News From Member Firms - U.S. Capital Cities
ALABAMA
Capell & Howard
Bill Coleman, attorney at Alabama member firm Capell & Howard has begun serving as Chairman of Leadership Alabama, a statewide organization of approximately 900 established leaders. Through the Leadership Alabama program, identified leaders are exposed to the broader fabric of the state and moved to act individually and in concert to help move Alabama forward. Coleman has served his community in numerous ways, most recently having ended two years of service as Chairman of the Committee of 100, Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, and until recently he also served for fifteen years as managing partner of the firm. Coleman continues to maintain his practice as attorney, mediator and arbitrator of construction industry disputes.
ARKANSAS
Rose Law Firm, a Professional Association
Amanda Wofford has been elected a member of Arkansas member firm, Rose Law Firm, a Professional Association.
Intellectual Property Member Kathryn Bennett Perkins has been reappointed to the 2010-11 International Trademark Association Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Committee and the Problem and Bench Brief Subcommittee.
Amy Lee Stewart and Richard T. Donovan have been named in the March 2010 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel edition - Business Litigation.
COLORADO
Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
K.C. Groves, Managing Director of Colorado member firm Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, was elected to the Colorado Judicial Institute’s Board of Directors.
CONNECTICUT
Robinson & Cole LLP
Partner Joey Lee Miranda of Robinson & Cole edited Capturing the Power of Electric Restructuring, for the American Bar Association. Partner Kenneth Baldwin authored, and Associate Matthew Dolan contributed to, a chapter for Energy Facility Siting.
FLORIDA
Ausley & McMullen, P.A.
Jason Gonzalez, Governor Charlie Crist’s former General Counsel, has returned to Florida member firm Ausley & McMullen, P.A. Gonzalez, who helped reshape the Florida Supreme Court with the appointment of four new Justices, will practice in the firm’s Appellate Practice Group.
GEORGIA
Troutman Sanders LLP
Georgia member firm Troutman Sanders LLP added a team of real estate finance and business litigation attorneys in its Orange County office. Joining the firm are Partners Martin W. Taylor, Dan E. Chambers and Jennifer Irrgang Bojorquez, and Associate Meghan Sherrill. The addition will boost the number of attorneys the firm has in Orange County from 19 to 23.
The firm announced the addition of Joe Sevack as a partner to its Securities and Corporate Governance practice group.
The firm announced it has split its Transportation practice into two new practice groups in a move designed to better and more efficiently serve the needs of the firm's diverse spectrum of transportation clients. A newly renamed Transportation and Logistics practice group will be led by Washington, D.C., partner Charles Hunnicutt and will continue to provide the services that garnered it top-tier national rankings in Chambers USA for its multi-modal transportation practice. The other new practice group – Maritime Law and Government Contracts – will be led by Norfolk, Va., partner Chris Abel and will represent clients across the full range of marine and government contracts matters before state and federal courts, the U.S. Congress and a variety of federal regulatory agencies.
Raleigh partner Patricia P. Kerner has been voted president-elect for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA). She will become president of the association at its next annual meeting in June 2011. Kerner will be only the fourth woman in the association's 34-year history to serve as its president, and the second Troutman Sanders partner to serve in this role. Raleigh partner Gary S. Parsons served as NCADA’s president from 2003-2004.
The firm is pleased to announce that 17 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the May/June 2010 Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition. Troutman Sanders’ May/June 2010 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition attorneys are: In Atlanta, James W. Addison, Maureen T. Callahan, Mark L. Elliott, Kevin C. Greene, Frank E. Riggs, Shelli A. Willis; In New York, David S. Cohn, Leonard Grunstein; In Raleigh, Ashley H. Story; In Richmond, Bernice H. Cilley, Neil S. Kessler, Edward B. Kidd, Mark S. Shiembob; In Virginia Beach, Thomas F. Betz, R.J. Nutter, II; and in Washington, D.C., M. Lisanne Crowley and Clifford Sikora.
