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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Sonnenschein Announces 22 Promotions to Partner, Of Counsel
Law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP has announced the election of 20 partners and two of counsel. The promotions, effective April 1, will help the firm meet demands for legal services in bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate and securities, health care, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and other practice areas.

The promotions are in seven of Sonnenschein’s offices: nine in Chicago, two in Kansas City, one in Los Angeles, six in New York, one in San Francisco, one in St. Louis, and two in Washington, D.C.

The new partners are:

Rachel G. Balaban, New York. Practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration across a broad range of substantive areas, including business tort and contractual disputes, fraud, insurance, intellectual property, and labor and employment-related matters. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1999; Cornell University, B.S., 1996.

Brian C. Behrens, St. Louis. Practice concentrates on corporate and business law, mergers and acquisitions, technology growth and venture companies, and corporate finance. Saint Louis University, J.D., cum laude, 1995, Saint Louis University Public Law Review; Saint Louis University, M.B.A., 1995; University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1991.

Wenyu T. Blanchard, Chicago. Practices in the Intellectual Property & Technology Group, specializing in trademarks, copyrights, advertising and marketing, promotions and sweepstakes, e-commerce and licensing. Boston College Law School, J.D., 1999, J. Braxton Craven Constitutional Law National Moot Court Team; Boston College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Scholar of the College, 1995.

Leah R. Bruno, Chicago. Practice focuses on general litigation, including complex consumer class actions; complex insurance litigation; business torts; copyright, trademark, intellectual property; and franchise litigation. DePaul University College of Law, J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif, 1999, DePaul Law Review; Northwestern University, B.A., 1996; Trinity College, Oxford University, A.S., 1995.

Debra S. Clark, Chicago. Practices in the Banking & Finance practice group specializing in representing major U.S. and foreign banks and other financial institutions. University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1979; Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., with highest honors, 1976.

Juliet A. Cox, Kansas City. Practices in the Litigation & Business Regulation Group, specializing in product liability and complex commercial and intellectual property lawsuits. University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, 1994, Missouri Law Review; University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A., 1991.

Mona E. Dajani, Chicago. Practices in the Real Estate Group, specializing in all aspects of construction transactional and dispute resolution matters. Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1996; University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business, M.B.A., with highest distinction, 1992; University of Illinois, B.A., magna cum laude, 1988.

Robert L. Fernandez, Chicago. Practice concentrates on commercial financing and real estate law. Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., Harold Washington Scholar, 1999, Journal of International Law and Business; DePaul University, B.A., with high honors, 1996.

Elizabeth I. Hack, Washington, D.C. Practices in the Litigation & Business Regulation Group, specializing in complex civil litigation involving health care fraud and abuse and civil rights discrimination. George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1988; State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., 1985.

Helise Harrington, New York. Sonnenschein’s firmwide diversity manager. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1981; Columbia University, M.A., 1971; Stanford University, B.A., cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1968.

Chunlin Leonhard, Chicago. Practices in the Asia Pacific and Litigation & Business Regulation groups. Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1995; University of Nevada, Reno, M.A., 1992; Shanghai Foreign Language Institute, B.A., 1986.

Marci Rose Levine, Washington, D.C. Practice focuses on health care corporate and transactional matters. George Washington University Law School, J.D., with high honors, 1995; Washington University, B.A., with honors, 1992.

Patrick C. Maxcy, Chicago. Practices in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group. University of Maine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1999; University of Maine, B.A., with high distinction, 1993.

Steven L. Merouse, Chicago. Practice concentrates on commercial litigation and arbitration across a broad range of substantive areas, including intellectual property, partnership disputes, financial fraud, insurance and contract disputes. New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1997, Environmental Law Journal; Augustana College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986.

Jane A. Meyer, New York. Practices in the Corporate & Securities and Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company groups. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1993; Wellesley College, B.A., cum laude, 1988.

Eric T. Mikkelson, Kansas City. Practices in the Corporate & Securities Group. University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1994, Kansas Law Review; Stanford University, A.B., 1990.

Christopher E. Prince, Los Angeles. Practice focuses on fraud investigation, insolvency, debtor-creditor relations and bankruptcy. UCLA School of Law, J.D., 1995; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., political science, and B.A., economics, 1992.

Deborah H. Renner, New York. Practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, specializing in class-action defense. Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1992; Princeton University, M.A., 1987; Johns Hopkins University, B.A., with honors, 1984.

