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FENTON NELSON RANKED TOP TIER BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

July 14, 2010-Fenton Nelson, LLP has been ranked in the first tier for administrative and regulatory law firms by U.S. News & World Report 2010.The rankings are part of a forthcoming national edition featuring "Best Law Firms" and honoring achievement within practice areas.Fenton Nelson's specialty within health care law was included in administrative and regulatory law based on the complex federal and state regulatory compliance and administrative legal issues that are at the core of the firm's practice."We are honored to be recognized for our attorneys' record of work on behalf of health care providers," said firm co-founder, Harry Nelson.

CAROL SCOTT JOINS FENTON NELSON

July 2, 2010-Fenton Nelson, LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Carol Scott has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Ms. Scotthas a record of over three decades of experience advising for-profit and non-profit health care organizations and practitioners on certification, licensing, and compliance issues.She teaches and writes on a wide variety of health care legal topics, including ethical issues in managed care, fraud and abuse, licensing, ombudsman programs, health care information, and privacy and confidentiality issues. Among her many positions of leadership, Ms. Scott has served on the Los Angeles County Health Care Crisis Task Force,the Ethics Resource Committee of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and the Board of Directors of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, a nonprofit multi-disciplinary collaborative of USC Law School and the USC Keck School of Medicine. Her areas of focus at Fenton Nelson will be compliance issues in drug treatment, behavioral health, and long-term care facilities.

NICHOLAS JURKOWITZ JOINS FENTON NELSON

May 17, 2010-Fenton Nelson is pleased to welcome Nicholas Jurkowitz as an associate. A 2008 graduate of George Washington University Law School, Mr. Jurkowitz joined Fenton Nelson from the Los Angeles office of Sullivan & Cromwell. His work at Fenton Nelson will focus on health care litigation.

HENRY FENTON & HARRY NELSON 2010 S.C. SUPER LAWYERS

JANUARY 10, 2010-Fenton Nelson principals, Henry Fenton and Harry Nelson, have both been named to the 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Both attorneys are honored for healthcare law. Mr. Fenton is also honored in the category of administrative law.

Super Lawyers identifies the top 5 percent of attorneys in over 70 practice areas, as chosen by fellow attorneys and the independent research of Law & Politics, based on peer recognition and professional achievement.