Twenty-three of the firm’s lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Law & Politics’ Virginia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition. Troutman Sanders’ 2010 Virginia Rising Stars are: Robert P. Beaman, III, Coburn R. Beck, George G Booker, Jr., Clayton A. De Arment, Jonathan Downs, Bryan M. Haynes, Henry J. Heyming, William G. Homiller, Jon S. Hubbard, Brian J. Iwashyna, Mark W. Jones, Michael E. Lacy, Jeffrey A. Maynard, John D. McPhaul, Brenna Newman, Shannon VanVleet Patterson, Stephen C. Piepgrass, Andrew B. Pittman, Megan C. Rahman, Lynne C. Rhode, Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr., Ashante L. Smith and Christopher E. Vinyard.
Fifty-one of the firm’s lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Law & Politics’ Virginia Super Lawyers. Troutman Sanders’ 2010 Virginia Super Lawyers are: Christopher A. Abel, Leslie Ahari, Robert A. Angle, David N Anthony, Pamela S Belleman, Thomas F. Betz, Jr., Robert L. Brooke, John K.Burke, Jr., Dabney J. Carr, IV, David M. Carter, Bernice H. Cilley, David S. Cohn, David E. Constine, III, Bradfute W. Davenport, Jr., William R. Derry, Jr., Thomas E. duB. Fauls, Malcolm P. Friddell, Michael J. Gardner, Gregory A. Giordano, Thomas A. Grant, Steven D. Gravely, Jeffrey H. Gray, John Owen Gwathmey, Scott Hart, Jonathan L. Hauser, John E. Holloway, William H. Hurd, F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., Neil S. Kessler, Edward B. Kidd, Jacob A. Lutz, III, John C. Lynch, David I. Meyers, Stephen A. Northup, R.J. Nutter, II, Stephen D. Otero, Russell V. Palmore, Jr., C. Cotesworth Pinckney, James C. Roberts, Stephen D. Rosenthal, Mark S. Shiembob, Gary J. Spahn, Harold E. Starke, Jr., Wallace M. Starke, Edward H. Starr, Jr., David H. Sump, Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Anthony F. Troy, D. Eugene "Gene" Webb, Jr., John S. West and James J. Wheaton.
Jeremy A. Rhyne has been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Law & Politics’ Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition. He was recognized for his work in the primary practice area of business litigation.
Roy M. Bell and Fletcher W. Paddison have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Law & Politics’ San Diego Super Lawyers.
The firm announced that more than 100 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America. In Atlanta, GA: James W. Addison, Saba Ashraf, Gregory W. Blount, Terry C. Bridges, Richard H. Brody, Margaret C. Campbell, David M. Carter, Ezra H. Cohen, Mark H. Cohen, John J. Dalton, N. Karen Deming, Hazen H. Dempster, W. Brinkley Dickerson, Arthur H. Domby, Robert P. Edwards, Jr., Mark L. Elliott, Scott A. Farrow, Robert D. Fortson, Ira Genberg, Richard W. Gerakitis, Kevin C. Greene, Robert W. Grout, Stanley H. Hackett, Douglas A. Henderson, Hollister A. Hill, Michael D. Hobbs, Jr., John P. Hutchins, Donald W. Janney, John H. Johnson, Jr., Jeffrey W. Kelley, Mark J. Newman, Charles F. Palmer, Thomas O. Powell, D. C. Presten III, J. Kirk Quillian, Daniel S. Reinhardt, Carolyn Peterson Richter, Stephen W. Riddell, Frank E. Riggs, Jr., Andrea L. Rimer, Miller Peterson Robinson, DeWitt R. Rogers, Harvey A. Rosenzweig, Douglas D. Salyers, June Ann Sauntry, Leslie F. Secrest, James L. Smith III, William Calvin Smith III, Marlon F. Starr, Robert D. Strauss, Norman L. Underwood, Mark S. VanderBroek, Wayne R. Vason, Allen S. C. Willingham and William N. Withrow, Jr.; New York, NY: Barry J. Brett, Seymour Levine and Mitchel H. Perkiel; Norfolk, VA: Michael J. Gardner, John E. Holloway and David H. Sump; Raleigh, NC: Charles S. Carter, Patricia P. Kerner, Gary S. Parsons, William G. Scoggin and Ashley H. Story; Richmond, VA: Robert A. Angle, Robert L. Brooke, John K. Burke, Jr., Dabney J. Carr IV, David S. Cohn, David E. Constine III, Bradfute W. Davenport, Jr., William R. Derry, Jr., Siran S. Faulders, Thomas E. duB. Fauls, Malcolm P. Friddell, Jeffrey M. Gill, Carter Glass IV, Thomas A. Grant, Steven