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Cummings & Lockwood LLC

Cummings & Lockwood Expands Litigation Practice in Stamford, Connecticut - Michael P. Kaelin Joins Firm
Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that Michael P. Kaelin has joined the Firm as a Principal in the Litigation Group resident in the Stamford office. He has extensive experience litigating commercial, employment, employee benefits, probate, trusts and estates, and investment matters, including wrongful discharge and discrimination claims, will contests, fiduciary litigation and securities arbitration; and has represented individuals, fiduciaries, closely held businesses and major corporations. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Kaelin was a partner in Gregory and Adams, P.C., and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.

Mr. Kaelin received his undergraduate degree, cum laude , from Duke University in 1981, and received his J.D. degree from Duke University School of Law in 1984. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Connecticut and New York, as well as in other federal trial and appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Kaelin is an active member of the American Inns of Court's Fairfield County Chapter where he serves as Vice President. He is also a member of the Compliance and Legal Division of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

05-16-2007

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Carlton Fields

Thomas J. Roehn Honored with Michael Fogarty in the Trenches Award
Carlton Fields Tampa Shareholder Thomas J. Roehn was honored with the 2007 Michael Fogarty In the Trenches Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation from the Trial Lawyers Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association for his demonstrated excellence and integrity in Civil Advocacy and his ongoing efforts in the representation of clients in the Court Systems.

Roehn is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and is Florida Bar Board Certified in Business Litigation. He along with other distinguished individuals in Hillsborough County was honored at the HCBA's annual Awards Luncheon on May 16, 2007.

Roehn is a member of the Carlton Fields’ Real Property Litigation and Business Litigation & Trade Regulation Practice Groups. He is one of the few Florida lawyers Board Certified by The Florida Bar in both Business Litigation and Civil Trial Law. His areas of emphasis include accountants’ liability defense, securities litigation, class actions defense and real estate litigation. Roehn has tried numerous cases to juries and the court in all regions of the state of Florida. He received his B.A., in Economics, from Georgetown University in 1970 and his J.D., from Boston College in 1973.

05-16-2007

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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Womble Carlyle Honored By N.C. Supreme Court Historical Society
Womble Carlyle has been honored for its efforts to help preserve North Carolina’s legal history through its support of the Supreme Court Historical Society.

The firm received membership in the Thomas Ruffin Society, given by the Supreme Court Historical Society for support of its historical preservation efforts. The membership was presented by Chief Justice Sarah Parker in a May 11th ceremony attended by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The Thomas Ruffin Society is named for a former Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.

Attorneys representing the firm at the ceremony were former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell, Marilyn Forbes, Johnny Loper, Julie Bradburn, Sarah Buthe, Chris Jones, Sean Andrussier and Jack Cozort.

The Supreme Court Historical Society works to collect and preserve the history of the state’s courts. For example, a recent exhibit chronicles the history of women who have served as judges. Upcoming projects include creating a digital inventory of the portraits on display in all 100 county courthouses in the state.

The exhibits are open to the public and are on display in the Supreme Court building in Raleigh, which recently underwent a $9.5 million renovation.

05-16-2007

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

WilmerHale Victorious in $103 Million False Claims Act Verdict
In a rare and complex False Claims Act trial, WilmerHale, working with a trial team from the Department of Justice, won a jury verdict in favor of the US government and client Richard Miller against all defendants with a damages award of just over $103 million. This is the fourth largest US jury verdict in 2007. Following a week’s deliberation, the jury found the defendants liable under the False Claims Act for conspiring to rig bids for US government-funded construction projects in the Middle East.

The construction projects were born from the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords and were paid for by the US Agency for International Development. The verdict, over ten years in the making, follows a criminal trial in which one of the defendants was convicted and several others pled guilty to charges of rigging their bids for US AID-funded projects in violation of US antitrust laws. WilmerHale client Mr. Miller is a former executive of one of the construction companies who, after becoming aware of the companies’ conspiracy, alerted the government.

This case drew on WilmerHale’s strengths in the areas of both antitrust and False Claims Act litigation, in which we regularly defend companies suspected of violations, as well as those who are victims of unlawful conduct.

