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Gibbons P.C.

Gibbons Promotes Five Women to Director and Counsel Positions
Gibbons has made history by elevating five women attorneys, two of whom are part-time, to Director and Counsel positions within the firm. Lan Hoang, Jennifer Hradil, and part-time attorney Susan Nardone, all resident in the firm's Newark office, have been named Directors. Debra Clifford, resident in the Newark office, and part-time attorney Jennifer Gelshenen, resident in the New York office, have been named Counsel to the firm.

"The promotion of these five outstanding attorneys is not only a testament to the firm's commitment to the advancement of women attorneys, but also demonstrates how important women and their contributions are to the overall success of this law firm." says Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Managing Director of the firm. "Jennifer, Lan, Susan, Debra and Jennifer, as well as all of our women attorneys, make our firm stronger and better because of their strong leadership, outstanding accomplishments and commitment to excellence."

With its commitment to the development, advancement and support of women attorneys, Gibbons maintains a strong presence of women within the management and executive levels of the firm. Currently, the firm has 36 women associates and 22 women directors and counsel. In addition, since 1997, the firm has supported the work of the Gibbons Women's Initiative, an important platform for new and seasoned women attorneys to participate side-by-side with colleagues from other practice areas and offices of the firm, and with firm clients and contacts. Clearly, the work of the Gibbons Women's Initiative has helped to increase the number of women in leadership positions within the firm.

The firm's 15 women Directors and 7 women Counsel hold important leadership positions at the firm, serve as mentors for younger women lawyers and have gained recognition for their professional and community achievements. Three of the firm's nine departments are headed by women and three women lawyers have been named by their peers among The Best Lawyers in America in their practice areas. In addition, the firm's Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer, Director of Benefits, and Director of Marketing are all women.

The promotion of Susan Nardone and Jennifer Gelshenen showcases the opportunities and support available to part-time attorneys within the firm. The Gibbons "family-friendly" policy, which was implemented in 1997, encourages women to resume their legal careers after having children, and work first on a 60% basis of the hours expected of a full-time attorney per year, and later on an 80% basis of the hours expected of a full-time attorney per year.

"Gibbons is committed to supporting part-time attorneys at every level at the firm and providing the flexibility that is necessary when juggling the demands of work and family. The promotion of Susan Nardone to Director and Jennifer Gelshenen to Counsel clearly demonstrates the importance we place on helping women attorneys achieve their career goals while maintaining a healthy work/life balance," says Christine A. Amalfe, Chair of the Employment Law Department and Gibbons Women's Initiative Executive Council member. "It is very important that we encourage talented women attorneys to stay in the practice of law and that we continue to develop ways to assist them in both their career and family endeavors. Clearly, Gibbons and our clients directly benefit from the involvement of talented and experienced women attorneys."

01-12-2006

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Aaron Vorce Joins Dykema
Dykema announces that Aaron L. Vorce has joined the firm’s Litigation Department as an Associate in its Lansing office. Mr. Vorce’s practice focuses on general litigation matters. While in law school, he was a law clerk to the General Counsel for DaimlerChrysler Services, N.A.

Mr. Vorce won the following awards. He was National Champion of the 2004 Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. He won the National Best Brief Award at the 29th Annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor & Employment Law Moot Court Competition at New York Law School in New York City. Mr. Vorce was a finalist in the Research, Writing and Advocacy Best Brief Competition in 2003 and he was a King Scholar, for recognition of high academic achievement.

A resident of Lansing, Mr. Vorce received his B.A. and J.D. degrees, summa cum laude, from Michigan State University. He was Associate Editor of the Law Review.

01-12-2006

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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Partner Harvey J. Cohen Appointed to Serve on Southern Ohio District Export Council
Harvey Cohen, chair of the International Practice Group at the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, has been appointed to serve on the Southern Ohio District Export Council.

District Export Councils are organizations of leaders from the local business community, appointed by Secretaries of Commerce, whose knowledge of international business provides a source of professional advice for local firms and the U.S. government. District Export Council volunteers sponsor and participate in numerous trade promotion activities and assist small and medium-sized businesses that are interested in exporting.

Mr. Cohen has again been invited to speak in cities in India and China this Spring to attract investment and jobs to the U.S. Dinsmore and Shohl routinely assists its U.S. clients with their international needs and foreign companies with their U.S. business law issues.

01-12-2006

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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Dinsmore & Shohl Hires Associate Jennifer A. Hickey
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has hired associate Jennifer A. Hickey to practice in the Corporate Department in the Columbus office.

Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Rhode Island.

01-12-2006

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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Partner Harvey J. Cohen Appointed to Serve on Southern Ohio District Export Council
Harvey Cohen, chair of the International Practice Group at the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, has been appointed to serve on the Southern Ohio District Export Council.

District Export Councils are organizations of leaders from the local business community, appointed by Secretaries of Commerce, whose knowledge of international business provides a source of professional advice for local firms and the U.S. government. District Export Council volunteers sponsor and participate in numerous trade promotion activities and assist small and medium-sized businesses that are interested in exporting.