D. Gravely, William H. Hurd, Stephen L. Johnson, F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., Neil S. Kessler, Edward B. Kidd, Jacob A. Lutz III, Richard A. Minardi, Jr., Stephen A. Northup, Stephen D. Otero, Donald G. Owens, Russell V. Palmore, Jr., Fred W. Palmore III, C. Cotesworth Pinckney, James C. Roberts , Stephen D. Rosenthal, James E. Ryan, Jr., Robert D. Seabolt, Mark S. Shiembob, Charles P. Shimer, George A. Somerville, Gary J. Spahn, Wallace M. Starke, Harold E. Starke, Jr., Edward H. Starr, Jr., Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Evelyn Small Traub, Anthony F. Troy, D. Eugene Webb, Jr. and John S. West; Virginia Beach, VA: Richard C. Beale, Thomas F. Betz, Jr., Gregory A. Giordano, Jeffrey H. Gray, M. Scott Hart, Jonathan L. Hauser, John C. Lynch, R. J. Nutter II, Mark E. Slaughter and James J. Wheaton; and Washington, DC: Wallace Christensen, M. Lisanne Crowley, Gary Dixon, John R. Gerstein, Mark E. Nagle, Stuart F. Pierson and Clifford S. Sikora.
INDIANA
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indiana member firm, has elected the following 12 attorneys as partners in the firm’s Chicago, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis and South Bend offices, effective Jan. 1, 2010: Chicago: Wesley W. Broquard; Grand Rapids: Keith J. Brodie and John T. Gregg; Indianapolis: Jason R. Barclay, Hamish Cohen, Angela K. Imel, Paul Jefferson, Jimmie L. McMillian, Scott E. Murray and Martin W. Zivitz; South Bend: Michael V. Knight and David R. Pruitt.
Three attorneys were named 2010 "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers. Kris Fruehwald was named "Lawyer of the Year" for her work in Trusts and Estates in Indianapolis, Indianapolis-attorney John Kyle was recognized for his local reputation in the arena of Environmental Law, and Tracy Larsen was recognized as the Grand Rapids Corporate "Lawyer of the Year."
LOUISIANA
Adams and Reese LLP
Giles Perkins, former Executive Director of the Alabama Democratic Party and a recent candidate for the Attorney General office in Alabama, has joined Louisiana member firm Adams and Reese LLP as Special Counsel, practicing in the firm's Birmingham office. He is experienced in several areas of law including governmental affairs, public finance and development, corporate law and complex litigation.
The firm's Nashville Office Partner in Charge Brad Lampley, at the age of 35, has been named the Chairman-Elect of the Music City Bowl and will serve as Chairman in 2011 and 2012. Lampley will be the youngest chairman in the bowl's history.
For the seventh consecutive year, the has been named to the distinguished AmLaw 200 List of the nation’s top 200 law firms by American Lawyer magazine. The firm ranked No. 188, improving nine spots from last year's ranking of No. 197. The list is published in the June issue of American Lawyer and consists of the top 200 highest grossing law firms in the U.S. Adams and Reese has made the AmLaw 200 List since 2004. In addition to its ranking, the firm's recent success and expansion was the subject of a feature article in the American Lawyer June issue, headlined "Adams and Reese: Been There, Done That" - To blunt the effects of the recession, Five Second Hundred Firms reached deep into their toolkit. In an interview with American Lawyer reporter Laurie Cunningham, Adams and Reese Managing Partner Charles P. Adams Jr. discusses the strategies the firm used to survive and even expand following Hurricane Katrina and the national economic recession.
The firm ranked No. 89 among the "Top Trademark Firms", a list produced by Intellectual Property Today in its May 2010 magazine, ranking the firms according to the number of trademark registrations issued in 2009 where the firm is listed as the legal representative on the registration. It was the third consecutive year Adams and Reese appeared on the list which included 210 law firms and individuals nationwide. Adams and Reese ranked No. 122 last year.
