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1 James M. Aquilina Stroz Friedberg 1925 Century Park East Suite 1350 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax James Aquilina is Executive Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at Stroz Friedberg. In this role, he contributes to the management of the firm and the handling of its legal affairs. In addition to having responsibility for the Los Angeles office, he supervises numerous digital forensic and electronic discovery assignments for major law firms, government agencies, and corporate management and information systems departments in criminal, civil, regulatory and internal corporate matters. Prior to joining Stroz Friedberg, Mr. Aquilina was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Central District of California, where he served as a Computer and Telecommunications Coordinator in the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section. He also served as a member of the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force, and as chair of the Computer Intrusion Working Group. He also served in the Major Frauds and Terrorism/ Organized Crime Sections, where he investigated and tried cases. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Mr. Aquilina helped establish and run the legal section of the FBI s Emergency Operations Center. Before public service, Mr. Aquilina was an associate at the law firm Richards, Spears, Kibbe & Orbe in New York. Mr. Aquilina received his B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was a Richard Erskine Academic Fellow and served as an Articles Editor and Executive Committee Member of the California Law Review. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of California. He serves as an Honorary Council Member on cyber-law issues for the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants, the organization that administers the Certified Ethical Hacker and the Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator certifications to leading security industry professionals worldwide. 1

2 E. Jane Arnault-Factor JurEcon, Inc Pacific Coast Highway Suite 200 Malibu, CA Phone Fax Jane Arnault-Factor has been President and CEO of JurEcon Inc., Consultants to Counsel and Management since JurEcon is a consulting firm of twenty-two Ph.D. s, experts in economics, finance, accounting, statistics, market research, etc. JurEcon provides services in complex valuations, lost profits and damages, economic and financial analysis, and related topics as well as jury research and trial strategy. Ms. Arnault-Factor received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. from Smith College. Ms. Arnault-Factor was formerly a professor of economics at Pomona College, Occidental College, Pitzer College and Rutgers University. Ms. Arnault-Factor serves on the boards of directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, where she chaired the Health Care Committee for twelve years, Delta Dental Plan of California ( ), and has been a long-time member of the Advisory Committee for Blue Shield of California. Her community involvement has included service on several other boards. Ms. Arnault-Factor served as the public member of the State Bar of California s Committee on Public Responsibility and Conduct. Ms. Arnault-Factor has been a Panelist for California Continuing Education of the Bar on Proving Damages and a panelist for the State Bar of California on Expert Witness Strategy and Tactics. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the L. A. County Bar Association. In addition, she has testified as an expert witness and often serves as project director for larger JurEcon projects involving teams of experts. 2

3 Robert C. Aronoff Robert Aronoff, a Professional Corporation 9107 Wilshire Boulevard 8 th Floor Beverly Hills, CA Phone Fax robert@aronoff.com Bob Aronoff specializes in real estate, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, leasing, and landlord tenant law. A native of Ohio, Mr. Aronoff moved, at the age of 12, with his family to Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his J.D. from the University of Denver in 1976 where he was the Senior Editor of the Denver Law Forum. He is the author of several published articles on bankruptcy, litigation and landlord-tenant law. Mr. Aronoff has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court since He is a Trustee of the Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles. He chairs several committees for the Beverly Hills Bar Association which has given him several awards and has designated him to the Order of Distinguished Attorneys. Mr. Aronoff joined the CRF board in 1995, having actively supported CRF activities since 1977 and having received CRF s Lawyer of the Year award in He received it again in 2005, and has chaired CRF s Education and Program Oversight Committee since Mr. Aronoff lives in Hermosa Beach where he has been a Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources. He enjoys skiing and travel. He is Founder of the Hermosa Beach Film Festival and President of the Method Fest Film Festival. As a part-time entrepreneur, he introduced Segway Human Transporters to Los Angeles. 3