Richard L. Sadowsky, New York. Practices in the Corporate & Securities Group, specializing in asset-based lending. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.; Hampshire College, B.A.

Todd M. Stennes, Chicago. Practices in the Real Estate Group. University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1992; University of Illinois, B.S., with highest honors, 1989.

The newly named of counsel are:

Carole M. Bass, New York. Practice concentrates on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust related litigation. Cornell Law School, J.D., 1996, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy; Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, M.S., 1991; State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., with honors, 1990.

David R. Simonton, San Francisco. Practice focuses on the representation of first- and third-party carriers in insurance coverage disputes, including coverage advice and defense of bad-faith litigation. UCLA School of Law, J.D., 1998; UCLA, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995.

Sonnenschein, with more than 700 attorneys and other professionals in nine U.S. cities and a global reach, serves the legal needs of many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals. For more information, visit www.sonnenschein.com

04-03-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Chatam International Incorporated in Sale of Chambord Brand
Simpson Thacher recently represented Chatam International Incorporated, a family-controlled private company, in its sale of the Chambord brand to Brown-Forman Corporation. Chambord is a super-premium, black raspberry liqueur that is produced and bottled in France.

The Simpson Thacher team included Patrick Naughton and Daniel Holzer (M&A), Lori Lesser and Kirstie Howard (Intellectual Property), John Creed and Nancy Mehlman (Tax) and Michael Naughton and Olivier Antoine (Antitrust). Valuable assistance was provided by paralegal Robert Palme.

04-03-2006

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright Contract Lawyer Lays Down the Law for Attorneys Around the Globe
New York is a financial capital for the global economy, and New York law governs billions of dollars in transactions involving companies around the world. But until now, there hasn’t been a work that allows attorneys, corporate leaders and financiers to maintain familiarity with the inner workings of New York contract law. A new publication from Thomson West titled New York Contract Law, authored by Glen Banks, partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., promises to be the single desktop reference tool for practitioners anywhere in the world who are involved in transactions governed by New York law.
Glen Banks
New York
PartnerNew York Contract Law offers clear analysis and commentary on all aspects of contracts governed by New York law; it discusses contract terms and clauses, as well as drafting strategies, to protect client interests. The book is a critical working manual for those who draft and perform agreements governed by New York law, and will be invaluable in sorting out the complex commercial disputes that often arise under these agreements.

“The advantage the book offers is that it collects, organizes and succinctly presents New York law on a subject that is of day-to-day importance to both the New York practitioner and the transaction lawyer or commercial litigation attorney at a national law firm or major corporation/financial institution,” says Banks. “It also will be a reference tool to foreign practitioners who participate in transactions and agreements with American companies and financial institutions.”

Highlights of New York Contract Law include thorough analysis of relevant case law and statutes; expert commentary on vital issues and practice tips based on years of practice and litigation experience; and finding tools like the Table of Cases, Table of Laws and Rules, and Index. The publication will help quickly locate answers and provides additional research citations for those researching New York law and practitioners in national law firms, in major corporations or financial institutions, or in foreign countries who are involved in complex commercial transactions with documents governed by New York law.

04-03-2006

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright Has One of the Best Lawyers in St. Louis
Fulbright partner John Lonsberg has been recently named one of the “Best St. Louis Lawyers” in the areas of international trade and finance law as well as corporate law according to a Best Lawyers® Survey that appeared in February, 2006 issue of the St. Louis magazine.

Best Lawyers is a referral guide to the legal profession in the United States, published since 1983. Compiled through a nationwide survey, Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 52 specialties in all 50 states and D.C. Thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

04-03-2006

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Bryan Cave LLP

Joseph Sanscrainte Joins Bryan Cave LLP in New York
Joseph Sanscrainte has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as an associate in its New York office.

Sanscrainte is the former general counsel and director of regulatory affairs for Call Compliance, Inc., a developer of compliance solutions for the teleservices sector.

“Joe’s experience and initiative in the do-not-call arena will be invaluable to every company that uses outbound telephone solicitation as a marketing tool,” said Jeff Modisett, managing partner of Bryan Cave’s Santa Monica office and former Indiana Attorney General. ""From the first public forums held by the Federal Trade Commission, to the development of best practices for the teleservices industry, Joe has always been at the forefront of these matters.""

