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Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

Nicole R. Tzetzo Joins Jaeckle Fleischmann
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, a law firm with offices in Buffalo, Amherst and Rochester, New York and Phoenix, Arizona, is pleased to announce that Nicole R. Tzetzo has joined the Firm as an Associate. Ms. Tzetzo will concentrate her practice on tax, corporate and estate planning matters.

Ms. Tzetzo has extensive experience in tax and business matters including corporation and partnership formation, mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity financing, as well as contract matters, including preparation and negotiation of transactional documents. She counsels individuals and closely-held businesses in the areas of estate planning, succession planning, and charitable remainder and life insurance trusts. She also has experience in tax-exempt bond transactions, including representation of issuers and underwriters, drafting of bond purchase agreements, review of applicable tax provisions, and structuring bond transactions.

Prior to joining our Firm, Ms. Tzetzo was with Damon and Morey, LLP. She began her career as a Tax Consultant at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and then as a Senior Tax Consultant for Ernst & Young, LLP. Among Ms. Tzetzo's notable accomplishments at Ernst & Young were the drafting and coordination of a research and development tax credit appeal resulting in a$2 million refund. She also advised a Fortune 100 multinational corporation on sales and use tax liability.

Ms. Tzetzo received her J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, and her B.S./B.A. degree, cum laude, from Xavier University. She is admitted to practice in New York State and before the U.S. Tax Court. Ms. Tzetzo is a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Erie County Bar Association.
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP is a full-service business law firm with more than 80 legal professionals practicing from offices in Buffalo, Rochester and Amherst, NY and Phoenix, Arizona. The Firm's clients include Fortune 500 companies, publicly and privately held businesses, financial institutions, governmental entities, universities, traditional and high tech start ups, as well as individual business owners. The Firm was named one of the ""Best Places to Work""by Business First of Buffalo and many of our attorneys are listed in Best Lawyers of America. For more information, visit our website at www.jaeckle.com.

05-09-2006

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Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C.

Gust Rosenfeld Welcomes Margaret A. Robertson
Phoenix, Arizona - Gust Rosenfeld announced that Margaret A. Robertson has joined the firm as an associate in its real estate practice.

Prior to joining Gust Rosenfeld, Margaret's practice focused on real estate and land use representation with an emphasis on small, women and minority-owned businesses. Margaret received her B.B.A. from Hofstra University, an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University and her J.D. in 1996 from Hofstra. She has served as counsel to the Town of Hempstead Department of Economic Development, worked as a senior auditor and financial analyst for MetLife and as Budget Director for Nassau County, New York. Margaret is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Eastern District of New York, and in the states of Arizona, Connecticut and New York.

Founded in 1921, Gust Rosenfeld provides legal counsel to individuals, private and public corporations and governments. While known for its public law and finance practice, the firm also maintains significant practices in the areas of real estate, corporate, litigation, labor & employment, creditors' rights and franchise law. The firm maintains offices in Phoenix and Tucson.

05-09-2006

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Benesch Attorneys Law

Nationally Renowned Bankruptcy and Reorganization Attorney, William I. Kohn, Joins Firm
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP is pleased to announce that William I. Kohn has joined the firm as Partner and Chair of the Bankruptcy/Business Reorganization Practice Group.

Mr. Kohn comes to Benesch from Schiff Hardin in Chicago, where he was Co-Chair of the Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group for the 350-attorney firm. He has more than 25 years of experience in the reorganization practice, with a focus on representing corporate debtors, banks, unregulated lenders and secured parties in Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court workouts, debt restructuring and DIP financing. He also counsels national manufacturers and distributors with respect to restructuring debt and supplier relationships.

Mr. Kohn has endowed a scholarship at the Michael E. Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, The Dean John ""Jack"" Henderson Scholarship, awarded annually at the discretion of the Dean. He has also endowed a scholarship at the University of Cincinnati, The E. Edward Herman-Howard R. Leftwich Scholarship for the Center of Organizational Leadership, a new program focused on corporate, union and other business leadership training.

Mr. Kohn received his J.D. from The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law. He received his B.A. from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Kohn said, ""I am very excited to be joining Benesch's nationally recognized bankruptcy practice. It will be a great platform for servicing my clients. I am also looking forward to working with Vice-Chair, Bill Schonberg, in continuing to grow the practice.""

Managing Partner, Jim Hill, stated, ""His reputation is outstanding, and his experience and personality will be a perfect fit to chair our Business Reorganization Practice Group. Will is a nationally regarded bankruptcy attorney, and we know his knowledge will be invaluable to our clients in both out-of-court and in-court restructuring settings.""

05-09-2006

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

McGlinchey Stafford Attorneys Honored as \"Leaders in Law\"
CityBusiness honored four McGlinchey Stafford Attorneys at the ""Leadership in Law"" luncheon and awards ceremony on April 28th, 2005. Those honored included A. Kelton Longwell, E. Fredrick Preis, Jr., Kenneth A. Weiss and David S. Willenzik.

CityBusiness chose the 50 ""Leaders in Law"" based on their success in their practices, thier contributions to the community and their impact on the New Orleans legal industry. Each honoree is profiled in the May 1st edition of CityBusiness.

