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Pacific Legal Foundation hires Grizzard for 2007
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2007/01/29 12:05
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ATLANTA--The Grizzard Signature Group today announced it has been selected to manage fundraising direct-response initiatives for the Pacific Legal Foundation. The award extends the direct marketing agency’s relationship with the Pacific Legal Foundation through the 2007 calendar year. Founded in 1973, Pacific Legal Foundation is America’s oldest and largest public interest legal organization dedicated to limited government and individual liberty. Pacific Legal Foundation is particularly renowned for its expertise in the area of private property rights, its opposition to racial discrimination by government, and its litigation against oppressive regulations and in support of a balanced approach to environmental protection. “We are working with Grizzard in order to advance our fight for freedom,” said Rob Rivett, President of Pacific Legal Foundation. “Year in and year out, we win victories in court for property rights and other constitutional liberties, but our ultimate success also requires raising our profile and letting many more people, throughout the country, learn about our important work and the vital principles that inspire what we do. Our relationship with Grizzard will help us achieve that crucial goal.” The contract with Pacific Legal Foundation underscores Grizzard's entrepreneurial roots and aligns with the company's core philosophical values. Pacific Legal Foundation fights in court for the little guy against the virtually bottomless resources of "big government" agencies. The foundation aims to “rescue liberty” from the grasp of government, and is a voice for all Americans. Similarly, Grizzard's fundraising efforts on behalf of its client base of non-profits seek to make the world a better place. "By adding Pacific Legal Foundation to our roster of cherished clients, we extend our hope for a better, freer, more just society," said Barbara Johnson, Vice President of Grizzard Signature Group. About Pacific Legal Foundation Pacific Legal Foundation (www.pacificlegal.org) is the oldest and largest public interest legal organization dedicated to property rights, limited government, and a balanced approach to environmental protection. About the Grizzard Signature Group, the Grizzard Agency The Grizzard Signature Group is a distinctive direct-response strategic consultancy that formulates an analytics-based, donor-focused plan that reflects a nonprofit organization’s unique needs and goals. Signature Group principals draw on the talents and resources of its parent company, the 87-year-old Grizzard Communications Group, which has been led by four generations of the Grizzard family. Through offices in Atlanta and Los Angeles, the Grizzard Communications Group serves nonprofits across America. Clients include: The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Rescue Missions, Food Banks, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, state Sheriffs’ Associations, Habitat for Humanity affiliates, Lutheran Hour Ministries, Prostate Cancer Foundation, National Urban League, and various Animal Welfare and Humane Societies. More information can be found at www.grizzard.com. The Grizzard Communications Group is part of Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. |
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Legal Marketing Association Names New President
Legal Marketing |
2007/01/29 11:52
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CHICAGO - Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that Joy Long, Director of Business Development, has been elected president of the Chicago chapter of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA Chicago) for 2007. In addition, Sydney Iglitzen, Public Relations Manager at Brinks, has been named president-elect of LMA Chicago.
“We are proud of the accomplishments of our professional staff and applaud the time, energy and effort they give back to their communities,” said Gary M. Ropski, president of Brinks. “Brinks encourages and supports the participation of its employees in all worthwhile professional, civic and charitable endeavors.”
Ms. Long, a member of the Legal Marketing Association since 1996, has worked in support of the legal marketing industry's only professional, educational and advocacy organization. She has been elected to terms as the chapter's secretary, treasurer and president-elect and served as chapter president in 2005. Her term of office as chapter president begins January 2007 and runs for one year. Ms. Long joined Brinks in 2003.
Ms. Iglitzen has been a member of LMA since 1997 and has been on the chapter’s Board of Directors for several years. She has served as the chapter’s program chair for more than three years, implementing monthly and special programming for the organization’s Chicago chapter and Indianapolis program series. She has also served as the chairperson for both the public relations and membership committees. She will assume the president’s chair in January 2008. Ms. Iglitzen joined Brinks in 2005.
Also elected to office for 2007 are: Donna L.G. Shaft, Principal, DLGShaft Consulting, Secretary; Judith Weingarz, Marketing Manager, The Interlex Group, Treasurer; Megan McKeon, Marketing Director, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, Treasurer-Elect; Yewande Dawodu, Marketing Coordinator, Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Jeffrey Hild, Marketing Director, Johnson & Bell Ltd. and Megan Wilroy, Marketing Project Manager, Foley & Lardner, all Board Members-at-Large.
For more than 20 years, LMA, a not-for-profit organization, has been dedicated to maintaining the professional and ethical standards of the women and men involved in marketing, business development and communications within the legal profession and to providing its members with advocacy initiatives, educational programs and professional opportunities covering a wide range of issues.
