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Foley & Lardner

Foley Madison Attorneys Named To The Best Lawyers In America® List
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 20 attorneys from its Madison office, including two retired partners, have been selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Two of Foley's retired partners, Michael H. Auen and Joseph P. Hildebrandt, were also recognized this year.

The number after attorneys' names indicates that they have been named to the Best Lawyers list for at least 10 or 20 consecutive years and the asterisk after their names denotes that this is the first year these attorneys have been listed.

The 2008 edition is the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is based on peer-review surveys in which attorneys throughout the country cast nearly a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Nationwide, 156 Foley attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in a broad array of legal areas.

09-13-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Announces New Global Chief Operating Officer
International law firm Baker & McKenzie has appointed Chris Pierce-Cooke as its new Global Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pierce-Cooke joins Baker & McKenzie with more than 25 years of international management experience - including strategy consulting and management roles in Asia, Europe and North America - in addition to his background as a practicing lawyer and inside corporate counsel. Mr. Pierce-Cooke will be based in Baker & McKenzie’s executive offices in Chicago and report to the Chairman of the Firm’s Executive Committee.

In his new role, Mr. Pierce-Cooke will assist the Firm’s Chairman and the Executive Committee in developing the Firm’s management agenda; leading the Firm's professional management; and implementing major initiatives to drive the Firm’s strategy and support the Firm’s lawyers in client relationship management and development.

“I am delighted to welcome Chris to our Firm. Chris’ legal background and global business management skills make him an excellent fit for Baker & McKenzie,” said John Conroy, Baker & McKenzie’s Chairman of the Executive Committee. “He joins our Firm at an opportune time – our performance, client positioning, and financials are the strongest in our history. I am confident that Chris will be instrumental in further enhancing our Firm’s operations as we work together to take Baker & McKenzie’s strategic performance to the next level.”

Mr. Pierce-Cooke began his career as a solicitor in London. He was a commercial, tax, property and litigation lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna, formerly known as Cameron Kemm Nordon. He then became inside counsel at British Aerospace before transitioning into various management roles within BA. He was selected to undertake a two-year rotation to jointly run British Aerospace's Asia Pacific operations in Australia. Following this, he chose to remain in Australia and worked for Westpac Banking Corporation as well as two strategy consultancy groups.

More recently, Mr. Pierce-Cooke spent seven years, based in Philadelphia, as Worldwide Managing Director of Organizational Consulting Services for Right Management, a leading global provider of career transition and organizational consulting services.

Mr. Pierce-Cooke studied at the Law College in London, England in 1975, and received his BS with honors in Economics majoring in Accountancy, Economics and Law from the University College Wales in 1974.

Commenting on his new position, Mr. Pierce-Cooke said: "This is an exciting time to join Baker & McKenzie with its truly unique global platform, strategically focused outlook and eminent talent pool. I look forward to applying my experience to help further the Firm's strategic goals."

09-13-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Acts on API Appeal
WilmerHale competition lawyers Sven Voelcker, Frederic Louis and Jan Heithecker achieved a partial victory in Association de la Presse Internationale v. Commission, a transparency case arguing that the Commission should make available to the public its written pleadings before the Community courts. It is only the third case in history assigned to the Court's Grand Chamber. Click here to view the press statement issued by API.

09-13-2007

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Thompson & Coburn, L.L.P.

Pam Meanes Wins Affiliate of the Year Award
Pam Meanes, a partner in the firm’s Construction and Litigation practice areas, accepted the National Bar Association’s Affiliate of the Year Award at the Association’s 82nd Annual Convention at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta on July 28. Under her leadership, the Mound City Bar Association was selected as the Affiliate of the Year for 2007 based on its outstanding contributions this year.

Pam is the Immediate Past President of the Mound City Bar Association, currently serves on the Mound City Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors, and is Regional Director for Region VIII of the National Bar Association.

09-13-2007

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Stinson, Morrison & Hecker, L.L.P.

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP has 77 of the Best Lawyers in America
Seventy-seven lawyers from Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Every firm office had an attorney selected to the list.

In Missouri, the firm has the most Best Lawyers in the fields of banking, corporate law, employee benefits, environmental law and mergers & acquisitions. In addition, 47 of the lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Kansas City offices, making it the most represented firm in the region. Nineteen of the firm’s lawyers have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 consecutive years, and four have been listed for 20 or more consecutive years. Fifteen lawyers are listed for the first time.

The Best Lawyers’ lists represent 80 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The lists are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the United States confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

“We are honored to have so many partners included with such an exclusive group of attorneys,” said Mark Foster, firm managing partner. “The recognition truly reflects our firm’s commitment to excellence in all of our offices nationwide and the continued respect of the legal community.”

09-13-2007

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

MetroPCS Acquisition to Create National Wireless Carrier
Skadden is representing MetroPCS Communications, Inc. in its proposed merger with Leap Wireless International, Inc., a deal valued at approximately $5.5 billion. MetroPCS also plans to assume or refinance about $2 billion in debt. The companies are two of the largest providers of wireless telecommunications services.

09-13-2007

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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Thomas Engellenner analyzes new patent rules
Thomas Engellenner, co-chair of the firm’s Patent and Life Sciences practice group, published, “U.S. Patent office's new rules are way off the mark,” in the August 31 issue of Mass High Tech. The article discusses how the new patent rules will affect the majority of patent applications and dramatically change the current practices. Tom goes on to say that as a result of these rules, a million unexamined patent applications may become a million rejected patent applications on appeal, clogging the administrative and judicial review process. The hope is that Congress will step in where the patent office failed.

09-13-2007

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