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Locke Reynolds LLP

Locke Reynolds Partner Elected to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Jeffrey S. Dible was recently elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Membership is conferred only upon nomination and election by other attorneys who are ACTEC Fellows. Fellows are selected on the basis of professional reputation and ability in the fields of trusts and estates and on the basis of having made substantial contributions to these fields through lecturing, writing, teaching and bar activities.

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is a national association of more than 2,500 lawyers who have made outstanding contributions to the field of trust and estate law.

Jeffrey S. Dible chairs our Individual Services Group and concentrates his practice in estate planning, taxation and general business law. In tax and estate planning work, Mr. Dible draws on his experience in wills and trusts, estate administration, gift and estate taxation, probate litigation, business organizations and transactions, and federal tax planning.

04-28-2006

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Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Price, P.C.

Andrews Davis Attorneys Recognized for Legal and Community Leadership in Oklahoma City
Andrews Davis, a full service business law firm in Oklahoma City, is pleased to announce that D. Joe Rockett and Jennifer B. Scott will each receive an award on May 1, 2006 recognizing excellence in Oklahoma's legal community.

The awards will be presented at a luncheon as part of Law Day on May 1 at the Cox Business Services Convention Center in Oklahoma City.

Law Day is an annual nationwide event designated in 1958 by Congress. The Oklahoma City Law Day luncheon on May 1 is hosted by Oklahoma County Bar Association (OCBA). Steven Lubet, Northwestern University law professor and author of ""Frontier Justice and Judicial Independence,"" is the keynote speaker. Multiple organizations are part of making this day exceptional. Organizations involved in the day include but are not limited to the Oklahoma County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma City Law School, and The Journal Record.

Joe Rockett and Jennifer Scott will be part of an elite group of attorneys recognized as outstanding leaders in the legal community who also give their time and energy to improve the lives of fellow Oklahoman's through community service. Applications for this honor were judged by an independent panel of Oklahoma business and legal professionals. The Journal Record sponsored the award and winners will be featured in the ""Leadership in Law"" magazine published by The Journal Record.

Joe Rockett joined Andrews Davis in 1969 and practices in the firm's corporate and securities department. His practice includes general corporate planning and counseling, corporate governance, corporate finance, private placements, venture capital, public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, limited liability companies and partnerships. Rockett was recently elected to the Board of Directors of Meritas, a world wide affiliation of independent law firms, at the organization's annual meeting in Toronto. He also serves on the Meritas Member Relations Committee and as the coordinator of the Meritas Southwest Regional Group. Rockett serves on the Board of the Myriad Gardens Foundation in Oklahoma City and is Chair of the Foundation's Nominating Committee. He is a past president of the Myriad Gardens Conservatory which was merged with the Foundation.

Jennifer Scott joined the firm in 2002 as a law clerk and has practiced with the firm since she was admitted to practice in 2003. Ms. Scott practices in real estate, litigation, and health law. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice Chairperson of the Oklahoma Bar Association Mock Trial Executive Committee and is a former member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors, and is a member of the Ruth Bader Ginsberg American Inn of Court.

""It is truly an honor to be recognized for leadership in your community and your profession. We recognize that our clients value good legal counsel as well as high ethical consideration. Through their legal and community efforts, Joe Rockett and Jennifer Scott represent the best in our profession,"" stated John Fischer, president of Andrews Davis.

About Andrews Davis
Andrews Davis is a full-service law firm with over six decades of experience serving local, national, and international clients. With excellence and integrity, Andrews Davis is a solution-oriented firm of professionals providing services in both traditional and emerging areas of law. Andrews Davis is located at 100 North Broadway, Suite 3300, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102. For more information about the firm, please call (405) 272-9241 or visit the web site at andrewsdavis.com.

04-28-2006

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

William Creason joins Stites & Harbison as Director of Marketing & Client Development
Stites & Harbison announced today that William Creason has joined the firm as director of marketing & client development.

