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Lisa Gaulin Honored with Adams Pro Bono Award

Congratulations to Lisa Gaulin who was among this year's recipients of the Adams Pro Bono Publico Award. On June 4th the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court presented Lisa with this well deserved award.

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Brenda Jarrell Named Top 50 Under 45 List of IP Lawyers

Brenda Jarrell, co-chair of Choate’s Life Sciences Group, has been named to IP Law & Business' “Top 50 Under 45” list of the best young intellectual property lawyers in the country.

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James Shea Joins Choate As Partner In Real Estate

Choate has announced that James Shea, formerly the Co-Chair of the Real Estate Department at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, has joined the firm as a Partner in its Real Estate Department.  Mr. Shea will continue to focus his high profile practice on representing a broad range of public and private developers, contractors, and lenders, with a particular emphasis on public/private partnerships.

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choate counsels akamai against rival limelight

Choate lawyers represented Akamai, the market leader for Internet content delivery, in a successful patent infringement action against Limelight Networks.  After a three-week trial, the jury returned a favorable verdict, finding Limelight's method of content delivery infringed all four of the claims asserted at trial and rejected Limelight's claims that they were invalid.  The jury awarded over $45 million in damages plus interest.  Akamai intends to seek a permanent injunction prohibiting Limelight from selling the infringing services.

Charlotte Kim Elected President of AALAM

 Charlotte Kim, partner in the firm’s Finance & Restructuring group, has been elected president of the Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts. Ms. Kim plans to focus her efforts on promoting a greater unity of purpose and on advancing shared diversity goals in the legal profession.

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