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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Brazilian Attorney Mauricio Gomm Santos Joins Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Miami
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today that Mauricio Gomm Ferreira dos Santos has joined the firm in its Miami office. Gomm Santos is a senior Brazilian attorney with a concentration in international contract negotiation and resolution of commercial disputes. His role at Buchanan is to assist clients by providing arbitration and litigation consulting services in connection with international contracts and dispute resolution.

"It is a great honor to join the top-rated law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney," Gomm Santos explains. "Here, I will have the opportunity to contribute my professional experience to the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice with a special focus on Latin America where I have concentrated my practice for 20 years."

With a strong background in Brazilian arbitration law, Gomm Santos has been appointed as an arbitrator in international cases under Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC) rules involving distributorship and agency agreements. He has also served as arbitrator in domestic cases involving commercial contracts.

About Gomm Santos

Gomm Santos previously served as senior partner of Brazilian law firm Gomm Santos & Associates, in Curitiba, Paraná. He has served as counsel for domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings in the field of commercial contracts, agency, distribution, franchising agreements, corporate and project finance. He has also served as counsel in litigation proceedings in the field of banking and insurance law. Gomm Santos is licensed to practice law in Brazil, and his application as Foreign Legal Consultant is pending. He is not admitted to practice law in Florida.

As an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School, Gomm Santos will be teaching a class entitled “Arbitration in Latin America” in the fall 2007 semester. As a visiting researcher at the University, he has researched and prepared a draft of the proposal for the creation of a UM Center devoted to the Study of International Commercial Arbitration. From 2005 to 2006, he assisted Professor Keith Rosenn, the foremost U.S. expert on Latin American law. In that role, he researched and prepared a comparative analysis regarding arbitration.

Gomm Santos was also visiting professor for a graduate course in Arbitration and Mediation at the prestigious Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, in March 2003 and December 2004, respectively.

He received his master's degree in international comparative law (LLM) from the University of Miami School of Law; his master's degree in international business law (LLM) from Queen Mary and Westfield College (London, England), and his juris doctor degree in business law from Paraná Federal University (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil).

Gomm Santos is fluent in Portuguese (native language), English (spoken and written), French (spoken and written), Spanish and basic Italian.

09-18-2007

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Andrews Kurth

Andrews Kurth Lawyers Join in Providing Pro Bono Estate Planning for Firefighters
Andrews Kurth lawyers James Stilwell, Emmie West and Bert Estes were among the 11 attorneys who joined their colleagues at The Woodlands Bar Association Saturday, September 8, to assist 42 Woodlands firefighters in completing their wills and living wills.

The four-hour clinic, “Wills for Heroes,” hosted by the bar association at The Woodlands Fire Department’s Central Station, was an effort to help protect the firefighters’ families in recognition of the fact that the firefighters themselves risk their lives daily to help others.

“Everyone should have a will,” said Stilwell. “A will makes it easier on your family in the event you pass away by helping minimize the time and energy needed to transfer your assets to your loved ones. Without a will, probate court can get complicated.”

Saturday’s clinic focused on meeting with the participants, finalizing and notarizing the wills and living wills, and completing each firefighter’s medical and financial powers of attorney.

The three lawyers are litigators in Andrews Kurth’s office in The Woodlands. Staff members Wendy Leonard and Linda Wilson helped at the event with document revisions and notary services.

The Woodlands Bar Association has more than 160 members and was established in 2005.

09-18-2007

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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Steptoe & Johnson Receives Well Workplace Gold Award
Steptoe & Johnson announced today that the firm’s Charleston, Clarksburg and Morgantown offices have received the coveted Well Workplace Gold Award, acknowledging its commitment to the health and well-being of employees. Presented by the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA), the 2007 Well Workplace Gold Award recognizes Steptoe & Johnson for successfully integrating health promotion into its corporate culture and overall business practices.

“This is a very significant achievement because nationwide, only 59 Golds were awarded,” remarked Robert M. Steptoe, Jr., CEO of the firm.

Gold Well Workplaces are companies that have successfully built comprehensive worksite wellness initiatives and are demonstrating and documenting concrete outcomes related to behavior change, cost effectiveness and return on investment.

“This distinction confirms our firm’s commitment to being a leader in health promotion,” continued Steptoe. “To enhance wellness activities firm-wide, we have joined forces with beBetter Networks, Inc., which creates healthy living programs to assist individuals taking action toward protecting and improving their health. The combination of beBetter’s expertise and the firm’s experience with wellness groups will take our efforts to the next level,” he said.

09-18-2007

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Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel's, P.C.

