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First up is a PSN-exclusive game to be announced at Gamescom in Cologne this year. CEO Ilari Kuittinen told Gamasutra that the exclusive went to Sony to continue the team's "good relationship" with the company. The second title is the studio's first multiplatform game for a "leading publisher.",psp demos; "We haven't done this kind of a game genre before," said Kuittinen.



The device, which uses a system of scented paraffin waxes and fans to simulate in-game smells, was partially funded by the Ministry of Defense for use in military training simulators, a fact that makes us equal parts uncomfortable and disappointed. Give us scented Cooking Mama over scented Call of Duty: World at War any day of the week.











Listen, we're all for new and exciting video game peripherals which lend themselves to sensory immersion, but -- well, we're not really crazy about the idea of total sensory immersion, you know? Nevertheless, a team of engineers at Birmingham University are working on a device that exposes gamers to context-sensitive scents during their gaming sessions. Thank goodness this thing wasn't around when Conker's Bad Fur Day pooed up our N64s.



BioWare take their Star Wars role-playing seriously. So seriously that the developers are shutting down talk on Old Republic's message boards about homosexuality, because it's a term that does "not exist in Star Wars".

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It was not that long since our previous release, and now here is a new bugfix release hot off the press!



The list of fixed bugs is quite long, and you could read all of it in the release notes, but here is a summary for those of you who are too lazy to follow the links and eager to play the games better.



SAGA: Inherit the Earth is completable again; AGOS, Groovie, Sword2: fixed many sound-related issues; Parallaction: fixed a bug in one of the puzzles; squashed a number of bugs in the GUI. Also iPhone, Symbian, WinCE ports are much improved and NDS and PS2 ports are back again since 0.11.0.

 

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Symbian port:

- Added Bluetooth mouse support

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- Fixed an issue which could cause random crashes with VGA devices








The device, which uses a system of scented paraffin waxes and fans to simulate in-game smells, was partially funded by the Ministry of Defense for use in military training simulators, a fact that makes us equal parts uncomfortable and disappointed. Give us scented Cooking Mama over scented Call of Duty: World at War any day of the week.






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Rescue a princess from captivity, defeat dark magic and that these magicians placed on the land, explore dungeons, mazes and fight the monsters within. Depending on the player characters you have adopted, you have to strategize your fighting methods as different characters have different skill sets.

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2009年4月26日星期日

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Set to ship sometime in 2010 alongside home console versions, Dante's Inferno for the PSP is being jointly developed by EA Redwood Shores and Wet developer A2M. The Prince of Lies' involvement in the project, however, remains purely rumor and speculation -- but, we can hear him whispering,psp game, whispering, whisper ...



Atari's Riddick title managed second place on its first week on sale according to data from Chart-Track, but all of the other titles in the top ten saw sales fall significantly.



The Godfather II fell to third,free psp games, with sales dropping by almost half compared to last week, while FIFA 09 also dropped one place to fourth, as sales fell by a quarter.



According to a report by Variety's usually reliable Cut-Scene blog, the next Transformers game will now be handled by Bourne Identity developer High Moon,psp games, while Spider-Man goes to Prototype developer Radical.



The latter's inheritance of Spidey is a no-brainer considering its history of developing open-world games (and they can basically get away with re-skinning Prototype). But Bourne is a bit more of an interesting choice.

 









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05. Resident Evil 5

06. Professor Layton and the Curious Village

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Indeedy not, especially for a $138 handheld. She went back to Walmart, which gave her the not-our-problem treatment - until Ms. Wykle called in the media, at which point it became very much their problem. They refunded the DS and shelled out a gift card.





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13. Guitar Hero: World Tour

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17. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party

18. Grand Theft Auto IV

19. Ben 10: Alien Force

20. Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures






Activision has dished out the Spider-Man and Transformer franchises to two developers it acquired (and kept) from the merger with Vivendi.



According to a report by Variety's usually reliable Cut-Scene blog, the next Transformers game will now be handled by Bourne Identity developer High Moon, while Spider-Man goes to Prototype developer Radical.







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Set to ship sometime in 2010 alongside home console versions, Dante's Inferno for the PSP is being jointly developed by EA Redwood Shores and Wet developer A2M. The Prince of Lies' involvement in the project,psp demos, however, remains purely rumor and speculation -- but, we can hear him whispering, whispering,psp games download, whisper ...



Wii Fit has held onto the top of the UK software sales chart for the week ended April 25, holding off debutant Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena - the only new entry in the top ten - despite the Nintendo title's sales sliding by 11 per cent in trend repeated across the board.








Activision has dished out the Spider-Man and Transformer franchises to two developers it acquired (and kept) from the merger with Vivendi.



According to a report by Variety's usually reliable Cut-Scene blog, the next Transformers game will now be handled by Bourne Identity developer High Moon, while Spider-Man goes to Prototype developer Radical.

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2009年4月25日星期六

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We’re giving you the chance to be one of the first people to have a copy of the game, by winning one! We have three Xbox copies to give away,free psp game, so for your chance to win all you have to do is to post a reply to this news post and answer the following question:



What song would you like to have in Guitar Hero Greatest Hits?




You may only post your answer once, and duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest. This contest is only open to residents of the EU* only (sorry to all our members outside of that region).



This contest will close on Friday the 29th of May 2009.



If you want to post a reply to this post but do not qualify for the contest e.g. live outside the EU* please post "I'm not entering the contest" thanks



Winners will be chosen randomly from qualified posts and contacted via PM on the DCEmu forums and E-mail. If a winner does not respond within a week a new winner will be picked at random from the other entrants. No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner's name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants.



The winners will receive their prizes after the launch of the game (June 16, 2009).



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Guitar Hero fans – vote for your favorite tracks to appear on Guitar Hero Greatest Hits and win a copy of the game!



 





Guitar Hero Greatest Hits launches this summer and to celebrate its release Guitar Hero are giving you the chance to vote for your most memorable tracks via a widget application that can be shared amongst major social network sites and blogs. Plus you can win a copy of the game!



Starting today, you can download the brand new widget and start selecting tracks from previous games. Vote for the songs you love to rock out to, and determine the order in which songs will be revealed for Guitar Hero Greatest Hits.



Each week, a portion of the Guitar Hero Greatest Hits set list will be revealed based on which prior game captures the most votes.



Guitar Hero Greatest Hits will feature tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s. The new game will feature re-worked versions of all songs for full compatibility with guitars, drums, and microphones on classic Guitar Hero tracks.



Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits is available to purchase from 16 June 2009, and is available on Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2.



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Though we've known about Lego Rock Band -- more or less, that is -- since early this year, an Xbox.com listing for the game has revealed a few more tidbits to satiate our non-stop hunger for more info on the title. For starters, the game's progression has been revealed as incorporating the Lego theme with collectible Lego pieces that will allow you to, "build cooler vehicles and move to new venues." Furthermore, an extra easy (totally for babies) difficult setting has been added to the game for the ... ahem ... less than face-meltingly-advanced Rock Band-ers in our lives.



