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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Protecting Immigrant Children Earns National Pro Bono Award for Dorsey Seattle Attorneys
Whitney attorneys in the firm’s Seattle office have received the Corporate Pro Bono Institute’s Pro Bono Partner Award for providing free legal assistance to detained immigrant children trying to escape violence and abuse in Mexico and other Latin American countries. The award presented March 3 in Washington, DC, recognizes innovative partnership approaches to pro bono legal aid work through collaborations among public interest groups, law firms and in-house legal departments.

Seattle attorneys on the Dorsey pro bono team are Nancy Gallup, Marta DeLeon, Jennifer Berry, Roxane Broadhead, John Sobba, LynDee Wells, Andrew Thorson, Shawn Larsen-Bright, Katie Johnson and Sara Evans. The lawyers work with the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, the Seattle-based Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice, and Microsoft’s legal department to help unaccompanied teens obtain asylum in order to avoid deportation, persecution, abuse and death.

The Seattle attorneys, along with Dorsey lawyers in California, Minnesota and New York offices, are part of a firm wide Dorsey pro bono program, Children in Detention, focused on immigrant detainees seeking U.S. asylum. In one Seattle case, Dorsey attorneys represent a 17-year-old Honduran boy who came to the United States to escape domestic abuse, gang violence and persecution because of his sexual orientation. In another matter, Dorsey lawyers helped an abused and neglected 17-year-old girl from Mexico take steps toward a better life in the United States.

“These children are often victims of horrific crimes and simply want a fresh start,” said Bryce Holland, partner-in-charge of the Dorsey Seattle office. “There are few legal cases where the personal needs and professional rewards are greater.”

Dorsey & Whitney has earned the national Corporate Pro Bono Partner recognition two years in a row. In 2005, Minneapolis attorneys received the award for work for collaboration with U.S. Bank in-house attorneys on the formation and staffing of a Minneapolis legal clinic that supports low-income and disadvantaged persons.

The Children in Detention program at Dorsey is a key part of the firm’s broader pro bono commitment to devote the equivalent of at least 3% of billable hours to worthy non-profit causes. For the last 13 years, Dorsey & Whitney has met the American Bar Association’s 3% Pro Bono challenge.

03-21-2006

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Reed Smith

Musick Quartet Joins Los Angeles Office - Reed Smith Labor & Employment Hits High Note
Reed Smith LLP, a top 25 international law firm, announces the addition of four attorneys to its West Coast Labor and Employment Group. The four will be resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, effective March 21.

The four include partners Alisa M. Chevalier and Michele J. Beilke; counsel Beth Pelliconi; and associate Jean Kuei. All were formerly with the Los Angeles office of Musick, Peeler & Garrett.

“We are delighted to add this extremely capable quartet of attorneys to our Labor and Employment Group,” said John Zaimes, Reed Smith’s Los Angeles Labor and Employment Practice Group Leader. “Alisa and Michele have a substantial class action practice that is well-aligned with Reed Smith’s California and national capabilities. With the arrival of these new partners and their colleagues, we are now well-positioned to continue to expand the firm’s client base in the labor and employment field in California and nationwide.”

Ms. Chevalier and Ms. Beilke handle wage and hour class actions and individual matters in the labor and employment field for management, including all forms of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, management training and employer advice and counseling, workplace investigations and unfair competition claims. This complements Reed Smith’s strength in wage and hour law, in employment law, in class actions and in representation of financial services clients in all of the firm’s 18 offices across the globe.

“We believe that Reed Smith’s California and national platform, coupled with its marketing and business development capabilities will help us to continue to grow our practice,” said Ms. Chevalier. “This firm has a reputation and a reach that fits well with our interests and capabilities,” added Ms. Beilke. “We are excited to be able to join with the other employment attorneys in the LA office to continue to expand the work the firm does for existing clients and add in new clients.”

Ms. Chevalier received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and French with honors from Mills College in 1989. She received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1993. She is a member of the Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections of the California State and Los Angeles County Bar Associations and is member of the Employee Relations Committee, California Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Beilke received her B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1992 and her J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1997. She is a member of the Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections of the California State and Los Angeles County Bar Associations.

“The Labor and Employment group in the LA office has grown from one lawyer to ten in less than two years, and we expect Ms. Chevalier and Ms. Beilke to help further build and develop our California presence,” said Peter Kennedy, Reed Smith’s Los Angeles Managing Partner. “This is a solid, exceptionally qualified group and we welcome them to the firm.”

