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Messerli & Kramer

Debra Yerigan Joins Messerli & Kramer P.A.
Messerli & Kramer P.A. is pleased to announce that Debra E. Yerigan has joined the firm's Family Law Practice Group. Debra's practice focuses on marriage dissolutions, child custody and child support matters, spousal maintenance, property division, post-dissolution, paternity, domestic abuse and antenuptial matters.

"Deb is one of the foremost family law attorneys practicing in Minnesota and is consistently recognized for her achievements. We are thrilled to have her join us," said firm president William Habicht.

Debra has consistently been named a “Super Lawyer” and has been recognized as a "Top 40 Minnesota Family Law Attorney" by Minnesota Law & Politics. She has been admitted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Minnesota and the 2007-08 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Debra is a member of the American, Minnesota State and Hennepin County Bar Associations. She served on the Fourth District Ethics Panel (1997-2004) and currently serves as a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice.

A leader in the community, Debra has served on the Brooklyn Park Master Planning Task Force, as commissioner and chair of the Brooklyn Park Planning Commission, and as co-chair of the Brooklyn Park 610 Corridor Committee. She has taken part in Hennepin County Women’s Political Caucus Steering Committee, Minnesota Women’s Political Caucus Steering Committee, and served as treasurer of the Minnesota Women’s Education Council.

05-21-2007

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Healy & Baillie, L.L.P.

Addition Expands Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce Alain Lapter has joined the Firm as an associate in the intellectual property group. Mr. Lapter brings considerable experience in business and trademark law, and will be based in Blank Rome’s Washington, DC office.

Mr. Lapter comes to Blank Rome from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where he served as a trademark examining attorney. In this capacity, Mr. Lapter reviewed numerous trademark applications for procedural and substantive issues as part of the Office’s quality review process; and argued before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board with respect to the concurrent use of trademarks. Mr. Lapter is also a frequent author on intellectual property law topics published in various legal journals.

Admitted to practice in Washington, DC, and Massachusetts, Mr. Lapter received his law degree at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and a masters of law in intellectual property from George Washington University Law School. Mr. Lapter holds a bachelor of science degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Colorado.

05-21-2007

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Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, L.L.P.

Employment Attorney Ann Bradley Joins Duane Morris in San Diego
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Ann K. Bradley, formerly of DLA Piper and, before its merger with DLA, of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich. Ann joins as a partner in the firm's Employment and Immigration Practice Group in San Diego.

An experienced counselor and litigator, Ann focuses her practice on advising clients regarding compliance with federal and California employment law and on all related matters. She is known for seeking business solutions to legal problems. Ann advises employers on hiring practices, discipline and discharge, leaves of absence and reasonable accommodation of disabilities, and internal investigations of harassment, discrimination and employee misconduct. She has represented clients in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, such as the EEOC, DFEH, California Labor Commissioner and California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Ann is an experienced trainer, speaker and author of numerous articles on both business and legal topics.

Ann received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was a member of the USD Law Review, and her B.A. from San Diego State University.

05-21-2007

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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

O'Connell Joins as Hinshaw's CFO
Edward J. O'Connell has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as Chief Financial Officer. In that role, he will be responsible for the firm’s financial operations. Mr. O'Connell will also be actively involved with a variety of other issues, including client profitability and pricing.

Mr. O'Connell, who is certified as a CPA in the State of Illinois and currently sits on the Board of Directors of a publicly traded company, brings with him broad business and financial experience. He comes to Hinshaw from the Chicago office of Gardner Carton Douglass LLP, where he was the Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer. While with Gardner Carton, he had significant responsibility in facilitating the firm’s merger with the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, which was completed on January 1, 2007.

Before joining Gardner Carton, Mr. O'Connell served in a CFO role with several companies in the Chicago area. He gained law firm experience as Chief Operating Officer at Keck, Mahin & Cate. Mr. O'Connell began his career as a staff accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, where he rose to the position of Audit Manager.

Mr. O'Connell graduated from the University of Notre Dame.

05-21-2007

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Partner Named to State Department Post
Peter Clark, a partner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). The ACIEP advises the department on issues and challenges in international economic policy, including on the relationship between economic interests and overall foreign policy, the role of nternational economic institutions, and the department's ability to advance American commercial interests in the world economy.

Mr. Clark is a partner in the Business Fraud and Complex Litigation Practice in Cadwalader's Litigation Department, resident in the Washington D.C. office. He has extensive experience in handling illicit corporate payment matters, both at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice , and successfully prosecuted several of the the first transnational bribery cases brought by the Department. He played an important role in the enactment and subsequent amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and was the Justice Department's principal negotiator of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) anti-bribery convention and the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention. As Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section, Mr. Clark was responsible for all of the Justice Department's FCPA investigations and prosecutions, and for the FCPA Opinion Procedure.

05-21-2007

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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

Donald B. Leach, Jr. Elected to the Ohio State Bar Association's Council of Delegates for District 7
The law firm of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP (“BDB”) is pleased to announce that Donald B. Leach, Jr. has been elected to the Ohio State Bar Association’s Council of Delegates for District 7, which is comprised of Franklin County. Mr. Leach was one of fifteen members of the Council elected based on a vote by all of the members of the Ohio State Bar Association in Franklin County. He has served the Council since 2005. His second two-year term will commence on July 1, 2007.

The Council of Delegates reviews proposed legislation and court rule changes recommended by OSBA sections and committees. They also decide broad questions of policy sometimes referred to them by the Board of Governors.

Mr. Leach is a Shareholder in BDB’s Columbus office. He is the former Managing Partner of the office and has previously served on the law firm’s Board of Managers as a Vice President. His practice primarily focuses in the areas of real estate and construction law, with an emphasis on construction-related contracting, disputes and business matters. He is a frequent lecturer and author on construction and real estate topics.

Mr. Leach is the first practicing attorney elected to the Board of Directors and then President in 1996 of the 115-year-old Builders Exchange of Central Ohio. In 2003, Mr. Leach was awarded the Builders Exchange Cornerstone Award which honors an industry professional whose civic and industry contributions have made a positive impact on the construction industry and central Ohio community. Mr. Leach currently serves as a member of the Upper Arlington, Ohio City Council. He has a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Mr. Leach is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law and resides in Upper Arlington, Ohio, with his wife, Jane, and two daughters.

05-21-2007

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Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

Steven Howard Quoted on Blackstone Group's IPO Plans
Steven Howard was quoted in the article, "Not Everyone's A Fan Of Blackstone's IPO Plans," regarding AFL-CIO's, the largest United States labor union, implications that Blackstone Group should be subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940. "The union's case [is] interesting but not compelling... the legal details are beside the point. Business has changed in the last 67 years. A public private equity group just did not exist in 1940. The SEC needs to provide an exemption for publicly traded private equity firms in the same way that banks and insurance companies are exempt... [Blackstone operating under 1940 Act rules] wouldn't work since it would stymie its ability to borrow money and work with affiliates.

05-21-2007

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