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Gardner, Carton & Douglas, L.L.P.

Gardner Carton & Douglas Expands Newly Opened NY Office With Addition of Irving Apar
Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP has announced that
Irving C. Apar has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate and Corporate Trust Practice in
New York.
Mr. Apar brings more than 20 years of experience as a corporate and securities attorney
to the firm. His practice focuses on representing clients with respect to corporate trust matters.
He has represented financial institutions serving in trustee and various other capacities in
numerous transactions, including global financings, corporate and municipal financings, TIA
qualified and exempt financings, secured and unsecured debt transactions, private placements,
project financings, escrows, taxable and tax-exempt securities offerings, sale/leasebacks,
equipment leases, mortgages and other conduit financings.
Mr. Apar has also been active in the development of various new banking products,
working with numerous issuers and underwriters to structure financings and develop
documentation relating to these new financial products.
“We are delighted to have Irv join our growing corporate and corporate trust practice,”
said Harold Kaplan, Chairman of Gardner Carton & Douglas and a leading corporate trust
practitioner who is particularly well known for his work in bond defaults. “I have personally known
Irv and admired him for many years as he is truly a leader in the corporate trust bar. His addition
to GCD further enhances the strength of our practice and our commitment to serving our clients
nationally and, especially, in New York.”
Prior to joining Gardner Carton & Douglas, Mr. Apar was co-head of the Corporate Trust
Practice Group of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP in New York, where he had also served as a
member of the firm’s executive, strategic, compensation and hiring committees.
Mr. Apar received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1981 and his B.A.,
summa cum laude, from Queens College in 1977.
Founded nearly 100 years ago, Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP is a leading national law
firm with offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, Milwaukee and Albany. The firm
has approximately 230 lawyers and advisors practicing in corporate law, corporate
restructuring, customs and international trade, government relations, health law, HR law
(employee benefits and employment), intellectual property, litigation and dispute
resolution, real estate and environmental law, and wealth planning and philanthropy. GCD
is the by-invitation firm representing Chicago in the World Law Group, a global consortium
of firms in large cities worldwide.

02-03-2006

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Gadsby Hannah, L.L.P.

Gadsby Hannah's Cynthia Keliher Named Among “Top 10 Lawyers” By Women’s Business
BOSTON, Mass., February 3, 2006 – Gadsby Hannah LLP, a leading business and construction law firm, today announces that Cynthia Keliher, a partner and co-chair of the firm’s real estate practice group, has been recognized as a “Top 10 Lawyer” by Women’s Business.



With notable industry and community achievements including her role as the past president of New England Women in Real Estate (NEWIRE), a member of Governor Cellucci’s Blue Ribbon Panel for Open Space Protection and a member of the Strategic Development Study Committee for the Boston Extension Portion of the Turnpike Air Rights Development, Keliher is recognized by Women’s Business for her contribution to the practice of law and her expertise in navigating complex real estate deals.

According to Sarah K. Abrams, President of Fidelity Real Estate Company, “Cynthia has raised the bar in the practice of real estate and public finance law. She has a firm understanding of the complexity of real estate deals and the pressures and challenges they invoke, providing her clients with sound legal advice and expertise to navigate the pros and cons of any course of action. Her commitment to her clients is truly impressive and she will give 100% to ensure that their objectives are met.”

Since joining Gadsby Hannah more than ten years ago, Keliher has been instrumental in the growth of the firm’s real estate practice group. She has concentrated her practice on all aspects of real estate law including leasing, financing, zoning, development, permitting, foreclosures and loan workouts, and commercial and residential condominiums. She has represented landlords and tenants in complex ground, air rights, retail and office leases and has rapidly earned the respect of her growing client base and the industry at large.



“Cynthia approached my case with profound intellectual abilities, diligence, responsiveness and unparalleled negotiating skills,” said Kathleen Joyce-Kusiak, President, Joyce-Kusiak & Associates, “Not only did her contribution result in a finding in my favor, but she earned my complete confidence through her absolute command of the business and legal issues of what proved to be a highly complicated land sale transaction.”



A member of many community boards including The Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston and a volunteer at Children’s Hospital, Keliher is a member of both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bars. She received her Bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an Associate Editor of The Tax Lawyer.



About Gadsby Hannah LLP

Gadsby Hannah LLP serves as general counsel to successful businesses and entrepreneurs. Founded in 1963 by a former Chairman of the SEC, the firm provides counsel to businesses and organizations with national and international interests, to private individuals and entrepreneurs, to public entities and government agencies, and to the investment firms and financial institutions that support them. The professionals and staff at Gadsby Hannah embrace a collegial spirit and take pride in providing strategic, innovative, and business-oriented solutions to its clients. More information about Gadsby Hannah is available at www.ghlaw.com.


02-03-2006

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Former KEEP Executive Director Joins Law Practice
Frost Brown Todd LLC is proud to welcome Claria Horn Shadwick to its Lexington office. Shadwick, known throughout the state for her efforts with the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), will practice primarily in the Firm’s Commercial Transactions/Real Estate department focused on banking and related lending transactions.


After receiving her undergraduate degree from Transylvania University, Shadwick obtained her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt Law School in 1994. Upon graduation, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Pierce Lively, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She then joined the Atlanta firm of King & Spalding, representing clients such as 3M and General Motors. Returning to Kentucky in 1998, Shadwick prosecuted white-collar crime, including bank, wire and tax fraud, and money laundering, as an Assistant U.S. attorney in both Louisville and Lexington. Shadwick started her own firm, Strother & Shadwick in 2002, practicing primarily in Real Estate and Corporate law.


