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Lathrop & Gage LLP

KCMBA Names Mike Williams Young Lawyer of the Year
The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA) has named Lathrop & Gage’s Michael A. Williams Young Lawyer of the Year. The award recognizes excellence in public service, professionalism and legal accomplishments.

Williams concentrates his law practice on labor and employment issues including age, sex, race and disability discrimination; and retaliation claims. He has served as lead trial counsel in numerous jury trials before federal courts in both Kansas and Missouri.

Williams is chairman of Lathrop & Gage’s diversity committee and a member of the KCMBA’s Diversity Committee. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law and was the first African American ever elected to the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors.

In 2006, Williams was named Up and Coming Lawyer of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Weekly and received the University of Missouri’s prestigious Arts and Science Recent Alumni Award.

He was recognized during the KCMBA’s 34th Annual Bench-Bar & Boardroom Conference on May 3.

05-11-2007

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Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, PC.

KK&B Supports New MADD Program in Elementary Schools
Connecticut and elementary schools in Bridgeport, Green Farms, Stamford and New Canaan premiere MADD’s new school assembly show, GAME ON, this week in front of 2600 students. GAME ON takes students into the world of a video game using cutting edge graphics and current songs and movie clips to teach about helmet safety, how the brain works, ways they can protect their brain, and the effects of alcohol and other drugs on the growing brain. The multimedia show was created by MADD and is being sponsored by the Law Offices of Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder in Bridgeport, CT.

“GAME ON covers the topics of bullying, tattletales, dealing with strangers and how to be safe in a car,” says Johanna Krebs, Youth Coordinator, MADD CT. “The program closes with an empowering message that shows anyone can do anything they set their minds to, as long as they try, and are alcohol and drug free. The show is seen on three giant screens spanning 45 feet lasting 35 minutes. Through the entire show there are interviews with students, expert opinions, movie clips, music videos and video game clips which enhance the fast pace of the program making GAME ON an experience student’s love.”

MADD CT and the Law Offices of Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder are bringing this multimedia show to 7 elementary schools in Fairfield Connecticut to help educate young students of the dangers that are involved in alcohol and drug use and to remind them of safety tips needed to live a healthy life. The average age for youth to start drinking in Connecticut is 11 years old, so presenting this program to kindergarten through seventh graders plants the seeds needed to help them be substance free.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving's mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking. MADD Connecticut is in the process of planning next years multimedia show bookings.

05-11-2007

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Healy & Baillie, L.L.P.

Department of Treasury Inspector General Harold Damelin Joins Blank Rome
Blank Rome announced today that Harold Damelin has joined the Firm as a Partner in the white collar and government investigations group. Mr. Damelin joins Blank Rome from the U.S. Department of Treasury, where he served as Inspector General, and brings more than thirty years of diverse white collar criminal and investigative experience to the Firm.

“We are pleased to welcome Harry to Blank Rome and look forward to incorporating his breadth of federal government and private practice experience into our white collar and government investigations practice,” said Carl M. Buchholz, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer. “Harry’s significant government investigation experience from his various positions on the Hill, and most recently as Inspector General for the Department of Treasury, will be a great complement to the Firm.”

Prior to joining Blank Rome, Mr. Damelin served as Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this capacity, Mr. Damelin directed the Office’s audits and investigations of allegations of waste, fraud, abuse and program mismanagement. He was also responsible for keeping the Secretary and Congress informed as to the effectiveness of Treasury programs and operations. Before serving as the Treasury’s Inspector General, Mr. Damelin was Inspector General of the Small Business Administration.

In the public sector, Mr. Damelin served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Majority for the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, where he directed a team of attorneys and investigators, which conducted investigations and held public hearings involving health care fraud, procurement fraud and Russian Organized Crime. Mr. Damelin also served as Senior Counsel to the Majority for the U.S. Senate Special Investigation Committee headed by Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), which examined allegations of illegal and improper activities in connection with the 1996 Federal election campaigns.

Mr. Damelin also served as Deputy Chief of the Grand Jury Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and as a Branch Chief in the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.

In private practice, Mr. Damelin was a Partner at the law firm of Arent Fox, and subsequently at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in Washington, D.C., specializing in white collar defense work and government investigations. Later in his career, Mr. Damelin returned to private practice with Washington, D.C.-based law firm Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville, where he oversaw the firm’s fraud and abuse practice group.

Mr. Damelin received his law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School and his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Boston College.

05-11-2007

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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

Sullivan Counsels on Multi-Million Dollar Acquisitions
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP attorney Timothy M. Sullivan recently assisted Community Bank of Lemont, AmeriMark Financial Corp., Community Rio, Inc. and Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. in acquisitions implicating an aggregate amount of hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Sullivan was assisted in the deals by Hinshaw attorneys Lisa Burman, Brian Goins, Jim Harbert, Mike Morehead and Tom Luetkemeyer.

The deal involving Community Bank provides that the bank, with assets of around $80 million, will be integrated into Standard Bank, which is a subsidiary of Standard Bancshares and has 41 branch offices and about $2 billion in assets.

The AmeriMark transaction provides for AmeriMark to be acquired by Inland Bancorp Holding Company. The $46-million, all-cash deal represents $50 per share for AmeriMark’s stock.

The Community Rio, Inc. acquisition involves Community Rio entering into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of The Greenwood’s Bancorporation, Inc., owner of the 123-year old The Greenwood’s State Bank.

In the last deal, Midwest Banc Holdings entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Northwest Suburban Bancorp., Inc., which has about $90 million in deposits.

