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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Corporate Finance Attorney Sean Moran Appointed to Propel Schools Board of Trustees
Buchanan Ingersoll special counsel Sean W. Moran was recently appointed to the board of trustees for Propel Schools, as noted in the April 19, 2006, edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the April 3, 2006, issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Moran is a member of the firm's Corporate Finance Section.

Propel, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is a not-for-profit school organization founded to bring new, high performance schooling options to Western Pennsylvania families who lack them. Its mission is to develop academically accomplished young men and women who will be effective members of their communities. The first Propel School opened in September 2003 in Homestead, Allegheny County.

04-19-2006

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Fernando Bohorquez Honored by New York Law School
New York associate Fernando Bohorquez was recently honored by New York Law School at its Annual Alumni Banquet, hosted by the Asian American Law Students Association, the Latino Law Students Association, and the South Asian Law Students Association.

Fernando, a 1999 magna cum laude graduate of the school, was one of three honorees. Mr. Bohorquez was also asked to speak to the group, giving his perspective on the banquet's theme of ""Building for the Future: Reflections on Diversity, Empowerment, and Collaboration.

04-19-2006

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Veteran Financial Services Lawyer Joins Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Corporate & Securities Practice
SAN FRANCISCO – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced today that Jay B. Gould, a leading lawyer representing financial services industry clients, has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. He comes to the firm with associate Michael G. Wu.

In joining Pillsbury, Gould reunites his practice with Michael J. Halloran, the former general counsel of Bank of America and now a senior partner at Pillsbury. From 1994 to 1999, Gould was the chief legal counsel of global asset management for Bank of America’s mutual fund investment group, the largest in banking at the time.

“I hired Jay at BofA to head up that department,” Halloran said. “It’s terrific to be able to work with him again. He is very experienced in the area of public and private investment funds.”

Gould, who was most recently with White & Case, said he is excited to work with Pillsbury’s national and international financial services team to serve both existing clients and new ones. “Clients are always looking for innovative investment structures and innovative investment methodologies -- and we can create those for them,” Gould said. “We expect to see clients pay even greater attention to those investments in the future, as the level of interest in pooling money in unregistered structures, like hedge funds and private equity funds, continues to rise.”

Already boasting a full-service financial services group, Pillsbury looked to Gould to round out its private investment practice. Gould has worked with registered investment companies, hedge funds, offshore investment companies, investment advisers, retail and institutional broker-dealers, and municipal bond underwriters. During his career, he has been chief counsel to E*Trade Global Asset Management, Inc., vice president of TransAmerica Life Companies, senior counsel to Bank of America, and an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1984 to 1987. Gould earned his law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in 1983. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in 1978.

Gould is active in the Bay Area Hedge Fund Professionals, he is a member of the Northwest Hedge Fund Society and he serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. He belongs to the Financial Institutions Committee of the California State Bar, and is on the advisory board of the financial services publication, Wall Street Lawyer. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events.

Wu also joins the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice. He has advised U.S. and foreign clients on the organization and offering of private investment funds. He earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2001, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Barbara in 1998.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm with approximately 900 attorneys in 16 offices, including San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and London. In business for more than 135 years, Pillsbury’s practice focuses on capital markets and financial services, energy, global sourcing, litigation, real estate, technology, life sciences and communications. For more information, please visit www.pillsburylaw.com.

Contact

Erik Cummins
415.983.1286
erik.cummins@pillsburylaw.com

04-19-2006

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Pepper Hamilton to Participate in \"Raising the Bar\" Campaign To Support Local Legal Services Organizations
Pepper Hamilton LLP has joined the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Foundation in the “Raising the Bar” campaign.

The campaign provides financial support to local organizations that offer direct legal services to Philadelphia’s poor, disadvantaged, disabled and elderly populations, as well as to victims of abuse and neglect. “Raising the Bar” seeks to raise more than $1 million for local legal services organizations.

Through the “Raising the Bar” campaign, Pepper will support such organizations as the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, the Homeless Advocacy Project, Community Legal Services, the Legal Clinic for the Disabled and the Support Center for Child Advocates.

Pepper Hamilton believes that each of its lawyers should provide pro bono and public interest legal services. For at least four decades, Pepper lawyers have accepted unpopular and challenging cases, participating in pro bono activities ranging from death penalty litigation to civil rights class actions to individual civil matters for low income, disabled and other people who are disadvantaged. Pepper also has represented hundreds of nonprofit organizations serving the public.

The Philadelphia Bar Association (www.philadelphiabar.org), founded in 1802, is America’s oldest chartered metropolitan bar association and Pennsylvania’s largest local bar association. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation is the Association’s charitable arm. Since 1964, the Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in grants to law-related programs in the Philadelphia area that assist the indigent, elderly and disabled, and abused women and children.

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with 400 lawyers in six states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Polly W. Coxe
Director of Communications
Pepper Hamilton LLP
215.981.4528
866.737.7372, ext. 4528 (toll free)
coxep@pepperlaw.com

04-19-2006

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Advises GFP Funds on Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Odeon Film AG
Paul Hastings, a leading international law firm, advised GFP Funds, a media asset investment fund, in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Odeon Film AG, a long established TV and movie production company, from Bavaria Film GmbH. This divestment marks a stepping stone in the reorganisation of Germany's media landscape.