Prior to coming to Stites & Harbison, Creason spent 22 years with Brown-Forman Corporation. There he held various marketing and general management positions including vice president/general manager-Labrot & Graham Distillers, assistant to the president, North American Group and assistant vice president/brand director-Imported Wines.

""Bill is highly skilled and brings great marketing and management experience to the firm. He possesses values and ideas which mirror the firm's and I know he will be an invaluable asset to our marketing efforts,"" said Kennedy Helm III, chairman of the firm. ""I am thrilled that he is now a part of our team.""

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison PLLC is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky; Nashville, Tenn.; and Washington, DC. Thirty-one Stites & Harbison lawyers are named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and nearly 70 percent of all members and counsel to the firm are listed as AV™-rated in the current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®. The firm traces its origins to 1832.

04-28-2006

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Stevens & Lee P.C.

Stevens & Lee’s Ronald L. Glick Serves as Panelist at Hon. William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference
Ronald L. Glick served as a panelist at the Eighth Annual Hon. William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference held on April 21 in East Brunswick, NJ.
The panel discussed Alternative Dispute Resolution in bankruptcy court. Other panelists were Hon. Rosemary Gambardella, U.S. Bankruptcy Court; former U.S. district court judges Stephen M. Orlofsky and Alfred M. Wolin; former Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court Herman D. Michels; and Michele M. Fox, Esquire.

Mr. Glick, a Shareholder, concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy law, creditors’ rights, loan workouts and insolvency. For more than 25 years, he has represented creditors and debtors, including financial institutions and corporate clients. He has served as a bankruptcy trustee and has also represented trustees, creditors and equity committees. Mr. Glick received a J.D. from Temple University School of Law (1975) and a B.S. from Cornell University (1972).

ABOUT STEVENS & LEE
Stevens & Lee is a professional services firm of approximately 180 lawyers and more than 40 business and consulting professionals. The firm represents clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and across the country from 15 offices in the following locations: Reading, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, the Lehigh Valley, Scranton, Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Princeton and Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and New York City.

04-28-2006

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Schiff Hardin LLP

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP WELCOMES ERIC L. BARNUM AS A PARTNER IN THE ATLANTA OFFICE
Schiff Hardin LLP has added Eric L. Barnum as a partner in the Labor and Employment Group in the Atlanta office. He joins the firm from McGuireWoods LLP (Atlanta).

Mr. Barnum is an experienced trial lawyer practicing in all areas of employment law and employment litigation, including wrongful discharge, discrimination and hostile environment harassment litigation, labor arbitration, and analysis of personnel practices and procedures. He also has extensive experience in multiparty, complex civil litigation, including class actions, wage and hour claims, unfair competition, and administrative investigations and hearings.

His practice also includes workplace violence intervention and evaluation, as well as obtaining temporary restraining orders and permanent injunctions. Mr. Barnum works with clients in the transportation, manufacturing, utility, health care, retail, education, and freight management and logistics sectors. He frequently conducts training and educational seminars for lawyers and human resource professionals on various aspects of developing employment law. Mr. Barnum also has a background in career counseling and is an accomplished public speaker on issues of youth mentoring and motivation.

He received his undergraduate degree (B.A., History. Chancellor's Service Award, 1991) from the University of California, Los Angeles and his law degree (J.D., Order of Barristers, 1994) from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Mr. Barnum is admitted to practice in Georgia and California, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia, Middle District of Georgia, Central District of California, and Southern District of California; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for Ninth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit; and the U.S. Supreme Court

His memberships include the Pacific McGeorge Alumni Association (Board of Directors), Pacific McGeorge Black Alumni Association (Founding Chair), American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section), National Bar Association, National Employment Law Council (Coordinating Committee), Gate City Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, State Bar of California, Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Barristers Executive Committee, 1997-1998), Truancy Intervention Project (Atlanta), and Phi Alpha Delta.

