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Loeb & Loeb, LLP

Loeb & Loeb Adds Prominent Trusts and Estates Team
Two Partners and Five Associates Join the Los Angeles Office -- LOS ANGELES - Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Stuart Tobisman and Leah Bishop will join the firm as partners in the Los Angeles office effective March 31, 2006. Mr. Tobisman and Ms. Bishop, both preeminent, nationally recognized trusts and estates lawyers, are joining the firm from O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and will be bringing their entire team of five associates, four paralegals and other staff with them to Loeb & Loeb.

John Frankenheimer, Co-Chair of Loeb & Loeb said, ""We are very gratified that Stu and Leah have agreed to join us, as their options were, I'm sure, unlimited. Their decision further validates our ongoing strategic commitment to building Loeb & Loeb's national trusts and estates and high net worth practice. Additionally, we are pleased that this enables us to deepen our long established reputation and involvement with economic and community leaders in Southern California and continue to provide the highest quality service to our clients.""

Mr. Tobisman's and Ms. Bishop's clients include high-net-worth individuals and many of the largest and most prominent public charities and private foundations, both in Southern California, as well as nationally.

""It is very exciting that Stu, Leah, and their colleagues will be joining our trusts and estates and tax-exempt organizations practice. The addition of such accomplished and experienced attorneys further enhances our already extensive expertise in these areas,"" said Bruce Wexler, National Chair of Loeb & Loeb's Tax and Wealth Services Section.

Stu Tobisman said, ""Although we are saddened to leave our many friends at O'Melveny & Myers, we look forward to joining Loeb & Loeb. We believe that Loeb & Loeb's commitment to the estate planning and exempt organizations practice is the right fit for our clients and our practice group. We look forward to working with our new colleagues.""

Leah Bishop commented, ""We are so pleased to be joining Loeb & Loeb because the firm's focus on individuals, as well as corporate entities, is a perfect strategic fit for our practice.""

Stuart Tobisman has extensive experience in all aspects of estate and tax planning for individual clients and in the administration of estates and trusts. His clients include prominent individuals in industry, commerce, and entertainment, as well as individuals, banks, and trust companies acting in fiduciary capacities. Mr. Tobisman advises owners of closely held businesses in connection with estate and tax planning matters.

Mr. Tobisman is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has lectured at the USC Institute on Federal Taxation, the UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute, California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), and the Practicing Law Institute program on estate and financial planning for owners of closely held businesses.

Mr. Tobisman has been named in The American Lawyer magazine's ""Best Lawyers in America"" and as a Southern California Super Lawyer by Los Angeles magazine, and he is a lifetime member of the national Who's Who registry.

He received his J.D. in 1969 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the California Law Review (1967-1969). He received his A.B. in 1966 from the University of California, Los Angeles (Phi Beta Kappa).

Leah Bishop focuses on estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals and closely held businesses and in the administration of estates and trusts. Ms. Bishop also has extensive experience in the areas of charitable giving and exempt organizations.

Leah's estate planning experience includes all aspects of legal matters pertaining to high net worth individuals, including probate court procedures, living trusts, gift and insurance trusts, and sophisticated transfer tax techniques. Her charitable giving and exempt organizations representation involves all aspects of tax and corporate nonprofit law. Ms. Bishop represents many leading southern California private foundations, museums, and other public charities.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and Vice President and Trustee of the Jewish Community Foundation. She lectures at UCLA and the Jewish Community Foundation on charitable giving and wealth management.

Ms. Bishop has received numerous awards and distinctions such as being included in The American Lawyer magazine's Best Lawyers In America. She is also a lifetime member of the national Who's Who registry and has been identified by Town & Country magazine as a ""tax and estate planning partner par excellence"" in an article entitled ""The Touchiest Subject."" In 2002 she was nominated for The Los Angeles Business Journal's ""Women Who Make A Difference Award."" Most recently, Leah was named as a Southern California Super Lawyer by Los Angeles magazine.

Ms. Bishop clerked for the Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, U.S. District Court, New York. She received her J.D. in 1979 from Columbia University where she was a member of the Columbia Law Review. She received her B.A. in 1975 from Brandeis University, summa cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa).

03-09-2006

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Bullivant Houser Bailey

Bullivant client Robert Dugoni debuts new legal thriller
Seattle --

The Jury Master, Dugoni's debut novel carries on the tradition of Scott Turow and Stephen L. Carter as it introduces one of the boldest and most entertaining voices writing legal thrillers today.

In The Jury Master, Attorney David Sloane is beginning to suspect that his professional success stems not from extraordinary legal skills, but a rare gift that allows him to influence, and even control a jury's decisions.

Teaming up with a former CIA agent turned recluse and a West Virginia police detective, Sloane will try to solve a murder purposely cast as a suicide. If he can stay alive, he just might expose a 30-year conspiracy that could extend as far as the Oval Office and topple a presidency.

Book reviewers are calling it ""the legal thriller of 2006"" and predicting it will be on several best seller lists. It has been sold to publishers in ten foreign countries to date.

Read more about the book at Dugoni's website, www.robertdugoni.com.

Click here http://www.robertdugoni.com/authorspeaking.html to see upcoming book signing events in Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.

