Released on = December 21, 2006, 12:10 pm

Press Release Author = Deborah Goodson

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = Howard Rice Director Recognized as One of the Nation's Top
10 Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers by United States Lawyer Rankings

Press Release Body = Howard Rice Director Recognized as One of the Nation's Top 10
Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers by United States Lawyer Rankings
For Immediate Release:

For more information contact:


Deborah Goodson
Communications Manager
415.399.7882
dgoodson@howardrice.com


San Francisco, CA-May 30, 2006- Richard Canady was named one of the nation's top 10
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyers by the United States Lawyer Rankings. Mr. Canady has
also been recognized for his expertise in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions by The
Best Lawyers in America.

The United States Lawyer Rankings was recently established by a consortium of U.S.
corporations to recognize lawyers who have consistently provided the highest degree
of legal representation so that their members, and others in the business community,
have some guidance when retaining a law firm. Lawyers are nominated by members of
the Bar, Judiciary and by general counsel of large corporate and institutional
clients.

Howard Rice\'s Mergers & Acquisitions group has extensive experience in both friendly
and hostile acquisitions and reorganizations, including leveraged acquisitions and
recapitalizations, joint ventures, spin-offs, restructurings and acquisitions of
control and minority ownership interests in publicly held corporations. These
transactions have ranged in size from the relatively small, where the value may lie
in obtaining a specific technology or a group of skilled employees, to the very
large, where the ownership of a substantial, mature business is at stake.



Web Site = http://howardrice.com

Contact Details = Deborah Goodson
Communications Manager
415.399.7882
dgoodson@howardrice.com