4 Nestor Barrero NBC Universal 100 Universal City Plaza Building Universal City, CA Fax Nestor Barrero is Vice President - Employment Counsel for NBC Universal Studios. He is actively involved in providing preventive legal advice and training for managers, overseeing employment litigation and developing internal policies and procedures affecting the Universal s workforce in the corporate, studio operations, motion pictures, television, and theme park businesses. Mr. Barrero also advises the Universal Music Group in similar areas of law and operations. He is also responsible for counseling management on all employment legal matters, including executive recruitment, employee relations, planning for employee issues in mergers and acquisitions, implementation of work force reductions, and federal and state legislative issues affecting entertainment industry employers. Prior to joining Universal in 1998, Mr. Barrero was Senior Counsel for Union Bank of California and was associated with the law firms of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea in Los Angeles. He is a member of the California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section and is a frequent speaker and lecturer. He has been an instructor on Sexual Harassment in the Entertainment Industry for UCLA Extension and on employment law topics for the Continuing Education of the Bar and the Institute for Corporate Counsel. He is on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Corporate Law Departments Section, and is a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association. Mr. Barrero received his BA in Psychology from UCLA and his JD degree from UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. He has served as President of the California Employment Law Council, an employer association that includes most of California s largest employers in its membership. He is bilingual in Spanish and is active in community organizations such as the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Latino Lawyers Association and the California Hispanic Corporate Council. 4

5 Darin Beffa Kirkland and Ellis LLP 333 South Hope Street Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Darin Beffa is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. His practice covers commercial contract, business tort, fraud, antitrust, and patent infringement, including complex cases and appeals. In law school, Darin performed clinical work for the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, while also doing work on the board of a student-run business. Darin began his legal education at the University of Michigan Law School, and was selected to join the Michigan Law Review shortly before transferring to Harvard Law School to complete his studies. Before law school, Darin spent time in Washington, D.C., working as an aide to U.S. Representative George R. Nethercutt Jr. Since that time, he has also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge George H. King. Education Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006, cum laude Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Executive Editor Duke University, A.B., Public Policy Studies, 2001 Minors in Physics and Economics 5

6 Alan N. Braverman The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA Phone Fax Alan Braverman is the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company. He was promoted to his current position in October 2003, after being named Executive Vice President and General Counsel in January He was appointed Secretary in October In his position, Mr. Braverman is the chief legal officer of the company and oversees its team of attorneys responsible for all aspects of Disney's legal affairs around the world. He reports directly to Bob Iger. Previously, Mr. Braverman was Executive Vice President and General Counsel, ABC Inc., and Deputy General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company. In that capacity, he oversaw the legal affairs of the ABC Broadcast Group, ESPN and Disney/ABC Cable, as well as labor relations. In August 1996, he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ABC, Inc, and in 1994, he was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel. He joined ABC, Inc. in November 1993, as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. In his positions with ABC, Inc., he had broad responsibilities for the operation of the legal department, government relations, and the corporation's legal affairs. During his tenure at ABC, he guided the company through numerous lawsuits regarding news reporting and news gathering practices, supervised the Company's labor department, and oversaw the government relations function for Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. prior to its merger with Disney. Mr. Braverman joined Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he started in He became a partner in 1983, specializing in complex commercial and administrative litigation. Before joining Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr., Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Braverman, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, received a B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1969 and subsequently worked for two years as a Vista volunteer in Gary, Indiana. In 1975, he received a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he was also editor-in-chief of the Law Review. 6

7 Joseph A. Calabrese O Melveny & Myers LLP 1999 Avenue of the Stars 7 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax jcalabrese@omm.com Joe Calabrese, managing partner at O Melveny & Myers, has worked extensively in the firm s traditional entertainment practice and the firm s specialized entertainment and media finance practice. His banking experience took him to Europe for two years ( ) to help open the firm s London office, where he continued to represent studios, financial institutions, producers, and completion guarantors in their production, finance, and distribution of motion pictures and television programs. Mr. Calabrese currently represents major producers, studios, and financial institutions in their motion picture, television, and music industry transactions. He is actively involved in the Entertainment Department s European practice area, routinely providing advice to American companies doing business in Europe and to European companies seeking to establish or expand their presence in the United States. He has also represented clients in themed-attraction ventures and projects. Mr. Calabrese is a member of the International Section of the American Bar Association, the Century City Bar Association, and the ABA Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Entertainment Industry. He is also an arbitrator for the American Film Marketing Association. Mr. Calabrese obtained his B. A. from Boston College, summa cum laude, 1978 and his J.D. from Cornell Law School, cum laude,

