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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Seven Weil Gotshal Washington DC Lawyers Listed in The Best Lawyers In America 2007
The Best Lawyers in America recently completed its poll of the Washington DC area legal community and released the list of lawyers who will be included in the 2007 edition of the referral guide. Seven lawyers from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Washington DC office were selected for inclusion in the publication.

The Best Lawyers lists are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which top lawyers in the US confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2007 edition is based on more than 1.8 million of these confidential evaluations.

The Washington Post Magazine will publish the list of Best Lawyers from the Washington DC area on October 1, 2006 and the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America will be available in the fall of 2006. The list of Weil Gotshal’s Washington DC partners who were named as being among The Best Lawyers, and the categories for which they were selected, are:

M. Jean Anderson
International Trade and Finance Law

David R. Berz
Environmental Law

Catherine T. Dixon
Securities Law

James C. Egan, Jr.
Antitrust Law

Ann Malester
Antitrust Law

Steven A. Newborn
Antitrust Law

Stanley Sporkin
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Securities Law

04-10-2006

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw Welcomes Sang-yul Lee as Partner to Labor and Employment Practice
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full service law firms, today announced that Sang-yul Lee has joined the firm as partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. He is resident in the firm’s Chicago office. Previously, Lee was a senior associate at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.

Lee advises on all aspects of labor and employment law and human rights issues. He has extensive experience representing clients in equal employment opportunity litigation, collective bargaining, organizing campaigns, strikes, arbitrations, layoffs and closures, wage and hour audits and class actions. He has appeared before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, as well as state human rights agencies in matters arising under a wide range of federal and state labor laws. His corporate experience includes representing employers in employment, separation, change-in-control, independent contractor and restrictive covenant agreements. He has served as primary labor counsel in numerous M&A transactions. Before joining his first law firm, Lee spent several years as a trial attorney for the NLRB.

“Sang-yul comes to Seyfarth with a strong labor relations background,” stated Jeremy P. Sherman, chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group. “His field work with the NLRB, experience before federal and state courts, and role as labor counsel for clients in varied industries is a terrific basis of support to our nationally recognized practice.”

Seyfarth Shaw has one of the most widely known management labor and employment practices in the country. With over 290 attorneys dedicated to labor and employment law, the firm offers counsel on virtually any labor and employment issue arising in any U.S. or foreign jurisdiction. The firm’s attorneys have deep knowledge in the full range of discrete labor and employment areas, including employment discrimination class actions, ERISA disputes, wage and hour collection and class actions, workplace safety and health suits, California labor code class actions, traditional labor litigation and employee disloyalty suits, among others.

“We are pleased to welcome Sang-yul to our growing firm,” noted David J. Rowland, managing partner of Seyfarth’s Chicago office. “His knowledge of the law and commitment to the community reflect the strength and balance of the professional and personal contributions we believe he will offer the firm and its clients.”

Lee received his B.A., with honors, from Northwestern University. He earned a joint J.D. and A.M. in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois, College of Law and Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at Urbana-Champaign, respectively. In law school he co-founded and was president of the Asian American Law Students Association. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and is a member of the labor and employment sections of the American Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. He is an Attorney Member of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission’s Hearing Board which hears disbarment and discipline cases. Additionally, he is a member of the Korean American Bar Association, the Japan America Societies of Chicago and Western Michigan, the board of directors of the University of Illinois Labor Institute, and he recently served on the alumni advisory board of the University of Illinois College of Law. He also serves on the board of directors for Korean American Community Services of Chicago and the Korean American Scholarship Foundation. Lee is fluent in Korean. He is also a contributing editor to the ABA/BNA treatise The Developing Labor Law. Lee also regularly speaks about labor and employment issues at conferences and industry trade shows.

“I look forward to working with my new colleagues at Seyfarth Shaw,” Lee stated. “The labor and employment practice is highly-regarded and complements the firm’s other national practice groups in a way that allows our attorneys to serve the growing needs of our clients.”

Seyfarth Shaw has over 650 attorneys located in nine offices throughout the United States including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento as well as Brussels, Belgium. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation and business services. The firm’s practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country’s business community. Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state, and local governmental and educational entities. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.

04-10-2006

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Schnader Attorney At Law

Schnader Welcomes Two New Attorneys
Robert M. Greenawalt has joined the Litigation Services Department and will be resident in the New York Office. Mr. Greenawalt has a range of general commercial litigation experience, and his particular areas of practice include intellectual property litigation and internal investigations. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Columbia University – a B.A. in political science in 1998, and a J.D. in 2002. Fluent in Croatian and with a working knowledge of Spanish, Mr. Greenawalt practiced with the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he summered in 2001 and where he had been an associate since September 2002.

Jon Hughes joins the Business Services Department and will be resident in the Pittsburgh Office. Mr. Hughes was most recently with Willig, Williams & Davidson in Philadelphia, where he concentrated his practice in the employee benefits area. He was previously with Pepper Hamilton LLP's Philadelphia office, in the corporate and securities department, and its Berwin office, in the employee benefits department. He began his career after receiving his LL.M in Taxation with Fineman & Bach, P.C. as a corporate and tax associate. Mr. Hughes has both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Pittsburgh (B.A. in history, 1995 and J.D., 1998), and an LL.M in taxation from New York University School of Law (1999).

For more information, please visit www.schnader.com or contact Caroline M. Brobeil, Public Relations Manager.

