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Arnstein & Lehr $110,000                
Baker & McKenzie $159,500   $178,250   $195,500   $228,000   $252,000   $281,250   $319,200   $319,200  
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. $180,000                
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg $125,000                
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC $135,000   $142,500   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000   $180,000   $185,000   $190,000  
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione $135,000   $182,500   $150,000   $160,000          
Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd LLP $128,500                
Cassiday, Schade & Gloor $75,000   $81,000   $84,000   $90,000   $95,000   $100,000   $115,000    
Chapman and Cutler LLP $145,000             $210,000    
Cook Alex   $95,000   $115,000   $115,000          
Cozen O'Connor $110,000                
D'Ancona & Pflaum LLC $110,000                
DLA Piper $255,000   $127,500   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000     $175,000  
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - Global Tax & Legal Services                
Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP $125,000                
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery $110,000   $120,000   $130,000            
Foley & Lardner $125,000   $130,000   $135,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000      
Freeborn & Peters $125,000   $130,000   $133,500   $142,500   $147,500   $150,000   $155,000   $162,500  
Gardner, Carton & Douglas $125,000                
Goldber, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, LTD. $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $177,500   $187,500   $197,500    
Gordon & Glickson P.C. $151,875   $157,750   $172,125   $188,813   $198,750   $208,688   $226,875   $237,188  
Greenberg Traurig, LLP $125,000                
Grippo & Elden $151,000   $165,000   $184,000   $203,000   $227,000   $241,000   $255,000    
Hinshaw & Culbertson $104,000                
Holland & Knight LLP $160,000                
Hopkins & Sutter $125,000                
Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chartered     $100,000   $105,000   $115,000   $140,000      
Jenner & Block $160,000                
Jones Day $170,000                
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000    
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP $145,000                
Kirkland & Ellis $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000      
Latham & Watkins $210,000   $230,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000      
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Leydig, Voit & Mayer $130,000                
Lord, Bissell & Brook $138,500   $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $200,000      
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP $135,000                
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP $165,000   $179,000   $198,000   $217,000   $236,000   $250,000   $260,000   $265,000  
McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. $140,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $185,000   $195,000      
McDermott, Will & Emery $160,000                
McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP $150,000         $205,000        
McGuireWoods LLP $135,000                
Michael, Best & Friedrich $105,000   $110,000   $115,000            
Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein,PC $110,000                
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg $150,000   $165,000   $183,000   $199,000   $210,000   $229,500      
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP $95,000                
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $200,000      
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000   $195,000   $205,000  
Quarles & Brady LLC $144,000                
Ripes, Nelson, Baggot & Kalobratsos P.C. $42,000   $53,000              
Ross & Hardies $125,000                
Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $175,000   $190,000   $200,000   $210,000    
Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. $125,000   $132,500   $142,500   $150,000   $160,000   $165,000   $170,000    
Schiff Hardin & Waite $160,000                
Schopf & Weiss $160,000   $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000    
Seyfarth Shaw $145,000                
Sidley & Austin $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000    
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Illinois) $160,000   $150,000   $170,000   $179,000   $190,000   $200,000      
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal $145,000   $155,000   $180,000   $195,000   $225,000   $235,000   $240,000    
Ungaretti & Harris $125,000                
Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz $160,000   $170,000              
Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd. $125,000   $130,000   $135,000   $145,000          
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon $125,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000   $180,000    
Winston & Strawn $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $185,000   $195,000      

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