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Hancock & Estabrook, LLP

Martin L. Fried Receives New York State Bar Pro Bono Award
Hancock & Estabrook, LLP is pleased to announce that Martin L. Fried, of counsel, has been awarded the New York State Bar Association’s prestigious President’s Pro Bono Service Award for attorneys in the Fifth Judicial District.

The New York State Bar Association President’s Pro Bono Service Award is presented to attorneys who have rendered extraordinary pro bono service. It was established to recognize and thank the individuals who provide such service and to convey to the profession and the public the importance of pro bono service in achieving equal access to justice. Mr. Fried is a member of the American, New York State and Onondaga County Bar Associations. He is a director for the Onondaga Bar Association Foundation, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the New York State Bar Association President’s Committee on Access to Justice. Mr. Fried, the Crandall Melvin Professor of Wills and Trusts at Syracuse University College of Law, has over 40 years of experience in personal, corporate, real estate and estate taxation. He is the author of Taxation of Securities Transactions and numerous articles on taxation and trust and estates.

04-30-2007

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Damon & Morey LLP

Damon & Morey Attorney Steven I. Rubinstein Named To Dopkins & Company's Advisory Board
Damon & Morey LLP is pleased to announce that Steven I. Rubinstein has been named to Dopkins & Company’s 2007 Advisory Board.

In his role as Board Member, he will help the firm’s leadership assess Dopkins & Company’s community perception, evaluate the accounting and business services provided, and recommend ways the firm can help redevelop the Western New York community.

Mr. Rubinstein is a Partner in Damon & Morey’s Business and Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group. He represents hospitals, medical and hospital networks and associations, physician groups, and a variety of voluntary agencies and individual health care providers on matters involving drafting and contract negotiation, including managed care contracting, managed care service delivery, health care regulatory compliance, corporate governance, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, mergers and affiliations, antitrust, commercial leasing and real estate transactions, guardianships and competency hearings, and related matters.

Mr. Rubinstein is a member of both the New York State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Erie County. Additionally, he is a Fellow of American Orthopsychiatric Association. Prior to entering the field of law, Mr. Rubinstein maintained a private practice in psychotherapy. He has maintained his credentials as a National Certified Counselor (NCC).

One of the largest independent accounting firms in the Buffalo area, Dopkins & Company, LLP has been advising Western New York companies since 1955. With over 130 team members, the firm specializes in closely held and not-for-profit businesses in a variety of industries.

04-30-2007

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Cooper Levenson Attorney At Law

Atlantic City forum to focus on expansion of gaming
It seems there's no shortage of places these days on the East Coast where you can play cards, roll the dice or pull the slots.

Pennsylvania has been opening new slot parlors, West Virginia is looking to add table games and New York continues to debate plans for an American Indian casino in the Catskills. In Maryland, the idea of racetrack slots is being discussed to revive the horseracing industry.

Casino proponents in Rhode Island and Massachusetts also want in on the game. And the list goes on. The tremendous growth of casino gambling from Maine to Florida will be one of the hot topics Tuesday at the East Coast Gaming Congress. Now entering its 11th year, the annual gathering of industry professionals is expected to attract about 500 attendees to the Atlantic City Convention Center for a daylong program of speeches and debate.

The event features a panel discussion by casino CEOs, presentations by three of the largest American Indian-gaming operators on the East Coast and a look at the “new” Atlantic City by industry and government officials overseeing the resort's redevelopment.
Another panel discussion will include four leading Wall Street casino analysts. New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri will deliver the keynote luncheon address, replacing Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who was severely injured in an automobile accident April 12 and remains hospitalized.

Welcoming remarks are scheduled from Atlantic City Mayor Bob Levy, New Jersey Casino Control Commission Chair Linda M. Kassekert and state Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, Apr-07 Cape May County Democrat who chairs the Assembly's Tourism and Gaming Committee.

The convention is being held at a time when at least four new Atlantic City casinos are on the drawing board. Three existing casinos have launched expansion projects that will add 2,500 new hotel rooms next year, and the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort is discussing a $1 billion makeover to transform it into a megaresort.

“Everybody has talked about how Atlantic City has evolved from being a daytripper market for granddads and grandmoms,” said gaming attorney Lloyd D. Levenson, whose Atlantic City law firm Cooper Levenson is one of the organizers of the Gaming Congress. In addition to highlighting Atlantic City's transformation into a major casino hub, industry officials will discuss how the growth of gaming in Pennsylvania, New York and other surrounding states has put competitive pressure on the resort.

“Because of the expansion and all of the competition that results from it, the question is, can everyone continue to be successful as the expansion continues?” Levenson said. “It's all of those competitive issues and the ways the whole industry will stay healthy despite the expansion.

04-30-2007

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Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

CBLH Participates in 2007 Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition
The 2007 Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition marked the event’s sixteenth annual competition drawing in twenty-six teams of students from various school districts throughout all three counties in Delaware. The following Connolly Bove attorneys assisted, in various capacities, in making this event happen: Karen Bifferato, Brian Gottesman, Jaclyn Mason, Helena Rychlicki and Josiah Wolcott.

04-30-2007

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Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

CBLH Comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office's New Peer-Reviewed Patent Pilot Program
In the attached IP Report, CBLH comments on the new Peer-Reviewed Patent Pilot Program that the United States Patent and Trademark Office started in April 2007.

04-30-2007

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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Company

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Expands the Philadelphia Office by the Addition of a New Associate.
"Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., the nation’s largest creditors’ rights law firm based on revenue and placements according to Collections & Credit Risk magazine, welcomes new associate Louis B. Stevens.

Louis B. Stevens works in the Legal Action Recovery department of the Philadelphia office. Mr. Stevens has a B.S. in Business from Widener University (1988) and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law (1995). He was previously employed at Allstate Insurance as In-house Counsel. A member of the American Bar Association, Mr. Stevens is licensed in the state court of Pennsylvania and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Eastern District of PA)."

04-30-2007

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Balch & Bingham LLP

Alan Rogers to Become Chairman of Executive Committee
Balch & Bingham LLP announced today that Alan T. Rogers will become Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Rogers will succeed James F. Hughey, Jr. who has taken a management position with firm client, Brasfield & Gorrie. Mr. Rogers has served as chair of the firm’s litigation department for the past 12 years. Mr. Rogers said “It has been a pleasure to serve under Jim’s 19 years of leadership, and I look looking forward to continuing to serve our firm.”

James F. Hughey, Jr., said, “I would be very content to be here the remainder of my career and would not dream of practicing law anywhere else. However, the prospect of a business career was intriguing, and the opportunity to work with a company I know so well was compelling. I have worked on Brasfield & Gorrie matters as a lawyer since I joined the firm in the 1970s.”

“There can be no greater compliment to a law firm than to have a number of our lawyers move into significant roles with our clients. Balch & Bingham has been a dynamic source of legal and business talent for many clients. We are happy not only for Jim, but also for Brasfield & Gorrie,” said Joe Wood, Executive Director of the firm.

04-30-2007

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