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12-22-2008	Core Group of 150 Year Old Wall Street Powerhouse Joins Sonnenschein 100 lawyers from Thatcher Proffitt & Wood LLP, including 40 partners, join Sonnenschein.
12-19-2008	Kenneth Pfaehler Elected to Prominent Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Board Phaeler will serve on the board of directors of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.
12-10-2008	Sonnenschein Named to Cardinal Health Diversity Honor Roll The award is given annually to firms that “demonstrate commitment to promoting diversity in the legal profession” and participate in the Cardinal Health PPN Diversity & Inclusion Initiative.
12-10-2008	Chicago Office Recognized for High Number of Women Partners Sonnenschein was recognized by the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women Call to Action as one of 10 signatory firms with the highest percentage of women partners in their Chicago offices.
11-24-2008	Intellectual Property Lawyer Marc Friedman Joins Sonnenschein Friedman’s practice focuses on complex intellectual property and information technology matters, including IP and technology litigation and appeals, and electronic commerce, patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets matters.
10-24-2008	DC Office Recognized for Diversity Sonnenschein's Washington, D.C. office was ranked first among national law firms in the Legal Times 150 survey.
10-20-2008	"Wall Street Adventure for Venture Capital Lawyers," in NJBiz quotes Victor Boyajian
10-06-2008	Two of Europe's Leading Hotel Lawyers Move to Sonnenschein; Firm Opens Office In Zurich Heinz Bloch and Robert Schlup, two of Europe’s most prominent hotel lawyers, have joined the law firm as partners in Sonnenschein's new Zurich office.
09-18-2008	Sonnenschein Adds Patent Litigator Rachel Repka in Silicon Valley Repka’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including all aspects of Hatch-Waxman litigations. She has experience in several technology industries, including semi-conductor, ultrasound devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.
09-15-2008	Sonnenschein Recognized as Climate Action Leader Sonnenschein has been named a “Climate Action Leader” by the California Climate Change Registry, a voluntary program that annually inventories, certifies and publicly reports greenhouse gas emissions.
09-09-2008	Patent Litigator Jimmy Shin Joins Sonnenschein in Silicon Valley Shin's practice focuses on patent infringement litigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the federal district courts.
09-03-2008	Sonnenschein Helps Kansas Tornado Survivors Rebuild Their Community Law firm joins forces with the New York Says Thank You Foundation
09-03-2008	Human Rights Campaign Gives Sonnenschein Perfect Score for 2nd Year For a second year in a row, Sonnenschein earns perfect score in criteria including non-discrimination policies, gender identity and expression, and domestic partner health insurance.
08-19-2008	Silicon Valley Patent Attorney Stephen M. De Klerk Moves to Sonnenschein De Klerk’s practice focuses on patent procurement, strategic portfolio development, and broader intellectual property counseling for clients in computer-related industries, primarily enterprise and Internet software.
08-14-2008	Securities Lawyer Thomas Hanley Joins Sonnenschein Hanley is an accomplished securities lawyer with deep ties to the Securities and Exchange Commission, having spent the early part of his career in the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance.
07-25-2008	Sonnenschein to Receive California State Bar Diversity Award Sonnenschein has been selected by the State Bar of California to receive the 2008 Diversity Award in the law firm category.
06-30-2008	Sonnenschein to Move Dallas Office to New 2000 McKinney Office Tower Sonnenschein anticipates moving to the new location in the fourth quarter of 2008.
06-30-2008	Sonnenschein's Insurance Regulatory Practice Expands in Midwest Bruce E. Baty has joins our firm as a partner in our national Insurance Regulatory Practice in Kansas City.
06-17-2008	Sonnenschein Names New Pro Bono Partner Benjamin Weinberg comes to Sonnenschein from the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, where he was chief of the Public Interest Division.
06-16-2008	Sonnenschein Moves Silicon Valley Office to Palo Alto Sonnenschein’s Silicon Valley office, which opened in early 2007, serves our growing list of technology sector clients across a wide variety of practice areas, including corporate technology, intellectual property and intellectual property litigation.
06-10-2008	Sonnenschein Adds Corporate Lawyer Michael Poster in New York Poster will expand the firm’s corporate work on behalf of a broad range of clients.
05-19-2008	Sonnenschein's Energy & Regulated Industries Practice Continues to Grow William D. Booth and Victoria L. Strohmeyer join the Public Law & Policy Strategies Group’s newest practice area
05-14-2008	Life Sciences Attorney Jeffrey Baumel Joins Sonnenschein's Venture Technology Group Baumel is a highly-regarded venture, securities and transactional lawyer, who concentrates on representing emerging-growth life sciences companies.
05-07-2008	Sonnenschein's David Papier Named Chair of New Jersey Bar Association's Committee on Venture Finance The committee will serve as a resource to members of the New Jersey Bar who are engaged in representing technology entrepreneurs, emerging growth technology companies and venture capital firms.
05-07-2008	Sonnenschein Expands National Insurance Regulatory Practice Corinne Pavlis Carr joins as a partner residing in our Chicago office.