Senniger Powers' Associate Julie Jennings Speaks on New Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Rules.
Senniger Powers' Associate Julie Jennings co-presented a program on September 18 at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis on TTAB Rules: Times Are A-Changin'. The program discussed new rules issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that will significantly affect inter partes proceedings before the TTAB as of August 31, 2007. The rules affect the service of complaints, the timing and manner in which discovery and pretrial information is exchanged between parties in inter partes cases, as well as the protection of confidential information.

Ms. Jennings explains that possible implications of the new rules include increased costs and complexity of TTAB proceedings, fewer TTAB proceedings and more federal litigation, and the encouragement of earlier settlements. Click here for a chart summarizing the rule changes. For more information on the rules, contact Julie Jennings.

09-18-2007

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Mannheimer Swartling, PC

Inwido acquires DeCasa Interiör
Mannheimer Swartling has assisted Inwido AB, the Nordic region's leading window and door manufacturer, in the acquisition of DeCasa Interiör from Haendig AB. The purchase price was 250 MSEK (Enterprice Value).

DeCasa Interiör consists of the companies Lundbergs Produkter AB, which develops and designs accessories for doors, walls, windows and ceilings, and Duri Svenska AB, which sells products for floors and walls.

Lars Kongstad was the partner in charge, assisted by Lucas Jonsson and Per Åsbrink.

09-18-2007

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Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A.

Brad Lehrman Joins Lommen Abdo; Businessman/Practitioner Adds to Firm's Depth in Corporate Securities and Venture Capital Practice Areas
Bradley H. Lehrman, a well-known Twin Cities attorney, business advisor, private investor, fund manager and board member, has joined the law firm of Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A, as a shareholder effective September 10, 2007. Lehrman will add a venture capital practice to the firm's growing business practice area (including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, business transactions, entertainment, contracts, intellectual property, corporate, securities, employment, bankruptcy, estate planning and probate, real estate and commercial litigation). Lehrman's new association offers him access to Lommen Abdo's offices in Minneapolis; Hudson, Wisconsin; and New York City.

Lehrman was the founder and president of Portage Capital, Inc. and was founder and fund manager of Portage Equity Investments, two early stage accredited venture capital funds whose portfolio companies included emerging growth software, medical device, biotech, health sciences, telecommunications, semiconductor, IT technology and publishing companies.

"Lommen Abdo's business practice is recognized as top-notch and the firm wants to extend that practice into the venture capital area," says Lehrman. "Lommen Abdo offers me an excellent opportunity to greatly expand both my networks and the firm's presence within the Twin Cities and the western Wisconsin business communities. My Lommen Abdo colleagues provide my practice with deep bench strength, allowing me to tailor services for my clients. And the firm's entrepreneurial spirit readily aligns with the way my clients approach their businesses," he stressed. "I am looking forward to working alongside some of the area's most respected attorneys."

"Brad Lehrman's practice is an ideal complement to our current business practice. With his personal experience and entrepreneurial philosophy - and his abounding energy - he will be a great asset to our 15person corporate team," notes Margie Bodas, attorney and vice president of practice management at Lommen Abdo. "Brad will work with some of the area's best business lawyers, including Bob Abdo and Roger Stageberg, who are perennial Super Lawyers. Mr. Lehrman is well connected in the entrepreneurial world and the investment community and we're delighted he's joined our ranks."

"With Brad Lehrman's expertise, vast network and keen instincts for deal making, our firm will now have an even more intensely focused team of business attorneys to address the complex legal issues that emerging business clients face in the 21st century," says Bob Abdo, co-chair of Lommen Abdo's Business Law group. "Like many in our business group, Brad has hands-on experience in these business efforts and clients appreciate that Lommen Abdo's lawyers know what it's like to be on both sides of the table. We're fortunate to have him join us."

09-18-2007

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Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Levenfeld Pearlstein Adds Mark Kosminskas as Partner in Corporate Practice Group
Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Kosminskas as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group.

Mr. Kosminskas’ legal practice focuses on the representation of upper middle market companies and family owned businesses as well as capital providers in the structuring and negotiation of financial transactions. He brings a multidisciplinary approach to corporate work as a result of his experience as both an attorney and a financial professional, providing valuable insight to transactional matters that must be viewed from multiple perspectives. Mr. Kosminskas also has extensive experience representing troubled companies, their lenders and their purchasers in restructurings, workouts and distressed sales

Mr. Kosminskas, 48, joins Levenfeld Pearlstein after spending three years operating his own middle market M&A advisory practice, Kosmark Capital Advisors LLC. He previously spent 10 years practicing corporate and corporate finance law at Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz PC, and Schiff Hardin LLP. Earlier in his career he was a commercial lender at one of Chicago’s leading middle market financial institutions. There he negotiated, evaluated and structured, and monitored financing arrangements for family owned companies and entrepreneurs, providing growth and buyout capital for his clients.

Mr. Kosminskas earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Kosminskas currently co-chairs the Chicago Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee.

09-18-2007

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