ABOUT SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is a national law firm with offices in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, California, Washington, D.C., New Jersey and Delaware. Schnader serves local, national and international clients ranging from large corporations to start-ups and entrepreneurs to individual clients in more than 40 areas of the law. In addition to the firm’s traditional strengths in complex litigation, commercial transactions, wealth management, and family law, the firm has significant experience and depth in intellectual property, international commerce and labor laws, financial services, real estate development and construction, corporate governance, appellate services, technology-based companies, media and communications, government relations and regulatory affairs, aviation issues, and health care law. For more information visit www.schnader.com or contact Caroline M. Brobeil, Public Relations Manager for the firm (see contact information above).

04-10-2006

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Schiff Hardin LLP

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP PARTNER MARC L. SILVERMAN IS ELECTED A NEW YORK LAW FOUNDATION FELLOW
Schiff Hardin LLP Labor and Employment Group partner Marc L. Silverman has been elected a fellow of the New York Bar Foundation. Membership in the New York Law Foundation is evidence of professional distinction and constitutes a professional honor. Election as a fellow recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to the legal profession.

04-10-2006

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Schiff Hardin LLP

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP IS A \"LEAD ASSOCIATE\" SPONSOR OF THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW\'S 26TH ANNUAL RAY GARRETT JR. CORPORATE AND SECURITIES LAW INSTITUTE
Featured Speakers Include Schiff Hardin Partner Peter L. Rossiter

Schiff Hardin LLP is a ""Lead Associate"" co-sponsor of Northwestern University School of Law's 26th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute, May 4 - May 5, 2006. It will be held at Northwestern University's Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue in Chicago.

This Institute will provide the latest updates from senior SEC officials, as well as presentations and panels of leading securities lawyers on such subjects as:

• Dealing with Significant and Activist Stockholders
• Implementing Best Practices with Stockholders and Boards
• Securities Offerings Reform: The SEC's and Practitioner's Perspectives
• Executive Compensation: The SEC's Proposed Disclosure Rules
• Takeover Defense - Post Bubble, Post Enron, and Post Sarbanes-Oxley

Schiff Hardin partner Peter L. Rossiter will chair the ""Best Practices: Stockholders, Boards, and Board Committees"" panel at 10:45 a.m. on May 4. This panel will address:

• Majority Voting in Director Elections
- Reactions to the ABA Task Force Recommendations
- Alternative Approaches

• Boards and Board Committees - Post Sarbanes-Oxley
- Adjusting to the expanding role of committees
- Use of Outside Advisors
- Self Assessments - What Works and What Doesn’t Work
- Meeting Preparation, Support, and Minutes

Schiff Hardin deputy Corporate and Securities Group leader Robert J. Minkus is a member of the event's Planning Committee - Executive Committee.

For complete program and registration information for the Institute, visit http://www.law.northwestern.edu/garrett/.

04-10-2006

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Day Pitney, LLP

Pitney Hardin\'s Mandel to Teach Appellate Advocacy at Rutgers - Newark
Pitney Hardin associate Jeffrey S. Mandel, whom appears regularly as a guest legal commentator on Court TV, CNN, Cablevision, and FOX NEWS Channel, has accepted a teaching position at Rutgers Law School - Newark. Mr. Mandel will teach Appellate Advocacy, which he has previously taught at Seton Hall School of Law.

Mr. Mandel’s appellate experience includes a clerkship with the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, membership on the New Jersey State Bar Association Appellate Practice Committee, membership on the Defense Research Institute Appellate Advocacy Committee, and several oral arguments before the Supreme Court of New Jersey including a high-profile death penalty appeal case.

Mr. Mandel currently serves as designated counsel for cases assigned by the Appellate Section of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender and has served as amicus curiae on behalf of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ on multiple occasions. He has authored several articles on appellate practice and he is the author of Gann Law Book’s “New Jersey Appellate Practice,” to be published this year.

04-10-2006

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

Miller Canfield Attorney Inducted as Member of the International Women\'s Forum
Joanne B. Faycurry, a principal at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., recently became a member of the prestigious International Women's Forum (IWF)-Michigan Chapter – a global organization of preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement that furthers dynamic leadership, leverages global access and maximizes opportunities for women to exert their influence.

Membership is by invite-only and includes world leaders such as Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Sandra Day O’Connor. Founded in 1982 in the United States, the IWF has grown across five continents into 21 nations and 60 affiliated forum locations. Presently, there are over 3,800 women leader/members participating in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, the Pacific Basin, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

At Miller Canfield, Faycurry concentrates her practice in commercial litigation, specializing in state and local taxation practices before the Michigan Tax Tribunal, Court of Claims, Circuit Courts, and State Appellate Courts.

She currently serves on the State and Local Tax Committee of the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association, and the State and Local Tax Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Additionally, she is a member of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Arab-American Bar Association, and the Women Lawyers’ Association of Michigan.

Her civic activities include serving on the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, the Michigan Chapter of Seed of Peace where she served as co-president, Advisory Board Member of the Arab American and Chaldean Council, Founders’ Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Greater Detroit Interfaith Round Table of the National Conference.

She received her law degree, cum laude, from Michigan State University-Detroit College of law. Her B.A. in economics was awarded by Wayne State University. She also attended the University of Michigan College of Arts and Sciences.

She is fluent in Arabic.

She resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

04-10-2006

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