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TUCKER ARENSBERG LAWYERS NAMED BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®

W. Theodore Brooks, shareholder and co-chair of the firm's Construction/Real Estate Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Real Estate Law, Education Law and Land Use & Zoning Law categories.

Donald P. Eriksen, a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law categories.

Gary J. Gushard, a shareholder in the firm’s Business and Finance Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Elder Law and Municipal Law categories.

Matthew M. Hoffman, a shareholder in the firm’s Municipal and School Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in Education Law category.

Gary P. Hunt, managing shareholder of the firm, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Construction Law and Commercial Litigation categories.

Kenneth W. Lee, shareholder in the firm's Harrisburg office and co-chair of the firm's Construction/Real Estate Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Construction Law category.

Jeffery J. Leech, chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Commercial Litigation category.

Beverly Weiss Manne, chair of the firm's Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights Department, was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights’ Law category.

Robert L. McTiernan, co-chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Labor and Employment Law and Municipal Law categories.

James G. Morgan, shareholder in the firm's Harrisburg office, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Commercial Litigation Law category.

Daniel J. Perry, shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Project Finance Law and Structured Finance Law categories.

Thomas P. Peterson, co-chair of the firm’s Municipal and School Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Education Law category.

William H. Powderly, III, a shareholder in the firm's Employee Benefits Law Practice Group, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2006 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in the Employee Benefits Law category and has been listed in the directory for at least 10 consecutive years.

Dennis R. Sheaffer, shareholder in the firm’s Harrisburg office, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Workers’ Compensation Law category.

Steven B. Silverman, shareholder and co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property/Technology Practice Group, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Information Technology Law category.

William J. Staley, special counsel with the firm, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2006 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Real Estate Law category and has been listed in the directory for at least 20 consecutive years.

Lee C. Swartz, shareholder in the firm's Harrisburg office, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2006 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Personal Injury Litigation Law category and has been listed in the directory for at least 10 consecutive years.

Richard B. Tucker, III, shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Appellate Law category.

Charles J. Vater, chair of the firm's Business and Finance Department, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). in the Trusts and Estates Law category.

The 2007 edition is the thirteenth edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Tucker Arensberg is a 60-attorney law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh with an office in Harrisburg. The firm concentrates in general business law practice, banking, insolvency and creditors' rights, estates and trusts, health care, litigation, technology and intellectual property, environmental, labor and employment, real estate, workers' compensation and school and municipal law. For more information on the firm, please visit www.tuckerlaw.com.

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