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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

www.lockelord.com:

"Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP is a full-service, national law firm with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Locke Lord was formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, a national firm headquartered in Chicago.

With an expanded geographic scope, and a national reputation in complex litigation, regulatory and transactional work, Locke Lord is focused on achieving client success as a team. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies and middle market public and private companies to start-ups and emerging businesses.

We pride ourselves on building a collaborative relationship in order to craft creative solutions for immediate problems, and designing and executing plans to achieve long-term strategic goals. Among Locke Lord's many strong practice areas are appellate, aviation, business litigation, class action litigation, corporate, employee benefits, energy, environmental, financial services, health care, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public law, real estate, regulatory, REIT, tax and technology.

Our commitment to bringing multiple points of view is reflected in our selection as winner of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's Thomas L. Sager Award, which is given to firms that demonstrate sustained commitment to improving the hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys. Additionally, Locke Lord attorneys are dedicated to providing pro bono services for those in need."