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Phillips Nizer, LLP

ELLIOT H. LUTZKER JOINS NEW YORK LAW FIRM PHILLIPS NIZER LLP
NEW YORK – Phillips Nizer LLP announces that Elliot H. Lutzker, a prominent corporate and securities attorney has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Lutzker, whose practice also encompasses mergers and acquisitions and enforcement matters with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASD, counsels both domestic companies and foreign entities doing business or interested in doing business in the United States. Mr. Lutzker will be working closely with members of the firm’s Banking & Finance, Litigation, International and China practice teams. With almost 30 years of experience, Mr. Lutzker has represented publicly held companies, broker-dealers, underwriters, placement agents, venture capitalists and start-ups and technology incubators.

Mr. Lutzker is a member of the Committee on Securities Regulation of the New York State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Additionally, Mr. Lutzker is a member of the Florida Bar Association.

Mr. Lutzker received his J.D., cum laude, from New York Law School and his B.S. in Economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is admitted to practice in New York, Florida and the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

03-31-2006

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

Akin Gump Bumps Associate, Counsel Pay in Texas
Texas associates and counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld recently received a big raise as the 900-lawyer firm joined a number of other large Texas firms by adopting a higher associate salary scale.

""The market has clearly changed, and we have always been competitive in each of our markets, and we are committed to staying competitive and to continue to recruit and retain the best lawyers,"" says Daniel Micciche, a partner in Dallas who is on the firm's associate and counsel compensation committee.

The raises, announced Wednesday, are retroactive to March 1.

First-year associates in the Austin, Dallas and Houston offices of the firm will earn a base salary of $135,000, plus a $5,000 guaranteed bonus.

According to the new base salary scale for the Dallas-based firm, a second-year-associate will be paid a $145,000 base, and a third-year associate will earn $150,000. The base for a fourth-year associate is $160,000; $170,000 for a fifth-year associate; $175,000 for a sixth-year associate; $180,000 for a seventh-year associate; $185,000 for an eighth-year associate; $190,000 for a ninth-year associate; and $195,000 for a 10th-year and above associate.

The scale also includes new base salaries for ""counsel."" Micciche says associates are eligible for promotion to counsel after they have been at the firm for five-and-a-half years -- an indication an associate is on the partnership track.

According to the new scale, the base salary for a sixth-year counsel is $180,000; $185,000 for a seventh-year counsel; $190,000 for an eighth-year counsel; $195,000 for a ninth-year counsel; and $200,000 for a 10th-year and above counsel.

The firm will continue to award bonuses to associates and counsel on a merit-based system, Micciche says. He says the yearly merit bonuses, which range up to $50,000, are based in part on billable hours but also on other factors, including excellence of work product, efficiency, supervisory skill, involvement in training and mentoring, pro bono work, recruiting, teamwork and business development.

""It appeared from the press reports that the other firms had adopted a purely mechanical system based on billable hours. We didn't think that kind of system was better than the system we have in place,"" Micciche says.

Micciche also notes that counsel who are with the firm for six years are paid a one-time, $60,000 longevity bonus.

Micciche says the firm earlier this year, in response to the market, increased salary scales for associates and counsel working in offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., and California.

03-31-2006

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Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

WK&G\'s Tim Blue Named Vice President of the Washington Chapter of ABOTA
Seattle, Wash. (March 30, 2006) - The Washington Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) has elected Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC attorney Tim Blue to the post of Vice President for 2006. ABOTA is a national organization with approximately 6,000 defense and plaintiff trial lawyers who are invited to membership based upon significant civil jury trial experience. There are 100 lawyers from Washington with ABOTA membership.

Blue, a Trial Lawyer and Member in the WK&G Seattle office, has also served on the ABOTA National Board. He specializes in defense of product liability, professional malpractice and other tort cases, and has served clients throughout the state, the Pacific Northwest and as National Coordinating and Trial Counsel.

03-30-2006

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Whyte, Hirschboeck & Dudek, S.C.

