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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

R. Jack Cinquegrana is Honored at Boston College\'s 75th Annual Law Day
Congratulations to R. Jack Cinquegrana who was an honoree at this year's Boston College Law School Day. Centered around the theme Leadership in the Profession BC presented forty alumni who have served or currently serve as leaders in their profession with the 75th Anniversary Alumni Award. Mr. Cinquegrana was honored for his work as President-Elect of the Boston Bar Association.

05-17-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Shareholder, Phyllis F. Granade, Spoke at HIPAA - Civil Enforcement Seminar for AHLA
Carlton Fields Atlanta Shareholder Phyllis F. Granade participated in a three-person panel entitled, Privacy and Security Enforcement Part I: An In-Depth Exploration of Federal Civil Enforcement, at the HIPAA - Civil Enforcement Seminar for the American Health Lawyers Association on Friday, April 21, 2006.

In addition to providing general health law advice to her clients, Granade has established a nationally recognized reputation in the fields of HIPAA Privacy and Security Law and Telemedicine and e-health law. Her largest clients are publicly-traded hospital chains, but she also represents non-profit hospital systems, academic medical institutions and many other participants in the health care industry. Granade also has assisted the investment banking industry with health care company acquisitions. She serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST), a National Science Foundation Center for Science. Granade has spoken before the Congressional Ad Hoc Steering Committee on Telemedicine and Health Care Informatics, the Montana Hospital Association, the California Medical Board, and the Federation of State Medical Boards regarding the legal issues related to telemedicine. She frequently speaks at conferences, including those sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association, regarding privacy and security issues concerning patient identifiable information. Granade received her A.B., cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi, from the University of Georgia and received her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is a member of the South Carolina and Georgia Bar Associations.

05-17-2006

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Attorney Named Recipient 2006 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP partner Debra Brown
Steinberg has been named a recipient of the 2006 American Bar Association (ABA) Pro Bono
Publico Award for extraordinary contributions of legal services to those who cannot afford
representation.
Ms. Steinberg led Cadwalader’s 9/11 pro bono efforts providing representation of families of
World Trade Center victims. In addition to personally representing several families of victims,
she also played a leading role in the creation and development of the New York Lawyers for the
Public Interest 9/11 Project. She drafted comments on the interim and final regulations for the
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund issued by The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
and a substantial portion of the New York 9/11 Victims and Families Relief Act. She assumed a
leading role in advocating at both the state and national levels on behalf of victims’ families,
drafting substantial portions of federal legislation to provide legal recognition and protection to
family members of non-citizen victims of the attacks – the September 11 Family Humanitarian
Relief and Patriotism Act, legislation that is pending in both the U.S. House of Representatives
and the U.S. Senate.
“Debra’s work on behalf of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, in
particular, her extensive efforts on behalf of the family members of non-citizen victims, represents
precisely the sort of noteworthy contributions to extending legal services to the poor and
disadvantaged that Cadwalader encourages and supports,” said Robert O. Link, Jr., the
Chairman and Managing Partner of Cadwalader. “She and the attorneys on her team have
certainly demonstrated the capacity for bettering the world through the legal profession.”
Ms. Steinberg's public service was twice honored in the United States House of
Representatives, in a New York State Senate Legislative Resolution, and by Mayor Michael
Bloomberg on behalf of the City of New York. A recipient of the New York State Bar
Association's 2003 Pro Bono Service Award, her work has been featured in the documentary
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film entitled “The Legal Community’s Response to September 11th,” and commended in the
seminal study on the same topic entitled “Public Service in a Time of Crisis.”
A partner in Cadwalader’s Litigation Department, Ms. Steinberg represents and counsels clients
in complex corporate, business, securities, commercial, intellectual property, and bankruptcyrelated
litigations. As an experienced trial lawyer and appellate practitioner, Ms. Steinberg has
appeared on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in State and Federal courts.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 1976 and graduated cum laude from
Boston College School of Law in 1979. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York,
the United States District Courts (S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y.), the United States Tax Court, the United
States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) and the United States Supreme Court.
ABA President Michael S. Greco and the Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
will co-host an awards presentation at the Pro Bono Publico Awards Assembly Luncheon in
Honolulu, Hawaii on Monday, August 7.

05-17-2006

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Hires Two New Partners in Barcelona
Baker & McKenzie has hired two new partners in its Barcelona office. Both were partners with Mullerat, one of Spain's leading law firms. Carlos Prat joins the Intellectual Property practice and Jorge Adell joins the Corporate & Securities practice.

