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	07/24/2008 Fifteen McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored as ‘Super Lawyers’ or ‘Rising Stars’
	CHICAGO, IL – July 24, 2008 – McAndrews, Held & Malloy announced today that five of the firm’s shareholders were honored as “Super Lawyers” and ten McAndrews shareholders were recognized as “Illinois Rising Stars.” Founding partners George P. McAndrews, John J. Held and Timothy J. Malloy, together with shareholders Herbert D. Hart III and Patrick A. Arnold Jr., were honored as national intellectual property attorneys in the August 2008 Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, which is distributed to corporate professionals who hire outside counsel. All five also have been recognized as “Illinois Super Lawyers” – the state’s top intellectual property litigators – over many of the preceding years. Attorneys recognized as “Illinois Rising Stars” in 2008 were shareholders Joseph M. Barich, Christopher V. Carani, Mirut P. Dalal, Sandra A. Frantzen, Troy A. Groetken, Scott P. McBride, Patricia J. McGrath, Dean A. Pelletier, Wil Rao and Ronald (Hank) Spuhler. Only 5 percent of the state’s total lawyers are selected as “Illinois Super Lawyers.” “Illinois Rising Stars” are the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys – all of whom must be either 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less. The “Rising Stars” list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of the total lawyers in any state. George P. McAndrews has built his reputation litigating cases involving mechanical, electrical and chemical subject matter, primarily before juries in federal and state courts throughout the United States. His practice focuses on all phases of patent, trademark, antitrust, fiduciary duty, unfair competition, warranty and other intellectual property law. He has represented clients in billion-dollar patent disputes and has achieved numerous multi-million-dollar awards and settlements. John J. Held has successfully counseled clients across a wide spectrum of industries in patent, trademark and copyright infringement actions, patent appeals and interferences, and trademark oppositions/cancellation proceedings. His experience involves working with products such as automotive parts and equipment, web handling and processing equipment, software products, refuse handling equipment, sporting goods and consumer products. Timothy J. Malloy is nationally known for his intellectual property litigation successes in the medical device, electrical and mechanical fields. His professional highlights include arguing, before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Eli Lilly and Company, the leading case directed to the scope of patent protection for medical devices, and securing one of the largest intellectual property damages awards in U.S. history on behalf of Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. He was also named as one of only four Chicago “Band 1” IP attorneys by Chambers USA. Herbert D. Hart III maintains a full-service intellectual property practice, representing clients ranging from start-ups to multinationals in the pharmaceutical, medical device, petroleum, chemical, agribusiness, information technology and aerospace industries. He has developed special expertise in patent interference matters (principally in life science and chemical technologies), in trademark matters, and in patent and trademark portfolio strategy and management. Patrick A. Arnold Jr. focuses his practice on patent, trademark and copyright litigation. He has been lead trial counsel on a number of lawsuits and has extensive experience with all pretrial, trial and post-trial activities in the federal courts. He has also represented parties in connection with full-evidentiary and partial-evidentiary preliminary injunction hearings. He also has tried cases before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. His patent practice has involved diverse areas of technology, including complicated materials-handling systems, automated chemical-additive systems and mail-sorting systems. Joseph M. Barich is a recognized authority on patent prosecution. He specializes in developing and enforcing powerful intellectual property portfolios that are typically centered around a patent backbone, but often include copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, proprietary designs and license agreements. His work has involved a wide variety of industries including high-tech and medical innovations. Christopher V. Carani practices various aspects of intellectual property law, including IP litigation, procurement, licensing and dispute resolution. He counsels clients in a wide range of industries, with particular focus on consumer products. He practices extensively in the area of design law, which protects the appearance of items (design patents, trade dress, copyrighted design). Mirut P. Dalal develops intellectual property portfolios centered around patents in such diverse areas as wireless telecommunications, computer software and hardware, fiber optics, the Internet, e-commerce and biomedical devices. Recently, he has helped companies patent technology resulting from research and development outsourced to India. His experience includes significant time spent in India educating engineers in India about U.S. patent law and working directly with those engineers to develop strategies for protecting their inventions. Sandra A. Frantzen practices a broad range of intellectual property law focusing on patent and trademark litigation and dispute resolution. She has extensive litigation and consulting experience, working with diverse technologies ranging from chemical processes and mechanical devices to medical devices and electrical technology. Frantzen also advises clients in various industries on strategic and value-oriented intellectual property development, acquisition, protection and enforcement. Troy A. Groetken focuses on advanced domestic and foreign patent procurement, licensing and global IP portfolio management strategies on behalf of several international and Fortune 500 corporations. He specializes in chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological matters involving new drug entities, drug-delivery systems and combinational products involving small-molecule pharmaceutical and recombinant technologies. Scott P. McBride focuses on the procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights, with a primary concentration in patent litigation. His practice also includes counseling regarding patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, and covers a diverse range of technologies including electronic, electrical, electromechanical and mechanical devices, with an emphasis on medical devices. Patricia J. McGrath has substantial experience in all areas of intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on patent litigation. She has worked in diverse, innovative technical areas, with a focus on the chemical arts, as well as other areas such as pharmaceuticals, Internet communications, software, electrical light fixtures and dimming processes, contact lenses, direct metallization and biomedical devices. She has been involved in litigation involving antitrust, unfair competition, trade secrets, contracts and RICO violations. Dean A. Pelletier litigates and tries, with first chair experience, intellectual property disputes involving patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights. He has actively participated in three major patent infringement jury trials and in mediation proceedings, has argued before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and counsels clients on a broad range of intellectual property-related issues. He has experience in various industries and with various technologies, including lighting control technology, electromagnetic detection technology, e-mail marketing technology, VOIP technology, food technology and various manufacturing technologies. Wil Rao devotes his practice to complex patent and trademark litigation and IP transactions, including patent portfolio development and due diligence. He represents corporations of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms and other rapidly growing businesses that develop and market medical devices, industrial and consumer products, and other mechanical- and electromechanical-based technologies. Ronald H. Spuhler has experience in numerous areas of intellectual property law and has been involved in patent, trademark and trade secret litigation dealing with a variety of products ranging from sporting goods to medical devices to cellular phones. Spuhler has also assisted clients in acquiring intellectual property assets through various means, including asset acquisitions, merger or structured auctions, some of which have been valued in excess of $500 million. ### About McAndrews, Held & Malloy Founded in 1988, McAndrews, Held & Malloy is one of the nation’s preeminent legal resources on intellectual property, antitrust and technology matters, serving institutions ranging from major multinationals and start-ups to world-class colleges and universities. The firm’s technically trained attorneys have built an unparalleled record of litigation successes in jury trials, bench trials and ADR proceedings. In addition, McAndrews offers its clients services in the following areas: patent and trademark procurement and portfolio management, patent interferences, trademark oppositions and cancellations, international practice, intellectual property/technology opinions and investigations, due diligence and M&A support, technology licensing and joint ventures, and technology transfers and donations. Additional information can be found at http://www.mcandrews-ip.com. CONTACT: Randy Labuzinski / David Schulte Healy & Schulte 312/765-8770 rlabuzinski@healyandschulte.com