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It's a shame, but corporate smack talk seems to have gone out of style since the likes of Peter Moore and Ken Kutaragi left their posts. Today, though, Sony are bringing it back.



And good for them! While some dismiss this kind of business as childish - purile, even - we don't. Bring it on! The shittier the shit-talking the better, as this industry would be a boring place without it.



Which brings us to an interview on Gamasutra, with Sony's Peter Dille, who recycles a Jack Tretton quote by saying:



Yeah, I don't want to steal [CEO] Jack [Tretton]'s quote, but he's fond of saying: "Microsoft owns the office; Sony owns the living room; and Wii owns the closet." And that's an aggressive, probably quotable line.



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GameArts, eager to prepare the world for Grandia Online made, the original Grandia a downloadable PsOne game. If you have a Japanese PlayStation Network account fire it up and fight the Garlyle Forces on your PSP.







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Build a school! Principle Story

Grandia

Langrisser I & II

Lunatic Dawn Odyssey

Tilk: The Maiden Who Came From The Blue Sea



The series of Dungeon Maker games, Class of Heroes, and Dungeon Explorer make the PSP is the system to own for classic dungeon crawling. Add Elminage II to that list. Starfish announced a sequel to the PlayStation 2/Nintendo DS remix is scheduled to come out in Japan this summer.



Thus far none of the Elminage games have been localized,psp demos, but UFO Interactive who primarily localizes Starfish’s stuff took a hiatus after publishing Ultimate Shooting Collection.

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To add even more Lego flavor to the mix, the game will feature challenges that allow you to "destroy a giant robot, summon a storm, and demolish a skyscraper." One important bullet-point glaringly missing from all news on the game (and its Beatles-themed brethren, for that matter) is the ability to export the songs into Rock Band 2, a la Rock Band 1's tracks. We've put in a note to publisher MTV Games for clarification on this and will keep you updated if and when we hear more info.



It's a shame, but corporate smack talk seems to have gone out of style since the likes of Peter Moore and Ken Kutaragi left their posts. Today, though, Sony are bringing it back.



And good for them! While some dismiss this kind of business as childish - purile, even - we don't. Bring it on! The shittier the shit-talking the better, as this industry would be a boring place without it.



Which brings us to an interview on Gamasutra, with Sony's Peter Dille, who recycles a Jack Tretton quote by saying:



Yeah, I don't want to steal [CEO] Jack [Tretton]'s quote, but he's fond of saying: "Microsoft owns the office; Sony owns the living room,psp games; and Wii owns the closet." And that's an aggressive, probably quotable line.



But the point he's trying to make is something that we find backed up in a lot of our research and focus groups: that people who are playing the Wii bring it out when friends come over and then put it back away — that the console that stays connected to the TV is a different system.



You're damn right it's quotable. Probably grossly inaccurate, too, but then, that's not the point of these statements, is it?

 




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We’re giving you the chance to be one of the first people to have a copy of the game, by winning one! We have three Xbox copies to give away, so for your chance to win all you have to do is to post a reply to this news post and answer the following question:



What song would you like to have in Guitar Hero Greatest Hits?




You may only post your answer once, and duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest. This contest is only open to residents of the EU* only (sorry to all our members outside of that region).



This contest will close on Friday the 29th of May 2009.



If you want to post a reply to this post but do not qualify for the contest e.g. live outside the EU* please post "I'm not entering the contest" thanks



Winners will be chosen randomly from qualified posts and contacted via PM on the DCEmu forums and E-mail. If a winner does not respond within a week a new winner will be picked at random from the other entrants. No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner's name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants.



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Guitar Hero fans – vote for your favorite tracks to appear on Guitar Hero Greatest Hits and win a copy of the game!



 









Guitar Hero Greatest Hits launches this summer and to celebrate its release Guitar Hero are giving you the chance to vote for your most memorable tracks via a widget application that can be shared amongst major social network sites and blogs. Plus you can win a copy of the game!



Starting today, you can download the brand new widget and start selecting tracks from previous games. Vote for the songs you love to rock out to, and determine the order in which songs will be revealed for Guitar Hero Greatest Hits.



Each week, a portion of the Guitar Hero Greatest Hits set list will be revealed based on which prior game captures the most votes.



Guitar Hero Greatest Hits will feature tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s. The new game will feature re-worked versions of all songs for full compatibility with guitars, drums, and microphones on classic Guitar Hero tracks.



Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits is available to purchase from 16 June 2009, and is available on Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2.



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GameArts, eager to prepare the world for Grandia Online made,psp games download, the original Grandia a downloadable PsOne game. If you have a Japanese PlayStation Network account fire it up and fight the Garlyle Forces on your PSP.







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Here is a quick list of games. Each one goes for 600 yen ($6).



Build a school! Principle Story

Grandia

Langrisser I & II

Lunatic Dawn Odyssey

Tilk: The Maiden Who Came From The Blue Sea






The series of Dungeon Maker games, Class of Heroes, and Dungeon Explorer make the PSP is the system to own for classic dungeon crawling. Add Elminage II to that list. Starfish announced a sequel to the PlayStation 2/Nintendo DS remix is scheduled to come out in Japan this summer.



Thus far none of the Elminage games have been localized, but UFO Interactive who primarily localizes Starfish’s stuff took a hiatus after publishing Ultimate Shooting Collection.

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Interestingly, the console’s tie ratio rate has plateaued somewhat in the last eight months, as the figure in August 2008 was at 8.0 whereas today it has edged up to 8.3.



Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior VP of marketing, Peter Dille, has admitted that the PlayStation Portable has been hit hard by piracy - with as many as 50 million units in the marketplace potentially having been compromised.



"I'm convinced and we're convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," Dille told Gamasutra. "It's been a problem that the industry has to address together; it's one that I think the industry takes very seriously, but we need to do something to address this because it's criminal what's going on, quite frankly.



"It's not good for us, but it's not good for the development community. We can look at data from BitTorrent sites from the day Resistance: Retribution goes on sale and see how many copies are being downloaded illegally, and it's frankly sickening. We are spending a lot of time talking about how we can deal with that problem."



EA says that an average of 2.2 million online games have been played each day since June, when the publisher first started releasing its 2009 EA Sports product line. This level of online play reflects an increase of more than 175 percent from the same period last year, the publisher said.



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Both NFL 09 and FIFA 09 have over 2.4 million registered online users each, the company added.






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Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior VP of marketing,psp demos, Peter Dille, has admitted that the PlayStation Portable has been hit hard by piracy - with as many as 50 million units in the marketplace potentially having been compromised.



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"It's not good for us, but it's not good for the development community. We can look at data from BitTorrent sites from the day Resistance: Retribution goes on sale and see how many copies are being downloaded illegally, and it's frankly sickening. We are spending a lot of time talking about how we can deal with that problem."



The admission comes at a point when Sony is finally giving the handheld platform a significant boost, with a string of key titles set to hit the shelves this year, including Assassin's Creed and MotorStorm - but Dille agreed that older hardware could pose an ongoing problem for genuine software sales.



