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IN THIS ISSUE Alumni Event 1 Alumni Event Recap We Are Pleased to Announce “An Evening with Jeffrey Toobin” 2-3 Event Photos A high-profile senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The 4 Firm Report New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin is one of the country’s most respected experts on politics, media and the law. The author of critically 5 Awards and Recognition acclaimed best sellers, Mr. Toobin delved into the historical, political and personal inner workings of the Supreme Court and Connecting in Our its justices in his book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. The 6 Communities Nine spent more than four months on the New York Times Best Seller list and was named one of the best books of the year by Time, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly 7 Events of Interest and the Economist. His newest book, The Oath, a sequel to The Nine, is a gripping insider’s account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts 7 California Update Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

At the podium, Mr. Toobin is an unbiased, deeply analytic (and often very funny) expert on all matters of American law, politics and media. He provides a unique look into the inner workings of The Supreme Court and its influence, as well as how upcoming elections will shape the court and, in turn, the nation. His relaxed style, sense of humor and unprejudiced, forthright analysis make for a fascinating presentation.

Please mark your calendar.

Wednesday, June 25 Thursday, June 26 Venable’s Washington office Venable’s Baltimore office VENABLE SNAPSHOT 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. More than 600 lawyers in nine offices Presentation 7:00 p.m. Presentation 7:00 p.m.

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Ranked in 92 categories, “Best Law Firms” U.S. News & World Report- Alumni Moves Best Lawyers 2014 Share your updated contact information and other important news with us! 70 attorneys and 29 practice areas Please send your professional moves, appointments and achievements of note to us at ranked, Chambers USA 2014 [email protected]. Counsel to 38 of the Fortune 100

Venable Connection is designed to provide our alumni with an array of opportunities to reconnect with former colleagues and expand their professional relationships. ALUMNI EVENT BALTIMORE

Venable Connection’s Fall Wine Tastings Launched us into the Holiday Season In late fall, Venable Connection held its first two wine tasting events. Over 100 Venable alumni and attorneys joined us in Baltimore and Wash- ington, DC. The Baltimore event took place at Waterfront Kitchen, which provided our guests with a beautiful museum setting, a friendly atmosphere and dramatic views of the Baltimore Harbor. Our Washington, DC event was held at Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar, a warm and intimate venue that overlooks Pennsylvania Avenue. Our guests enjoyed learning about the wines and sampling the great food. Many of our guests commented on how much they looked forward to these events and the opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends.

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FIRM NEWS IN THE NEWS

Jim Shea Recognized by the Greater “Connecting the Dots: An Advertising Law Symposium” Baltimore Urban League Is a Huge Success

