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Howrey, LLP

HOWREY ADDS NEW PARTNERS IN CHICAGO
Howrey LLP has added two partners and a senior associate to its Chicago office. The office, which opened less than five years ago , currently has 30 attorneys in its three practice groups Antitrust, Global Litigation and Intellectual Property. Gerald O. Sweeney and Robert Unikel join as partners and Steven Yovits joins as a senior associate.

“We welcome these three attorneys whose experience and reputation in our town’s legal community are first rate,” said Joel Chefitz, Managing Partner of Howrey Chicago. “We look for more growth in the near future. It is a testament to the superior opportunities at Howrey that we have succeeded in attracting these talented trial lawyers from the likes of Sidley, Mayer Brown and Lord Bissell. Their move to Howrey gives us traction in Chicago. We welcome Gerry, Rob and Steve to Howrey.”

GERRY SWEENEY, 53, is a member of the Global Litigation Group. His practice focuses on the counseling and representation of corporate clients in the areas of intellectual property, business disputes and product liability. Gerry has handled jury and bench trials and appeals, for both plaintiffs and defendants, in federal and state courts throughout the United States, as well as international arbitrations. His cases have involved such matters as trademark infringement, patent infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition, product liability and right of publicity. Prior to joining Howrey, he was a partner at Lord Bissell & Brook LLP. He is a 1979 graduate of John Marshall Law School and a 1974 cum laude graduate of DePauw University. He is admitted to the Illinois and New York bar.

ROBERT UNIKEL, 38, joins Howrey’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. His experience encompasses numerous patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. This includes jury trials and appeals that have been heard before the United States Supreme Court. He has tried numerous multi-million dollar patent disputes. Prior to joining Howrey, Mr. Unikel was a partner at the Chicago office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.

Rob received his undergraduate degree (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1990) from Dartmouth College and his law degree (J.D., cum laude, 1993) from Northwestern University Law School, where he was Note and Comment Editor of the Northwestern Law Review. He served as law clerk to the Honorable George M. Marovich, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1995 to 1997.

STEVEN YOVITS, 40, joins Howrey as a senior associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. Mr. Yovits’ practice focuses on patent litigation. Prior to joining Howrey, Steve was a patent litigator at Sidley Austin LLP, assuming a leadership role in numerous patent infringement cases covering a wide variety of areas of technology, including telephony, wireless communications, computer hardware, software, manufacturing, biotechnology and various other electrical and mechanical technologies. Steve also brings with him several years of industry experience working as an engineer before attending law school. Steve holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, where he was a Walter P. Murphy Fellow, and a JD from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Founded in 1956, Howrey LLP is an international law firm with over 575 attorneys and more than 50 economic, financial, and regulatory consultants. Howrey has offices in Washington, D.C.; Northern Virginia; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, Irvine, East Palo Alto and San Francisco, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Chicago, Illinois; London, England; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Taipei, Taiwan. Howrey's affiliates, The CapAnalysis Group, LLC (economic, financial, and litigation consultants) and Maxiam LLC (intellectual asset management specialists) team with Howrey attorneys as strategic business resources. As the winner of the 2003 Thomas L. Sager Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Howrey is committed to the ideals of diversity. The firm is equally committed to the tenets of pro bono and public service participation. A consistent American Lawyer “A-List” firm, Howrey is one of the most frequently used law firms in the nation among Fortune 250 companies according to the National Law Journal's survey of ""Who Represents Corporate America"" and was recently selected to the NLJ “Defense Hot List.” Howrey’s Intellectual Property practice was ranked a top national IP practice by IP Law & Business and its Antitrust Practice was named the world’s #1 Antitrust/Competition practice by Global Competition Review’s GCR 100. Howrey's ""Advantage of Focus"" makes it the clear choice for intellectual property, antitrust, and complex business dispute resolution. For more information, visit our website: http://www.howrey.com

04-20-2006

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

San Francisco Bar Association Honors Gibson Dunn for Pro Bono Efforts
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that The Bar Association of San Francisco's Volunteer Legal Services Program will present the firm with its 2005 Outstanding Law Firm in Public Service Award on April 24. The award will be presented to Gibson Dunn's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices in recognition of their commitment to serving the low-income clients of VLSP's Community Organization and Representation Project and its Homeless Advocacy Project's Summer Associate Program. The awards will be presented at VLSP’s annual Outstanding Volunteer Appreciation Party.

In addition to the firm's award, VLSP will recognize two individual Gibson Dunn attorneys. San Francisco partner Greg Conklin and San Francisco associate Rachel Brass will be named as two of VLSP's Outstanding Volunteers in Public Service.

""The Volunteer Legal Services Program is a cornerstone of the Bay Area community, providing an invaluable service to the poorest and neediest in the Bay Area,"" said Fred Brown, Partner in Charge of the San Francisco office. ""Gibson Dunn has a long and proud tradition of pro bono and community service, and we are honored to assist VLSP in its efforts.""

