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Bond Buyer Ranks Preston Gates & Ellis Number One in Alaska Bond Financing Deals in First Half of '03.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2003

The Bond Buyer has announced that Preston Gates & Ellis ELLIS - EuLisp LInda System. An object-oriented Linda system written for EuLisp. "Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery <pab@maths.bath.ac.uk> et al, in Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementation, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991.  LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  is ranked number one among law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 providing bond counsel services in Alaska for the first half of 2003. The rankings, published on August 18 by Bond Buyer Magazine, a division of Thomson Financial Thomson Financial

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, reported that the firm's bond transaction activity topped $475.4 million in Alaska -- more than twice the volume of the next closest competitor. Among the transactions managed by the Preston Gates municipal bond group is the State of Alaska General Obligation Bonds 2003, in the principal amount of $461,985,000.

"We placed added emphasis on our public finance practice this year, and we're pleased with the results," said Preston Gates Alaska Office Managing Partner Douglas Parker Douglas M. Parker (b. May 25, 1963) is a playwright best known for biographical and reality-based plays. His works include Thicker Than Water (2004), a drama based on the Andrea Yates murders; BESSIE: The Life and Music of Bessie Smith , "The service and experience we offer is unparalleled in the industry, which is why clients continually con·tin·u·al  
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 rely on us for their bond issues."

Preston Gates also was the number one bond counsel in Washington and Oregon Oregon, city, United States
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.

Bond Buyer Rankings for First Half of 2003(1)

Alaska
1        Preston Gates                                 $475.4 million
2        Wohlforth Vassar                              $209.8 million
3        Chapman and Cutler                             $93.5 million

Washington
1        Preston Gates                                  $1.32 billion
2        Wilkie Farr                                    $1.22 billion
3        Foster Pepper                                  $1.17 billion
4        Gottlieb Fisher                               $182.3 million
5        Lukins & Annis                                $163.0 million

Oregon
1        Preston Gates                                  $2.47 billion
2        Orrick Herrington                             $304.8 million
3        Hawkins Delafield                             $152.0 million
4        Mersereau & Shannon                           $136.2 million
5        Foley & Lardner                                $40.9 million


About Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

Founded in 1883, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP has long been recognized as one of the premier, full-service law firms in the country. Preston Gates provides clients with sound legal counsel and trusted representation from the best talent in the industry, handling complex business transactions, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
, intellectual property and technology, as well as governmental and public policy work. The more than 400-attorney firm has nine strategic locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.prestongates.com.

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