On April 25, 2014, Greater Baltimore Urban On March 11, Venable’s Advertising and Marketing group hosted its League hosted its annual Equal Opportunity first advertising law symposium at Vanderbilt Suites in New York City. Day Dinner and Gala. Our Chairman, Jim The full day, CLE-accredited program drew close to 100 clients and Shea, was honored for his commitment to prospects from major brand marketers, including L’Oreal, Bank of opportunity and equality at Venable and the America, Domino Foods and Nestle. communities we serve. The Equal Opportu- Featured guest speakers included seasoned litigators, advertising and nity Day Dinner and Gala is the League’s principal fundraising event. All marketing executives from NBC and ABC, and top representatives from proceeds benefit their Education & Youth, Workforce Development and key regulatory enforcement bodies, including the National Advertising Housing programs and new initiatives. This year the GBUL celebrated Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB), the its 90th year of service to the community. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Venable Partners Named to Law 360 Venable speakers included Bob Waldman, Randy Shaheen, Amy Advisory Boards Mudge, Po Yi, Len Gordon, Melissa Steinman, Roger Colaizzi, Randy Law360 recently announced that Doug Miller, Suzanne Garwood, Claudia Lewis, Maura Marcheski, Jessie Emhoff (LA, SF), would be a part of the Beeber, and Ellen Berge. 2014 Media & Entertainment editorial A few highlights of the symposium were a Lanham Act mock trial advisory board and that Scott Gluck (DC, performed by Venable’s Randy Miller, Roger Colaizzi and Jessie Beeber, LA) was named to the 2014 Private Equity as well as the lunch keynote delivered by David Vladeck, the FTC’s editorial advisory board. In this capacity, Former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Doug and Scott will have an opportunity to Following the symposium, attendees enjoyed a cocktail and networking suggest areas of coverage for this premier reception at Café Centro. On the heels of its success, a sequel in online news service. Congratulations Doug California is being planned for the fall. and Scott. Real Estate and Land Use Conference: “Frontiers for Development in New York’s Outer Boroughs” Earlier this month, the firm’s NY Real Estate Group hosted a standing room only real estate conference on development in the outer boroughs of New York City. The event included panel discussions with local developers, private investors, consultants and other experienced practitioners in the field. They covered such timely topics as: What factors are influencing development in the outer boroughs and will it continue? The impact of 12 years of rezonings on development in the outer boroughs. Considerations in choosing and developing an outer borough site. And the allure of the waterfront and resiliency after Sandy. Government Contracts Symposium Venable’s Government Contracts Practice Group held its second annual Government Contracts Symposium in April. This day-long event SAVE THE DATE included six panel discussions with experienced practitioners in the field, a keynote address, focusing on current developments in various government contract topics, including: changes to small business rules, Join fellow alumni and Venable attorneys for protecting against the government’s administrative remedies, strategies “An Evening With Jeffrey Toobin” at our Washington for managing and mitigating risk in government contracts, ethics and office on June 25 and at our Baltimore office on June 26. compliance in a heightened enforcement environment, cyber pros and cons for government contractors and hot topics in government To RSVP, Please visit: contracts. The symposium provided many opportunities for group and one-on-one discussions with Venable’s government contracts attorneys Bit.ly/VenableAlumni and guest speakers, as well as a networking reception at the close of the program. 4 I Spring 2014 Awards and Recognition

IN THE NEWS continued Venable Boasts Strong Performance in Chambers USA 2014 Rankings