The Firm is consistently ranked in The National Law Journal’s NLJ 250, and the first regionally based firm to make the AmLaw 200 list of highest grossing firms. FBT has been named “Top Dog” by the Lane Report, “Top Ten Patent Litigation Firm” by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Top Tier Firm in Corporate, Employment, Construction, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Litigation by Chambers USA; and Top Corporate Firm by Corporate Board Member Magazine. The Firm has received recognition from clients like UPS: Core Counsel of the Year, Service Net’s Service Award, AK Steel as an AmLaw/Corporate Counsel “Go to Law Firm” and Texas Roadhouse’s Vendor of the Year Award. Sixty-six lawyers are in the 2006 edition of Best Lawyers in America across 22 practice areas, 38 in Chambers USA, and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business across 9 practice areas and 26 Ohio Super Lawyers.

02-03-2006

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Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, P.A.

Brad R. Kolling Joins Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt, PA
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - The law firm of Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A. is pleased to announce that Brad R. Kolling has joined the firm's St. Paul office. Mr. Kolling represents clients in matters pertaining to Workers'
Compensation and OSHA. He also represents and advises clients in general employment matters.

Brad R. Kolling was twice designated as one of Minnesota's "Rising Stars" by Law & Politics and Minneapolis-St. Paul magazine. Mr. Kolling graduated with a B. A. cum laude from the University of North Dakota in 1996. He received his J.D. with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2000.
Founded in Saint Paul in 1943, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A. has offices in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With over 55 attorneys, the firm serves clients in the areas of corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor law representing management, litigation, real estate, transportation law, and workers' compensation.

02-03-2006

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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Bill Goldstein Named to Board of Health Discovery Corporation
William M. Goldstein, partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities Practice Group, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Health Discovery Corporation. Through the application of its patent-protected technology, the Health Discovery Corporation is a biology-oriented biomarker and pathway discovery company providing all aspects of First-Phase Biomarker Discovery. Health Discovery Corporation is uniquely positioned in the field of pattern recognition technology.

According to Health Discovery Corporation's Chairman and CEO Dr. Stephen D. Barnhill, M.D., Bill's..."wealth of business experience and contacts, particularly in the pharma-biotech arena, offers us great opportunities to commercialize our intellectual property more quickly and effectively. I'm also pleased to note his most recent legal practice has focused on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. His prior service on eight corporate boards, including two NYSE companies, adds a depth of experience to our Board that I think will prove invaluable

02-03-2006

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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Nelson Dong Elected President of Washington State China Relations Council
SEATTLE (February 3, 2006) – The international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney announced today that Nelson Dong, a partner in the firm’s Seattle office, has been elected president of the Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC). The Seattle-based Council is the largest China-related trade promotion group in the Pacific Northwest and the only such group established at the state level. In 2005, Mr. Dong served as vice president of the WSCRC, and he was previously a member of its board of directors and the executive committee.

“We are very proud and honored that WSCRC has recognized Nelson’s many contributions to trade promotion between the United States and China and will look to him for leadership in 2006,” said Peter Hendrixson, Dorsey’s managing partner. “The WSCRC performs a critical role in linking Pacific Northwest companies with their counterparts and the government in China.”

Dong is a co-chair of the Dorsey Asian Law practice group and is an internationally recognized technology business attorney. He frequently speaks with trade and business groups across the United States and in China about the growing business opportunities for investment and manufacturing in China and Asia. In addition to law experience spanning more than 20 years of work for clients in China and other Asian countries, Dong is also a director of the Committee of 100, a New York-based nonprofit organization that promotes better U.S.-China relations.

Dong holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an A.B. from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.


About Dorsey & Whitney

Clients have relied on Dorsey (www.dorsey.com) since 1912 as a valued, cutting-edge business partner. With more than 600 lawyers in 19 locations in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, Dorsey provides an integrated, proactive approach to its clients' legal and business needs. Dorsey represents a number of the world's most successful Fortune 500 companies from a variety of disciplines, including leaders in the financial services, investment banking, life sciences, securities, technology and energy sectors, as well as nonprofit and government entities.

02-03-2006

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Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

DLA Piper appoints leading energy and utility expert Neil Upton to spearhead international practice
Birmingham - Leading UK and European energy and utilities expert, Neil Upton, is to join DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary ("DLA Piper") as the organisation's first Head of Energy and Water for Europe, the Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"). The appointment is a coup for DLA Piper and heralds an ambitious growth strategy that will see the organisation build its energy expertise both in the UK and internationally. The intention is to create the leading energy and water practice in the UK and EMEA within five years, leveraging off the very strong credentials that already exist at DLA Piper.

Neil joins from White & Case where he led the Energy and Water team within EMEA and had previously led the London office as Chief Operating Partner. Neil's practice focuses on the power and water sectors, advising clients on project finance, financial restructuring, privatisations, energy and carbon trading, supply activities, outsourcing and regulation. His most recent transactions include working on the Gulf Interconnector Project; a major bid to provide outsourcing services to the Abu Dhabi electricity and water industries and advising on two IPP projects in South Africa.

Neil trained and qualified at Slaughter and May where he spent six years before moving to Wragge & Co in Birmingham, joining as an associate and being made a partner in May 1996. During the course of his career, Neil has advised on UK and international projects and transactions and has successfully established practices in energy and other utilities wherever he has been.

Mark Swindell, Head of Commercial & Projects said: "Neil is recognised by practitioners and clients alike as an expert in this sector and he will clearly contribute to the development of our energy and water practices both domestically and internationally. The UK, European and global energy markets are experiencing great change and we have very ambitious plans for our practice."

Neil Upton responded: "I am very excited by the opportunity to lead the team here at DLA Piper. I expect us to be extraordinarily successful and to have fun delivering incisive, commercial and practical legal advice to our clients in these sectors. If our practice is to have any "mission statement" it shall be the client comes first, last and everything in between.

02-03-2006

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