Dugoni's previous book, The Cyanide Canary, with co-author Joseph Hilldorfer, received rave reviews from The Washington Post, which picked it as a best book selection for 2004 and was the Idaho Book of the Year. A true story, it tracked the prosecution of an environmental crime in vivid, riveting detail, complete with legal maneuvering and psychological ploys. The Cyanide Canary was released in September 2004.

Bullivant attorneys Tom Adams and Troy Greenfield have represented La Mesa Literary LLC and its principal, Robert Dugoni, in reviewing publishing contracts and negotiations with the publisher.

Tom Adams reviewed Robert Dugoni's publishing contract for The Jury Master and Troy Greenfield continues to offer Robert Dugoni advise regarding slander, libel and first amendment issues.

Both Tom Adams and Troy Greenfield have given presentations at gatherings of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association on such issues as intellectual property rights, First Amendment Law, and the contract rights and obligations authors need to know about in publishing their books.

03-09-2006

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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Eckert Seamans Enlarges Delaware Bankruptcy Practice
Eckert Seamans continues to expand its Wilmington office with the addition of bankruptcy attorney Michael Busenkell.

Mr. Busenkell joins the firm as a member. His practices encompasses a range of bankruptcy related matters including chapter 11 business restructurings, bankruptcy acquisitions and transactions, representation of lenders and bankruptcy related litigation.

He earned his law degree, with honors, from Temple University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Villanova University.

03-09-2006

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Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P.

WRF Attorney To Be Inducted into National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame
Washington, DC—Wiley Rein & Fielding attorney Kathleen A. Kirby has been chosen by the First Amendment Center to be inducted into the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame. She is one of twenty-one inductees who will be honored during the eighth annual National FOI Day Conference on March 16, 2006.

“The Hall of Fame was established to recognize the work and accomplishments of those who have made a difference in the battle against government secrecy,” said Paul McMasters, who coordinated the First Amendment Center’s selection process. Inductees are chosen based on significant contributions in leadership, advocacy or scholarship on behalf of the Freedom of Information Act or open government in general.

The Hall of Fame has named a new class of honorees every fifth year since its inception in 1996.

As part of WRF’s Communications Practice, Ms. Kirby represents broadcast clients on regulatory and transactional matters before the Federal Communications Commission and also specializes in news gathering, content regulation and First Amendment issues. She has served as First Amendment counsel to the Radio-Television News Directors Association since 1994.

03-09-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema Appoints Full-Time Attorney Pro Bono Coordinator
Dykema performs more than 11,000 hours of pro bono work in 2005

To manage the increasing demands of its pro bono program, Midwest-based law firm Dykema today announced it has hired attorney Heidi Naasko as the program’s new coordinator. Naasko will work full-time on firm-wide management of pro bono matters.

""As Dykema continues to grow nationally, our pro bono program has expanded significantly over the past several years, said Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr., Dykema chairman and chief executive officer. ""Along with this growth has come increasing complexity in case administration and assignment.

""We are very pleased Heidi Naasko is our first Attorney Pro Bono Coordinator. Her efforts exemplify Dykema’s commitment to pro bono and community projects. She will no doubt encourage our attorneys as they strive to provide high quality legal services to low income individuals, public service organizations and charitable groups.

03-09-2006

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Zoe Sanders Nettles Earns National Service Award
COLUMBIA – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Partner Zoe Sanders Nettles received the 2005-2006 National Association of Women Lawyers Service Award at the organization’s midyear meeting in March.

The award recognizes Ms. Nettles’ efforts to “move along the path that emphasizes professional development, a mission that unites women attorneys regardless of practice setting or political leanings,” according to NAWL President Lorraine Koc, who presented the award.

A longtime NAWL member, Ms. Nettles served as the organization’s president from 2003-2004 and has received several awards for her service to the organization. She pioneered the National Directory of Women Lawyers and is credited with increasing NAWL membership, particularly among firms.

Based in the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins, Ms. Nettles practices administrative law and business litigation with an emphasis on class actions and pharmaceutical litigation.

A former prosecutor and law clerk of U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Perry, she serves on the board of the National Association of Women Lawyers. Ms. Nettles is a member of the American Bar Association and is a permanent member of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. She also is secretary of the South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society and is a member of the S.C. Administrative and Regulatory Law Association (board of directors) and the S.C. Association of Women Lawyers.

In 2004, Ms. Nettles received the Young Women In Industry (TWIN) award from the YWCA. In 2003, the Columbia Business Journal named Ms. Nettles to 20 Under 40, a listing of outstanding young leaders in the South Carolina Midlands. NAWL’s previous awards to Ms. Nettles were for her service as chairwoman of the Rainmaking Committee dedicated to the creation of the first National Directory of Women Lawyers.

Ms. Nettles earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1992 and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Virginia in 1989.

NAWL supports and advances the interests of women in and under the law and works toward the social, political and professional empowerment of women. NAWL members work to end discrimination and violence against women and to prevent the erosion of hard-fought gains. NAWL's members include both men and women lawyers.

03-09-2006

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Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

20 Kramer Levin Attorneys Nominated to Appear in The Best Lawyers in America 2006 for 12 Distinct Pr
Kramer Levin is pleased to announce that 20 Lawyers were nominated to appear in the 2006 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" for 12 distinct practice areas.

03-09-2006

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