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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Reinhart Welcomes David Okey
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. proudly announces the addition of David W. Okey to their firm.

Okey is a registered U.S. patent attorney and a shareholder in the firm's Rockford office. He counsels a wide range of business clients, from sole inventors, through small to mid-size companies, to large multi-national corporations. Okey serves a wide range of technology driven clients. His clients are drawn from industries that rely upon mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical, medical, food, and chemical technologies, including automotive, aerospace, and medical systems.

Before coming to patent law, Okey, who is also a registered professional engineer, enjoyed a career in industry, including Procter & Gamble, Sherwin-Williams Chemicals, and Sundstrand Corporation. As an engineer, his projects included composite materials, design for manufacturing, design of cells for motor/generator manufacturing, and the use of off-the-shelf IGBTs and diodes for aerospace power electronics. Until recently, Okey chaired the U.S. Patent Law Committee of IPLAC (Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.)

Mr. Okey received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Colorado and his master's degree in Chemistry from Iowa State University. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School. He is a member of the American Bar Association and has frequently volunteered time for pro bono immigration cases.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. is a business-oriented law firm with offices in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Madison, Wisconsin and Rockford, Illinois, serving clients across the United States and in many foreign countries. The firm currently employs 200 attorneys.

05-16-2006

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Reinhart Welcomes Don Millis
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. proudly announces the addition of Don M. Millis to their firm.

Millis is a shareholder in the Tax Department in the Madison office. He is the former Chairperson of the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission and a former member and Chairperson of the Wisconsin State Elections Board. Millis' practice involves representing taxpayers in disputes involving the income tax sales and use of tax, the property tax and the real estate transfer fee. He has represented taxpayers before the Tax Appeals Commission and various Wisconsin Courts. Millis obtained the largest non-utility property tax refund in state history on behalf of a Future 500 firm headquartered in Wisconsin.

Millis is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, Dane County Bar Association, Institute of Professional in Taxation, Wisconsin State and Local Tax Inc. and the International Association of Assessing Officers. He received his bachelor degree (1981 graduating with distinction) in Political Science and Journalism and a Juris Doctor (1990, graduated cum lade and Order of the Coif.) from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. is a business-oriented law firm with offices in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Madison, Wisconsin and Rockford, Illinois serving clients across the United States and in many foreign countries. The firm currently employs 200 attorneys.

05-16-2006

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Reed Smith

Izower Joins Reed Smith’s Corporate & Securities Practice - New York Office Continues Growth
Reed Smith LLP, an international top 25 law firm, today announced that Aron Izower has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities Group. He is resident in the firm’s New York office.

Mr. Izower comes to Reed Smith from the New York office of White & Case LLP, where he worked in the capital markets arena, specializing in securities transactions.

“Aron is a valuable asset as we continue to build the critical New York part of our firmwide corporate practice,” said David Grimes, the firm’s New York Managing Partner. “His broad experience representing issuance of equity, convertible and debt securities is complemented by his expertise in Rule 144A offerings and corporate restructuring. This background will permit him to play an important role in handling sophisticated transactional and securities matters that we are developing in this market. Aron’s strong entrepreneurial skills and close relationships with clients in diverse economic sectors make him an excellent fit with our strategic plan to significantly expand this office and our securities practice.”

Mr. Izower has represented issuers, underwriters and purchasers in securities matters and corporate finance transactions, concentrating in high-yield debt offerings. His recent practice activities have included U.S. offerings under Rule 144A, U.S. registered public offerings of debt and equity securities, private equity sales, fund formation, mezzanine financing, exchange offers, consent solicitations, issuances in connection with corporate reorganizations and restructurings, and the preparation of SEC reporting documents.

“Reed Smith is a law firm that is quickly moving ahead in the business and regulatory arena,” said Mr. Izower. “I am excited by an opportunity to expand my corporate and securities practice at a firm that clearly knows how to foster and support such growth.”

Mr. Izower earned his B.S. from Cornell University in 1993 and his J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Law in 1997, where he was Senior Editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

05-16-2006

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Nixon & Peabody, LLP

Elizabeth Moore, Nixon Peabody Partner, Receives Prestigious “Diversity Champion” Award from New York City Bar Association
Elizabeth D. Moore, a partner and labor and employment attorney with Nixon Peabody LLP, has been named a recipient of the New York City Bar Association’s Diversity Champion Award. The award recognizes the critical role individuals have played in initiating and sustaining change within their organizations and in the overall New York City legal community.

Often described as a “driving force” behind Nixon Peabody’s goal to foster an inclusive work environment, Ms. Moore also counsels organizations across the country on ensuring their work environments are free from harassment and discrimination. At Nixon Peabody, she has been instrumental in spearheading a diversity initiative that works to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive environment in all areas of the firm, from the recruitment and retention of legal professionals and personnel to new business development and client service. As co-chair of the firm’s Diversity Action Committee, Ms. Moore has helped to initiate many important initiatives in a short amount of time.

Founded in 2004 and championed by the chairman of the firm, the Diversity Action Committee is responsible for implementing a firmwide diversity platform. Ms. Moore has helped to put into place a variety of strategic programs, including diversity training for all attorneys and personnel, the creation of affinity groups, a women’s leadership summit, and a quarterly diversity newsletter. Nixon Peabody is also sponsoring one of the nation’s leading conferences on diversity. “The Case for Diversity: It’s Everybody’s Business” takes place May 22–24 in Rochester, New York, and includes Ms. Moore as a featured panelist. Earlier this year, when Nixon Peabody was named by FORTUNE® magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies To Work For,” it received high marks for its diversity efforts, a testament to the impact of the work already being led by Ms. Moore as co-chair of the Diversity Action Committee.