05-09-2006

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Venable Baetjer & Howard

Experienced Patent Judge Joan Ellis Joins Venable in Washington
Joan Ellis, Ph.D., a former research scientist and patent examiner, has joined Venable LLP's Washington office as a partner in the firm's Patent Prosecution Group. Dr. Ellis joins from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI), where she had been an Administrative Patent Judge focusing on biotechnology patent disputes since 1995. From 1987 to 1994, she was a patent examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Dr. Ellis spent close to 13 years as a scientist conducting basic research involving genetic material. Her research resulted in the first malaria antigen ever cloned; she holds a patent on the technology she developed at New York University while obtaining her doctorate. As a faculty member with The Rockefeller University, she designed and implemented numerous research studies, supervised and trained laboratory personnel, and coordinated a joint project with scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

""Joan is a tremendous asset to our intellectual property group,"" said William D. Coston, chair of Venable's Technology Division and Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. ""Her insight into the USPTO will no doubt prove invaluable, and her background as a laboratory research scientist is of equal measure. Although many patent attorneys have scientific backgrounds, Joan's credentials in advanced molecular biology are truly superlative - she has herself created and patented new genetic material.""

During her 11-year tenure as a judge with the BPAI, Ms. Ellis authored over 250 ex parte decisions and over 50 inter partes decisions, 82 of which are in the public domain. As one of six judges in BPAI's biotechology group, Dr. Ellis was responsible for deciding appeals and interferences involving molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic assays and medical devices.

Many of the decisions she authored concerned cutting-edge patents for inventions having a significant public health impact. For instance, in the inter partes appeal in Hitzeman v. Rutter, she decided who was the first to invent the vaccine for Hepatitis B. The vaccine is now required for all pre-adolescent children in the United States, and the World Health Organization would like to implement the same requirement on a global scale. Dr. Ellis was also responsible for determining the inventorship of the assay that today is used throughout the United States to screen blood samples for HIV. Both decisions were affirmed on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Prior to becoming a judge, Dr. Ellis evaluated numerous biotechnology patent applications as an examiner. She also trained junior examiners to evaluate patent applications. She was awarded the American Intellectual Property Law Association Examiner of the Year Award in 1994.

""The opportunity to help life science companies, universities and research institutions patent and commercialize their inventions is highly appealing,"" said Dr. Ellis. ""Venable is a nationally ranked IP firm and known for the excellence of its intellectual property work and strong relationships within the pharmaceutical and life sciences communities, which include both commercial and universities. After years in the research and public sectors, moving into private practice with Venable is a natural next step for me.""

Dr. Ellis joins a practice deep with patent attorneys experienced in biotechnology and life sciences, including Thomas G. Wiseman, another former USPTO Administrative Patent Judge. In addition, she will join more than 30 registered patent attorneys and agents and, with the addition of Dr. Ellis, ten Ph.D.s. The firm is one of only 14 designated by the National Institutes of Health to represent it in IP matters and has been identified by Viacom as a ""go-to"" IP law firm in Corporate Counsel's ""Who Represents Corporate America?"" survey.

Dr. Ellis received her J.D. from the National Law Center at The George Washington University (1992). She has a Ph.D. in Molecular Parasitology from New York University School of Medicine (1983) and a B.A. in Microbiology, cum laude, from Southern Illinois University (1973).





As one of The American Lawyer's top 100 law firms, Venable LLP has lawyers practicing in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Venable serves corporate, institutional, governmental, nonprofit and individual clients throughout the U.S. and around the world from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and offices in Maryland, New York and Virginia. For more information, visit www.venable.com.

05-09-2006

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Thompson Hine LLP

Cleveland Office Receives Community Service Leadership Award
The law firm of Thompson Hine LLP is the recipient of the Tenth Annual Community Service Leadership Award, given by the Rotary Club of Cleveland and the James J. Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University. The award is one of five being presented on May 11 as a part of the Business Leadership Award Series which is sponsored annually by the Rotary Club and the Nance College of Business in cooperation with a number of professional organizations in the community.

The firm is being recognized for its various community service programs, including its pro bono efforts. Thompson Hine encourages its employees to support Northeast Ohio charities. The firm’s recent charitable efforts have included sponsorship of the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides” walk to raise money for breast cancer treatment and awareness, as well as support of United Way Services and the Harvest for Hunger campaign. In addition, Thompson Hine employees serve on a number of nonprofit boards. Said Dena Kobasic, a partner at the firm and leader of its pro bono program, ""Thompson Hine is dedicated to encouraging our employees to give back to the community.

05-09-2006

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP

Stroock’s Brian M. Cogan Appointed to Federal Judgeship
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with
offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, announced that Brian M. Cogan, a Litigation Partner
and the firm’s General Counsel, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a federal judge on May 3rd.
Mr. Cogan, 52, was nominated by President Bush in January to the Eastern District of New York
which includes Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. He succeeds Judge Frederic
Block, who took senior status in September 2005.
At Stroock, Mr. Cogan has specialized in insolvency-related litigation, financial and accounting
fraud, and creditors’ rights and remedies, both in domestic and international. Mr. Cogan recently
completed a six-year term on the First Department Disciplinary Committee and was Vice-
Chairman of the New York City Commission on the Appointment of City Marshals.
Mr. Cogan is not the first Stroock partner to be elevated to the U.S. District Court. He joins former
Stroock Partners, Chief Judge Edward R. Korman in the Eastern District, and Judge Alvin K.
Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York.
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP is a law firm providing transactional and litigation
guidance to leading multinational corporations, investment banks, and venture capital firms in the
U.S. and abroad. Stroock’s emphasis on client service and innovation has made it one of the
nation’s leading law firms for 125 years. Stroock’s practice areas include corporate finance, legal
services to financial institutions, energy, financial restructuring, insurance, intellectual property,
litigation and real estate. For more information, please visit Stroock’s website at www.stroock.com.

05-09-2006

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