Founded in 1917, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is based in Chicago with four additional offices across the country serving the intellectual property needs of clients from around the world. The firm is one of the largest IP law firms in the country, with more than 150 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents specializing in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, intellectual asset management, and technology and licensing agreements. Brinks routinely handles assignments in fields as diverse as electrical, chemical, mechanical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, Internet and computer technology, as well as in trademarks and brand names for a wide variety of products and services. For more information, visit www.usebrinks.com. |
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Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Running Slave Camp
Breaking Legal News |
2007/01/29 11:44
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Ronald Evans Sr., 60, was convicted in August on 57 charges of engaging in a criminal enterprise, distributing crack cocaine, dealing in contraband, spoiling the environment, violating federal farmworker statutes and more than four dozen counts of improper financial transactions.
Ronald, the owner of two migrant labor camps in Florida and North Carolina has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for hiring these drug addicts and homeless people at minimum wages then selling them crack cocaine and beer at inflated prices.
Mr. Evans' attorney, William Kent, said his client planned to appeal the judgment and the sentencing on Friday.
Mr. Evans' two labor camps in East Palatka, Fla., and Newton Grove, have been forfeited to the government, and he and his wife, Jequita, a co-defendant, must also hand over $1.1 million, The Miami Herald reported.
She was found guilty of the 49 of the 51 charges against her and will be sentenced next month.
The couple recruited men from homeless shelters, charged them $50 a week for room and board and put them to work in potato and cabbage fields for minimum wages. At the end of the work day, workers were allowed to purchase crack cocaine, cigarettes and beer at inflated prices on credit, authorities said.
When they were paid on Saturday, workers often found they owed money to Mr. Evans and his wife.
"Everyone realized this was an abhorrent act," U.S. Attorney Paul I. Perez said. |
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Dutch Citizen Arraigned on Terrorism Charges
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2007/01/29 10:56
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WASHINGTON—An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen who was extradited from the Netherlands on Saturday made his initial appearance today in federal court in Washington, D.C., to face charges for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to attack Americans based in Iraq, announced Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Joseph Persichini Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office. This case represents the first U.S. criminal prosecution arising from terrorist activities taking place in Iraq. Wesam Al Delaema, a/k/a Wesam Khalaf Chayed Delaeme, was indicted by a grand jury in the District of Columbia in September 2005 and charged with six counts: conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens abroad; conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives); conspiracy to maliciously damage or destroy U.S. government property by means of an explosive; possession of a destructive device (explosives) during a crime of violence; conspiracy to possess a destructive device (explosives) during a crime of violence; and teaching or demonstrating the making or use of an explosive with the intent to further a crime of violence. The indictment alleges that Delaema traveled from the Netherlands to Iraq in October 2003 and, together with a group of co-conspirators calling themselves the “Mujahideen from Fallujah,” declared his intentions to kill Americans in Iraq using explosives. The indictment further alleges that Delaema and his co-conspirators hid explosives in a road in the area of Fallujah, Iraq. Delaema, 33, was born in Fallujah, Iraq. He was arrested by Dutch law enforcement authorities on May 2, 2005, and he initially faced similar charges in that country. Following his arrest, Dutch law enforcement and prosecution authorities worked cooperatively with the FBI in its investigation of Delaema’s alleged terrorist activities. In September 2005, the United States filed a formal request with the Netherlands seeking Delaema’s extradition. The extradition request was subsequently granted by a Dutch court and then by the Dutch Ministry of Justice. In December 2006, the extradition request was sustained on appeal in the Netherlands. This past weekend, Delaema was flown to the United States, arrested, and taken into custody by the FBI. Today in court, Delaema was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. “After a lengthy extradition process, this defendant will now face justice for his efforts in orchestrating and launching roadside bomb attacks against our men and women serving in Iraq. We in the ranks of federal prosecutors are honored to play a role in protecting our military colleagues against such deadly and cowardly attacks,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein. “We will continue to be vigilant in our efforts to bring to justice anyone who plots terrorist attacks against our citizens at home or abroad. We look forward to working cooperatively with the Dutch authorities in prosecuting this defendant under our criminal laws,” said U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor. “Today’s announcement of the extradition of Wesam Khalaf Chayed Delaeme to the United States sends a clear message of the FBI’s unwavering dedication to our mission to detect, deter, and bring to justice any individual who conspires to commit terrorist acts against any U.S. citizen either in this country or on foreign soil. Together with the invaluable assistance of the Dutch National Police Agency and the Dutch Government, we were able to accomplish that mission,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Joseph Persichini Jr. The investigation into this matter was conducted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with assistance from the Dutch National Police Agency and the National Office of the Public Prosecutor in the Netherlands. The Office of International Affairs in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated the extradition efforts on behalf of the United States. The prosecutors handling the case are Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gregg Maisel and Matthew Cohen of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and Trial Attorneys Gregg Sofer, Jerome Teresinski, and Marla Tusk of the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. If convicted of the charges in the criminal indictment, Delaema faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant violated a criminal law. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. |
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Kilpatrick Stockton Partner Moves Locations
Law Firm News |
2007/01/29 10:17
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Kilpatrick Stockton announced that W. Randy Eaddy, a Corporate Department Partner in the firm’s Atlanta office, has moved his practice to Winston-Salem. Mr. Eaddy, with over 25 years of experience in the corporate legal arena, has been with Kilpatrick Stockton since 1992.