Ms. Moore focuses her practice on labor and employment law, and is head of Nixon Peabody’s Labor and Employment Practice Preventive Services Team. In her employment law practice, she counsels employers, including Fortune 500 companies, universities, and public sector entities, to ensure that they maintain workplaces free from harassment and discrimination, and remove invisible barriers to recruitment and advancement. At her alma mater, Cornell University, Ms. Moore chairs a board of trustees committee that sponsored a first-of-its-kind conference to bring minority alumni together on campus to discuss with faculty experts critical issues affecting minority communities and to provide alumni of color opportunities to guide current students as mentors. As a trustee of the Rochester Institute of Technology, she serves on presidential task forces created to look at issues that impact women and the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual community, as well as minority students, faculty, and staff at the university.

In awarding the Diversity Champion Award, the New York City Bar Association evaluated eligible candidates based on a list of criteria that included the influence the candidate has had on others, the candidate’s ability to be a positive role model, the extent to which the candidate has continued to learn, the cultivation of diverse teams, innovation and risk taking ability, accountability for fostering an atmosphere of diversity, and external leadership involvement. Ms. Moore is among three candidates receiving this year’s Diversity Champion Award. Other recipients include Hon. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Richmond County; and William Malpica, Associate, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP.

05-16-2006

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Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Michael Best Receives Trademark Award Four Straight Years
For the fourth consecutive year, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP received NameProtect’s Trademark Insider award for the number of United States Patent and Trademark Office applications submitted in the 2005 calendar year in which the firm is listed as the legal representative. Filing 506 trademark applications in 2005, Michael Best ranked 27th of a total of 200 trademark law firms nationally. Regionally, Michael Best ranked 1st among Milwaukee firms.

“I am thankful to NameProtect for this award. Such recognition confirms Michael Best as one the nation’s premier trademark and intellectual property law firms,” stated Kevin P. Moran, Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Michael Best was presented with NameProtect’s Trademark Insider award on May 9, 2006 during a special ceremony as part of the Annual International Trademark Association Conference (May 6th – May 10th) in Toronto, Canada.

Michael Best handles trademark matters for several local companies, such as Briggs & Stratton, Jockey International, Morris Material Handling and Ingersoll-Rand.

05-16-2006

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McGuireWoods LLP

Federal Judge Certifies Class of Former Law Students Suing BAR/BRI and Kaplan, and Installs Special Master
McGuireWoods LLP partner Eliot Disner, the plaintiffs’ lead counsel in a case against the largest provider of bar review courses, announced that a U.S. district court granted class certification on behalf of approximately 300,000 law students. The hearing for Ryan Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corp., No. 05 CV 3222 (C.D. Calif.) was held yesterday, and the order was entered today by the Honorable Manuel Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The eligible students took West's BAR/BRI course to help them prepare for the bar exams given in every state and the District of Columbia between 1997 and 2006. BAR/BRI estimates that 85-95 percent of all law students sitting for the bar have taken its course.

“After reviewing massive filings and hearing arguments from both sides, the judge granted certification and held ‘this case will now proceed as a class,’” Disner said. ""If we prove BAR/BRI and Kaplan, Inc. violated the antitrust laws, several hundred thousand young lawyers who paid too much for their bar prep courses will get some of their money back,"" Disner added.

Among other things, the lawsuit accuses BAR/BRI of an illegal market division agreement with its largest potential competitor, Kaplan. It agreed with BAR/BRI to stay out of the bar review course market, on the condition that hundreds of thousands of dollars per year be paid to it, and that BAR/BRI also stay out of Kaplan's LSAT prep course market. Disner said the claimed conspiracy appears to have resulted in class members being overcharged as much as $1,000 each.

The court also ordered that a Special Master be appointed at plaintiff's urging, prompted by the chronic failure of the defendants to provide discovery reasonably requested. The master will expedite future proceedings in this matter in preparation for the September 12, 2006, trial date.

05-16-2006

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Holland & Knight, L.L.P.

Missy Turra Named Executive Partner of Holland & Knight’s Jacksonville Office
Missy Turra has been appointed to serve as executive partner of Holland & Knight’s Jacksonville office. With almost 50 lawyers, the firm’s Jacksonville office serves top-tier local, regional and national clients in the areas of litigation, real estate and business law.

“The Jacksonville market has experienced tremendous growth over the past several years,” said Turra. “We expect our clients will continue to enjoy great economic opportunities that will benefit from the legal expertise of our attorneys.”

“Missy is a proven leader within the firm,” said Holland & Knight Managing Partner Howell W. Melton, Jr. “In her new role as executive partner of our Jacksonville office, she will focus on continued growth of the office in our strategic practice areas.”

In addition to her new responsibilities, Turra maintains a successful real estate practice in the areas of condominium, resort, planned community and mixed-use real estate developments. She has practiced real estate law since 1994, after graduating from the University of Maryland. Turra was named an “Up and Comer” by the Jacksonville Business Journal in 2005.

Contact: Susan Bass, (813) 769-4326

05-16-2006

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