Mr. Barnum widely publishes and speaks. His articles include: ""Early Case Assessment And Cost Saving Strategies To Minimize Litigation,"" American Bar Association Annual Meeting (2005); ""Georgia Unemployment Compensation Law,"" The Georgia Employer (2001) and ""Georgia Law Related to Workplace Violence,"" The Georgia Employer (2001). His lecture topics include: ""Best Practices in Electronic Discovery"" (March 2006), ""The Evolving Role Of Sex Stereotyping And Expert Testimony In Employment Litigation"" (September 2005), ""What Is My Case Worth?"" (August 2005), ""Gender and Culture Stereotyping In Litigation"" (April 2005), ""Employee Selection, Testing, Compensation and Evaluation Systems - Under Renewed Attack By The Plaintiff's Bar"" (April 2005), ""Sarbanes-Oxley: A 'Brave New World' or a New Order"" (April 2004), ""Sarbanes-Oxley: The Role of HR in Ethics and Corporate Governance"" (April 2004), ""EEO Compliance Issues"" (March 2004), ""Winning Strategies for the Latest Workplace Challenges"" (September 2003), and ""When Timing is Everything: Early Case Assessment and Cost Saving Strategies to Minimize Litigation"" (May 2003).

04-28-2006

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Hodgson Russ LLP

Former City of Buffalo Corporation Counsel Michael B. Risman joins Hodgson Russ
Hodgson Russ LLP is pleased to announce that Michael B. Risman, Corporation Counsel of the City of Buffalo from 1997 through February 2006, has joined the firm as a partner in its Municipal Law and Business Litigation Practice Groups.

Mr. Risman has more than 25 years of experience representing municipalities in a wide range of civil litigation and appeals. Most recently, as head of the Department of Law of the City of Buffalo, he served as chief counsel for the City, the Mayor, the Common Council, the Buffalo Board of Education, and other municipal entities and officials. Prior to becoming Corporation Counsel, Mr. Risman served as the Senior Deputy Corporation Counsel for 10 years.

Mr. Risman directed the City’s and the Board of Education’s litigation in all areas and was involved in many complex economic and real estate development projects for the City. During his tenure with the City, he successfully represented it in many complex, high-profile cases, including the Propane Explosion and the Buffalo Teachers Federation strike cases.

An active member of the legal, business, and cultural communities, Mr. Risman is a committee member of the Erie County Charter Revision Commission, a member of the Niagara Frontier Corporate Counsel Association board of directors, and former chair of the Municipal Law Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County. Mr. Risman is also an adjunct professor of law at the University at Buffalo Law School, where he teaches a course on regionalism.

He is listed in Who’s Who in Law and was a recipient of Business First’s 40 Under Forty Award for community service and leadership in 1996.

Mr. Risman received a B.A. from Boston University and a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School.

With more than 225 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America’s Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In June 2005, Hodgson Russ received the Carol S. Knox Family-Friendly Employer Award from the Capital District Women’s Bar Association. The firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the United States, is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. Hodgson Russ has offices in Albany, Buffalo, Johnstown, and New York, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

04-28-2006

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Foley & Lardner

Michael Kirwan Joins the Transactional & Securities Practice Group at Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Michael B. Kirwan has joined the firm as of counsel. He will be a member of the Business Law Department and the Transactional & Securities Practice Group.

“Michael's experience as a General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer at a national IT consulting firm will allow us to better understand and service our clients both in Jacksonville and nationally,” said Linda Kelso, chair of Foley's securities practice. “His law practice background handling sophisticated securities and merger and acquisition transactions will also complement our client service capabilities.”

Kirwan joins Foley from Encore Development of North America, Inc. where he was executive vice president and COO. Prior to joining Encore, he was a partner in the Jacksonville office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP where he helped establish their securities, mergers and acquisition and venture capital practice in the Southeast.

He received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Duke University, and law degree from Harvard Law School.

Foley & Lardner LLP provides the full range of corporate legal counsel. Our attorneys understand today's most complex business issues, including corporate governance, securities enforcement, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property counseling and litigation, outsourcing and information technology, labor and employment, and tax. The firm offers total solutions in the automotive, emerging technologies, energy, entertainment and media, financial services, food, golf and resort services, insurance, health care, life sciences, nanotechnology, and sports industries.

04-28-2006

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