Ms. Pelliconi joins Reed Smith as counsel. She is a 1985 graduate of the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Economics and a 1992 graduate of St. John’s University School of Law. Ms. Kuei graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. Both practice exclusively in the labor and employment arena.

The litigators in Reed Smith’s Employment Law Group have represented employers of all sizes in cases involving allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful discharge, wage and hour violations, defamation, violation of constitutional rights, breach of contract and other general employment matters.

The firm has defended employers in class action and other complex, high-risk cases, as well as single-plaintiff actions. Reed Smith provides counsel to employers in nearly every sector in a wide range of employment issues, including hiring, noncompete and restrictive covenants, privacy, accommodation, leave rights, drug and alcohol use and testing, workplace violence, discrimination, harassment, and termination.

About Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP is a top-25 international law firm with 1,000 lawyers located in 18 cities worldwide (14 in the U.S. and four in Europe). The firm represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market and emerging companies. Clients include financial services firms, life sciences companies, health care providers, technology companies and entrepreneurs, power generators and suppliers, manufacturers, real estate companies, universities, and non-profit organizations throughout the world. For more information, visit www.reedsmith.com.

03-21-2006

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Reed Smith

DiResta Newest Partner in Reed Smith DC Regulatory Litigation Group Brings FTC Experience to Advertising and Marketing Group
Reed Smith LLP, a top 25 international law firm, today announced Anthony E. DiResta as a partner in its Regulatory Litigation Group, effective immediately in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Mr. DiResta was formerly a Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Fulbright & Jaworski. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, trial and appellate; governmental investigations, principally before the Federal Trade Commission; white collar defense; and business counseling. Recently, the majority of his work has been concentrated in the areas of FTC investigations and litigation; state attorney general investigations; counseling on trade, antitrust, advertising and marketing matters; and commercial litigation.

Before joining Fulbright in 1999, Mr. DiResta served for four years as Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Southeast Regional Office. Under his leadership, several attorneys in that Office received the John Marshall Award from the Attorney General of the United States for its enforcement achievements. Prior to his service with the Commission, he was in private practice as a litigator.

“Tony adds an important link to the chain of our Advertising and Marketing Group,” said Jim Gallatin, Reed Smith’s Washington, D.C., market managing partner. “Our group has a deep bench of experienced FDA, FCC and EPA lawyers, and with the addition of Tony, we now have a highly experienced FTC attorney who can provide our clients expertise on both the competition and consumer protection sides of their issues.”

Mr. DiResta received his B.A. in music and philosophy from Rollins College in 1977. He received his J.D. in 1982 from the Florida State University College of Law, then clerked for two years for the Honorable J. Owen Forrester, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. He also earned a Masters degree in education from Harvard University. A member of the D.C., Georgia, and Florida bars, Mr. DiResta and is widely published. His articles have been cited by courts, law reviews, journals, and treatises.

“I was attracted to Reed Smith for many reasons,” said Mr. DiResta, “but I am particularly looking forward to lending my FTC expertise to the advertising, marketing and trade issues that the firm’s clients face.”

Reed Smith has a traditional advertising agency practice; a new media marketing practice; intellectual property lawyers who are familiar with advertising and marketing issues; entertainment lawyers; and regulatory lawyers based in DC who focus on promotion, marketing and trade practices national and internationally.

03-21-2006

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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

SQUIRE SANDERS STRENGTHENS HOSPITALITY/LEISURE PRACTICE
Meghan Cocci returns to global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., as of counsel with the firm’s global hospitality/leisure practice group.

Cocci has experience counseling high-profile hotel/resort operators and owners in challenging business negotiations related to hotel management agreements, technical services agreements, golf course management agreements, spa management agreements, condo hotel management agreements and condominium marketing and license agreements for branded condo hotel projects. She also advises clients in the due diligence, acquisition, development, financing and operation of hotels, resorts, condo hotels, spas and golf courses.