"Those numbers are correct," he said, referring to the 50 million units. "There's a lot of hardware out there; toothpaste is out of the tube. We're not going to get that hardware back into the toothpaste container.



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EA is flaunting the popularity of its online game services by announcing that its Sports label has clocked 500m online games since June last year.



EA says that an average of 2.2 million online games have been played each day since June, when the publisher first started releasing its 2009 EA Sports product line. This level of online play reflects an increase of more than 175 percent from the same period last year, the publisher said.








The simple equation here being that hardware sales have just as much a significant effect on tie ratios as software does. Tie ratios are, after all, total software numbers divided by total hardware.



As the PS3 failed to get many new customers, its current users had many more games to purchase over the late months of 2008. The Wii, meanwhile, is selling incredibly well despite an inordinarily low turnout of significant titles.



Either way, the Xbox 360 looks best of the three when viewed from a tie-ratio angle.



Both the Wii and PS3 were released in November 2006, so the most recent tie ratio figures show each system’s performance after 29 months at retail. In examining the Xbox 360’s tie ratio after the same 29-month period, Microsoft’s box shows itself to have a significantly more impressive balance, at 7.5.



Interestingly, the console’s tie ratio rate has plateaued somewhat in the last eight months, as the figure in August 2008 was at 8.0 whereas today it has edged up to 8.3.





“The massive migration to online gaming has transformed the video game landscape, and this week's 500 millionth online EA Sports game highlights the radical shift that we've helped pioneer in the industry,” said Peter Moore, president of the division.



EA also provided a number of different angles to view its online volumes, stating that “4 billion minutes” of EA Sports games have been played since June, and that “35 years” of online play is amassed each day.



Both NFL 09 and FIFA 09 have over 2.4 million registered online users each, the company added.

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"But, it actually is bad; it's bad for the platform. Again, I'm not saying that that's a magic wand; I think that we have to make sure from a technological perspective that it's not as easy as it is to do that."

 

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The most recent tie ratios (number of different games per console) for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii were presented by news site Gamasutra. The figures reveal that the PS3 had recently amassed a 6.5 tie ratio in North America, whereas the Wii’s was at 6.2.



NPD Analyst Anita Frazier offers a reasonable explanation for the recent trends, stating that the Wii enjoyed a striking run of hardware sales during the second half of 2008, yet the PS3 has experienced five straight months of lower year-on-year hardware sales.



The simple equation here being that hardware sales have just as much a significant effect on tie ratios as software does. Tie ratios are, after all, total software numbers divided by total hardware.



As the PS3 failed to get many new customers, its current users had many more games to purchase over the late months of 2008. The Wii, meanwhile, is selling incredibly well despite an inordinarily low turnout of significant titles.



"It's not good for us, but it's not good for the development community. We can look at data from BitTorrent sites from the day Resistance: Retribution goes on sale and see how many copies are being downloaded illegally, and it's frankly sickening. We are spending a lot of time talking about how we can deal with that problem."



The admission comes at a point when Sony is finally giving the handheld platform a significant boost, with a string of key titles set to hit the shelves this year, including Assassin's Creed and MotorStorm - but Dille agreed that older hardware could pose an ongoing problem for genuine software sales.



The latest financial presentation from European video game retailer Game comes complete with lifetime European sales numbers for the current crop of consoles and handhelds. Let's take a look!



The information is presented in the form of a hardware install base chart, with data provided by GfK Chart Track and Game's own internal data, tallying the lifetime sales of each major console up to January of 2009. Taking a look at the UK numbers alone, we see that Nintendo has completely dominated the United Kingdom, with the Wii's 4.9 million topping the Xbox 360's 3.2 million and the PlayStation 3's 1.9 million. As if the Wii domination weren't enough,free psp game, Nintendo's DS tops the entire list with lifetime sales of 8.8 million. What about the PlayStation 2, with 10 million units sold? It had a 4 and a half year head start, so we're disqualifying it.



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The limited picture we get of Europe and Australia pretty much follows the same trends as the UK numbers, with the exception of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with Sony's console showing a 300,psp game,000 console lead over the 360. Combining both totals together still has the PS3 a million behind, but it's catching up.






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It's fair to say that Yoshinori Kitase is a special talent in games development. Having been involved in the Final Fantasy series since the early '90s, Kitase-san's CV is a rollcall of some of the finest moments in the history of the Japanese RPG. Director and writer of the sixth and seventh instalments of the Final Fantasy series and producer of the tenth entry and its sequel , he also worked as director on Chrono Trigger, highly regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.



If you're a fan of Japanese RPG's, Kitase-san has most probably played a pivotal role in defining some of your favourite games. He may have even made you cry.



Following a brief sabbatical from the series, Kitase-san is back in the world of moogles, chocobos and impossibly melodramatic youths, having completed work on Dissidia: Final Fantasy and currently overseeing Final Fantasy XIII.

Capcom's Dante may never see the light of day on the PSP,psp demos, but his literary namesake is set to make an appearance as EA has announced that Dante's Inferno is coming to Sony's handheld.



Coinciding with the release of the game on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next year, the PSP iteration is being developed by EA Redwood Shores in collaboration with Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M).



Executive Producer Jonathan Knight was on-hand to celebrate the news, saying "Our team and the team at A2M are taking the vision for Dante's Inferno and translating it directly to the PSP. PSP owners can expect to get the same level of fast, responsive gameplay through all nine detailed and unique circles of hell we are aiming to achieve on the consoles."



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Kitase-san is in London next week to promote Dissidia,psp games download, and IGN is presenting you with an opportunity to field your questions to one of the key figures behind the Final Fantasy series. To put your query forward, simply tell us what you want asked in the comments section below and we'll pick the best questions to present to Kitase-san.



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About KOEI Corporation

Based in Burlingame, California, KOEI Corporation established operations in 1988 as the North American subsidiary of KOEI Co., Ltd. of Japan. KOEI is respected worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and simulation games, and is the innovator of the Tactical Action genre. The company's Warriors series of games have generated a combined 18 million units in global sales.



KOEI develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software for video game systems and personal computers. For fiscal 2007, KOEI posted worldwide revenues of $291 million. KOEI maintains operations in Japan, the U.S., the UK, Canada, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Lithuania. More information about KOEI and its products can be found at www.koei.com.



Burlingame, CA -- KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce for PSP? (PlayStation?Portable) system has achieved "gold" status. The highly-anticipated action game will be available at retailers beginning the week of April 28, 2009.



DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce delivers the newest and most revolutionary combat system to the franchise, with never-before-seen aerial fighting techniques, the ability to wield secondary weapons,psp games download, and most of all the incredible "Fury" that transforms each fighter into a supernatural warrior.



Gamers can get a sneak peak at all of the furious action by downloading a free demo and trailer today, from PlayStation?Network.



Consumers who don't want to miss out on this year's hottest multi-player experience can pre-order the game today at: Amazon.com, Game Crazy,free psp game, GameFly, and GameStop.



About DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce

The multi-million selling Dynasty Warriors? series has long been renowned for pitting a lone warrior against an army of thousands. The highly-anticipated action game reinvents the Dynasty Warriors brand of action into this year's hottest multi-player experience on the PSP system.



DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce is a game unlike any other in the series. For the first time, up to four friends can join together to form a "Strikeforce." As a team, players will travel to different towns, embark on quests, and use coordinated assaults to conquer heavily-armed fortresses and colossal beasts.



End of level bosses await intrepid heroes with a multitude of guises and deadly attacks while enemies, spread throughout each stage, possess much greater levels of intelligence and more powerful attacks. So now more than ever it's imperative that players work together as a team and find ways to overcome the challenges and obstacles that stand between them and victory.



New "Fury" transformations give characters even greater supernatural abilities and attacks, including lightning fast speed and the ability to fly. Warriors can now take to the skies and face off against their foes in spectacular aerial combat.



Later this year, KOEI will offer new content for DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce. Additional quests will be available free-of-charge, exclusively through PlayStation?Store.



DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce is developed by Omega Force and is for 1 to 4 players. Multi-player play is via ad-hoc mode only. This game is rated ",free psp games;T" (Teen- Violence) by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.koei.com/strikeforce. 



Over on the official PlayStation Blog, Director of PlayStation Network Operations Eric Lempel made a post today announcing a new firmware update for the PSP. Version 5.50 will be available soon and will introduce a few new features to Sony's portable.



The first addition is an information board which will be displayed on the XMB. This will be similar to the PS3 scrolling ticker that provides users with updates and news relating to the Sonyverse. Of course, you'll need to be at a wireless hotspot in order to access the streaming information.



The other features are somewhat less dramatic. Lempel notes that there are memory stick improvements which allow sub-folder creation on your PRO Duo. You will also be able to run internet searches based on the title of a game directly from the XMB. Just hover over the game's icon, hit Triangle and search away.



Lastly, PSP users will have free trial access to some Trend Micro services, which includes web security technology.




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Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. New Orleans, Louisiana Profile.bhhd

(Main Office) Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law: Administrative, Admiralty and Maritime, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business, Class Actions, Commercial, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Construction, Corporate, Criminal, Election, Campaign and Political, Energy, Environmental, Franchises and Franchising, General Practice, Government, Health Care, Hospital, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation Medical Malpractice, Natural Resources, Privacy, Products Liability, Real Estate, Regulatory, Securities, Taxation, Trust and Estates, Toxic Tort, Utility and Wills.Year Established: 1970Firm Profile: Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. is composed of 63 attorneys in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Houston.

The attorneys at Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. possess a wide range of backgrounds and legal skills and are drawn from every region of the United States. The firm's attorneys include former law clerks at the state and federal court levels, chairmen and members of numerous bar association committees and governing bodies, teachers at various law schools, authors and lecturers. Most of our lawyers served in editorial positions on law review or were active in Moot Court programs in law school, and a number graduated first in their law school classes.

