Nossaman Partner Karen Hedlund Appointed Chief Counsel to the Federal Highway Administration

WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
Nossaman is pleased to announce that our Partner, Karen Hedlund, has been
appointed as Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, a US
Department of Transportation agency.

Former Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, commended the appointment as
"a great selection by the Obama Administration and Secretary LaHood."

For the last fourteen years, Ms. Hedlund has practiced as a member of Nossaman`s
Infrastructure Practice Group, representing numerous public transportation
agencies at the national, state, and regional level on innovative procurements
and financings, and the development of related federal and state legislation.

Infrastructure Practice Group Chair, Geoffrey S. Yarema, said, "In the many
years Karen was with Nossaman, we have played a major role in reshaping the way
state and local governments deliver and finance transportation projects. Karen
was a key figure in our clients` success. We are certain she will be an equally
key figure in the Administration`s efforts to reshape federal transportation
policy."

Ms. Hedlund earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard and her law degree at the
Georgetown University Law Center.

Ms. Hedlund joined the FHWA in Washington DC on June 15, 2009.

About Nossaman:

Nossaman LLP is a national law firm with 150 professionals working seamlessly
across eight U.S. offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County,
Sacramento, Washington, DC, Austin, Arlington, and Seattle. Whether it's working
to finance and develop public infrastructure, provide healthcare services,
litigate complex matters, entitle private development, manage natural resources,
complete real estate transactions, or increase business profitability, clients
rely on Nossaman to get results.

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