аЯрЁБс>ўџ EGўџџџDџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС!` №Пkbjbj\­\­ 1&>Ч>ЧЭ џџџџџџЄH H H H H H H ‚ DЮЮЮ8 4Ц–)lRR(zzzЎЎЎ)))))))$+hj-”7)H ­ ЎЎ­ ­ 7)H H zz4P)G!G!G!­ H zH z—(zG!­ )G!G!:9&,H H С&zF рŠ€„ ЃЧЮЩ (e& л'Мf)0–)o&Rў-ё Fў-С&С&кў-H ›'@ЎШ€G!H4|1ЎЎЎ7)7)7!ЎЎЎ–)­ ­ ­ ­ ЦЦЦD ФЦЦЦ \ p ~ H H H H H H L) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julie Gilbert Chief Communications Officer 713-226-1140 LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP MANAGING PARTNER JERRY CLEMENTS NAMED ONE OF 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN LAWYERS IN COUNTRY May 31, 2007 – Locke Liddell & Sapp Managing Partner Jerry Clements has been named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal.  In its May 28, 2007 issue, the NLJ said its team of editors looked for women with "the demonstrated power to change the legal landscape, shape public affairs, launch industries and do big things." Although the list includes only women attorneys, NLJ concluded that, "The list reflects not just some of the most influential women lawyers, but some of the most influential lawyers, period."   This is what the National Law Journal wrote about Jerry Clements: “Clements is poised to lead a 700-attorney firm, presuming Locke Liddell's recently announced merger with Chicago's Lord, Bissell & Brook goes through. The litigator was lead trial counsel in a case that resulted in an oft-cited Texas Supreme Court decision limiting class action litigation in the state, as well as in a key case limiting franchise tax litigation. Clements has represented major clients including Microsoft Corp., ConocoPhillips and Peavey Electronics in litigation nationwide. She negotiated the return to the firm of former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and landed Mark Siegel, a well-known Democratic strategist and lobbyist, for the Washington office.”   Clements became Managing Partner of Locke Liddell & Sapp in the Fall of 2006. She had served on the Firm’s Management Committee since 1998 and as Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Section since 2001. Her trial practice focuses on commercial litigation and defense of class actions. She is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. She has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” in Business Litigation and one of the Top 50 Female Litigators in the State by Texas Monthly magazine, and was deemed one of the Top 10 Litigators in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal. She also has been recognized in “The Best Lawyers in America.” Clements is a graduate of Texas Christian University and of Baylor University School of Law. Established in 1891, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP is recognized as one of the leading law firms in Texas and throughout the nation. A full service law firm with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., Locke Liddell & Sapp has about 400 lawyers who represent a broad range of businesses and individual clients having extensive domestic and foreign business interests.      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