8 Joanne Caruso Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc 1111 South Arroyo Parkway Pasadena, CA Phone Fax: Joanne Caruso is the Vice President & Director of Global Litigation at Jacobs Engineering Group. Ms. Caruso represents Fortune 500 clients in all stages of federal and state court litigation throughout the United States. Her extensive commercial litigation experience includes complex commercial contracts, antitrust, unfair competition and unfair business practices, patent infringement matters, franchise relationships, real estate partnership disputes, and insurance recovery. She has participated in numerous trials, mediations, and arbitrations. Ms. Caruso serves on the California Commission on Access to Justice, a 24-member commission established to explore ways to improve access to civil justice for Californians living on low and moderate incomes. In 2006, Ms. Caruso was named one of the top 100 attorneys in California and from she has been listed as one of "California s Top 75 Women Litigators" by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal. Ms. Caruso has been ranked by Chambers USA and has been recognized as one of Southern California s Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation. She has recently been named by California Diversity magazine as one of 2010's "Most Powerful and Influential Women in California." 8

9 Malissia R. Clinton The Aerospace Corporation 2350 East El Segundo Boulevard El Segundo, CA Phone Fax: Malissia Clinton is senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for The Aerospace Corporation. Her responsibilities include providing legal advice and counsel at the senior management level, managing corporate transactions of the board of trustees and its committees, and maintaining custody of corporate records. Prior to Aerospace, Ms. Clinton served as senior counsel for special projects in the Office of the General Counsel Northrop Grumman s corporate offices in Century City, where she specialized in corporate governance and securities. Prior to joining the corporate office, she worked within the Space Technology sector as the senior counsel. As an undergraduate she worked summers as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman she worked for the law firm of Tuttle and Taylor in Los Angeles, from 1993 to Ms. Clinton graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University in She received her JD from Stanford University in 1993, where she was an editor of the Stanford Law Review and published Refugees, Racism, and Reparations: A Critique of the United States Haitian Immigration Policy. In 2007, Ms. Clinton graduated from the UCLA Anderson School, Executive Program in Business Management. Ms. Clinton has served as a member of the State Bar Legal Services Trust Fund Commission and the Board of Directors of San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. She is married to Ronald Clinton, a pharmacist and pharmacy owner. They reside in Manhattan Beach with their three children Michai, Rachel, and Roi. 9

10 Vincent J. Davitt Meylan Davitt Jain & Arevian LLP 100 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1300 Santa Monica, CA Phone: Fax: Vince Davitt is a Partner at Meylan Davitt Jain & Arevian LLP. He focuses his practice on insurance, reinsurance, and commercial litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf where he handled civil lawsuits and arbitrations, including complex insurance and commercial disputes. Mr. Davitt has represented insurers in a wide variety of coverage and bad-faith lawsuits and arbitrations, including first-party coverage disputes involving property, health, and professional sports and other disability claims, and third-party coverage disputes involving general liability, professional liability, construction, and environmental claims. In the commercial litigation area, Mr. Davitt has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of matters at the trial and appellate levels. He is a graduate of the Advanced Trial Advocacy Program of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Under the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Trial Attorney Project, he acted as a Deputy City Attorney for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Mr. Davitt has also participated in various criminal appellate projects, where he has represented indigent defendants on appeals. Mr. Davitt received his B.S., cum laude, in 1983 from University of Santa Clara. He received his J.D. in 1987 from Georgetown University Law Center. 10

11 Kimberly A. Dunne Sidley Austin LLP 555 West 5 th Street Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax kdunne@sidley.com Kimberly A. Dunne is a partner in the Litigation group in the Los Angeles office and a co-chair of the firm s White Collar Practice group. Ms. Dunne has extensive experience in corporate internal investigations and white collar criminal defense generally. Ms. Dunne has defended a number of government investigations and False Claims Act cases related to alleged health care fraud, FDA violations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, false claims, kickbacks, bribery, government contract fraud and accounting improprieties. Ms. Dunne s practice also focuses on complex civil litigation. Ms. Dunne has extensive jury trial experience as well as appellate experience in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Dunne was Chief of the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section of the United States Attorney s Office in the Central District of California where she prosecuted a variety of white collar crime matters, including health care fraud, defense procurement fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, government program fraud, public corruption and money laundering. After graduating with high honors from Claremont McKenna College in 1985, Ms. Dunne received her law degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University s Kennedy School of Government in Prior to joining the United States Attorney s Office, Ms. Dunne clerked for United States District Judge John G. Davies in the Central District of California. Ms. Dunne has been a featured speaker and panelist at numerous conferences addressing health care fraud and abuse issues, compliance plans and white collar crime issues. She has also taught trial advocacy at the Department of Justice s Advanced Trial Advocacy Institute and Pepperdine Law School. Ms. Dunne was recognized by Chambers USA as a leading white collar lawyer. She has also been named as one of the Daily Journal s Top Women Litigators, the list of leading women litigators in California for Most recently, Ms. Dunne was recognized in the 2011 and 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in Criminal Defense: White Collar. 11