05-11-2007

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Clark Hill PLC

Clark Hill Attorney Joesph A. Bonventre to Present Estate Planning Seminar at Henry Ford Village May 16
Clark Hill Attorney Joseph A. Bonventre will present an estate planning seminar for the Henry Ford Village residents on May 16. Bonventre will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of joint property, methods available to transfer assets upon death, revocable trusts, incapacity and charitable planning, as well as review techniques available to save federal and estate gift and income taxes.

Joseph Bonventre is a member in Clark Hill’s Detroit office, where he practices in the Personal Needs Group. Bonventre has been practicing law for 24 years, and advises individuals on estate planning, probate, charitable planning and trust administration and related tax matters. Bonventre has substantial experience advising individuals and members of closely held businesses on traditional and sophisticated estate planning techniques available to reduce their federal income tax, gift tax, estate tax and generation skipping transfer tax liabilities. He prepares a variety of estate planning documents, including wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, family limited liability company agreements, durable power of attorney forms and designation of patient advocate forms.

Bonventre has substantial experience advising members of closely held businesses on succession planning techniques. If a client has charitable intent, he utilizes various charitable planning techniques to accomplish the client’s objectives including charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, private foundations and planned giving options. If a client has retirement assets, Bonventre educates the client so that he or she can make the appropriate elections and decisions that apply in this complex area of the law. He is uniquely qualified to prepare federal estate and gift tax returns and federal and state fiduciary tax returns. Bonventre has expertise in assisting individuals and fiduciaries of estates and trusts with audits by the Internal Revenue Service and Michigan Department of Treasury. He has been successful in advocating clients' positions before the Internal Revenue Service, Michigan Department of Treasury and the Courts. He handles post-mortem trust administration matters and all types of probate matters, including probate administration, guardianships and conservatorships.

Bonventre earned his B.S. from the University of Detroit and his J.D. from the Detroit College of Law.

05-11-2007

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Partners Named Tops in Their Fields in United States Lawyer Rankings
Two Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP partners were cited in the United States Lawyer Rankings as elite practitioners in their areas of expertise. David S. Miller was named among the top tax lawyers in the country, while Bruce R. Zirinsky secured a leading position in the bankruptcy field.

The rankings were developed by a consortium of U.S. corporations in order to recognize those lawyers who have consistently provided the highest degree of representation, so that their members, as well as other businesses and individual clients, can have a degree of guidance when choosing to retain a law firm. Lawyers are ranked based on graded confidential questionnaires, and only lawyers meeting the minimum criteria for scores are eligible for the rankings. The lawyering skills, knowledge of the field, creativity , and client relations. Nominations come from attorneys, judges, and the senior management of large corporate and institutional clients. Lawyers cannot nominate themselves nor anyone from their own firms.

Miller, resident in the firm’s New York office, focuses on matters relating to the taxation and other financings, international andMiller, resident in the firm’s New York office, focuses on matters relating to the taxation of financial instruments and derivatives, cross-border lending transactions a domestic mergers and acquisitions, multinational corporate groups and partnerships, bankruptcy and workouts, high-net-worth individuals and families , and public charities and private foundations. He is the First Vice Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section, and he will Chair the section in 2008. Miller also represents more than 100 small charities on a pro bono basis. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (summa cum laude) and Columbia University Law Schooll

Zirinsky, also resident in the firm’s New York office, is Chairman of the Financial Restructuring Group at Cadwalader. He has specialized in U.S. and in ternational financial restructurings and reorganizations for more than 30 years. His clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies, public and private companies,commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, asset management and investment funds, and other business enterprises. Mr. Zirinsky’s practice encompasses counseling debtors secured and unsecured creditors, creditor committees, public bondholders, shareholders, and investors involved in many of the largest and most complex U.S. and international reorganizations and restructurings, financial transactions, litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. He has had a major role in the restructuring, reorganization, sale, or acquisition of many large, complex businesses in the airline, telecommunications, energy, health care, manufacturing, retail, food services, financial services, real estate, rail car, shipping, Zirinsky is a graduate of Cornell University and the New York University School of Law.

05-11-2007

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Butzel Long

Thomas T. Moga featured at World Trade Week 2007 West Michigan program
Butzel Long senior attorney Thomas T. Moga was a keynote luncheon speaker on May 9, 2007 during the World Trade Week (WTW) West Michigan program May 7-11. Mr. Moga spoke on "Spanning your Global Brand." The program offered insight on global trends affecting intellectual property and strategies for companies to protect their brand image in an increasingly competitive environment. The program focused on small business and how to succeed in international markets. Butzel Long was one of the WTW hosts.

Mr. Moga’s practice focuses on intellectual property including the acquisition of patents and registrations for trademarks and copyrights; licensing, litigation, dispute resolution and mediation, portfolio management, and policy development. He is an experienced patent prosecutor in the mechanical, chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical arts. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

In addition to his wide array of intellectual property work, Mr. Moga has managed anti-counterfeiting actions in Asia, including overseeing initial counterfeit product investigation, selecting and working with local investigators, selecting and working with local counsel, preparing administrative and judicial documents, and participating in raids. He has researched and prepared a section on IP laws and practice for country reports (China, Korea, India) for a U.S. corporate client’s submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as part of annual Sections 301 and 306 reviews. His China work has also included assisting in the preparation of a report on counterfeit IP for the U.S.-China Commission in 2002.

05-11-2007

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