Public Interest Project honors Venable Partner Michael Chambers USA has released the preliminary rankings of attorneys and Gollin with Innovators Award practices for its 2014 edition. Continuing its impressive trend of high rankings, Venable LLP announced that 70 of its attorneys achieved rankings in 77 Michael Gollin Fund for Public Interest and Intellectual categories. The firm also had 29 practice group rankings at the national and Property established at Boston University School of Law state levels. This is Chambers USA’s twelfth annual survey covering America’s leading lawyers identified as the best in their fields by their peers and clients. At its Annual Auction Gala on The complete list of rankings, including bands and editorial commentary, will be April 9 at the Boston University released in May. School of Law, the Public U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Names Venable LLP the 2014 Interest Project honored “Law Firm of the Year” for Advertising Law Venable LLP partner Michael A. Gollin with its Innovators Award. For the second time in the past three years, Venable LLP has been named the It was also announced during 2014 “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” the event that the Michael Gollin for Advertising Law. Venable was also named a Tier 1 firm for Advertising Law Fund for Public Interest and Nationally and in Washington, DC. Last year, Venable was named the “Law Firm Intellectual Property has been of the Year” for Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation. established as an endowment The “Law Firm of the Year” award recognizes only one firm in each of the 87 at Boston University to provide nationally ranked practice areas after an exhaustive review by Best Lawyers’® a permanent source of funding for students working in public research. Venable received this award based on a combination of factors interest and intellectual property. including high performance on client surveys and feedback from attorneys in other firms in the same practice area. Upon receiving the award, Mr. Gollin noted that “service to others is the true path to happiness” and that especially because there “We’re very proud to receive this honor and especially grateful to our clients are many good ideas that don’t succeed, we must celebrate whose continued support to our firm and our practice played such a pivotal those that do, like the Public Interest Project, which has thrived role in this award,” said Jeffrey D. Knowles, chair of Venable’s Advertising, for 30 years. Marketing and New Media Practice Group. “More than a decade ago, Venable began building an advertising law team that mastered the traditional advertising Mr. Gollin and fellow students founded the Public Interest disciplines, could stay ahead of digital advertising’s breakneck change, and apply unmatched depth to the state and federal regulatory and legislative Project in 1984, and he was its first president. The group was issues that increasingly shape marketers’ business decisions. This recognition, originally conceived as an independent nonprofit, but was then and our results for clients, speak for themselves.” established as a student-run organization to fund stipends for students to work in public service summer jobs as an alternative Venable Among Law360’s Top 400 Law Firms in the Country to law firm clerkships. Since its founding, the Public Interest Project has become the leading law student group at Boston On March 23, 2014, Law360 unveiled its inaugural list of the 400 largest University, and 900 students have been funded for jobs in law firms in the country based on total attorney headcount. Venable placed at nonprofits and government agencies. Today, the organization number 66 on the list with 597 attorneys and 290 partners as of the end of last year. fosters a commitment to nonprofit, government, and pro bono work and promotes community service for all interested Boston Venable Performs Well in Chambers Global Rankings University law students and alumni. The 2014 edition of Chambers Global featured rankings for six Venable A patent attorney and graduate of the Boston University School attorneys and two practice groups. Ron Glancz (DC) was ranked in Banking of Law, Mr. Gollin has three decades’ experience in intellectual and Finance: Mainly Regulatory; Jim Hanks (BA), Sharon Kroupa (BA) and property law and related areas in the life sciences. He focuses Patsy McGowan (BA) were ranked in Capital Markets: REITs: Maryland on strategic counseling and IP monetization from Venable’s Counsel; and Stu Ingis (DC) and Milo Cividanes (DC) were ranked in Privacy Washington, DC office. Mr. Gollin represents pharmaceutical, and Data Security. Hanks and Ingis earned Band 1 honors in both of their biotechnology and medical device companies, and leading categories. Additionally, the firm was also ranked for Capital Markets: REITs: research institutions. His pro bono work includes chairing Public Maryland Counsel in Band 1 and Privacy and Data Security. Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (www.piipa.org) and Managing IP Recognizes Venable Attorneys advising the ALS Association. The 2014 edition of IP Stars recognized Venable attorneys. The list consists of Boston University welcomes contributions for the Michael David J. Heubeck, Michael B. MacWilliams, Janet Satterthwaite, Mark Harrison, Gollin Fund and the Public Interest Project. Please contact Nate William Coston, Roger Colaizzi, Jeffrey Dunn, James E. Gray and Andrew Pratt. O’Connell at [email protected] for more information. 5 I Alumni Newsletter Connecting in Our Communities