MARYLAND
Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC
Maryland member firm Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver announced the expansion of the firm to its fourth location in Maryland. The new office will be located at 7979 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland. Presently, the firm has offices in Annapolis, Greenbelt and Towson. The firm also announced that the Greenbelt office will be relocated to 14601 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
MASSACHUSETTS
Keegan Werlin LLP
David Rosenzweig of Massachusetts member firm Keegan Werlin LLP successfully represented the Pioneer Valley Energy Center, a 400 MW electric generation facility to be located in Westfield, MA, in its permit application before the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board.
Mike Koehler was selected to serve as co-chair of the Energy and Telecommunications Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Jack Habib participated in the BBA forum, “Renewable Energy in Massachusetts: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges.” Maura Greene presented at the Boston Society of Architects on employment issues for start-ups and at the Associated Sub-Contractors of Massachusetts on preventing harassment claims.
MICHIGAN
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C.
Robert B. Nelson, Shareholder and Of Counsel with Michigan member firm Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., earned second place in the State Bar of Michigan’s Short Story Contest for his story, “The Shadow from the Wall.”
MINNESOTA
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.
Minnesota member firm Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd. is pleased to announce that David F. Fisher has joined the firm as a member of the Corporate Department. Fisher focuses his practice on business law, telecommunications and information technology, corporate and Board governance. Paul J. Linstroth has also joined the firm as a member of its Tax, Trusts & Estates Department. Linstroth represents business entities and their owners and executives on a wide range of commercial and real estate issues from tax-related matters to complex business transactions.
The firm announced that its franchise practice group, comprised of Chuck Modell, Joe Fittante, Cyndi Klaus, Meredith Bauer, Jim Susag, Andrew Perrin, Pam Merkle, Ed Driscoll, Bill Thornton, Michael Fleming and Jon Swierzewski, has been recognized as one of the top ten franchise law practices in the United States by Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers. In addition, Modell and Fittante were ranked individually in Band 2 (Nationwide) and Thomas (Tim) Stoltman was ranked individually in Band 3 in Real Estate in Minnesota.
The American Bar Association Forum on Franchising Nominating Committee has nominated firm shareholder, Joseph J. Fittante, Jr., as the Chair of the Forum for a two-year term commencing in August 2011. Fittante has a long record of service with the American Bar Association, having been a member of the Forum on Franchising since 1998. He served as the Young Lawyers Division Liaison to the Franchise Forum Governing Committee from 2003-2005. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the Governing Committee, first as the Diversity Officer and most recently as the Programs Officer. He also was the Co-Program Chair for the 2008 Annual Franchise Forum held in Austin, Texas, attended by over 700 attorneys.
MISSOURI
Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C.
Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. is pleased to announce that James C. Swearengen, William R. (Trip) England, III, Gary W. Duffy, Paul A. Boudreau, Dean L. Cooper, L. Russell Mitten and Charles E. Smarr have been selected by their peers to be included in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
NEBRASKA
Erickson | Sederstrom, P.C., LLO
Benjamin A. Pinaire has joined Nebraska member firm Erickson | Sederstrom, P.C., LLO as an associate with a practice in Corporate, Health, Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Technology as well as Litigation. Sara A. Lamme has become a partner at the firm. She will continue her practice in Litigation and Workers’ Compensation.
NEVADA
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Nevada member firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins added 10 new attorneys to its Nashville and Memphis offices. The new Nashville attorneys are: Sarah Bogni – Litigation; J. Taylor Chenery – Litigation; Meredith L. Edwards – Healthcare; Lauren M. Gaffney – Healthcare; Stephen D. Hargraves – Corporate; Charles G. Jarboe – Litigation; Emoke K. Pulay – Litigation; and Aryn C. Subhawong – Corporate. The new Memphis attorneys are Gabrielle A. Lewis – Litigation and Justin Thomas Starling – Commercial.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen and the Henderson City Council have appointed firm associate Brin Gibson Vice Chairman of the Henderson Advisory Commission. Gibson will be responsible for reviewing and giving input on the Henderson Strategic Plan and advising the city on sustainability practices and initiatives within the city boundaries.
The firm’s Cam Ferenbach was sworn-in as President of the State Bar of Nevada during the Bar’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Monterey, California. Ferenbach just completed a term as President-Elect for the organization of just over 10,000 Nevada attorneys.
