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Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Miller Canfield Receives Michigan Ability Partners\' Community Spirit Award
The law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. proudly announces that it was honored on April 21 by the Michigan Ability Partners (MAP) with its “Community Spirit Award,” given to businesses and individuals for their investment in those served by MAP who are living with disabilities. Miller Canfield associate, Leigh Greden, was also one of seven honored with a Community Spirit Award.

The Community Spirit Honorees were singled out for recognition of a sustained and important contribution. Accepting the award on behalf of Miller Canfield was James Govert, who worked with MAP on a pro-bono basis to conceptualize, design, and incorporate a family of housing subsidiaries for the agency. Govert also serves on the MAP board of directors as vice-president. Leigh Greden was honored for his work on the Ann Arbor City Council to champion a MAP project that will provide affordable housing to chronically homeless persons with a disability.

Michigan Ability Partners is a non-profit agency that provides housing supports and vocational and financial services to people with varying levels of disabilities. Each year MAP serves approximately 750 men and women, to help them find a job, call a place home, and to give those with a record a second chance.

The 350-attorney law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. was established in Detroit in 1852 and has offices in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Saginaw, and Troy, Michigan. Other offices are located in New York City, Naples and Pensacola, Florida, Windsor, Ontario, and in Gdynia, Warsaw, and Wroclaw, Poland.

05-08-2006

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Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

William F. White Receives WINGA Recognition Award
William F. White, a partner in the Land and Resources Practice Group of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, received the 2006 Wisconsin National Guard Association (WINGA) Recognition Award. Mr. White, a prominent development and land use law attorney, worked to extend land leases for the Wisconsin National Guard’s Madison-based aviation organizations, the 1-147 Aviation Battalion and the 115th Fighter Wing, ensuring the availability of land for these units to accomplish state and federal missions.

The WINGA Recognition Award is the highest award given to an individual or organization for their outstanding support to the men and women of the Wisconsin National Guard.

For the past 11 years, Mr. White has served as Chair of the Dane County Airport Commission and has been a member of the Commission since 1991.

About Michael Best

Founded in 1848, Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading Midwestern law firm. The firm has more than 250 attorneys in six office locations, including Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois and Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. The firm provides a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis. The firm’s main areas of practice are intellectual property and intellectual property litigation; corporate, health care, labor & employment, land & resources (environmental and real estate), litigation, tax, and wealth planning.

Michael Best is the exclusive Wisconsin member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Visit www.lexmundi.com for more information. The firm is also a member of the China Alliance. The China Alliance is a unique arrangement established by four leading independent law firms in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. Visit www.china-alliance.com for more information.

05-08-2006

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Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

Jennifer L. Schwendemann Awarded The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis\' President\'s Outstanding Service Award
Husch & Eppenberger, LLC expresses great pride in our colleague, Jennifer L. Schwendemann, for being awarded the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis' President's Outstanding Service Award. Ms. Schwendemann serves as Husch's Director of Risk Management/Pro Bono Services.

Ms. Schwendemann is an active Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) member and serves on the Association's Executive and Project Angel Tree Committees. Additionally, as BAMSL's Continuing Legal Education Director, she works with the Bar Association's various sections and committees to ensure that a range of seminars are provided throughout the St. Louis area.

Prior to joining Husch, Ms. Schwendemann was the Chief Administrative Law Judge in The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Division of Workers' Compensation. She has presented more than 50 speeches at various seminars on various topics, including workers' compensation, evidence, mentoring, the importance of volunteerism, trial preparation, and bar association involvement.

About Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

Husch is a nationally ranked law firm with more than 275 attorneys in eight cities across the Midwest and Mid-South. For more than eighty years, Husch has served local, regional, national, and international businesses; financial institutions; charitable and governmental organizations; and individuals in sophisticated litigation and business representation.

Husch's primary practice areas are general business litigation, product liability, land use and development, tax and estate planning, and corporate and financial transactions. The firm also offers specialized legal expertise in labor and employment, construction, environmental and regulatory, health law, insolvency, intellectual property and technology, franchise law, international law, and e-business.

In November 2005, The National Law Journal ranked Husch as the 138th largest firm in the country in terms of number of lawyers. In August 2005, The American Lawyer named Husch as the 168th largest firm in the nation, based on 2004 gross revenues. These rankings are the result of the firm's commitment to growth and expansion in the Midwest and Mid-South, and its service to litigation and transactional clients nationwide.

Husch has offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Springfield, Missouri; Peoria, Illinois; and Chattanooga, Memphis, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Ms. Schwendemann practices in Husch & Eppenberger's St. Louis office, located at The Plaza in Clayton Office Tower, 190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 600 (phone: 314.480.1500). The firm's website is www.husch.com.