03-21-2006

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright London Office Expands its Projects and Infrastructure Practice
Fulbright & Jaworski International LLP announces Christopher Clement-Davies is joining its London office as a partner to develop further the firm’s projects, infrastructure and energy transactions practice in London. For the past seven years, Clement-Davies has been a senior member of the projects team in the London office of another prominent American law firm. In addition, Fulbright has appointed Yeages Cowen as a partner in the London office. Cowan also focuses on structured and project finance. Recognized as one of the world leaders in projects, infrastructure and energy, Fulbright recently was named by a prominent project finance publication as one of the top five firms worldwide in oil and gas, power and utilities.

Steven B. Pfeiffer, chair of Fulbright’s Executive Committee, credited the London office’s recent growth to a strategy of focusing on areas where Fulbright has longstanding and well recognized reputations, including litigation, arbitration, energy, project finance, intellectual property, and cross-border transactions.

Pfeiffer said, “The arrival of Christopher Clement-Davies – with his energy and projects experience – helps greatly to broaden Fulbright’s growing worldwide capabilities. Developing further our international network continues to be a major focus for the firm. We recently expanded our transactional practice in the Middle East and opened offices in Riyadh and Dubai. This past year, with the arrival of Lista Cannon, David Howell and other skilled disputes lawyers in our London office, we have built a sophisticated cross-jurisdictional disputes and arbitration practice in Europe.”

Gregg Harris, head of the firm’s Structured and Project Finance Practice, stated, “Our firm’s projects practice has grown into a position of prominence. Christopher is an outstanding, seasoned lawyer and brings to our London office nearly 20 years of projects and energy expertise under English law. He, and our London based project finance partner Yeages Cowan, will work closely with Fulbright’s projects lawyers in Washington D.C., New York, Texas, Hong Kong, Munich and the Middle East.”

Clement-Davies has a broad range of commercial and financial law experience. His primary areas of practice include project development and finance, international energy deals, banking, infrastructure and cross-border transactions, including private equity. Clement-Davies worked extensively on the privatization of the electricity and rail industries in the UK and has advised clients on transactions in the power, energy, water, telecoms, transport and health care industries. He has worked on transactions in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Indian sub-continent, as well as in the UK. Mr. Clement-Davies is a former director of a leading European investment bank. He began his legal career at Linklaters.

“This is an exciting opportunity since Fulbright is undoubtedly one of the leading law firms in the United States in its core business areas, with a formidable client base in the sectors in which I practice,” noted Clement-Davies.

Elected as a partner as of January 1, 2006, Yeages Cowan focuses her practice on international financing transactions, including transactions in the energy, infrastructure, industrial and banking sectors. Ms. Cowan also advises clients on general corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. In addition to working in Fulbright’s London office, Ms. Cowan has also been stationed in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices. Ms. Cowan is admitted to practice in England and Wales, New York, and South Africa.

03-21-2006

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Winston & Strawn, LLP

WINSTON & STRAWN NEW YORK ADDS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES PRACTICE
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it has added Robert A. Boresta as a partner in the firm's financial services practice of its New York office. Boresta, previously with Goodwin Procter, represents broker-dealers and investment advisers in connection with securities compliance and regulatory matters.

“We are very pleased that Bob has joined Winston & Strawn,” said Jonathan Goldstein, head of the firm’s New York office. “We are aggressively looking to grow our New York office, and his strengths are complementary to those of the partners we've recently added who have a particularly strong hedge fund focus,"" added Goldstein. A hedge fund practice from KMZ Rosenman that includes Wes Nissen in Chicago and Ed Johnson in New York joined Winston & Strawn in 2005.

Boresta is a prolific writer who has published a number of articles on regulatory and compliance matters affecting broker-dealer and investment advisers. He has also participated in panel discussions and been quoted in the media on regulatory developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission and National Association of Securities Dealers. He is an active member of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities' Subcommittees on Market Regulation, Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, and NASD Corporate Financing Rules. He also is a member of the ABA's Task Force on Private Placement Broker-Dealers and its Committee on State Regulation of Securities. Boresta earned a juris doctorate from Fordham Law School and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College.

03-21-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Sponsors Breaking the Ice Journey
21 March 2006 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is sponsoring the current Breaking the Ice journey. Ten men and women - Christians, Jews and Muslims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the former Soviet Union and the USA - are crossing the Sahara desert and the territories of five different countries and cultures. The participants will confront physical and spiritual terrain that has witnessed conflict throughout the centuries. Testing themselves against the challenges of their surroundings and their own conflicting relationships, they can only succeed if they rely on and trust one another.

03-21-2006

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