Mr. Cohen has again been invited to speak in cities in India and China this Spring to attract investment and jobs to the U.S. Dinsmore and Shohl routinely assists its U.S. clients with their international needs and foreign companies with their U.S. business law issues.

01-12-2006

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Dickinson Wright Announces Creation of Intellectual Property Academy Run by Harold W. Milton, Jr.
Training program is designed to train attorneys on cost-effectively drafting quality patent applications

DETROIT, Mich. (January 12, 2006) – Dickinson Wright PLLC announces the introduction of the Dickinson Wright Intellectual Property Academy. The Academy's program is designed to produce high quality patent applications by blending the experience of a dedicated senior attorney with the talent and enthusiasm of a law student or recent law grad who is also a degreed engineer or scientist.

The Academy will be run by Mr. Harold (Hal) W. Milton, Jr., a patent attorney with more than 40 years of experience in patent preparation, prosecution and licensing. Milton, widely considered the "Dean of Michigan Patent Training," is coming out of a recently announced retirement to head Dickinson Wright's IP Academy training program. To date, Milton has trained more than 100 attorneys, developing a formalized program involving a series of skill-building courses including hands-on drafting of patent applications.

Dickinson Wright and Mr. Milton are developing the IP Academy as a means of addressing an obvious need in the IP market. Law schools and most law firms do not have dedicated programs for training law students and associate attorneys on the intricacies of patent preparation and prosecution. The Academy is specifically designed to train both technically-educated law students and associate attorneys on the intricacies of efficiently drafting quality patent applications. Although in the past Milton has concentrated on training students attending law school, the training has been so successful Dickinson Wright is establishing the broader based Academy to train not only law students but law school graduates with minimal or no patent preparation training.

Milton, who has personally and through his mentoring, drafted or edited the main claim or definition of the invention in over 3,000 patent applications, says "Dickinson Wright made me an offer I couldn't refuse. This is the culmination of a 35 year dream to improve training in this area and a once in a lifetime opportunity." He will serve as both mentor and teacher at the Academy, supervising the Academy, reading and editing trainee work product and assigning the patent work to appropriately skilled trainees.

The benefit of the Academy to Dickinson Wright's clients is clear – the availability of high quality patent applications delivered on a timely and cost-effective basis, often in less than 30 days. The benefit to Dickinson Wright is at least two-fold: improved client service, and the development of talented young attorneys to support Dickinson Wright's fast-growing IP practice.

The IP Academy demonstrates Dickinson Wright's commitment to developing a first class patent practice and is an addition to Dickinson Wright's extant training and mentoring programs. Dickinson Wright conducts regular internal training sessions for its associates, has structured programs to advance mentoring, diversity and women's issues within the Firm, and is an ICLE partner.

About Hal Milton
Harold W. Milton, Jr. has engaged in all phases of patent, trademark and copyright practice, including prosecution of patent applications and licensing. Milton's practice has been devoted to serving as lead counsel in successfully litigating various patented technologies, assisting new enterprises in protecting their technology to entice investment or the sale of the enterprise, and overseeing the creation of patent, trade secret and trademark portfolios during periods of significant growth for several large corporations. Milton's legal career began with Barnard, McGlynn and Reising, where he practiced for 30 years with various iterations of that Firm (now Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle & Learman) before joining Howard & Howard in 1995 and practicing there until his recently announced retirement. He was an Examiner in the U.S. Patent Office and a Patent Advisor in the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy. Milton worked for the Rocketdyne Division of North American Aviation test firing rocket engines for the Thor and Atlas missiles. He then served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and ballistic missile training officer training the first crews of the Atlas missile sites. He received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1957 and received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1964. He was admitted to the Michigan and Virginia Bars in 1964 and is registered to practice before the USPTO.

About Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dickinson Wright PLLC, founded in 1878, has more than 200 attorneys in offices located in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Washington, D.C. Dickinson Wright is a full-service law firm with more than 40 practice areas. The firm now has more than 20 attorneys principally practicing in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, technology licensing, IP litigation, Internet law and information technology. For more information, visit www.dickinsonwright.com.


01-12-2006

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

CMP Media Acquires Events Assets of MediaLive
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised MediaLive International, Inc. on the sale of its events assets to CMP Media, LLC. Based in California, MediaLive is a Tailwind Capital Partners portfolio company that owns and produces trade shows and conferences for the information technology industry. CMP is a New York-based subsidiary of London-based United Business Media plc, a leading global provider of news distribution and specialist information services for the professional and enthusiast markets.

According to the terms of the transaction, CMP acquired more than 20 information technology and telecommunications-related events in the United States, Japan and Europe from MediaLive for a cash consideration of $65 million.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner John H. Butler, associates Ashleigh S. Kyle and Caroline R. Adams and legal assistant Shelley Hoffman. Partner Kathleen L. Ferrell and associates Jeremy A. Matz and Kimberly A. Champlin provided tax advice. Counsel John T. Wright provided employment advice. Associate Lori Fields provided intellectual property advice. Associate Josiah R. Madar provided real estate advice. All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.

01-12-2006

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