05-08-2006

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Gibson Dunn Adds Prominent San Francisco Land Use Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Mary G. Murphy has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. Murphy, formerly with Farella, Braun + Martel, has a high-profile transactional real estate practice, with a focus on land use.

She has worked on several significant Bay Area projects, including the $100 million historic Ferry Building tax credit renovation; the historic tax credit rehabilitation of Piers 1.5, 3 and 5; the development of 1 million square feet of retail and office space at the former Emporium department store site; and the hotel and condominium project at 690 Market Street. She has also served as a principal representing the Presidio Trust, the federal agency charged with managing the 1,480-acre area of the Presidio, a former Army base turned national park in San Francisco, in several complex transactions, including the $100 million remediation agreement with the Army, and the Lucasfilm development agreement and ground lease.

""Mary is a recognized leader in the Bay Area business and political communities and is an exceptionally gifted lawyer,"" said Fred Brown, Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco office. ""She will be a tremendous asset to our office and to the firm.""

""Mary’s practice is very complementary with our land use practice and will be synergistic with our real estate and environmental practice groups,"" said Gibson Dunn Managing Partner Ken Doran. ""More and more of our transactional real estate matters are raising complex land use issues. With Mary, we will be even better positioned to capitalize on this growing market as our firm is one of a handful of law firms that can handle both sophisticated real estate transactions and land use issues.""

""I look forward to embarking on this new opportunity,"" said Murphy. ""Gibson Dunn’s combination of a top-tier international real estate practice with rich and deep transactional and litigation platforms presents an exciting opportunity and helps me to serve my clients’ nationwide needs.""

About Mary G. Murphy

Murphy represents a wide variety of developers and investors in real estate transactions and land use issues. She has particular experience in historic preservation and tax credits for historic rehabilitation projects.

Appointed by both Presidents Clinton and Bush, she has served two terms on the Presidio Trust Board. As a principal representing the Presidio Trust, Murphy represented the Trust in the two largest transactions it has ever undertaken - the landmark $100 million remediation agreement among the Trust, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior and a 90-year ground lease land development agreement with Lucasfilm, which was named ""Land Use Deal of the Year"" by the San Francisco Business Times in 2002.

Other recent projects include serving as lead negotiator for the developers in the $100 million historic Ferry Building tax credit renovation, which was named ""Deal of the Year"" by the San Francisco Business Times in 2003; and representing Westfield America, owner of the San Francisco Center and developer of the former Emporium department store, a new retail development of more than 1 million square feet. Murphy was named to the list of ""100 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business"" by the San Francisco Business Times in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Murphy had practiced with Farella Braun since 1987, as a partner since 1998. She was a law clerk for Judges Cecil F. Poole and James R. Browning of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Murphy received her law degree from Harvard University, cum laude, in 1986. She was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Oxford University with an Honours B.A. in 1983. She received her B.A., cum laude with distinction, from Yale University in 1981.

About Gibson Dunn’s Real Estate Practice

The Real Estate Practice Group of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is a top tier real estate practice with an international scope and an exceptional team of lawyers. Gibson Dunn’s real estate group handles a variety of sophisticated matters for clients ranging from privately held entrepreneurial developers to the owners, developers and financiers of the largest real estate projects in the United States and Europe.

05-08-2006

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Faegre & Benson, L.L.P.

Faegre & Benson Receives Burton Award for Legal Writing – Sixth Year in a Row
Richard A. Duncan, a partner in the regulatory litigation practice group at Faegre & Benson, has been named among the 30 winners in the nation of the 2006 Burton Awards recognizing excellence in legal writing at law firms. Duncan authored the article “Reducing the Risks of Antitrust Liability in National Account Pricing Programs,” published by the Franchise Law Journal, a publication of the American Bar Association.

This is the sixth year in a row that a Faegre & Benson lawyer has won a prestigious Burton Award. In 2001, Philip S. Garon, the firm’s chairman and senior corporate finance lawyer, was honored for his treatise on the law of corporate mergers in the context of the 2000 acquisition of Minnesota-based Funco Inc. by Barnes & Noble’s Babbage’s unit. In 2002, Joseph M. Price and Peter J. Goss authored “Clearing Away the Junk,” a study of junk science in the litigation over silicone gel breast implants that appeared in Food and Drug Law Journal. In 2003, Michael A. Stanchfield authored “Voting Lock-Ups and Sales of Partially Owned Subsidiaries: Can Stockholders Love a Deal Too Early and Too Much?” published in the William Mitchell Law Review. In 2004, Patrick J. O’Connor, who co-authored the principal treatise on U.S. construction law published by West Group, wrote “Allocating Risks of Terrorism and Pandemic Pestilence: Force Majeure for an Unfriendly World.” His article appeared in the Fall 2003 edition of The Construction Lawyer. In 2005, Steven D. Zansberg and Pamela Campos co-authored “Sunshine on the Thin Blue Line: Public Access to Police Internal Affairs Files,” published by the American Bar Association in Communications Lawyer.