Greg Smith was named to the Human Resource Executive® Magazine/Lawdragon List of the nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys. Comprised of just 100 attorneys across the United States, selection for inclusion is determined by recent headline clients or cases, proven leadership, affiliations and associations in peer-selected organizations, and other accomplishments, such as noteworthy publications and speaking circuits.
The firm announced that firm founder Sam Lionel was honored by the Anti-Defamation League of Nevada with its inaugural Jurisprudence Award. The Anti-Defamation League’s Jurisprudence Award recognizes leaders within the legal community for exemplary contributions to their profession, saluting their outstanding civic activities and their continued dedication to the mission of ADL. Lionel was conferred with a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, by his alma mater, St. John’s University, at the 29th Annual Alumni Convocation in Queens, New York.
The firm received the most number one rankings of any Nevada law firm in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm’s top rankings include the practice areas of Corporate/Commercial, Gaming & Licensing, Litigation and Real Estate. The following 14 Lionel Sawyer & Collins attorneys were ranked as “leading individuals”: Linda Bullen, Craig Etem, Bob Faiss, Cam Ferenbach, Mark Goldstein, Paul Hejmanowski, Paul Larsen, John Naylor, Dan Reaser, Gregory Smith, Laura Thalacker, Todd Touton, Ellen Whittemore and Jeff Zucker.
Twenty-three attorneys were selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers and Mountain States Rising Stars for 2010. The following 16 attorneys were named 2010 Mountain States Super Lawyers: Sen. Richard Bryan, Linda Bullen, Colleen Dolan, Bob Faiss, Cam Ferenbach, Mark Goldstein, Paul Hejmanowski, Malani Kotchka, Paul Larsen, Sam Lionel, Dan Reaser, Greg Smith, Jennifer Smith, Todd Touton, Ellen Whittemore and Jeff Zucker. Lionel, Zucker, Hejmanowski and Faiss were also named to the 2010 Top 75 Mountain States Super Lawyers, and Kotchka was named to the 2010 Top 40 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers. In addition, the following seven attorneys were named 2010 Mountain States Rising Stars: Jennifer Braster, Doug Cannon, Rick Cunningham, Jennifer DiMarzio, Laura Granier, Courtney Miller O’Mara and Brian Pick.
NEW MEXICO
Montgomery & Andrews, P.A.
New Mexico member firm Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. would like to congratulate its attorneys who were named Southwest Super Lawyers 2010: John B. Draper (Energy & Natural Resources), Edmund H. Kendrick (Environmental), Walter J. Melendres (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice), and Louis W. Rose (Environmental).
NORTH CAROLINA
Poyner Spruill LLP
Poyner Spruill LLP, North Carolina member firm, has reduced costs and improved efficiency by implementing an RFID File Tracking solution from FileTrail. The solution eliminated overtime labor by allowing staff to search for missing files with a handheld RFID reader like using a metal detector and perform office-wide file audits in a fraction of the time. The solution works with the firm's existing CA Records Management software, but can also work as a complete records management solution itself. Contact Bradlee W. Davis for more information or read the full press release at http://filetrail.com/WS_Press/.
OHIO
Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter
Ohio member firm Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter announced that Sharick Naqi has been honored as this year’s recipient of the firm's seventh annual minority merit scholarship. Naqi will enter his second year at Northwestern University School of Law this coming fall. As part of the merit scholarship, Naqi will spend the 2010 summer months as a clerk with Kegler Brown.
Associate Vinita Bahri-Mehra was selected to serve on the 2010 Governor's Excellence in Exporting Awards Selection Committee. The Excellence in Exporting Awards is an annual showcase event for the Ohio Department of Development. Bahri-Mehra will be helping to select honorees from the bevy of submissions.
The firm has been honored by Chambers & Partners, one of the world’s premier guides to legal resources. The independent company awards rankings to practice areas and attorneys in Ohio, nationally and internationally. The following attorneys have received a ranking of "Band 2" by Chambers USA 2010: Lawrence F. Feheley, Donald W. Gregory, Thomas W. Hill and S. Martijn Steger. The following attorneys have received a ranking of "Band 3": Allen Handlan, Allen Handlan, Larry J. McClatchey, Charles Kegler and Tim Jochim. John Brody received a ranking of “Band 4.” Todd M. Kegler and Steve Barsotti received a ranking of "Up and Coming.” The following practice areas have received a ranking of "Band 3": Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Construction, and Litigation: General Commercial and Corporate / M&A.