Carlos Prat earned a degree in law from the University of Barcelona. His practice focuses on Intellectual Property and Competition Law. He has written numerous articles and spoken at conferences on intellectual property, competition law, and procedural law. He combines his professional practice with teaching. He is a professor on the Master in Intellectual Property (Magister Lucentinus) program at the University of Alicante. He is a member of numerous organizations, including the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and the International League of Competition Law (LIDC).

Jorge Adell holds a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and a Master of Law from the University of Chicago. He is a corporate lawyer, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Besides his legal practice, he is a professor of securities law at the ESADE Law School of Barcelona, of international contracts in the Higher School of International Trade at Pompeu Fabra University, and of continuing studies at the University of Barcelona.

Rafael Jiménez-Gusi, managing partner of the Barcelona office and member of the Management Committee of Baker & McKenzie Spain, says: “Bringing in high quality lateral hires is part of the firm's strategic plan to strength its practice areas with leading professionals. These two attorneys not only have excellent professional credentials but also deliver first class client service. These new recruits consolidate Baker & McKenzie's leading position in Spain

05-17-2006

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Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

TRACY GENE G. DURKIN NAMED PRESIDENT OF WOMEN\'S BAR ASSOCIATION IN THE DISTRICT
The Women’s Bar Association (WBA) of the District of Columbia inducted Tracy
Durkin, a director at the firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., as President during the WBA
89th Annual Award Dinner held Tuesday evening at the National Building Museum. She will hold the post
for one year. Durkin is the first intellectual property attorney to lead the organization.
Speaking to the theme of the evening, ""Pathways to Power"", Durkin stated to her colleagues, ""It is
incumbent upon us to not only be role models, but to continue to forge new pathways to power. We must
explore and make changes to the policies and practices under which women practice law now and will in
the future. We must challenge ourselves and our colleagues, both men and women to open doors for more
women to become law firm partners, corporate general counsel, judges and professors, while also having
fulfilling lives as daughters, wives, mothers and active citizens in our communities.""
Durkin has over 20 years of experience in the intellectual property field. She is a leader in Sterne Kessler’s
consumer products and trademark practice where she focuses her attention on the rights of companies in a
wide variety of industry sectors from food science and genomics to consumer electronics and computer
software.
""We are thrilled to have Tracy serving the legal community in such an important capacity. She continues
to make significant contributions to our firm and we know she will do the same for the WBA,"" said Robert
Greene Sterne, a Founding Director at Sterne Kessler.

05-17-2006

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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge

SUMMER ASSOCIATE, MANISH JOSHI, JOINS SMITH HAUGHEY
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to welcome summer associate Manish Joshi to the firm's Grand Rapids office.

Manish received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and philosphy from the Unviersity of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and is currently pursuing his Juris Doctor at Michigan State University College of Law. He expects to graduate in May 2008.

Manish is a board member of the Southwest Michigan Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a member of both the Intellectual Proprty Law Society and the Entertainment and Sports Law Society at Michigan State University College of Law.

Smith Haughey's summer associate program is designed to provide second year law students with challenging opportunities for professional growth. Throughout the summer, Smith Haughey assigns projects to ensure that the summer associate explores the firm, its members, and the various practice areas.

05-17-2006

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP

Real Estate Attorney Seth Weissman Joins JMBM
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California's foremost full-service law firms, today announced that Seth Weissman has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Real Estate Group.

""Seth has a great combination of qualities and experience that will be an excellent addition to our thriving real estate practice,"" said Keith Elkins, partner in JMBM's Real Estate Group. ""His background in real estate development will be a tremendous asset for our clients.""

""I chose JMBM for its highly acclaimed real estate group,"" said Weissman. ""The Firm's resources and its remarkable attorneys provide a great opportunity for me to expand my practice in new and exciting ways.""

Weissman holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Law School. He joins JMBM from Carey & Kutay Development Group, LLC, where he was vice president of business and legal affairs.

About JMBM's Real Estate Group

JMBM's Real Estate Group is seasoned in all facets of real estate acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, development, construction, joint venture structuring, land use and related areas. The Firm's veteran real estate attorneys have the experience necessary to identify potential problem areas and to help our clients structure and negotiate the best business deals, then quickly document and close the transactions. We handle transactions ranging from the ordinary to the most complex and we staff each deal to maximize the efficiency and benefit to each client, given the circumstances of each particular deal.

05-17-2006

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