Bingham is stronger than we have ever been. While we are not immune to economic pressures, we are not distracted by them either. That means our lawyers and staff can continue to focus on the needs of our clients — and do it with a sense of stability and confidence. Bingham McCutchen has about 1,100 lawyers overall. Bingham has grown over the years by absorbing other law firms -- more than half a dozen since 1997. It maintains about 15 offices in the US, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region, with concentrations in California and New England. Bingham's wide range of practice areas is divided into major groups such as corporate, finance, litigation, and securities. Along with its law practices, the firm offers consulting services through subsidiaries such as Bingham Consulting Group and Bingham Strategic Advisors. Clients have included Guantanamo Bay detainees and ESPN reporter Erin Andrews.

Aditya Birla Minacs provides customized business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions focused on five core areas of capability: customer relationship management/contact centers, Minacs Marketing Solutions, knowledge and process outsourcing, finance and accounting outsourcing and IT. The company combines expertise in these areas to improve revenue, customer service, and operating margin for Fortune 500 clients.

Manufacturing workers have their champions in Washington, DC, too. The National Council for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) advances the cause of manufacturing companies and workers from its base in the nation's capital. It lobbies on behalf of manufacturing R&D, workforce professional development, and public-private partnerships to enhance productivity. NACFAM's members include more than 1,500 corporations, 20 trade associations, and 350 not-for-profit institutions (federal labs, university research centers, and the like).

TicketWeb is just the ticket if you don't want to wait in line for those Bruce Springsteen concert tickets. TicketWeb company sells tickets on the Internet to entertainment, sporting, and cultural events, as well as to consumer shows and attractions, at over 3,000 venues worldwide through TicketWeb.com. For the luddites in the audience, TicketWeb also sells tickets over the phone and at outlets in select cities. TicketWeb company also has a presence in the UK (TicketWeb.co.uk) and Canada (TicketWeb.ca). Clients include New York's Bowery Ballroom, the Newport (Rhode Island) Jazz and Folk Festivals, and the Louvre Museum in Paris. Founded in 1995, TicketWeb is now a subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment.

?What If! punctuates its services with the pursuit of innovation and creativity. Founded in 1992 by Dave Allan and Matt Kingdon, the firm works for a fee or as a joint venture partner to help its clients develop products and services, provide skills training, and enhance brand marketing, as well as organize study tours and events. The company's Ventures unit invests in consumer business start-ups. ?What If!, whose blue-chip clients have ranged from Allied Domecq to Southwest Airlines to Unilever, operates from offices in Australia, China, the UK, and the US.

Habitat for Humanity, more than 1.7 million people worldwide know there's no place like home. The mission of the not-for-profit, ecumenical Christian organization is to provide adequate and affordable shelter. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. has built more than 350,000 houses at cost for families who demonstrate a need and are willing to invest "sweat equity" during construction. Homeowners make payments on no-interest mortgages; Habitat funnels the funds back into the construction of homes for others. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. operates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico, in addition to affiliates in more than 90 countries. Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Linda Fuller and her late husband Millard.

The Sheridan Group is comprised of six printing companies focused on journal, magazine, catalog and book markets. The Sheridan Group are a leading provider of a full range of printing and publishing services to associations, publishers, university presses, and catalog merchants. Collectively, The Sheridan Group companies have over 425 combined years of experience in printing. Management responsibility for the individual TSG companies is decentralized to enable a high level of responsiveness to customer needs while still benefiting from large-company resources. Synergies among our companies include: reapplication of best practices, financial resources, purchasing power, management and technology development, shared specialized services, and backup capacity which enhance our ability to provide superior service, high quality products, and reliable schedules.

The following year, they were joined by Mathes' law school roommate, James Sheppard, and the name of the Firm became Haight, Mathes & Sheppard. Jim Sheppard was an Orange County native who had spent the four years since graduation from Harvard Law School working at O'Melveny. Mathes and Sheppard fulfilled a law school promise to each other by going into practice together. The new Firm had a general practice, and slowly but surely its reputation grew, as the founders laid down the bedrock principles of excellent legal service for a fair price. The firm that would become Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton started as Haight & Mathes, the same year as the historic flight of the Spirit of St. Louis. Raymond Haight, a Los Angeles native, was educated at USC and was an associate at a small Los Angeles law firm, Newlin & Ashburn.

Pedley-Richard & Associates company was founded in 1994. Pedley-Richard & Associates peddles high-tech talent. The recruiting firm specializes in placing IT and other technical professionals at the executive and senior management levels, as well as marketing, human resources, and finance personnel, primarily at technology companies nationwide; it works with companies ranging from industry leaders embarking on large-scale projects to smaller, start-up companies. Pedley-Richard & Associates' services include project-based recruiting, placement of on-site contract recruiters, and candidate sourcing for sales positions.

InSearch Worldwide Corporation, founded in 1991, is a premier talent acquisition firm specializing in the design and execution of customized search and selection programs that are tailored to meet the business objectives of our clients. We are committed to providing our clients with practical and creative solutions for the acquisition of human capital and have built our reputation by delivering on those commitments. We take great pride in the unique mechanisms we have developed to seek out and bring the most talented and motivated individuals to our client companies.

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