About the Volunteer Legal Services Program

Every year the Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) serves thousands of people in desperate need of legal help. Our award-winning programs have provided this help with the assistance of volunteers throughout the Bay Area for nearly thirty years. For more information, please visit http://www.sfbar.org/volunteer/index.aspx.

04-20-2006

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Bennet S. Koren will Participate on a Panel about Blogging and the Law
Bennet S. Koren, Editor-in-Chief of McGlinchey's Hurricane Law Blog, will participate in a panel discussion on blogs at the first Blog Law and Blogging for Lawyers conference in April.

The session, titled ""Real-World Report from Some Leading Blawgers,"" features topics on getting a blog started, lessons learned, how a blog is helping the firm, how to measure results, integrating blogs into existing IT systems and critical content issues.

The conference, which is the first comprehensive CLE seminar to look at blogging both as a marketing tool for attorneys and as a legal gray area, will be held in San Francisco.

For more information about the conference, visit: Law Seminars International.

04-20-2006

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Three New Attorneys Join Maynard Cooper
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. is pleased to announce that Robert H.
Adams and Rima Hartman have joined the firm as shareholders and Kimberly B. Glass has
joined the firm as Of Counsel. “We are extremely pleased to have each one of these talented
individuals join our firm,” states Fournier J. Gale III, Chairman of the Executive Committee of
Maynard Cooper.
Robert H. Adams’ practice is focused in the area of creditors’ rights and corporate chapter 11
reorganizations. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers
of America, American Bankruptcy Institute, Commercial Law League, Alabama State Bar
Association, Bankruptcy Section, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association and the Birmingham Bar
Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section. He has served on numerous committees
for the Birmingham Bar Association including chairing the Fee Arbitration Committee. Adams
graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1975 and then received his law
degree from Birmingham School of Law in 1980. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America® for
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights. He was recently listed in Birmingham Magazine as one of
Birmingham’s best lawyers. He is certified by the American Board of Certification in Creditors’
Rights Law and Business Bankruptcy Law.
Rima Hartman practices in the area of labor and employment. She graduated magna cum laude
from Birmingham-Southern in 1990 and then graduated magna cum laude from Washington and
Lee School of Law in 1994. Hartman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank M. Johnson,
Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 1994-1995. Prior to
joining Maynard Cooper, Hartman was a partner with the law firm of Perkins Coie, L.L.P. in
Seattle, Washington.
Kimberly B. Glass will practice in the areas of Bankruptcy, Workouts, Debtors’ and Creditors’
Rights and Commercial Litigation. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama
State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, the Birmingham Bar Association, Bankruptcy and
Commercial Law Section and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Glass graduated magna cum
laude from the University of Alabama with a B.S. in 1988 and then received her law degree from
the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992.
The Birmingham-based law firm of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., with more than 150
attorneys, offers a full array of legal services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of
Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional
associations, charities and individuals.
Maynard, Cooper & Gale is Alabama’s only member of Lex Mundi, an international association
of more than 140 widely recognized independent law firms, which by membership gives the firm
access to high quality local legal expertise throughout the world. The firm is also Alabama’s
only member of the Southern Law Network, a regional network of independent law firms. For
more information, visit www.maynardcooper.com.

04-20-2006

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Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC

Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas
Kenneth Johnston, James Parks, and Karin Zaner have been selected by their peers as among the Best Lawyers Under 40 in 2006. This exclusive roster of young Dallas attorneys was generated by D Magazine following an online balloting of 2300 Dallas lawyers, tallied and reviewed by a distinguished panel of local attorneys. Only 176 lawyers in Dallas made this elite list.

04-20-2006

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Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Hawkins New York Moves to One Chase Manhattan Plaza
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP will occupy the 42nd and 43rd Floors of the landmark One Chase Manhattan Plaza, beginning May 1st, 2006. The firm's phone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same.

04-19-2006

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Goodwin Procter, LLP

FBI Informant Represented by Goodwin Procter Litigators Wins Constitutional Rights Case
Goodwin Procter's Litigation Department client, Sheila Porter, received a significant litigation victory in the case of Sheila Porter v. Andrea Cabral. In January 2006, the firm's trial team secured a $610,000 verdict from a federal jury in Boston in favor of Porter, a nurse practitioner at the Suffolk County (MA) House of Corrections. The jury found that Cabral, the Suffolk County Sheriff, and Suffolk County violated Porter's constitutional rights by revoking her security clearance from the House of Corrections and awarded Porter $360,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.

In June, 2003, Porter was barred from the House of Corrections just weeks after Sheriff Cabral learned that she was an informant for the FBI. For four years, Porter provided information to the FBI regarding potential criminal activity within the prison. Porter filed her lawsuit in September 2004 and the case went to trial in January 2006. The seven-day trial included testimony from an FBI agent, former First Assistant United States Attorney Gerard Leone, Sheriff Cabral and Porter. After deliberating for one day, the jury returned its verdict in Porter's favor, rejecting Sheriff Cabral's defense that Porter was barred for reasons other than her communications with the FBI.

Goodwin Procter partner Joseph Savage led the trial team on behalf of Porter.

04-19-2006

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