This news comes after the firm announced last year that Partner Jeffrey Skinner joined the Winston-Salem Corporate Department after practicing in the firm’s Raleigh office.
“Randy is an outstanding addition to the Winston-Salem office,” said Steve Berlin, Kilpatrick Stockton Executive Committee Member. “Randy’s extensive experience with sophisticated corporate finance and securities transactions will continue to be an incredible resource for all clients and firm attorneys. I have had the privilege of working with Randy for many years and I look forward to him now being just down the hall.”
“I am honored and excited to be a part of the Winston-Salem office, and join forces more directly with our colleagues here to serve the burgeoning business community of the Triad,” said Randy Eaddy. “Over the years, I have always enjoyed working with all firm offices, but especially Winston. This office offers exceptional opportunities. The caliber and diversity of work for existing clients and the potential for others, the commitment to the community, and the esprit de corps throughout the office, all played an important role in my decision to relocate to the Triad.”
Mr. Eaddy’s broadly based practice includes particular emphasis on registered securities offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and other project transactions, and securities law disclosure and compliance matters for public companies. He is a counselor and advisor to executives and directors on myriad strategic decisions for managing their businesses to produce value for their internal and external constituents. Mr. Eaddy has been listed for several years in The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law. Additionally, he was named as one of 2004's "100 Most Influential Georgians" and is recognized as one of Georgia’s "Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend Magazine.
Mr. Eaddy is a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was graduated summa cum laude from Furman University in 1976, where he majored in Political Science and received numerous honors and awards, including election to Phi Beta Kappa, the Blue Key National Honor Society, and Furman's Quaternion Society.
Mr. Eaddy, who chairs Kilpatrick Stockton’s Diversity Council, and is recognized as a thought-leader on diversity in the legal profession, is the principal author of the chapter on "Diversity" in the Thomson/West multi-volume treatise Successful Partnership Between Inside and Outside Counsel. He has published several articles in legal journals, chaired or served as a lecturer and panelist on numerous programs for the continuing legal education of lawyers, and participated as moderator or discussant for academic symposia.
With almost 100 of its 500 lawyers in its Corporate Department, Kilpatrick Stockton brings depth and experience to all aspects of corporate legal issues.
ABOUT KILPATRICK STOCKTON
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA.; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC.; New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; London, England; and Stockholm, Sweden. Kilpatrick Stockton's delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton's corporate, litigation and intellectual property attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle.
For more, go to www.kilpatrickstockton.com. |
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Dutch citizen extradited to US for Iraq crimes
International |
2007/01/28 09:19
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The Netherlands Justice Ministry has extradited Dutch citizen Wasem al Delaema to the US for his role in attempted killings of US soldiers in Iraq during October 2003, according to the Ministry on Saturday. The extradition follows a ruling by the Appeals Court in The Hague that al Delaema could be extradited for the terror attacks, saying the Court expected the US to observe the prisoner's rights. The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) asserts that al Delaema will face trial in federal district court rather than a military commission and that he potentially may serve any sentence in the Netherlands, which could be a maximum of life imprisonment. Al Delaema's trial will be the first for a person accused of terrorist activities in Iraq during the war in that country. Dutch authorities captured al Delaema in the Netherlands in May 2005. The DOJ charged al Delaema in July 2005 after he was seen on a videotape obtained by Dutch prosecutors showing the insurgency group Fighters of Fallujah how to set landmines near US military routes; however, al Delaema claims he was forced to appear on the videotape after being beaten. Al Delaema was indicted in September 2005 on four conspiracy charges in addition to several charges related to possession and training in the use of explosives. |
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Federal court rules against EPA
Court Watch |
2007/01/27 11:34
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| The Environmental Protection Agency must force power plants to protect fish and other aquatic life even if it's expensive, a federal appeals court said in a ruling favoring states and environmental groups. The decision late Thursday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that it was improper for the EPA to let power plants circumvent environmental laws - for instance, restocking polluted water with new fish instead of paying to upgrade their technology. It said the EPA's decisions must "be driven by technology, not cost," unless two technologies produce essentially the same benefits but have much different costs. "EPA's goal is to protect fish and the ecosystem while meeting the nation's need for reliable energy sources," said Benjamin H. Grumbles, the agency's assistant administrator for water. The agency was reviewing the decision, he said. The ruling drew praise from environmental groups and six states that had sued. |
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