12 Joel A. Feuer Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2029 Century Park East Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Joel Feuer is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP s Los Angeles office. He initially joined the firm in 1981 and rejoined in A member of the firm s Litigation Department, Mr. Feuer focuses his practice on business, securities, real estate, legal malpractice litigation, and directors and officers liability insurance matters. Mr. Feuer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from Pomona College. He received his Master of Arts degree from University College, Oxford University in 1978 and his law degree from the University of California Berkeley s Boalt Hall School of Law in 1981, where he served as Supreme Court Editor of the California Law Review. From 1983 to 1984, Mr. Feuer served as the first law clerk to Judge Pamela Rymer of the United States District Court. A member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Mr. Feuer has been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts and all California state courts. Mr. Feuer is active in the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California and its camp for children with cancer, Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times. 12

13 Raymond C. Fisher United States 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals 125 South Grand Avenue, Room 400 Pasadena, CA Phone Fax raymond_fisher@ca9.uscourts.gov Ray Fisher was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate in October He began his active service on the Court in December Judge Fisher graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1961 with a B.A. in Political Science, and received his L.L.B. degree in 1966 from Stanford Law School. After law school, he clerked for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. at the United States Supreme Court and, the year prior for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Fisher founded the Los Angeles office of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in 1988 where he specialized in complex business litigation. Before that he was a partner in the Tuttle & Taylor law firm. President Clinton appointed Judge Fisher as the Associate Attorney General of the United States in November He oversaw the work of the Civil, Civil Rights, Antitrust, Tax, and Environment & Natural Resources divisions. He also had oversight responsibility for the Office of Justice programs, the COPS community-policing program, the Office of Tribal Justice, and the Executive Office of United States Trustees (Bankruptcy). Active in public service, Judge Fisher was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan to the five-member Los Angeles Police Commission and was elected its president in He also served as Deputy General Counsel for the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department (the Christopher Commission ) in Judge Misher is a former President of the Constitutional Rights Foundation and was awarded the Bill of Rights Award in Judge Fisher is married to Nancy Fisher, a public high school English teacher. They have two married children and four grandchildren. 13

14 Alan V. Friedman Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 355 South Grand Avenue 35 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Alan Friedman is a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson. He has practiced employment relations law in Los Angeles since He was president of CRF s Board of Directors from 1992 through 1993, and was awarded the Lloyd S. Smith Award in Mr. Friedman received his AB degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960 and his LL.B degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1963 where he served on the Board of the Law Review. He did extensive work in labor relations and civil rights law at the U.S. Department of Labor from 1963 until 1966 while earning an LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center. Since 1999, Mr. Friedman has served on the Board of the Office of Compliance, which applies labor laws to the employees of the U.S. Congress. He is a past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Labor Law Section, served as labor relations counsel to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and was a member of the Mayor Bradley s Labor-Management Advisory Committee. Mr. Friedman was also on the Los Angeles Board of Civil Service Commissioners and was its president from 1985 to From 1990 to 1991 he was President of the Board of Bet Tzedek (House of Justice) Legal Services and continues to sit on its Board. His wife, Susan, is a network news producer at NBC. They have two daughters. 14

