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Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

Kaplan is Honored as 'Volunteer Lawyer of the Year'
Andrew M. Kaplan, a partner with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, has been named the Volunteer Lawyer of the Year for 2006 by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation.

“This is a special pleasure for me,” said Roger Gates, president of the board of trustees of the Volunteer Lawyers. “For more than 20 years, Andy has demonstrated a strong and special commitment to the goals and work of the Volunteer Lawyers Project. Under his leadership, his firm accepts a wide range of cases from us. Andy not only encourages members of his firm to volunteer their skills, he often handles cases himself.”

The Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation provides legal services to low-income citizens, linking private attorneys with indigent clients. The Volunteer Lawyers Project brings the concept of equal justice for all closer to reality. VLP was established in 1982 by the Cincinnati Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati. It now serves Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren Counties.

“We’re exceptionally proud of Andy’s contributions,” said Nathaniel Lampley, managing partner of Vorys’ Cincinnati office. “It’s important to us at Vorys that we give back to the community. Andy is a fine example of that.”

Mr. Kaplan practices in the area of general civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment-related litigation and workers’ compensation. He will be presented with his award at the annual luncheon meeting of the Cincinnati Bar Association on Friday, May 4, 2007.

04-30-2007

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Hinshaw & Culbertson, L.L.P.

Richards-Yellen Joins Hinshaw as Firm's First Diversity Partner
The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce the hiring of Leslie Richards-Yellen as the firm’s first Diversity Partner. Ms. Richards-Yellen will bring her extensive experience as a bond attorney as well as her diversity leadership and training skills to the firm.

“We are very pleased to be welcoming Leslie to the firm. She is an accomplished attorney and her addition as our new Diversity Partner will enable Hinshaw to better serve our clients and our communities,” commented Hinshaw Chairman, Donald L. Mrozek, on the addition of Ms. Richards-Yellen to the firm.

Ms. Richard-Yellen concentrates her practice in the public finance arena. She has worked as in-house counsel, and in private practice, and has facilitated bond deals throughout the nation. While in private practice, Ms. Richards-Yellen was one of two attorneys responsible for all bond counsel work for the District of Columbia – which totaled more than $2 billion.

Additionally, Ms. Richards-Yellen served as a principal with a leading mutual fund company, as well as an associate general counsel, where she provided legal analysis for the fixed income group. While an associate general counsel, she also managed and developed strategies to enhance the value of distressed debt and lead recovery efforts for municipal and corporate transactions that also included corporations such as United Airlines, USAir and Pacific Gas & Electric.

Prior to joining Hinshaw, Ms. Richards-Yellen was in private practice at a Chicago-area firm where she managed the firm’s bond practice and Woman’s Professional Development Group.

Ms. Richard-Yellen has also served as leader of the Diversity Training Workshop, and Diversity Leadership and Training Committees, for a leading mutual fund company while she served as the company’s in-house counsel.

As Diversity Partner, Ms. Richards-Yellen will be responsible for implementing firm-wide diversity initiatives along with the firm’s Diversity Committee Chair and other members. As a resource of information for attorneys, Ms. Richards-Yellen will also develop best practices and support recruitment efforts for the firm.

Ms. Richards-Yellen is very active professionally. She is on the National Association of Bond Lawyers Steering Committee where she is responsible for the “Defaults, Workouts and Bankruptcy Issues in Public Finance” panel. She was selected as an Investment Company Institute (ICI) delegate on the Muni Council, sponsored by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) (2001 to 2005). From 1994 to 2005 she was a member of the ICI Fixed Income Committee. She is a former member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and once served as its general counsel. She is also a former member of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, where she worked as the adviser to the executive director. At that time, Ms. Richards-Yellen also served as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University School of Law where she conducted a public finance seminar.

Ms. Richards-Yellen received her bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 1980 before earning her law degree from Cornell Law School in 1984.

04-30-2007

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Butzel Long

D. Stewart Green receives Lighthouse Community Development Beacon Award
Butzel Long attorney and shareholder D. Stewart Green recently received the Lighthouse Community Development Beacon Award during Lighthouse of Oakland County's celebration luncheon. Mr. Green serves on the Lighthouse Community Development Board of Directors. In 2005, Mr. Green was honored by Lighthouse of Oakland County when he received the Joycelynn Hubbard Volunteer of the Year award.

Lighthouse Community Development is a non-profit low income housing organization. It is a subsidiary of Lighthouse of Oakland County, Inc. Other subsidiaries include Lighthouse PATH and Lighthouse Emergency Services.

Mr. Green is Manager of Butzel Long's Real Estate Practice. He was recently involved, along with other colleagues in the firm, in the redevelopment of the former Book Cadillac Hotel property.

Mr. Green has extensive experience in all areas of real property practice. He has represented clients in major sales and purchases of real estate, lenders and borrowers in loan transactions, purchasers and developers in condominium developments, and landlords and tenants in leasing transactions. Mr. Green has been involved in numerous mortgage loan workouts and foreclosures on behalf of major commercial lenders and has litigated the enforcement of loan documents, including representing lenders in bankruptcy matters.

His activities have included office and commercial leasing matters. Mr. Green has extensive experience in construction lien and related matters and has been involved in litigation concerning the same, including the treatment of construction liens and trust fund claims in bankruptcy. He has lectured on foreclosure issues, real estate matters, and related topics in the bankruptcy and commercial workout area.

Mr. Green earned a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1974 with high honors and a J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1977. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee on Condominiums, Cooperatives and PUDs) and the Oakland County and American Bar Associations (member, Forum Committee on Affordable Housing). Mr. Green is a resident of Rochester Hills.