Sanscrainte, who will be a member of Bryan Cave’s commercial litigation practice group, specializes in privacy and information security law. He has helped hundreds of companies maintain compliance with the complex array of state and federal regulations governing the teleservices industry.

“A major issue facing teleservices companies today is maintaining compliance with multiple privacy mandates, especially those relating to data security,” said Jodie Bernstein, former director of consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission who is now of counsel in Bryan Cave’s Washington, D.C. office.

Sanscrainte serves as a board member of the American Teleservices Association’s (ATA) New York chapter, and is a member of the Direct Marketing Association’s teleservices council and the American Resort Development Association’s privacy regulations committee. In 2004, he was the recipient of the ATA’s Fulcrum Award, which is awarded for extraordinary contributions to the ATA by individuals and company leaders in the field of teleservices.

Sanscrainte, who also specializes in copyright and trademark and insurance defense matters, received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a writer for the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. Prior to joining Call Compliance, Inc. in 2002, Sanscrainte was an associate with DeForest & Duer in New York.

Bryan Cave has a diversified international practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s 800 lawyers in 13 offices across the United States, United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia efficiently serve clients’ needs in the world’s leading business and financial markets.

04-03-2006

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

AKIN GUMP EXPANDS KOREA PRACTICE
Chang Joo Kim has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the Korea practice in New York, the firm announced today.

Mr. Kim represents issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, including debt restructurings, investment grade debt offerings, equity-linked debt offerings, rights issues and securitizations. He also represents acquirors, sellers and targets in connection with acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture transactions.

A native of Tae Gu, Korea, Mr. Kim received a law degree in 1986 and a master of law degree in 1988 from Korea University. He received a J.D. in 1992 and an LL.M. in 1995 from the University of Iowa College of Law. He joins Akin Gump from Dorsey & Whitney LLP in New York, where he headed the Korea practice.

Mr. Sukhan Kim, chair of Akin Gump’s Korea practice, said, “We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Chang Joo Kim to the firm. He has a very diverse and vibrant practice, and I believe he will be an excellent fit for our Korea practice, contributing meaningfully to its continued expansion and growth.”

Mr. Chang Joo Kim added, “Akin Gump has the most successful Korea practice in the country, and I am just thrilled to be part of that practice and to have an opportunity to work with Mr. Sukhan Kim and his colleagues.”

For more than 15 years, Akin Gump has provided strategic advice and innovative solutions to leading Korean companies, as well as to Western companies interested in investing in Korea's dynamic marketplace. The firm’s lawyers provide counsel on issues ranging from international trade and complex litigation to sophisticated corporate matters and international public policy issues. With high-level contacts and connections as well as a deep understanding of the business culture and global needs of Korean companies, the firm’s bilingual attorneys help clients capitalize on opportunities and overcome business and political challenges in Korea, throughout Asia and around the world.

04-03-2006

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Adds Scott J. Atlas to its Commercial Litigation Practice
Weil, Gotshal & Manges today announced that Scott J. Atlas will be joining the Houston office as a litigation partner.

Mr. Atlas is a nationally recognized commercial litigator who has practiced at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts around the country. He has been an active bar leader and is a former chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

Before joining Weil Gotshal, he was a partner at Vinson & Elkins, where he practiced for almost 30 years.

A successful pro bono advocate and leader in organizing others to take pro bono cases, Mr. Atlas chaired the Vinson & Elkins Pro Bono Committee for almost 12 years. He has received awards for his community service from numerous local, state, and national bar associations, civil rights organizations, and other entities. Since 1985, Mr. Atlas has served as general counsel to Houston’s Alley Theatre, one of the country’s premier regional theaters.

James Quinn, global chair of Weil Gotshal’s Litigation practice, remarked, “Scott Atlas is an outstanding lawyer who will add to our substantial commercial litigation capabilities. This is a home run for us.”

“Scott is a terrific lawyer and a class act,” said John Strasburger, Houston office managing partner. “He is a true leader in the profession who will no doubt quickly establish himself as an impact player in our firm.”

Mr. Atlas commented, “I am excited about joining Weil Gotshal. I look forward to working with my new colleagues as an integral member of the litigation team in Houston and beyond.”

Mr. Atlas earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1971. In 1975, he graduated with honors from The University of Texas School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Texas Law Review. He was a judicial clerk to The Honorable Thomas Gibbs Gee on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

04-03-2006

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