05-06-2008	Kansas Corporation Commission General Counsel Joins Sonnenschein Susan Cunningham, who has joined our firm as an of counsel in our Kansas City office, will focus on legal matters relating primarily to the telecommunications and energy industries.
05-05-2008	Sonnenschein Represents Investment Adviser William Blair in $23 Billion Wrigley Acquisition Mark L. Dosier and Donald G. Lubin, partners in Sonnenschein’s Corporate Practice Group, are leading the team that is working on the transaction. Wrigley and Mars say they expect the deal to close within six to twelve months.
04-28-2008	Tax Attorney Scott Brian Clark Joins Sonnenschein Clark's practice focuses on state and local tax law, including planning, audit and controversy work.
04-28-2008	Sonnenschein Adds Attorney Lezlie B. Willis in Dallas Willis has a broad practice that includes representing individuals and entities in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
04-23-2008	Sonnenschein Adds Finance and Securities Attorneys Janice R. Moore Moore will reside in Sonnenschein’s Washington, D.C., offices.
04-22-2008	Sonnenschein Adopts Far-Reaching Environmental Sustainability Policy National law firm to implement leading-edge program of energy-saving and environmental measures
04-17-2008	Sonnenschein Represents Link_A_Media Devices in $22 Million Series B Funding
04-16-2008	Sonnenschein Announces New Group to Address Growing Market Concerns of the Student Lending Community A group of leading attorneys and policy professionals within Sonnenschein's National Credit Markets and Subprime Lending Task Force will concentrate on developing solutions to the increasing market concerns facing the student lending community.
04-15-2008	Nationally Renowned Capital Markets and Venture Technology Lawyers Margaret H. Kavalaris and Tami J. Howie Join Sonnenschein Kavalaris, who has spent the bulk of her career practicing in Silicon Valley, and Howie are widely respected deal lawyers in their field, whose industry expertise includes information technology and biotech. At Sonnenschein, they will focus on emerging-growth technology companies on behalf of issuers, venture funds and underwriters.
04-09-2008	Tax Attorney M. Todd Welty Joins Sonnenschein in Dallas Welty's work focuses on taxation and litigation of controversies arising under the Internal Revenue Code and is widely recognized in the Dallas community as a leader in resolving tax matters at all stages of dispute.
04-08-2008	David R. Siddall Joins Sonnenschein's Internet & Data Protection Group Siddall concentrates his practice on representing and advising wireless, satellite, and broadcast licensees, cable operators and communications equipment and device manufacturers on regulatory policy and compliance issues before the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, and executive branch agencies.
04-03-2008	Sonnenschein Announces Promotions, Including Eight New Partners The promotions, effective April 1, will enhance the firm’s services in corporate, corporate bankruptcy and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, tax and other practice areas.
04-02-2008	Sonnenschein Expands Luxury Goods and Entertainment Branding Practice in New York with Addition of Monica B. Richman Richman joins the our New York office to focus on brand counseling and trademark protection for premier brand owners.
04-01-2008	Leading Energy Practice Moves to Sonnenschein Attorneys Clinton A. Vince and James A. Costan, with 16 colleagues, join the law firm's Public Law & Policy Strategies Group
03-28-2008	Sonnenschein Associate Ben Delfin Named to TIPS Leadership Academy Ben joins a TIPS class of 25 for the American Bar Association’s TIPS (Tort Trial & Insurance Section) Leadership Academy for 2008-2009.
03-17-2008	Corporate Lawyer Lisa Weiss Joins Sonnenschein in New York Weiss focuses on media, entertainment and technology transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital, and licensing and distribution deals.
03-10-2008	Dallas Litigator Peg Donahue Hall Joins Sonnenschein Hall has a wide range of experience in all aspects of products liability and mass tort litigation.
02-28-2008	Sonnenschein Wins Appeals Court Ruling in Market Timing Case Led by Alan Gilbert, a group of Sonnenschein attorneys successfully culminated more than four years of defending Allmerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity with the recent ruling in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
02-27-2008	Litigator David Fedder Joins St. Louis Office of Sonnenschein Fedder's practice focuses on real estate and commercial litigation.
02-26-2008	Sonnenschein Substantially Expands its Intellectual Property Practice with Key Patent Group Patent Counseling and litigation group moves en masse to Sonnenschein in Dallas.
01-29-2008	Prominent Dallas Lawyer Michael Moore Moves to Sonnenschein Dallas attorney C. Michael Moore has joined the firm as a partner in our Litigation Practice Group.
01-16-2008	Sonnenschein Adds Former Senate Staffer to Firm's Public Law & Policy Strategies Group Mary Pat Lawrence, a former Senate staffers, has joined the national law firm's Public Law & Policy Strategies Group as managing director in the Washington, D.C. office.
01-14-2008	Sonnenschein Forms Legal Task Force to Address Subprime Lending Crisis The Task Force, comprised of experienced attorneys from throughout the firm, will provide legal counsel to clients adversely affected by the contraction of the credit, subprime lending and mortgage markets.

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