04-30-2007

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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

Thomas J. Bonasera of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP Recipient of Alumni Outstanding Service Award from Capital University Law School
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP (“BDB”) is pleased to announce that Thomas J. Bonasera is the 2007 recipient of the Alumni Outstanding Service Award from Capital University Law School. This award was created in 2006 to be given to a Capital University Law School J.D. alumnus who has performed significant voluntary service, beyond the call of business or professional duty, to his/her community and or Capital University Law School.

Mr. Bonasera, a Shareholder at BDB, has embodied the word “service” throughout his career. He has served his alma mater in various capacities including previously leading the Alumni Association Board as president, helping to create the first-ever alumni initiated fundraising phon-a-thon, serving on the Board Counselors, and most recently, personally forming the Judge Richard B. Metcalf Endowment. He has served the law school as a participant in diversity initiatives, the ABA accreditation process and has been a member of dean’s search committees.

Mr. Bonasera earned his J.D. from Capital University Law School (1975). In addition, he received his B.S. from The Ohio State University (1970). Mr. Bonasera currently serves on the boards of the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus, the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbus, where he is the immediate past president. Mr. Bonasera is a former Board Member of the Alzheimer’s Association of Columbus and he has served as past president of the Columbus Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association.

Mr. Bonasera focuses his practice primarily on trust and estate administration and litigation, estate planning and closely held business matters. Mr. Bonasera advises his clients on a broad range of trust and estate planning and litigation matters, obligations and liabilities of trustees and other fiduciaries and trust and estate beneficiary rights and closely held business matters including business disputes.

Mr. Bonasera resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Julie.

04-30-2007

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Taft Law Firm Announces Downtown Commitment: New Space Offers 'Front Porch' View of Fountain Square
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced today a significant extension of the term of its current lease in the US Bank Tower in downtown Cincinnati. Taft also announced that it would be expanding its current space during the next several years. The extension and expansion are the result of growth at the firm over the past several years and the renewal of the Fountain Square area.

The firm currently occupies approximately 115,000 square feet on five floors. With the expansion, the firm will occupy an additional 20,000 square feet in the immediate future and has the ability to take additional space as needed. The firm signed a lease that runs through 2023.

“Taft has been committed to the Cincinnati region and the city center for its entire 122 year history and remains excited about being downtown. The depth of our enthusiasm is demonstrated by the significant extension of the term of our lease and the commitment to expanding our offices on the newly renovated Fountain Square,” said Ed Diller, Partner-In-Charge, Cincinnati Office, and member of the firm’s executive committee.

One of the new, unique features will be a second floor meeting and conference area that has an all glass front overlooking Fountain Square.

Committed to Downtown, Driving Growth
Taft was located at Dixie Terminal until moving to the U.S. Bank building in 1981. At that time, the firm had 95 attorneys and associates. By 2000 the firm had grown to 144 professionals and today has 211 lawyers and 290 total employees in Cincinnati. Taft has 422 employees firm-wide (includes Cincinnati and offices in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky).

“What is happening at the Taft law firm is exactly the kind of development that will enable downtown Cincinnati to continue to grow and prosper,” Diller said. He noted that high-quality professional jobs create additional economic growth in support services, retail establishments and restaurants and spurs downtown living in the condominiums that have grown in number over the past several years, especially among young professionals.

Taft did not ask for or receive tax abatement considerations for the expansion. Nor did it look for office space outside the downtown area. “Our roots are downtown and we are committed to this city and its downtown core. We trust that our commitment to and confidence will help spur additional development in this great city” Diller said.

Design and Construction Plans
Earlier this year, Taft remodeled its existing space, opening up public and office areas and updating interior furniture and fixtures.

The new second floor meeting space, tentatively named The Taft Center, is being designed by architectural firm KZF and built by Messer Construction. It will include a combination of conference and large room meeting space, along with informal sitting spaces fronting Fountain Square. “A view like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Diller said. “Our goal is to create an open atmosphere that will leverage the excitement and energy from the Square,” said Diller. Planning is just beginning, but renovations for the space are expected to be completed early in 2008.

Diller said the meeting rooms will be made available as possible and practical to public entities. “Our attorneys and staff are heavily involved in many civic and community organizations, and we encourage them to use our facilities as they perform that volunteer work,” he said. The firm also hosts specialized programs for clients and others. An example is Taft’s Professional Women’s Resource Group that invites women leaders in civic life and business to meet to network and share knowledge and ideas in areas of interests.

04-30-2007

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Jones Day, P.C.

Jones Day Advises Client on $500 Million Property Acquisition in Los Angeles
Jones Day has advised Project Lotus, LLC, a joint venture consisting of Guernsey-based CPC Group (controlled by Christian and Nicholas Candy of Britain) and Iceland-based Kaupthing HS Bank, in the $500 million acquisition of an 8-acre development site at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

The site, formerly known as the Robinsons-May site, sits on prime property on the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in Los Angeles County. The Candy brothers will build luxury apartments and landscaped gardens on the land, which neighbors the Beverly Hills Hilton and the Los Angeles Country Club.

Jones Day handled both the acquisition of the property and the acquisition financing, totalling $356 million, provided by Credit Suisse. The transaction has been heralded as the second largest property acquisition (in dollar value) ever to occur in Los Angeles County.

The Jones Day team comprised Robert Shansky, Leonard Pojednic and Russell Reiter (Real Estate), John Hyland and Gitte Blanchet (Mergers and Acquisitions), Edward Kennedy, Karl Kellar, Vandana Shah and Patrick O’Brien (Tax), and Chip Bensinger, Glenn Arden and Joel Laub (Banking and Finance).

04-30-2007

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Variety Names Scott Edelman to Hollywood Law Impact List
Century City partner Scott Edelman has been named to Variety's Hollywood Law Impact List [pdf], featuring the country's top entertainment lawyers. The list ran in the March 29 issue of Daily Variety.

04-30-2007

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