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Partners With Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc.
Attorneys with the law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. recently helped create a legal clinic to assist the families of hospital patients with limited financial means in obtaining guardianships for their children who have reached, or soon will reach, legal adulthood. The clinic is offered to parents of hospital patients with special needs whose children are unable to make or communicate informed or responsible medical decisions due to a disability.

The clinic is located at the Daniel M. Soref Family Resource Center on the first floor of Children’s Hospital. Hours of operation include the first Monday of each month from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and the third Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Questions about the clinic can be directed to Molly Zillig at 414-978-5446 or mzillig@whdlaw.com.

03-30-2006

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Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP

M. Diane Owens Receives Mercer University’s Meritorious Service Award
M. Diane Owens, a partner with Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, received Mercer University’s prestigious Meritorious Service Award at the Mercer Law School Law Day 2006 Luncheon.

A 1980 magna cum laude graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, Ms. Owens also graduated from Mercer with a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in 1977. A member of the Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Mu, and Brainerd Currie Honor Society, she served on the Mercer Law Review as associate editor.

She is a member of the Atlanta and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Georgia, and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Ms. Owens is also a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute, where she serves on the Products Liability Committee and the Environmental and Toxic Tort Committee.

Ms. Owens has presented legal seminars for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Georgia State University, the Insurance Law Institute, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Trial Academy) and the Georgia Association of Trial Lawyers. Ms. Owens specializes in products liability, employment discrimination, premises liability, environmental and toxic torts.

Ms. Owens was named by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer for 2005 and 2006. Only five percent of Georgia’s lawyers earned “Super Lawyer” status in 2006, based on the more than 23,000 ballots mailed to lawyers across Georgia.

She has remained loyal to her alma mater, serving as a representative for the Walter F. George School of Law on the ""Advancing the Vision"" Campaign. She also is a Life Member of The President’s Club and a member of the Mercer Law School Board of Visitors.

03-30-2006

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Sterns & Weinroth, PC

FOUR STERNS & WEINROTH ATTORNEYS NAMED 2006 NEW JERSEY “SUPER LAWYERS”
March 30, 2006, Trenton, NJ -- Sterns & Weinroth, P.C. is pleased to announce that four
members of the firm have been named “New Jersey Super Lawyers” for the second year. The attorneys
recognized as “Super Lawyers” appear in the April 2006 issue of New Jersey Monthly Magazine. They
were selected after an extensive survey and peer review conducted by Law & Politics Media, intended to
distinguish outstanding attorneys in the state who have established an exceptional degree of achievement
in the legal profession and respect from their peers.
The attorneys receiving “Super Lawyers” recognition this year are: Sterns & Weinroth founding
director Joel H. Sterns; managing director William J. Bigham; director and chair of the firm’s Real
Estate/Transactional practice, Frank J. Petrino; and director and chair of the firm’s
Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights practice, Simon Kimmelman. Mr. Kimmelman also was named one of the
“Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers” for 2006.
More than 35,000 ballots were distributed to attorneys across New Jersey, seeking nominations
of colleagues they had personally observed in action. Law & Politics’ attorney-led research team then
conducted its own independent research, meeting and corresponding with hundreds of law firms to seek
and identify the top lawyers in the state. The recognition is given to the top five percent of practicing
attorneys.
The Trenton based firm of Sterns & Weinroth concentrates its practice in the following areas of
law: Administrative/Governmental, Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights, Litigation and Real
Estate/Transactional. The firm also has the largest Gaming practice in New Jersey and a large national
practice.

03-30-2006

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Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

Sachnoff & Weaver Welcomes Jennifer L. Hagberg to the Firm
Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Hagberg has joined the firm.
Ms. Hagberg is an associate in the Litigation Group, where she works on various commercial litigation cases, including securities fraud and product liability matters. Previously, she participated in our 2005 Summer Associate Program, and in 2004, she was a judicial extern for The Honorable Charles P. Kocoras, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

She earned a J.D., summa cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School in 2006, where she was the executive student publications editor of The John Marshall Law Review during the school year 2004-2005. She received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Lake Forest College in 2002.

03-30-2006

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