“The acquisition of Odeon Film AG is a milestone for our client and for our continuously growing German team, said Geza Toth-Feher, Head of the German Practice Group. “We are very happy to have been able to advise on this important and complex transaction and to contribute our M+A, media and German securities law experience.”

The Paul Hastings team has helped GFP Funds make sound commercial decisions on a timely basis with precise legal advise, said David Groenewold, CEO of GFP Funds. “I look forward to working with the team on many more transactions in the future.”

The Paul Hastings’ team, lead by partner Dr Geza Toth-Feher also included Robert Abt and Melanie Schumann.

Paul Hastings German Practice Group currently acts predominantly out of the London office where a team of attorneys provide advice on German inbound or German domestic transactions and supervise the transaction execution in Germany. Paul Hastings attorneys advise on corporate, finance, private equity, real estate and real estate finance matters as well as insolvency matters, transactions involving the acquisition of distressed companies, assets or debt (NPLs and SPLs), in exclusive processes as well as in auctions. The practice groups also has expertise in tax efficient structuring and fund formation work with respect to inbound investment into Germany.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, founded in 1951, is a leading international law firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 17 offices. The firm serves a diverse client base including many of the top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, supports clients in all of their legal needs and offers deep capabilities in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M+A, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Project Finance, Investment Management, Real Estate, Labor and Employment and Tax Advisory Services. For additional information, please visit our website at www.paulhastings.com.

04-19-2006

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman Continues Strategic Expansion of Employee Benefits Practice with Addition of Edward Rayner
NEW YORK – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP today announced the continued expansion of its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice with the addition of partner Edward J. Rayner. Mr. Rayner will be based in the Firm’s New York office and is the fifth new attorney to join Katten’s Employee Benefits Practice this year. In March, partners Gregory K. Brown and Kathleen Sheil Scheidt joined the practice in the Chicago office. That followed the additions in January of partner Shannon Skinner Anglin in Chicago, and special counsel M.C. Tania Balthazaar in New York.
“Ed’s wealth of experience in ERISA fiduciary law, executive compensation and employee benefits matters makes him an outstanding addition to our rapidly growing practice and the Firm at large,” said William B. Duff, chair of Katten’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. “The five new attorneys that we have added to the practice this year enable us to better service our clients in this complex practice area.”
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Rayner served as partner and head of the ERISA, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice at Tannenbaum, Helpern, Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP in New York. Prior to that, he spent six years with the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Mr. Rayner’s practice encompasses all aspects of fiduciary law related to plan investments, executive compensation and employee benefits. He has extensive experience negotiating both employment and severance agreements for senior executives of major corporations. He regularly counsels clients, including funds, on ERISA’s fiduciary responsibility rules and has extensive experience advising clients involved in mergers and acquisitions on ERISA and executive compensation issues. Mr. Rayner is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and other events on ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation matters.
Mr. Rayner received his B.S. from Columbia University and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law. He also holds an L.L.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law.
Katten Muchin Rosenman’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice provides comprehensive services in planning, designing and implementing employee benefits and executive compensation programs for organizations of all sizes and structures. Combined, its attorneys have more than 200 years of benefits experience including at the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

04-19-2006

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Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block to Team With ABI in Coming Months
Jenner & Block’s Bankruptcy, Workout & Corporate Reorganization Practice is again partnering with the American Bankruptcy Institute as a sponsor for several upcoming conferences, including its 24th Annual Spring Meeting, Southwest Conference and Winter Leadership Conference.

Partner Jeff J. Marwil will serve as a panelist at the Annual Spring Meeting, which will be held April 19-23 in Washington, DC. Mr. Marwil will participate in a half-day seminar on April 20 entitled, “Nuts and Bolts for Young Practitioners – Corporate Bankruptcy.” Also serving on the panel are Hon. Thomas F. Waldron, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio, as well as several private legal and financial professionals. The Firm will also sponsor a breakfast on April 21 and a coffee break on April 22 at the meeting.

Partners Catherine L. Steege and Jeff J. Marwil will also speak at the Southwest Conference being held September 7-9 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ms. Steege will present a session entitled, “KERP, Employee and Pension Benefits in Bankruptcy.” Mr. Marwil will serve as a panelist at an Investment Banking/Financial Advisor adjunct segment entitled, “Complex Financial Restructuring.” The Firm will co-sponsor a welcome reception and sponsor the investment banking segment of the conference.

Jenner & Block will also sponsor a breakfast at the ABI Winter Leadership Conference that will take place November 30 – December 2 at the Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona.

These events are just the latest developments in a series of ABI initiatives in which the Firm has been involved. Recently, Of Counsel Ronald DeKoven participated in an ABI podcast, where he discussed his role in several high profile cross-border insolvencies and offered insight into the evolving practice of bankruptcy law. And earlier this year, Partner Brian I. Swett, who recently joined the ABI Banking and Finance Committee, and Associate Peter A. Siddiqui authored an article in the ABI Journal entitled, “Distressed Asset Sales to Insiders: What’s the Problem?”

With more than 11,000 members, the American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues.

04-19-2006

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