The Burton Awards are dedicated to the enhancement and enrichment of legal writing. A panel of scholars on legal writing and research, including distinguished legal experts from academia and the judiciary, reviewed the nominated materials and selected the winning authors. The awards will be presented at the Library of Congress on June 12 in a ceremony which includes a keynote address by George Will, syndicated columnist and political commentator for ABC News.

Richard A. Duncan has practiced in Faegre & Benson’s business litigation and regulatory litigation groups since 1988 and has been a partner since 1996. His practice focuses on antitrust litigation and counseling, commercial and environmental litigation, and federal Indian law. His areas of industry expertise include health care, and agricultural and food products. Rick has taught as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and is an officer of the governing council of the Antitrust Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Rick also has an extensive pro bono practice representing non-profit environmental organizations. Rick is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale Law School, and has been recognized in publications such as Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

05-08-2006

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Duane Morris, LLP

Duane Morris Partner Sandra A. Jeskie Named Assistant Secretary to International Technology Law Association (\"ITechLaw\")
Duane Morris is pleased to announce that partner Sandra A. Jeskie, a member of the firm's Trial Practice Group and Information Technologies and Telecommunications interdisciplinary practice group in its Philadelphia office, has been named Assistant Secretary on the Executive Committee of the International Technology Law Association. The position puts Sandy on track to become the organization's president in 2010.

The International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), formerly called the Computer Law Association, was founded in 1971, and is recognized as the world's premier organization representing lawyers in the field of technology law. The organization enjoys worldwide membership, representing six continents and a broad spectrum of expertise. Each year, ITechLaw hosts numerous educational conferences, roundtables and other events around the world. It also publishes a quarterly bulletin containing topics of relevance to its members. Sandy has been active in the organization for many years and now joins its Executive Committee. She is also on the Board of Directors and chairs the Communications Committee.

An experienced litigator, Sandy focuses on business and technology-based litigation. After working for 16 years as a computer scientist, she now represents clients in matters involving intellectual property and software litigation, e-commerce and Internet law. She also drafts and negotiates license agreements and Internet-related content agreements, policies and practices and systems development projects and advises clients on related issues.

Sandy has appeared on the faculties of dozens of professional education conferences in a number of U.S. cities and abroad, has been quoted in several publications, including the National Journal's Technology Daily, Computer World and the Philadelphia Business Journal, and co-authored a ""Contracts"" chapter in an acclaimed treatise, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts. She was recently voted a 2005 Rising Star of lawyers in Pennsylvania. She has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law and is an appointed member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems. She is also an executive committee member of the Business Law section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and past chair of its Cyberspace and E-Commerce Committee.

Sandy earned her J.D. from Temple University School of Law, magna cum laude, in 1996. Prior to that, she graduated with an M.B.A. in 1991 from LaSalle University, where she also earned her B.A. in computer science in 1984.

About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, among the 100 largest law firms in the United States, is a full-service firm of more than 600 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets, and as part of an international network of independent law firms, Duane Morris represents clients across the nation and around the world.

05-08-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Attorneys Recognized for Extensive Pro Bono Work
Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Tampa Shareholder Mark A. Brown, Tampa Associate Dianne Triplett, and Tampa Associate Mac Richard McCoy were recognized by the Supreme Court of Florida, the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar, the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit's Pro Bono Program Committee, and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association in collaboration with a local pro bono program for their exceptional pro bono service in 2005.

The attorneys each received lapel pins as part of a statewide effort to recognize attorneys who donated 20 pro bono hours or more through an organized pro bono program or project. Only 36 attorneys in Hillsborough County received this special recognition. Brown was recognized for a case he handled through the Bay Area Volunteer Lawyers Program, also known as BAVLP. Triplett and McCoy were recognized specifically for their participation in the Bay Area Legal Services Conflicts Project.

Brown is the Chair of the Firm's Real Property Litigation Practice Group. He is a member of the Firm's Board of Directors has over twenty-five years of business litigation experience at Carlton Fields. His career has covered a broad range of complex commercial disputes in both federal and state courts, trial, and appellate. Brown also has significant experience litigating class actions, intellectual property disputes, and issues of tax law. He received his B.A. from Eckerd College in 1975 and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida Law School in 1980.

Triplett is a member of the Firm's Energy Practice Group. She practices in the areas of real property litigation, eminent domain litigation, probate litigation, and several forums of energy litigation, including arbitration, administrative proceedings, and state court. Triplett received her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of South Florida in 2000 and her J.D., with high honors, from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2004.

05-08-2006

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