The firm is proud to announce that 21 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The following attorneys have been recognized: Ralph E. Breitfeller, John P. Brody, Robert G. Cohen, Kenneth R. Cookson, Lawrence F. Feheley, Donald W. Gregory, Allen L. Handlan, Thomas W. Hill, Todd M. Kegler, Charles J. Kegler, David M. McCarty, S. Michael Miller, Paul D. Ritter, Jr., Thomas J. Sigmund, S. Martijn Steger, Geoffrey Stern, Roger P. Sugarman, Timothy T. Tullis, Christopher J. Weber, Melvin D. Weinstein and Michael E. Zatezalo.
OREGON
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Former Oregon Deputy Attorney General Peter D. Shepherd has joined Oregon member firm Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C. Shepherd will apply nearly three decades of experience in government affairs, litigation and public administration to the Government and Litigation Sections in the Salem office. He joins three other former Deputy Attorneys General at the firm, William Gary, Jim Mountain and Stan Long.
Former University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer joined the firm as Of Counsel. Frohnmayer retired as president from the University after serving 15 years and raising in excess of $1 billion for the institution. He will reunite with several colleagues from his terms (1981-1991) as Oregon Attorney General. His prior public service also includes three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives, legal advisor to the UO president and dean of the UO law school.
PENNSYLVANIA
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Harold F. Balk has joined Pennsylvania member firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC as the Director of Business Development, based in the firm’s Pittsburgh, PA office.
The firm announced that Bridget E. Montgomery was recently awarded the Outstanding Service Award by the federal judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Her service record to the Court includes the co-origination and co-editing duties for the Middle District Manual, the guide to federal practice in the United States Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The new release of “Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Cashing in On Your Inventions, Second Edition” covers the full range of issues a would-be inventor may encounter and features a special section where Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, an IP attorney from the firm, contributed “Traps and Tips” on trademark issues. In Chapter 17 of the book, a section dubbed “Bobbi’s Traps and Tips” covers advice on potential traps associated with trademark filings and protection. Her tips touch on some key steps inventors must take to ensure their intellectual property is properly protected by trademarks. Jacobs-Meadway will chair an ALI-ABA Teleseminar on September 8, 2010. For more information, click here, http://www.ali-aba.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=courses.course&course_code=TSSK01. She was also appointed to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession’s Promotion of Women and Awards committees. The Promotion of Women Committee engages in activities related to the overall status of women in the legal profession, developing programs to promote and showcase women attorneys; and the Awards Committee evaluates nominees for the Anne X. Alpern and Lynette Norton awards, which are presented at the PBA Annual meeting.
Attorney LeRoy S. Zimmerman received the prestigious Joseph P. Cianci Humanitarian Award at the 88th National Convention of UNICO National, on July 31, 2010 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania. UNICO National is one of the world’s leading Italian-American service organizations. UNICO (which is the Italian word for “unique” or “one of a kind”) supports a variety of charitable works including disaster relief, the funding of undergraduate and graduate scholarships, support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the funding of Italian study programs at a number of colleges and universities.
Thirty-five attorneys from the firm were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011. In Pittsburgh, 15 attorneys were named Best Lawyers, including: Scott D. Cessar, Richard K. Dandrea, Kathryn A. English, John E. Hall, John R. McGinley, Jr., John F. Meck, John J. Myers, Christopher R. Opalinski, Peter N. Pross, David V. Radack, Dean F. Richardson, James H. Roberts, Timothy P. Ryan, Thomas J. Sweeney and Raymond C. Vogliano. In Philadelphia, seven attorneys were recognized: Albert G. Bixler, Neil G. Epstein, Stephen M. Foxman, Peter J. Hoffman, Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Jay K. Meadway and Gary M. Schildhorn. In Richmond, five attorneys were recognized, including: Brian L. Buniva, David W. Clarke, Matthew B. Kirsner, Thomas A. Lisk and Douglas M. Palais. In Harrisburg, four attorneys were recognized: Daniel Clearfield, Heidi B. Hamman Shakely, Robert B. Hoffman and Alan C. Kohler. In Charleston, two attorneys were recognized, including: David K. Hendrickson and R. Scott Long. In Boston, Stephen R. Delinsky was recognized. In White Plains, Lawrence R, Bailey, Jr. was recognized.
