BLAKES WINS SEVEN AWARDS FOR ITS PRO BONO WORK

TORONTO (September 29, 2010) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that it has been awarded seven 2010 Lexpert Zenith Awards.

“Blakes was one of the first major law firms in Canada to adopt a proactive and formal national policy recognizing pro bono as an important investment in the communities we serve and as a professional obligation,” said Brock Gibson, the Firm’s Chair. “Many of our lawyers dedicate hundreds of hours to pro bono work, and it’s a real honour to be recognized in this way.”

“Congratulations to Blakes for winning the highest number of Zenith awards, as selected by our independent panel of judges,” said Jean Cumming, Editor-in-Chief at Lexpert magazine. “The depth and breadth of their pro bono contribution is outstanding.”

Blakes has won the following 2010 Lexpert Zenith Awards:

Project
Category
Award

Canadian Special Olympics Organization
Pro Bono in Sports or Recreation
Platinum

Evergreen
Environmental
Platinum

Habitat for Humanity International
Corporate Law in Non-Profit Sector
Platinum

Parkinson Society British Columbia
Change Agent: Disability
Platinum

Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. The Queen et al.
Change Agent: Gender
Gold

International Senior Lawyers Project
Political Pro Bono
Gold

Right to Play
Corporate Law in Non-Profit Sector
Special Distinction

About the Lexpert Zenith Awards Ceremony

The event to celebrate Pro Bono work in Canada was held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on September 28, 2010. Lexpert, the magazine for lawyers, honoured leading Canadian law firms, in-house departments and law students who are committing their time, skills and mentorship to a diverse and valuable range of pro bono activities.

About Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

At Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, we serve a diverse national and international client base and our integrated office network provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law. Blakes has offices across Canada and in New York, Chicago, London, Bahrain, Beijing and associated offices in Al-Khobar and Shanghai. Thanks to our clients and the challenging work they generate, in 2010 Blakes was named “Canada’s Law Firm of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal for the second consecutive year and, for the third year running, “Law Firm of the Year: Canada” in the PLC Which Lawyer? Awards. On December 16, 2009, the Financial Times and mergermarket


Pepper Hamilton Enhances Health Effects Litigation Practice with the Addition of Megan L. Traversari

LawFuel.com – US Law Firm Newswire Service – New Of Counsel Joins Philadelphia Office

Philadelphia, PA – September 29, 2010 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Megan L. Traversari has joined the firm as of counsel in the Health Effects Litigation Practice Group, resident in the Philadelphia office.

Ms. Traversari concentrates her practice on the representation of organizations and individuals in government investigations and litigation involving claims of fraud and abuse. She also handles investigations of pharmaceutical and other health care industries involving the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act.

“I appreciate the opportunity to join Pepper Hamilton and am looking forward to working with the Health Effects Practice Group,” Ms. Traversari said.

Prior to joining Pepper Hamilton, Ms. Traversari was an associate in the white collar practice group at Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia.

Nina M. Gussack, chair of Pepper Hamilton’s Executive Committee and chair of the firm’s pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and counseling practice, added, “Megan is an experienced litigator and we are delighted to welcome her as an integral member of our team. She also will complement our white collar litigation and life sciences practices nicely.”

Ms. Traversari graduated summa cum laude from Villanova University School of Law, where she was named to the Order of the Coif. She earned a B.S. in biology with high departmental honors from Haverford College in 1995.

About Pepper Hamilton

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers nationally. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.

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