More Than Half Of Howard Rice’s Directors Selected As Super Lawyers

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Deborah Goodson Douglas
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Firm Has Strong Showing For The Third Year

San Francisco, CA — July 17, 2006 — For the third consecutive year, more than half of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin’s directors have been selected by their peers as Super Lawyers. Also for the third year in a row, Jerome Falk, Jr. was selected as a Top 100 Super Lawyer. The list of 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers is published in conjunction with San Francisco and Law & Politics magazines and is an annual recognition of the top five percent of attorneys in the region.

The 34 Howard Rice attorneys selected for this honor practice in 14 different areas of law, underscoring the breadth of the firm’s expertise:

AppellateJerome Falk, Jr. (Top 100 Super Lawyer), Steven Mayer, Ethan Schulman and Sean SeLegue
BankingBarry Abbott
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor RightsGary M. Kaplan, William Lafferty, James Lopes and Jeffrey Schaffer
Business/CorporateLawrence Rabkin and Ronald Star
Business LitigationMichael Baker, Kenneth Hausman and Dirk Schenkkan
Employment & LaborLinda Foy and David Reis
EnvironmentalRichard Jacobs
Intellectual PropertyKaren Frank
Intellectual Property LitigationMartin Glick, Bobbie Wilson and Douglas Winthrop
Mergers & AcquisitionsRichard Canady and Edward Deibert
Real EstateThomas Larsen
Securities & Corporate FinanceAndré Brewster, Teresa Johnson, Deborah Marshall, Denis Rice and Michael Sullivan
Securities LitigationSarah Good and Gilbert Serota
TaxBenjamin Berk, Gary P. Kaplan and Stuart Lipton

“We are proud to again have such a high percentage of our directors included on the annual Super Lawyers list. Attorneys at Howard Rice strive for excellence, and it’s gratifying to be recognized by our peers for these efforts,” said Managing Director Lawrence Rabkin.

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Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin P.C. is a San Francisco-based law firm with leading national and international practices, representing entities and individuals across a comprehensive range of practice areas. Our clients are among the most sophisticated consumers of legal services and include: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.; Beverages & More!; The Charles Schwab Corporation; Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; Digital River, Inc.; First Republic Bank; Genentech, Inc.; Google, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Co.; Morgan Stanley; The Oakland Raiders; PlanetOut Inc.; Sony Online Entertainment; United States Olympic Committee; and Wells Fargo & Company.