The firm announced that the legal directory Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized the firm for excellence in numerous practice area categories in its 2010 edition. Nine of the firm’s lawyers have been ranked by their peers and clients as leaders in their respective fields, including Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Intellectual Property, Leisure & Hospitality and Mass Tort and General Commercial Litigation. Additionally, the firm’s Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Intellectual Property practices garnered high honors in Pennsylvania. In West Virginia, the General Commercial Litigation practice was featured. Practices and individual firm attorneys who received high rankings from the guide include: Leisure & Hospitality - Timothy Q. Hudak; Bankruptcy/Restructuring - The Firm, Gary M. Schildhorn and Karen Lee “Kitt” Turner; Intellectual Property - The Firm, Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Jay K. Meadway and Richard E. Peirce; Litigation: General Commercial & Mass Tort - The Firm, Albert G. Bixler, David K Hendrickson and R. Scott Long.
Thirty-seven lawyers from the firm have been recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2010 by Thomson Reuters Legal, the publishers of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. Three Eckert Seamans attorneys received additional accolades among the Super Lawyers ranks, including Peter Hoffman as one of the “Top 10 in Pennsylvania,” Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, recognized among the “Top 50 Females in Pennsylvania” and Christopher Opalinski, recognized among the “Top 50 in Pittsburgh”. The complete list of Eckert Seamans attorneys recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers include: Paula J. Allan, Mitchell L. Bach, Albert G. Bixler, Donald J. Brooks, Jr., Timothy J. Burke, Scott D. Cessar, Grant E. Coffield, Richard K. Dandrea, Mark A. Fontana, Stephen M. Foxman, Lewis H. Gold, Robert A. Graci, Edward A. Gray, John E. Hall, April M. Hincy, Peter J. Hoffman, Stuart R. Kaplan, Jeffrey P. Lewis, John J. McCague, John R. McGinley, Jr., Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Jay K. Meadway, John F. Meck, John J. Myers, Renee C. Mattei Myers, Miranda E. Nickles, Christopher R. Opalinski, Richard E. Peirce, Peter N. Pross, John E. Quinn, David V. Radack, Timothy P. Ryan, Heidi B. Hamman Shakely, Adam M. Shienvold, Arnold B. Silverman, Karen Lee “Kitt” Turner and Raymond C. Vogliano.
TENNESSEE
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Tennessee member firm Bass, Berry & Sims PLC announced that Scott W. Bell; Christopher Y. Chi, Mary Beth Fortugno, John S. Seehorn, T. Gaillard Uhlhorn, V, Kathryn Hannen Walker and Kristin C. Wright have been elected to membership in the firm.
Scott Tift, an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice at the firm, has been elected president of the Nashville Chapter of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. Ashleigh M. Harb, an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice at the firm, has been appointed to be general counsel of the Tennessee Young Republican Federation.
Nineteen attorneys have been included in BusinessTN’s listing of the “Best 150 Lawyers in the State of Tennessee” for 2010. The attorneys recognized are as follows: H. Lee Barfield II, James H. Cheek, III, J. Page Davidson, J. Andrew Goddard, James C. Gooch, John A. Good, R. Dale Grimes, L. Wearen Hughes, Paul G. Jennings, Howard H. Lamar III, J. Richard Lodge, G. Mark Mamantov, Cynthia Y. Reisz, Michael D. Sontag, John A. Stemmler, Shepherd D. Tate, Bob F. Thompson, F. Mitchell Walker, Jr. and Leigh Walton.
TEXAS
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Attorney John Walter Van Schwartzenburg has joined Texas member firm McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP as Of Counsel, where he will serve clients from its Houston and Austin offices.
UTAH
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Jane E. Appleby, an attorney in Utah member firm Parsons Behle & Latimer's Milwaukee office, has been appointed to two Wisconsin State Bar committees, the State Bar's Diversity Outreach Committee and reinstalled to the State Bar's Professional Ethics Committee.
Evelyn L. Brown, an attorney in the firm's Milwaukee and Madison offices, has been appointed Treasurer of the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin.