Members of the firm are active in the community and serve on a wide variety of charitable boards, and the firm has been recognized as a leading supporter of various pro bono projects that provide free civil legal services to the underprivileged.Firm Size: 63Representative Clients:AFC Enterprises, Inc.; Apache Corp.; Bank of America; Bayou Steel Corp.; BHP Billiton Petroleum; Capitol One, N.A.; Castex Energy, Inc.; Century Exploration; Charles Schwab & Company; Cobalt International Energy, L.P.; Commonweath Land Title Insurance Co.; ConocoPhillips Co.; Cox Communications; EnCana Corp.; Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited; ENI Petroleum Co.; Entergy Corp.; EOG Resources, Inc.; ExxonMobil Corp.; GE Capital Corp.; Goodrich Petroleum Co.; Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP; Hilcorp Energy Co.; Hunt Oil Co.; Itochu Corp.; JAS Construction, Inc.; Konica Minolta; Leed Petroleum LLC; Lion Copolymer, LLC; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Lonza Group Ltd.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Louisiana Oil and Gas Assn.; National Oilwell Varco; Northrop Grumman Corp.; Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY); OMNI Energy Services Corp.; Orleans Levee District; Pan American Life Insurance Co.; Petsec Energy Inc.; Procter & Gamble Co.; Sizeler Co.; Southpark Community Hospital; Spectra Energy Corp.; SpeeDee Oil Change, Inc.; St. James Parish Hospital; Swift Energy Co.; The Shaw Group Inc.; Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS); Woodside Energy (USA), Inc.Other Office Locations of Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P.Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A.Houston, Texas, U.S.A.MEMBERS OF FIRMJohn A. Gordon (A P.L.C.) (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, December 16, 1926; admitted to bar, 1951, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1949; LL.B., 1951). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Energy. Email: John A. Gordon (A P.L.C.)Blake G. Arata (A P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 15, 1931; admitted to bar, 1953, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1952; J.D., 1953). Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, 1951-1953; Recent Case Editor, 1952-1953, Loyola Law Review. City Attorney, City of New Orleans, 1970-1975. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chairman, Section on Mineral Law, 1969-1970) Federal and American Bar Associations. [LCDR, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Business Litigation; Energy Contracts; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Real Estate; Finance. Email: Blake G. Arata (A P.L.C.)John M. McCollam (A P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1954); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1959). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1957-1959; Editor-in-Chief, 1958-1959, Tulane Law Review. Author: Article, "Legal Relations Among Parties to Compulsory Units," 15th Ann. Inst. on Min. L., Louisiana State University, Center of Continuing Professional Development (1968); Paper, "A Selective Comparison of Contractual Operating Problems Under Federal Offshore and Onshore Oil and Gas Leases," 29th Ann. Inst. on Oil & Gas L. & Tax'n (Matthew Bender 1978); Paper, "Contract Actions and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: Jurisdiction, Venue and Applicable Law," 38th Ann. Inst. on Oil & Gas L. & Tax'n (Matthew Bender 1987); Article, "A Primer for the Practice of Mineral Law Under the New Louisiana Mineral Code," 50 Tul. L. Rev. 739; Article, "Gas Royalty and Implied Covenant Litigation," South Texas College of Law 7th Ann. Adv. Oil & Gas L. Inst.; Article, "Present Status of the Prudent Operator Obligations," 42nd Ann. Inst. on Min. L., Louisiana State University, Center of Continuing Professional Development (1995). Professor of Law Emeritus, Tulane University, 1964-1974; 1976-1987. Professional Associations: Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. Member: New Orleans (Executive Committee, 1969-1970; Secretary, 1978-1979), Louisiana State, Federal Energy and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Contract Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Energy; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: John M. McCollam (A P.L.C.)Ewell E. (Tim) Eagan Jr., (A P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1977, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1969); Georgetown University (J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, The Georgetown Law Journal, 1974-1975. Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Antitrust," 24 Loyola Law Review 841 (1980). Professional Associations: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1969-1973]. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Class Action Defense; Federal Civil Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Construction Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Labor and Employment. Email: Ewell E. (Tim) Eagan Jr., (A P.L.C.)Cynthia A. Nicholson (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland, March 28, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (B.S., 1977); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1980). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Oil and Gas Section) and American (Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations; Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans; American Association of Professional Landmen. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Title Examination; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Exploration; Oil and Gas Finance; Energy; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Cynthia A. NicholsonSteven W. Copley (Member) born Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, January 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana. Education: University of Illinois-Springfield (B.A., 1976); Loyola University (J.D., 1985). Member, 1983-1985 and Articles/Comments Editor, 1984-1985, Loyola Law Review. Co-author, "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure," 36 Loy. L. Rev. 801 (1990)). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Franchise Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Insurance Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Actions. Email: Steven W. CopleyMarion D. Welborn Weinstock (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Faculty Medal. Member, 1985-1987 and Associate Editor, 1986-1987, Tulane Law Review. Author: "PAC Spending Limits Held Unconstitutional: Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee," 61 Tul. L. Rev. 1985 (1987). Judicial Clerkship, The Honorable Walter F. Marcus, Jr., Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1987-1988. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association (Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Finance; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Secured Transactions; Banking Regulation; Real Estate Title Insurance; Energy. Email: Marion D. Welborn WeinstockMartin E. Landrieu (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 3, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.P.L.M., 1985); Loyola University (J.D., 1988). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1986-1988. Member: Louisiana State (Member: Young Lawyers Section Council, 1998-2000; Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1998-2000), Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Litigation; Telecommunications Law; Construction Litigation; Franchise Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Martin E. LandrieuA. Gregory Grimsal (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1979); Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (LL.B., 1981). Recipient, Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship for International Understanding, 1980. Member, 1977-1979 and Articles Editor, 1978-1979, Tulane Law Review. Judicial Clerk, Honorable Edward J. Boyle, Sr., Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1981-1989. Member: Louisiana State and Federal (National Membership Chairman; President, New Orleans Chapter, 2003-2004) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Civil Litigation; Banking Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability Defense; Shopping Center Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Actions; Labor and Employment. Email: A. Gregory GrimsalDonna Phillips Currault (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 31, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Member, 1987-1989 and Managing Editor, 1988-1989, Tulane Law Review. Author: Comment, "Immediate Appealability of Minimum Contact Defenses: How Far Does the Cohen Doctrine Extend?" 63 Tulane Law Review 913 (1989). Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Morey L. Sear, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989-1990. Member: Louisiana State, Federal (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Federal Securities Litigation; Bankruptcy) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Employment and Labor Relations; Securities Litigation) Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Class Action Defense; Employment Discrimination; Hospital Liability Defense; Commercial Bankruptcy; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: Donna Phillips CurraultScott A. O'Connor (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1985); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, 1987-1989 and Managing Editor, 1988-1989, Loyola Law Review. Judicial Clerk, The Honorable A. J. McNamara, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989-1990. Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposiums: Oil and Gas," 41 Loyola Law Review 521 (1995) and 46 Loyola Law Review 1199 (2000). Member: Louisiana State, Federal, Federal Energy and American Bar Associations; Thomas More Inn of Court; New Orleans and Houston Professional Landmen's Association. Reported Cases: Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. v. Amerada Hess Corp., 145 F.3d 737 (5th Cir. 1998); EP Operating Ltd. Partnership v. Placid Oil Co., 26 F.3d 563 (5th Cir. 1994); Fina Oil & Chemical Co. v. Amoco Production Co., 673 So. 2d 668 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1996); LaPlaque Corp. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 638 So. 2d 354 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1994). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Contracts; Arbitration; Commercial Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Class Actions; Energy. Email: Scott A. O'ConnorC. Peck Hayne Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1989, Louisiana. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); New York University (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1985-1987; Managing Editor, 1986-1987, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics. Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Oil and Gas," 46 Loyola (LA) Law Review 1199, 2000; "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Oil and Gas," 44 Loyola (LA) Law Review 519, 1998; "State Regulation of Pipelines," Energy Law and Transactions (Matthew Bender 1990). Author: "Oil and Gas," 34 Texas Tech Law Review 819, 2003; Note, "Anschuetz, International Discovery American Style, and the Hague Evidence Convention," 19 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 87 (1986). Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Charles Schwartz Jr., 1987-1988; The Honorable Patrick E. Carr, 1988-1991, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1999-2003; Access to Justice Committee, 1997-2005), Fifth Circuit, Federal, American and Energy (Member, Judicial Review Committee, 1992-1999) Bar Associations; American Association of Professional Landmen; Professional Landmen's Association - New Orleans. Practice Areas: Mineral and Energy Law; Oil, Gas, Pipeline and Gas Storage Title Examination; Acquisitions; Contracts and Finance; Real Estate; Federal Appellate Litigation. Email: C. Peck Hayne Jr.Howard E. Sinor, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., with honors, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Contributing Author: Louisiana Appellate Practice Handbook, Lawyer's Co-Op Publishing, 1997. Editor, Continuing Legal Education Manual of Recent Developments in the Law, 1983-1985. Author: "Antitrust Compliance Programs," Kentucky Bar Association, 1994; "Louisiana Evidence Code," Louisiana State Bar Association, 1989; "New Justice Department Merger Guidelines," 30 La. Bar J. 94, 1982; "Antitrust and the Health Care Industry," 30 La. Bar J. 156, 1982. Chairman, 1987-1989, Vice-Chairman, 1985-1987 and Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1985, Section of Antitrust Law; Member, Section on Corporation and Banking Law; Chairman, 1985-1987, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Litigation; Construction Industry Forum). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Construction Law; Litigation; Class Actions; Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Howard E. Sinor, Jr.Tina Crawford White (Member) born Slidell, Louisiana, December 4, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1986); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi. Member, 1992-1994 and Articles Editor, 1993-1994, Tulane Law Review. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Walter F. Marcus, Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1994-1995. Certified Public Accountant, 1987. Author: "Leatherman v. Tarrant County: The Supreme Court Rejects the Fifth Circuit's Heightened Pleading Requirement in Civil Rights Cases Against Municipalities," 68 Tul. L. Rev. 689 (1994). Member: New Orleans (Co-Chair, Approach the Bench Committee, 2000-2002); Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State (Co-Chair, Community Action Committee, 2003—); Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Litigation; Construction Industry Forum) Bar Associations; Young Leadership Council (Co-Chair, Neighborhood Renaissance Partnership, 2003—). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Construction Litigation; Civil Litigation; Class Actions; Labor and Employment. Email: Tina Crawford WhiteDavid J. Messina (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.M., 1984; M.B.A., 1987; J.D., 1987). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, 1985-1987, and Articles/Comments Editor, 1986-1987, Loyola University Law Review. Author: "An Inquiry into the Possessor's Protection Against the State," 32 Loy. L. Review 231, 1986; "Corporal Punishment v. Classroom Discipline: A Case of Mistaken Identity," 34 Loy. L. Rev. 35, 1988; "Fifth Circuit Symposium - Bankruptcy," 35 Loy. L. Rev., 1989; "Chapter 13 - Overview of Developing Areas," Louisiana State University Law Center, 1991; "Pros and Cons of Filing a Chapter 7 of 13 Bankruptcy Case: How to Choose Between the Two," LSU Law Center, 1992; "An Alternative to Redemption and Reaffirmation for Chapter 7 Debtors,: 40 La. Bar J. 447, 1992; "Bankruptcy and Gambling -- The Future," LSU Law Center, 1995; "Recent Developments in Bankruptcy," LSU Law Center, 1995; "Fifth Circuit Update," Baton Rouge Bar Assoc. Bankruptcy Seminar, 1995; "Section 544 and 548 Avoidance Actions," LSU Law Center, 1996; "Avoidance Actions," LSU Law Center, 1997-1999. Law Clerk to Louis M. Phillips, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1988-1989. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: David J. MessinaTerrence K. Knister (Member) born San Diego, California, May 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1982, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.P.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Mississippi Moot Court Board. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Trial Specialist; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation; Class Action Defense; Products Liability Litigation; Premises Liability Litigation; Railroad Defense Litigation; Toxic Exposure; Environmental Regulation; Maritime Personal Injury Law; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Regulation. Email: Terrence K. KnisterAnne P. Birdsong (Member) born Monroe, Louisiana, December 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western District of Louisiana; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient: Award for Highest Class Standing, Civil Law Seminar; Honors in Trial Advocacy. Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Judicial Extern for the Honorable Ronald A. Fonseca, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Author: "The Best Repellent for the Class Action Mosquito," ABA Mass Tort Litigation Newsletter, Vol. 1 Issue 1, 2002; "Commercial Mayhem on the (Trans-) Orient Express: Trans-Orient Marine Corp. v. Star Trading & Marine, Inc.," 16 Tul. Mar. L.J. 203 (1991). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chair, Public Service Committee, 1996-1998; First District Representative, 1996-1998; Secretary, 1998-1999; Chair-Elect, 1999-2000; Chair, 2000-2001; Board of Governors, 2000-2001, Young Lawyers' Council; Member, Committees on: Access to Justice; Consumer Fraud and Protection, 2000-2001; House of Delegates, 2003—); Federal (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation ; Tort and Insurance Practice; Committees on: Admiralty and Maritime Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation) Bar Associations; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Distinguished Charter Fellow; Board of Directors, 2000-2001); Louisiana State Law Institute, 2000-2001. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Class Action Defense; Railroad Defense Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Personal Injury Defense; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Regulation. Email: Anne P. BirdsongFernand L. Laudumiey, IV (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Recipient, Austin W. Lewis Scholarship Award. Judicial Clerk, The Hon. Marcel Livaudais, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996-1998. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Petroleum Landmens Association of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Bankruptcy; Energy. Email: Fernand L. Laudumiey, IVWendy Hickok Robinson (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1992); Columbia University (J.D., 1997). James Kent Scholar, 1995-1996. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1994-1995, 1996-1997. New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, Skadden Foundation Fellowship, 1998-2000. Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review. Judicial Clerk, Chief Judge, Jerry Buchmeyer, Northern District of Texas, 1997-1998. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Employment Law; Public Utility Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Wendy Hickok RobinsonMichael E. Botnick (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 10, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Miami University at Oxford, Ohio (1968-1970); University of New Orleans (1970-1972); Tulane University (J.D., 1975). New Orleans Deputy City Attorney (1994-2003). Director of Economics Development (1993-1994). Assistant City Attorney (1988-1993). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Civil Service Commission of The City of New Orleans v. The City of New Orleans, No. 02-C-1912 c/w 02-C-1815 (La. 9/9/03); Total Benefit Services, Inc. v. The City of New Orleans, et al., 819 So.2d 1067 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/11/02); Kaufmann v. Corporate Realty, Inc., 759 So.2d 969(La. App. 5 Cir. 4/12/00); Times Picayune Publishing Corporation v. The City of New Orleans, 760 So.2d 375 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2/23/00); McCall v. McCall, 688 So.2d 193 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1/29/97); Louisiana Landmark Society, Inc. v. The City of New Orleans, 85 F.3d 1119 (5th Cir. 1996); Dukov v. 701 Corporation, 688 So.2d 379 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1/19/96); River Road Construction, Inc. v. The City of New Orleans, 667 So.2d 1166 (La. 1/11/96); City of New Orleans v. Badine Land Limited, 657 So.2d 770 (La. App. 4 Cir. 6/29/95); Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. City of New Orleans, 46 F.3d 487 (5th Cir. 1995); McCall v. McCall, 651 So.2d 878 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2/23/95); Emporia Holding Company, Inc. v. City of New Orleans, 644 So.2d 1156 (La. App. 4 Cir. 10/27/94); Hearty v. Harris, 574 So.2d 1234 (La. 1991); L&M Demolition, Inc. v. City of New Orleans, 534 So.2d 27 (La. 4 Cir. 1988); Cahanin v. Cahanin, 533 So.2d 27 (La. 4 Cir. 1988); Century 21 - Loraso Real Estate, Inc. v. Lazzara, 520 So.2d 1204 (La. 5th Cir. 1988); DePaul Hospital v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 487 So.2d 143 (La. 4 Cir. 1986); Succession of Davis, 463 So.2d 723 (La. 4 Cir. 1985); Drew Development Company, Inc. v. Hibernia National Bank of New Orleans, 442 So.2d 1229 (La. 5 Cir. 1983) Super City Boxing Productions, Inc. v. Louisiana State Athletic Commission, 423 So.2d 643 (La. 1983); Lakewood Patio Homes Association, Inc. v. Spitzfaden, 410 So.2d 281 (La. 4 Cir. 1982); Wagner and Truax v. Fo-Coin Company, 350 So.2d 265 (La. 4 Cir. 1977); Broadmoor, L.L.C. v. Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, 867 So.2d 651 (La. 2004); Haspel & Davis Milling v. Board of Levee Commissioners, 493 F.3d 570 (5th Cir. 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Construction Law; Contracts; Real Estate Title Insurance; Business Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates Taxation. Email: Michael E. BotnickV.M. Wheeler III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Southern Methodist University (M.B.A., 1979); Tulane University (J.D., 1984). Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Author: "Intergovernmental Tax Immunity: Can Congress Constitutionally Tax State and Local Obligations?" 7 Municipal Finance Journal 107, 1986; "Real Estate," Louisiana State Bar Association 1984-1985 Recent Developments in the Law, 1984. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority (1999—; Vice Chairman, 2000—). Practice Areas: Buying and Selling of Businesses; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Corporate Organizations; Litigation; Aviation Law. Email: V.M. Wheeler IIILoulan J. Pitre, Jr. (Member) born Cut Off, Louisiana, December 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Corporate Litigation; Securities Litigation; Energy Law; Environmental Law; Antitrust. Email: Loulan J. Pitre, Jr.Aimee Williams Hebert (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.G.S., 1995; J.D. 1998). Recipient, Harry A. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, 1997. Winner 1998 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition. Member 1997-98 Moot Court Board. 1998 Paul M. Hebert Hall of Fame Inductee. Law Clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2002-2003. Author: "Restrictions on Assignment (Consent to Assign, Preferential Right to Purchase and Maintenance of Uniform Interest)", 48th Annual Mineral Law Institute (2002); "Restrictions on Assignment" State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report, Vol.27,no.1 (2002)(jointly authored); "Class Actions in Mineral Law Litigation" 46th Annual Mineral Law Institute (1999)(jointly authored). Honorabale John M.Dune Inn of Court (1999-2002). American Association of Professional Landmen (1999-2002). Member: Lafayette Young Lawyers Association (Board Member, 1999-2003). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Energy. Email: Aimee Williams HebertNina W. English (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 24, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2004, California and Louisiana. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1996); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Member, UCLA Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Nina W. EnglishDemarcus J. Gordon (Member) born Harvey, Illinois, August 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2003, Louisiana; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1991); St. Louis University (J.D., 1997). Member: Illinois State, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; National Bar Association. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Products Liability Defense; Construction Law; Energy Regulation. Email: Demarcus J. GordonASSOCIATESSara E. Mouledoux (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana; 2004, U.S. District Court for Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 2000); Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans (J.D., 2003). John C. Boutall Inn of Court. Law Clerk to Honorable Jay C. Zainey, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2003-2004. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Energy. Email: Sara E. MouledouxPhillip J. Antis, Jr. (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, October 28, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: James Madison University (B.M., 1997); Tulane Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Phillip J. Antis, Jr.Abaigeal VanDeerlin (Associate) born Greenwich, Connecticut, April 21, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Newcomb College, Tulane University (B.A., 2005); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Tulane Moot Court Board; Tulane Environmental Law Journal. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Public Utility Law. Email: Abaigeal VanDeerlinWeston W. Sharples (Associate) born San Antonio, Texas, September 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 2003); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Email: Weston W. SharplesDana E. Dupre (Associate) born Opelousas, Louisiana, June 13, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Colby College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Tulane School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Recipient, Dean's Honor Scholarship; CALI Award for highest grade in Civil Law Seminar. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Dana E. DupreMichelle C. Purchner (Associate) born Stuttgart, Germany, February 20,1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1999); National University (M.B.A., 2003); Tulane School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Student Editor for the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy; Journal of American Arbitration (Junior Member). Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law. Email: Michelle C. PurchnerTimothy D. Kingston (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, May 24, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004); Loyola University School of Law (J.D.; M.B.A., 2007). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation. Email: Timothy D. KingstonBrian Guillot (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 2005); Loyola University (J.D., 2008). [U.S. Army, 1999-2005]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Public Utility Law; Construction Law. Email: Brian GuillotPatrick M. Shelby (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, May 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Auburn University (B.C.E., cum laude, 1992); Oregon State University (M.S., 1995); Loyola University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Moot Court Staff. Member, Loyola Law Review. William Crowe Scholar. First Year Dean's Scholar, Oregon State. Recipient, Agricultural Engineering Scholarship, Auburn University. Author: "McGee v. A C & S, Inc.; Loss of Enjoyment of Life as a Compensable Category of General Damages," 54 Loyola Law Rev. 261, 2008. Member, Engineering Honor Society. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. Email: Patrick M. ShelbyBenjamin S. Allums (Associate) born New Iberia, Louisiana, December 4, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002); Tulane University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member, 2005-2006 and Senior Editor, 2006-2007, Tulane Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Benjamin S. AllumsSPECIAL COUNSELMarcel Garsaud, Jr. (Special Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana; 1960, New York. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1954; LL.B., 1959); Yale University (LL.M., 1967). Dean, 1970-1982 and Acting Dean, 1994-1996, Loyola University School of Law. Listed in Who's Who in America. Member, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: Louisiana and American Bar Foundations [1st Lt., U.S. Army, Active Duty, 1954-1956.]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Marcel Garsaud, Jr.J. Clifford Rogillio (Special Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1975); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, summa cum laude, 1982). Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1977-1979. Associate Professor, Tax Practice and Procedure, Tulane University School of Law, 1986—. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: J. Clifford RogillioLAFAYETTE OFFICEMEMBERS OF FIRMB. J. Duplantis (A P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 12, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Petroleum-Chemical Engineering, 1961); Loyola University (J.D., 1966). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1965-1966. Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Exploration; Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Energy. Email: B. J. Duplantis (A P.L.C.)William F. Bailey (Member) born Venice, Louisiana, December 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1967); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "State Regulation of Oil and Gas Production," Energy Law and Transactions, Matthew Bender, 1990. Coordinator, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1971-1972. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1973-1974. Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Preparation of Rules and Regulations for Mining and Reclamation of Lignite in the State of Louisiana, Office of Conservation, 1979. Member, Committee on Revision of Rules of Procedure, Office of Conservation, State of Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Conservation, 1994—. Member: Lafayette, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Association of Professional Landmen; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Environmental Compliance; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Energy. Email: William F. BaileySamuel E. Masur (Member) born Monroe, Louisiana, July 13, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1982). Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Business; Natural Resources and Environmental Law) Bar Associations; American Association of Professional Landmen's; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen's; American Inn of Court of Acadiana (Master). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Oil and Gas Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Energy. Email: Samuel E. MasurMatthew J. Randazzo, III (Member) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, April 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Mineral Law; Environmental Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources; Litigation) Bar Associations. (Resident, Lafayette Office). Practice Areas: Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Environmental Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Civil Litigation; Corporate Commercial Law; Energy. Email: Matthew J. Randazzo, IIIGregory G. Duplantis (Member) born Houston, Texas, January 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Law; Energy. Email: Gregory G. DuplantisR. Thomas Jorden, Jr. (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., 1982); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1985). Author, "The Interplay Between Operating Agreements and Unit Orders in Establishing Ownership of Production", Landman, November/December 1988. Co-Author: "Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights," by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., Margaret D. Swords, Landman, May/June 2001; "AAPL Model Deepwater Operating Agreement," by Bill Moore, R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., HAPL Spring Technical Workshop, April 12, 2001; "Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights," by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr. and Margaret D. Swords, 2000 Gulf Coast Institute, October 26-27, 2000. Author and Speaker: "The 1996 API Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement," 43rd Mineral Law Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 28-29, 1996; "Joint Operating Agreements 101, A Back to Basics Review," AAPL 42nd Annual Meeting and International Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 19-21, 1996. Member: Fifth Federal Circuit and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association; Independent Petroleum Association of America; American Association of Professional Landmen; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen; Houston Association of Professional Landmen; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Council); American Petroleum Institute (Former Member, AAPL Shelf Operating Agreement Subcommittee, 2002; Subcommittee on Offshore Operating Agreements; Forms Committee and Subcommittee on Model Form Deepwater Operating Agreement, 2000). Reported Cases: Snyder Oil Corp. v. Samedan Oil Corp., 208 F.3d 521 (5th Cir. 2000); Louisiana Intrastate v. Martin Intrastate, 623 So.2d 664 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1993). Practice Areas: Energy; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Regulatory Law. Email: R. Thomas Jorden, Jr.Gerald H. Schiff (Member) born Opelousas, Louisiana, September 27, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1963; J.D., 1967). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Speaker: "New Bankruptcy Act," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association, February 1980; "The Pros and Cons of the Bankruptcy Remedies," Louisiana State University Law School, 1983. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1992-2006. Member: St. Landry Parish (President, 1979), Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; Bankruptcy Bar Association of Southwest Louisiana (Vice President, 1988-1989). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1967-1969]. Reported Cases: In re Cajun Electric Power Co-Op, Inc., 230 B.R. 343 (Bkrtcy MD LA 1999); In re WRT Energy Corp., 282 B.R. 343 (Bkrtcy WD LA 2001). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Mediation. Email: Gerald H. SchiffJoseph Charles Giglio, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana and American Bar Associations; Lafayette Young Lawyers Association; Inns of Court of Acadiana. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Title Examination; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Joseph Charles Giglio, IIIBATON ROUGE OFFICEMEMBERS OF FIRMLouis M. Phillips (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, May 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1980). Former Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1988-2002. Contributing Editor, Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 2nd Edition. Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Bankruptcy," 35 Loy. L. Rev. 715 (1989); "Developments in the Law: Bankruptcy," 54 La. L. Rev. 599 (1994); "Ruminations on Property of the Estate: Does Anyone Know Why a Debtor's Postpetition Earnings, Generated by Her Own Earning Capacity, Are Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate?," 58 La. L. Rev. 623 (1998). Frequent speaker and writer for legal education seminars, including seminars presented by or in conjunction with Stetson University College of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Texas Tech School of Law, Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, American Bar Association, the bar associations of Louisiana, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin, numerous federal district bar associations, National Association of Attorneys General, States' Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and Visa International. Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School. Chair, Bankruptcy Law Seminar, LSU Center for Continuing Professional Development. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: Louis M. PhillipsBrandon A. Brown (Member) born Newnan, Georgia, September 22, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1993); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Associate, Louisiana Law Review. Law Clerk for Honorable Louis Phillips, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana (2000-2002). Law Clerk for Honorable Douglas D. Dodd, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana (2002). Author: "What's the Matter with Zedda: Problems with the Fifth Circuit's Analysis of What Constitutes an Avoidable Interest of the Debtor in Property," 58 La.L.Rev. 1259, (1998). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.SPECIAL COUNSELJudith W. Giorlando (Special Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.N., 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1987). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Association of Nurse Attorneys; American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; National Health Lawyers Association; American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; Louisiana Society for Hospital Attorneys of the Louisiana Hospital Association. Practice Areas: Health Law. Email: Judith W. GiorlandoHOUSTON OFFICEMEMBERS OF FIRMTeanna West Neskora (Member) born Harlingen, Texas, August 30, 1944; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; 2003, Texas. Education: Texas A & I University (B.S., cum laude, 1967); University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1993). Order of the Coif. Louisiana Law Review, Member, 1991-1993; Managing Editor, 1992-1993. Judicial Clerk, The Honorable James L. Dennis, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1993-1994. Author: "The Constitutional Rights of Putative Fathers Recognized in Louisiana's New Children's Code," 52 La. L. Rev. 1009 (1992); "Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney," Louisiana Bar Journal, Vol. 44, No. 6, p. 512, April, 1997. Member: Louisiana and American (Member, Sections on: Business; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Contested Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Successions; Will Contests; Estate and Gift Taxation; Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Teanna West NeskoraJ. Lanier Yeates (Member) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas, December 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 1982, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1981). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review. Adjunct Faculty, University of Houston Law Center, 1989—. President, L.S.U. Law School Alumni Association, 1993. President, Campanile Charities, Inc., 2001—. Member, Board of Directors, Associated Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, 1993-1999. Member: Houston, Louisiana State and American (Vice Chairman: Energy Policy Committee, 1990-1993; Marine Resources Committee, 1993-1995; Oil & Natural Gas Exploration and Production Committee, 1991-1993; International Resources Committee, 1993-1995; Special Committee on International Energy Resources, 1996-1997) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; L.S.U. Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—); L.S.U. Property Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—); L.S.U. Marine Property Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2001—); United States Supreme Court Bar Association; American Law Institute; Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Council). [U.S. Navy, 1968-1975; Navy Reserves, 1975-1979]. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Energy. Email: J. Lanier YeatesCharles L. Stinneford (Member) born Auburn, New York, May 17, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1987); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Fort Bend County Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Houston Mariner's Club, Inc.; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Jones Act; Marine Cargo; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Business Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Energy; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Litigation; Negligence; Personal Injury; Torts; Toxic Torts; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Action. Email: Charles L. StinnefordRobert D. Jowers (Member) born Tampa, Florida, December 16, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; 1975, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana College (B.A., 1969); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Recent Legislation & Jurisprudence Concerning Oil & Gas in the State of Texas," Landman, Vol. XXX, No. 11. Member: Houston and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; Environmental; Real Property Law). Practice Areas: Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; Corporate; General Business; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Real Property. Email: Robert D. JowersWilliam A. Sherwood (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; 1977, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1972); Tulane University (J.D, 1976). Named, Texas Super Lawyer, Law & Politics Magazine and Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004. Articles Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1975-1976. Speaker and Co-Author: "Accident Reconstruction Experts," Deposition/Expert Program, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas 2004; "Accident Reconstruction and Related Issues," Advanced Expert Witness Course II, State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, 2002; "Recent Arbitration Developments," , Advanced Business Litigation Program, University of Houston Law Foundation, Dallas and Houston, Texas, 2002; "Joint Defense Privilege and Its Ethical Implications," International Association of Defense Counsel, Toxic and Hazardous Substances Committee, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999; "Experts Post Daubert-Qualifying and Disqualifying Experts," Eleventh Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, 1995; "Punitive Damages/Gross Negligence Update," Tenth Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, 1994; "Recovery for Fears," Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1994; "Sexual Wrongdoing Suits," Ninth Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1993. Author: "Professional Rules: Guidelines, Standards or What?" Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Spring Meeting, 1991. Co-Author: "Joint Defense Privilege and Its Ethical Implications," 66 Defense Counsel Journal 366, 1999. Contributor: "Medical Monitoring," International Association of Defense Counsel, Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee Newsletter, November 1998. Faculty Member: Advanced Civil Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Houston Law Center, 1990-1996. City Council Member, City of Bunker, Hill Village, Texas, 1999-2003. Member, 1997-2005 and President 2003-2004, Kiwanis Club of Houston. Member, 1998-2004 and Chairman, 2005, Advisory Board, Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, Houston. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Editor Evidence Newsletter, 2002; Commercial Litigation Newsletter, 1996-1998; Professional Liability Newsletter, Non-Medical, 1990-1995; Chairman, 1999 and 2003, Trial Academy); American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate); Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society. (Resident, Lafayette Office) (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Professional Liability; Energy. Email: William A. SherwoodSPECIAL COUNSELCathy Chessin (Special Counsel) born Erie, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, North Carolina; 1982, Louisiana; 2007, Texas. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1977); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1979-1980. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Sam D. Johnson, Judge U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-1981. Member: Louisiana Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Resident, Houston, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Governance; Directors and Officers Liability. Email: Cathy ChessinOther Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices

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