots dating back to 1822. The Firm has offices in Colorado, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia with over 170 attorneys. For more information on Dennis Whittlesey and the Jackson Kelly Native American Law practice area, please visit the Firm's website at www.jacksonkelly.com.

05-24-2006

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Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP

BLB&G Partner Jerry Silk Featured on CNBC’s Morning Call; Discusses Emerging Stock Options Backdating Scandals
BLB&G Partner Jerry Silk, lead attorney in the shareholder derivative litigation filed against UnitedHealth Group Inc. (“UnitedHealth,”) was a featured speaker on CNBC’s television program, Morning Call. In a lengthy segment, Mr. Silk provided extensive commentary on the emerging and widening accounts of stock options backdating, which are the focus of numerous regulatory investigations and private actions.

The UnitedHealth suit was filed by BLB&G on behalf of five public pension funds against certain current and former executive officers and members of the Board of Directors of UnitedHealth, charging that they obtained, approved, and/or acquiesced in the issuance of stock options to senior executives that were unlawfully backdated to provide the recipients with windfall compensation, at the direct expense of UnitedHealth.

As Mr. Silk explains on Morning Call, options backdating results in illegal excess compensation for these executives:

“If you know how the stock performed, then you can go back in time and pick a date when the stock was lower; your option is immediately in the money-and that’s extra compensation to the executives... sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars.

05-23-2006

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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Sonnenschein Scholars Named for 2006
Law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that 50 students representing 25 leading U.S. law schools have been selected as Sonnenschein Scholars for 2006. Each student will receive a $4000 summer stipend to help underwrite their work with a public interest agency of their choice.

Sonnenschein established the Sonnenschein Scholars public-service program this year as a centerpiece of its centennial celebration. Over the next five years, two first-year law students from each of the participating law schools will be named annually.

“We can think of no better way to commemorate our 100th anniversary than by providing future lawyers the opportunity to take on their first pro bono projects,” said Duane C. Quaini, Sonnenschein chairman. “Our firm--and the legal profession as a whole--has a long history of public service, and we look forward to such outstanding individuals as this year’s Sonnenschein Scholars to carry on the tradition.”

The 2006 Sonnenschein Scholars have chosen a wide variety of public interest agencies to work with this summer. They range from the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund in Los Angeles and the Children’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. to the Brennan Center Poverty Program in New York, the Mental Health Advocacy Project in San Jose, Calif., and the Public Interest Legal Advocacy Project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

“We created the Sonnenschein Scholars program to make it possible for deserving students to pursue their commitment to public service, whether their dream may be to represent abused women and children, fight discrimination, or advocate on behalf immigrant rights,” said Jerome T. Wolf, a Sonnenschein partner spearheading the effort. “All of our Scholars are eagerly anticipating the practical experience that they will gain this summer, and we look forward to learning how they were able to make a difference in the communities in which they served.”

The 25 participating law schools are:

East Coast -- Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Howard, George Washington, University of North Carolina
Midwest -- Chicago, DePaul, Northwestern, Michigan, Saint Louis University, Washington University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Kansas
West Coast -- UCLA, USC, Loyola Los Angeles, University of California Hastings, University of California Berkeley, Stanford
Sonnenschein, with more than 700 attorneys and other professionals in nine U.S. cities and a global reach, serves the legal needs of many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals. For more information, visit www.sonnenschein.com.

05-23-2006

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Saul Ewing, LLP

Saul Ewing Attorney Elected Baltimore Assistant Chair of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association
Gary H. Leibowitz, an Associate in Saul Ewing’s
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department and resident in the Baltimore office, was recently
elected Baltimore Assistant Chair of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association.
Mr. Leibowitz focuses his practice on corporate reorganizations, creditors' rights issues
and litigation arising in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He has served as counsel for numerous
parties including debtors, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, and
trustees in Chapter 11 cases. He has significant experience in various aspects of bankruptcy
practice including: voluntary and involuntary petitions, stays and injunctions, contracts and
leases, claims litigation, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, reorganization plans, and
liquidations.
Mr. Leibowitz also has extensive experience in an array of litigation involving disputes
ranging from thousands to millions of dollars. His practice includes both the prosecution and
defense of a wide variety of business and commercial litigation. He has served as counsel to
numerous national lenders and service providers, as well as local businesses. He was also named
one of ""40 Under 40,""in the Baltimore Business Journal, 2005.
Mr. Leibowitz graduated from the University of Maryland in 1993, and earned his J.D.
degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996.

05-23-2006

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding\'s Philip Weems and Stéphane Gauducheau Edit Special LNG Section For Global Energy Portal Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence
Philip R. Weems, a partner and head of the Global Transactions practice of King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, and Stéphane D. Gauducheau, a lawyer in the firm's London office, are editors of a special feature on liquefied natural gas in the May 2006 issue of Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, a global energy law portal also known as OGEL.

The LNG special section includes a synopsis and complete text of 50 articles written by leading authorities from around the world on subjects ranging from import and export terminals to shipping and trade issues. Twenty of the articles were contributed by King & Spalding lawyers.

King & Spalding's Gauducheau, in an introduction to the special feature, discusses the factors affecting LNG demand, the financing of LNG projects, sale and purchase agreements, the European market and arbitrage opportunities.

Weems and Gauducheau believe that the developments outlined in the introduction to their LNG section are already raising legal issues that will further contribute to the evolution of the LNG industry.

Weems, based in the Houston office of King & Spalding, specializes in the legal aspects of developing, marketing, constructing and operating LNG and natural gas projects around the world. He has been ranked as one of the leading energy attorneys in Texas by Chambers USA and Chambers Global. He is past president of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and served as chairman of the 2002 AIPN International Joint Operating Agreement Revision Committee responsible for the second revision of the form of international JOA accepted as the global benchmark for international petroleum ventures.

Gauducheau, a lawyer in the Global Transactions practice of King & Spalding's London office, focuses on energy transactions and energy projects. He is experienced in advising financiers and borrowers in property finance, project financing, bank-securities related matters as well as insolvency and restructuring matters.

OGEL is an initiative of Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections, the leading Internet-based oil, gas and energy information service (http://www.gasandoil.com/ogel).

King & Spalding is one of the most active advisers to the LNG industry. In the past five years alone, the firm's LNG team has been involved in LNG-related transactions and projects in 24 countries. These are Angola, Australia, the Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, the United Kingdom and the United States. King & Spalding's lawyers are sought-after speakers at major international LNG conferences and contributing authors to leading energy publications around the world, including LNG Journal, Petroleum Economist and International Energy Law and Taxation Review.

05-23-2006

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