Kerri A. Hutchison, an attorney in the firm's Milwaukee office, has been elected President of the Wisconsin Retirement Plan Professionals, Ltd. A board member since 2009, Hutchison will serve as President for the 2010-2011 year.
Lawyer Roger Tsai has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar. The Young Lawyer of the Year Award is awarded to a lawyer who exhibits professional excellence, service to the community, legal profession and the Utah State Bar, and a reputation for the advancement of legal ethics and professional responsibility.
WASHINGTON
Carney Bradley Spellman, P.S.
Stephen L. Nourse was elected as the new President/Managing Partner of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S., Washington member firm. Nourse also co-chairs the firm’s Construction Department.
C. Scott Penner has been elected as the firm’s Director of Litigation Department. His practice emphasizes construction law, design professional defense and insurance coverage litigation.
The firm has named Jason W. Anderson, Jason M. Kettrick and S. Jay Terry as shareholders. Anderson, a senior associate, is a litigator whose practice includes insurance defense, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, class actions, insurance regulation, and appeals. Kettrick specializes in construction, development, and creditor/debtor law, including related transactional work and litigation, alternative dispute resolution and bankruptcy representation. Terry’s practice focuses on resolving and litigating commercial disputes and assisting individuals and businesses with contracting issues and risk identification.
WISCONSIN
Quarles & Brady LLP
Wisconsin member firm Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Lisa J. Acevedo has joined the firm's Chicago office as a partner in the Health Law Group. Acevedo's arrival represents the latest addition to the Chicago office as the firm continues its expansion in the Chicago market. Quarles & Brady has added 13 attorneys to its Chicago office in 2010.
The firm announced that Michael J. Gonring, a partner and the firm's national pro bono coordinator, has been appointed to Wisconsin's Access to Justice Commission.
Valerie Bailey-Rihn, a partner in the firm's Madison office, has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Dane County Bar Association (DCBA). She will serve as president-elect from May 2010 through May 2011, becoming President in June 2011.
John W. Daniels Jr., Chairman of the firm, is the new chair of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Board of Directors. The Greater Milwaukee Foundation is a family of more than 1,000 individual charitable funds, each created by donors to serve the local charitable causes of their choice.
Kathleen A. Gray, a partner in the firm's Milwaukee office, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Waukesha County Community Foundation. The Foundation is a pool of permanent endowment and project funds created primarily by and for the people of Waukesha County to provide grant support to charitable organizations. The intent of the Foundation is to serve a broad spectrum of community needs through grantmaking activities, management of endowment funds to ensure ongoing grant availability, and management of assets for major community projects like public art and community libraries and recreation facilities.
After a long legal battle, the firm’s client Metso Minerals has settled its trade secret theft, patent infringement and computer hacking case against its competitor FLSmidth-Excel, and several former Metso employees, for a $25 million payment. According to David Cross, lead trial lawyer on the case, the scope of discovery in this case was staggering: more than 100 depositions; thousands of document demands, interrogatories, and requests for admissions; 400+ filings with the court. The case involved client and opponent entities on four continents, and the team eventually became involved in satellite copyright litigation in Australia and the retention of a Chilean lawyer to testify as an expert on Chilean trade secret and employment law. The Quarles & Brady IP Litigation Team on the case also included Johanna Wilbert and Patrick Murphy, as well as lawyers spanning Quarles & Brady's offices in Naples, Tucson, Phoenix, Madison, Chicago and Milwaukee.
The firm achieved three significant Wisconsin Supreme Court victories at the end of July. The cases include the finding of an easement violation by a private club and subsequent trespassing. That case was successfully argued by lead attorney John Rothstein, a partner for the Firms' Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in the Milwaukee office. The second victory for the Firm was in its Commercial Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights practice area, and the lead attorney was Madison-office Partner Valerie Bailey-Rihn. That case held that a beneficiary of a letter of credit can draw on the letter of credit without fear that the proceeds can be seized by a receiver if the company on whose behalf the letter of credit was given files for receivership. The third case also was a Creditors’ Rights matter. The Supreme Court ruled that in a foreclosure action, lenders may waive rights to a deficiency judgment against borrowers to obtain a shorter redemption period, without jeopardizing their claims against guarantors. The lead attorney on that case was Roy Prange, a partner in the Firm's Madison, Wis. office.
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