VENABLE DIVERSITY PRO BONO

Diversity Committee Sponsors a Screening of Acclaimed Documentary Jamie Barnett Represents Army Captain in Sexual Assault Case On February 28, the Diversity Committee held a screening of the acclaimed documentary, Justice Is a Black Woman: The Life and Work Venable partner, Jamie Barnett’s (DC) pro of Constance Baker Motley. The filmmaker, Dr. Gary Ford, Jr., is the bono representation of an Army captain brother of Venable Partner Kishka Ford McClain. The documentary who accused Brigadier General Jeffrey chronicles the life and work of Judge Motley, an “unsung” hero of the Sinclair of sexual assault was featured civil rights movement. Judge Motley was the only woman attorney at in multiple publications. General Sinclair the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) during most pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a deal of the civil rights movement from 1946 - 1964 and tried and won most accepted by a military judge. As part of the of the important desegregation cases. The documentary is based on deal, the Army dropped the more severe interviews and other dissertation research conducted by Dr. Gary Ford violence-related charge in exchange for and is narrated by Juan Williams. The film features Dr. Maya Angelou, an admission of guilt to several lesser charges. General Sinclair was President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Attorney reprimanded and docked $20,000 pay during sentencing. On March 17, Vernon Jordan, members of the “Little Rock Nine,” and many others. 18, 19 and 20, multiple publications featured news of the court martial including the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Women Attorneys at Venable Celebrate International Women’s Day Times, Fayetteville Observer, Christian ScienceMonitor, NPR, Foreign Policy, Reuters and the Associated Press among others. In a statement On March 6, Women Attorneys at Venable (WAVe) celebrated following the sentencing, Admiral Barnett said, “Today’s sentencing International Women’s Day with a guest speaker and networking event. is beyond disappointing, it is a travesty and a serious misstep for the Corinne Cannon, founder and executive director of the DC Diaper Army… It’s no secret that the treatment of service members who have Bank, spoke to the group about the organization and its mission. The been sexually abused and assaulted has been a very serious problem DC Diaper Bank works to provide an adequate and reliable supply of in the military, and challenges remain as we saw today.” Becky Pearson diapers to babies, toddlers and their families in the Washington, DC (DC) also provided counsel along with Army Captain Cassie Fowler of metropolitan area. The DC Diaper Bank provides an average of 50,000 the Army’s Special Victims Counsel program. diapers to more than 1,500 families a month. To date, the DC Diaper Bank has donated over 500,000 diapers to families in need, and this number continues to grow. Diapers not only provide health and happiness to families and babies in need, but they are also a COMMUNITY SERVICE resource to the partners and organizations to which they are given. Having these diapers as a resource increases the services these Venable Marches for Babies organizations can provide. On May 3, Venable walked in the 43rd Annual March for Babies, which WAVe is comprised of women attorneys and other professionals at is the oldest and most successful walking event in the nation. This all levels within Venable. As part of the firm’s continued emphasis on March of Dimes event raises funds for the continued improvement of diversity and opportunity, WAVe’s purpose is to improve the rate of the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature births and retention, promotion and advancement of women attorneys within infant mortality. We fielded two teams, one in Baltimore and one in the firm. Washington DC. Venable partner, Andrew Currie, is a Board Member of the Maryland-National Capital Area Chapter of the March of Dimes and he has been instrumental in spearheading this effort at the firm.

SAVE THE DATE Join fellow alumni and Venable attorneys for “An Evening With Jeffrey Toobin” at our Washington office on June 25 and at our Baltimore office on June 26.

To RSVP, Please visit: Bit.ly/VenableAlumni

6 I Spring 2014 Events of Interest California Update

Brand IP Seminar Series Partner Michele Mulrooney was named to Variety’s 2014 San Francisco, CA/April 24, 2014 Legal Impact Report as among the top attorneys in the entertainment The second in our series of complimentary seminars being industry. held in Venable offices around the country discussed the unique challenges facing businesses and the executives responsible for an array of intellectual property issues relating to brand and content management in today’s commercial environment. These seminars help clients identify vulnerabilities in their current business model and will present innovative solutions to protect their branded goods as well as their company’s reputation in the CONGRATULATES marketplace. Participants discuss day-to-day operational changes that can be implemented immediately to help strengthen a company’s brand protection, as well as Michele Mulrooney present strategies to better leverage and exploit their on being recognized in Variety’s 2014 Legal Impact Report. brand and content.

We applaud our Election-Year Advocacy: Maintaining partner’s astute insights Your Nonprofits Clear Message in Cloudy into the legal and business Legal Seas needs of individuals in the Washington, DC/April 29, 2014 entertainment industry. Jeffrey Tenenbaum, Ronald Jacobs and Lawrence Norton presented “Election-Year Advocacy: Maintaining Your For Michele, business is Nonprofit’s Clear Message in Cloudy Legal Seas” at personal. Venable’s Washington, DC offices. The session discussed Photo by Renee Bowen the rules that apply to 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organizations and how those rules are changing. The Coast to coast, Venable is hailed for its top tier entertainment speakers also discussed different ways for organizations and media industry practice. We combine the creative nature and associations to be involved in the 2014 elections. of our clients with innovative legal solutions. They covered how to operate a political action committee, including raising money and where it can be spent, as well as what the organization can do in addition to having a

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