15 Haley J. Fromholz JAMS 1435 Afton Street Pasadena, CA Phone Fax Haley Fromholz is an arbitrator and mediator with JAMS, The Resolution Experts. Judge Fromholz works full-time resolving disputes in a wide variety of areas including complex business litigation, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, breach of contract, warranty and fiduciary duties, wrongful termination, fraud, lender liability, product liability, and class actions. Prior to joining JAMS, Judge Fromholz served as a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles County. While on the bench, he was Chairman of the court s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and a member of the court s Executive Committee. Before joining the bench, Judge Fromholz was a partner in the litigation practice of Morrison & Foerster for 21 years, where he held a variety of management positions including Chairman of the Los Angeles Litigation Group and Managing Partner of the Los Angeles Office. In 1998 and 1999 Judge Fromholz served as President of CRF, and from 1990 to 1993, he was chairman of the Lawyers Advisory Council. In 1991, he chaired the Annual Fund Drive for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. He has been a vice chairman of the Mediation Committee of the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, and chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, of the State Bar of California Committee on Computers and Law, of the Client Relations Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, and a trustee of the San Francisco County Law Library. He has lectured at the University of California at Berkeley s School of Law, for the Practicing Law Institute, and for other professional and judicial organizations, on subjects related to complex litigation. Judge Fromholz is a member of the American Law Institute and of the Chancery Club. Judge Fromholz attended Dartmouth College, received his AB in 1964 from New York University, and his LL.B in 1967 from Duke University Law School. He is an Honorary Life Member of the law school s Board of Visitors. 15

16 Greg Gelfan Fox Filmed Entertainment PO Box 900 Beverly Hills, CA Phone Fax Greg Gelfan is the Executive Vice President of Fox Filmed Entertainment, and Executive Vice President of Fox Entertainment Group. In his capacity for the motion picture company, Mr. Gelfan oversees legal and business affairs as well as human resources and general administrative matters for the company and its various units. As Executive Vice President of Fox Entertainment Group, the parent company of all Fox companies, Mr. Gelfan is the senior legal executive with responsibilities that include oversight of Fox's litigation, intellectual property, and content protection groups, as well as corporate and senior executive negotiations for the company. Mr. Gelfan joined Fox in February 1994, after 10 years at Paramount Pictures, where he last served as Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the motion picture group. Previously Mr. Gelfan was an entertainment lawyer in private practice; first at Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz and Selvin and then at Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman and Schulman. Mr. Gelfan received a B.S. in Sociology from the University of California, at Los Angeles and a J.D. from the Southwestern University School of Law. 16

17 Margaret H. Gillespie Littler Mendelson P.C Century Park East 5th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone: (310) Fax: (310) Margaret H. Gillespie has represented employers in all types of employment litigation. She has extensive experience in defending employers in wage and hour class actions, collective actions brought under the California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, the Private Attorney General Act ( PAGA ), and single and multiplaintiff lawsuits involving claims for: Wrongful termination; Discrimination; Harassment; Failure to reasonably accommodate disabilities; Violations of leave statutes; Unfair competition; Misappropriation of trade secrets; and Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims for benefits. In addition to her litigation practice, Margaret counsels employers on all aspects of employment relations and compliance. She assists employers with: Workplace investigations; Employment-related audits; Reductions-in-force; and Workplace policies, handbooks, and guidelines. She also regularly conducts training for employers on topics such as harassment prevention and response, workplace privacy issues, and wage and hour best practices. In law school, Margaret was a member of the Federal Communications Law Journal and the Moot Court Honors Society. Professional and Community Affiliations Member, Board of Directors - Constitutional Rights Foundation Member, Stanford Professional Women Member, Litigation / Employment Law sections - Los Angeles County Bar Association Member, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Education J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1990 A.B., Stanford University, 1987, With Distinction Bar Admissions California Courts U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit U.S. District Court, Southern District of California U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court, Northern District of California U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California Languages French Italian -Greek 17

18 Jonathan M. Gordon Alston + Bird LLP 333 South Hope Street 16th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax jonathan.gordon@alston.com Jonathan Gordon, partner in Alston + Bird LLP Los Angeles office, advises clients involved in the commercialization of new technologies, intellectual property and licensing transactions, and technology research and development. He counsels clients on their business transactions and practices over the internet. Mr. Gordon also handles disputes involving licenses, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as other business disputes. He has represented clients in state and federal courts and in a variety of domestic and international arbitration forums. Mr. Gordon s clients include technology companies, emerging growth companies, individual inventors and founders, and Fortune 500 companies in business sectors including communications, software, life sciences, apparel, and entertainment. He is experienced in advising clients on a wide range of alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediations and arbitrations. Mr. Gordon advises his colleagues on ethical issues and has written and lectured on professional ethics. Mr. Gordon is peer-review rated "AV" by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell and was recently listed in Southern California Super Lawyers magazine in the field of intellectual property. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University in 1978 and his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in