Members of WilmerHale’s Litigation Department and Antitrust and Competition Department who worked on this case include Robert Bell, Jonathan Cedarbaum, Robert Cultice, Jennifer O’Connor, Colin Rushing, Matthew Baumgartner, Ashley Baynham, Monya Bunch, Michael Gottlieb, Kevin Heffel, Allison Murphy, Gregory Reece and Stephen Smith.

05-16-2007

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case in London ECM Treble
White & Case has closed three London equity capital markets deals in the space of two days, including the move by one company from AIM to the London Stock Exchange's Main Market.

"At present, the equity capital markets are in a period of sustained growth, driven in particular by the continuing strengthening of economic fundamentals in the emerging markets. The trend of companies based in or focussed on emerging markets listing in London is well established, and it is something that we will continue to see more of," commented Allan Taylor, a principal partner in White & Case's Equity Capital Markets practice.

White & Case's equity capital markets treble involved the following transactions:

* Advising Merrill Lynch International and Hoare Govett Limited as joint sponsors on the move by Imperial Energy Corporation plc., a Russian oil and gas business, from AIM to the Main Market. The White & Case team advising on the deal was co-led by partners Philip Broke and Allan Taylor, working closely with associate David Dobbie;
* Advising Tau Capital plc., an Isle of Man investment company focussed on Kazakhstan, on its $250 million AIM IPO. Allan Taylor also led this deal, working alongside associates Deborah Grim, Victoria Henrion and Josephine Last; and
* Advising BMO Nesbitt Burns as placing agent in Titanium Resources Group Limited's $35.2 million secondary placement of shares on AIM. This deal was also led by Allan Taylor, who was assisted by associate Elizabeth Palmer.


Taylor added: "AIM has been a huge success story in recent years and a significant driver of growth in the London market. As it has matured, AIM has attracted larger and more international-based companies, and we are expecting to see more companies at the top end move up to the Main Market. AIM has lots of advantages for many companies, but the Main Market offers exposure to larger amounts of capital and has even more liquidity, which is clearly desirable for larger businesses."

The White & Case London-based ECM practice has had a formidable start to the year and recently recruited partners Andrew Croxford and Andrew Caunt to help meet growing client demand and a rapidly increasing pipeline of work.

05-16-2007

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

Kirk H. Doan Selected as President-Elect of LAKC
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP attorney Kirk H. Doan was recently selected as President-Elect of the Lawyers Association of Kansas City. He will serve one year as President-Elect before becoming President on June 1, 2008.

The Lawyers Association is an association of nearly 1,100 attorneys practicing in the greater Kansas City metropolitan community. One objective is to promote the legal profession’s service to the public. LAKC provides election day poll watchers and organizes public forums on legal topics. Its educational outreach includes student mock trial competitions, student mediation services and a high school scholarship program. LAKC participates in the Youth Empowerment Summit and Operation Breakthrough, as well as organizing Law Day activities, continuing legal education programs, and other activities in service to the public and the local Bar.

Doan, a partner in the Kansas City office, focuses his practice on health care, real estate and business law. Doan has extensive experience handling physician and medical practice business issues, including employment, practice acquisition, physician associations, joint ventures, surgery and imaging center development, managed care and hospital contracting, and regulatory compliance. He is a past President of the Greater Kansas City Society of Health Care Attorneys and was named as a 2006 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer in health care law. Doan serves on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Division. He earned his juris doctorate from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University.

05-16-2007

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Schiff Hardin LLP

Schiff Hardin LLP Welcomes Mike Zhiyan Xu as an Associate in the Chicago Office
Schiff Hardin LLP has added Mike Zhiyan Xu as an associate in the Chicago office. Mr. Xu joins the firm from the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, where he was a Public Law Initiative Fellow.

Mr. Xu received his undergraduate degrees (B.S., Applied Mathematics, 1993) from Southeast University, Nanjing, China and (B.S., Biostatistics, 1998) from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He received is (J.D., 2007) from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois.

05-16-2007

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