19 Robert A. Greenfield Stutman, Treister & Glatt 1901 Avenue of the Stars 12 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Bob Greenfield is a resident and native of Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with his B.S. in 1962 and he received his J.D. cum laude in 1966 from Harvard Law School. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A partner of Stutman, Treister & Glatt, Mr. Greenfield specializes in bankruptcy and corporate reorganization. Mr. Greenfield played a significant role in the enactment of modifications to 11 U.S.C. section 106 (waiver of sovereign immunity) under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of A frequent lecturer and author of several publications, he was an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University School of Law. In addition to numerous professional affiliations, Mr. Greenfield has been a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference since A member of the board of trustees of the Center for Law in the Public Interest from 1979 to 1992, Mr. Greenfield is also a past chairman. He is also on the board of the Friends of the Graphic Arts at UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. 19

20 Amy M. Hawkes Ernst & Young LLP 725 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Amy Hawkes has more than 20 years experience helping clients with complex accounting and auditing, financial reporting, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) matters. Her experience includes leading corporate internal and financial fraud investigations and litigation support on securities litigation matters. Ms. Hawkes is a partner in Ernst & Young s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice. She focuses her practice in the areas of forensic accounting, financial fraud investigations, FCPA matters, accounting malpractice and litigation support matters. Ms. Hawkes experience includes leading a significant number of investigations for special committees, advising clients on generally accepted accounting principles and SEC matters and assisting management with technical accounting and restatements. She has worked for SEC registrants and other private and non-profit enterprises across a number of industries including financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecommunications, high tech, and colleges and universities. She also has extensive experience conducting interviews and testimonies of accounting professionals, corporate directors, and company executives. Ms. Hawkes has a juris doctorate, cum laude, from Syracuse University and a bachelor s of science degree, magna cum laude, in accounting and economics from the State University of New York-Oswego. She is a certified public accountant, a member of the California Bar, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Association of SEC Alumni. Ms. Hawkes serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Children s Rights, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping abused and impoverished children in Los Angeles County. 20

21 Linda Husar Reed Smith LLP 355 South Grand Avenue Suite 2900 Phone Fax Linda Husar is a partner in Reed Smith s Labor & Employment Group. She represents employers in various labor relations matters and specializes in cases involving wrongful discharge litigation, whistleblower claims, employment discrimination, wage and hour class actions and public accommodation class actions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act and Unruh Act. Ms. Husar also counsels employers on all aspects of employment law including sexual harassment, diversity, dispute resolution and arbitration, employee handbooks and personnel practices, employee discipline, and discharge matters. Ms. Husar has served as counsel of record and responsible for managing hundreds of civil lawsuits, filed in different states. She has been responsible for litigation management and strategic partnering programs with several national companies. Ms. Husar was recognized as one of California s top 100 women litigators by the Daily Journal in She was identified as a leader in the field of Labor and Employment Law by Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business in She was also recognized as one of the preeminent attorneys in her field in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California's Super Lawyers and has also achieved an AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. Ms. Husar is a highly regarded speaker and has lectured throughout the state and country on labor and employment topics. She regularly conducts in-house training and best practice seminars for employers, designs and implements employment audits, and counsels employers on strategies to prevent employment problems in the workplace. 21

22 Laurence J. Hutt Arnold & Porter LLP 777 South Figueroa Street 44 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Larry Hutt is a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP and is a member of the firm s Litigation and Financial Institutions practice groups. He has represented lenders and developers in court proceedings and arbitrations involving banking, secured creditor, and real estate disputes. The matters he has handled in this area include enforcement of real and personal property security instruments; lender s liability claims; foreclosure; anti-deficiency; land use and entitlement problems; disputes concerning validity, priority, and enforcement of liens; matters involving receiverships and provisional remedies; and pursuit of diverted and concealed funds. In addition to representing clients in general business litigation and attorney malpractice claims, he has represented a local professional sports team in numerous cases in federal and state court concerning commercial, contract, tort, and player and team disputes. Mr. Hutt is a member of the California and Colorado Bars. He is a 1975 graduate of the Stanford Law School, where he received the Order of the Coif, and he received a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in

23 T. Warren Jackson DIRECTV 2230 East Imperial Highway El Segundo, CA Phone Fax Warren Jackson is vice president and associate general counsel of DirecTV Group, Inc. He joined the company, formerly Hughes Electronic Corporation, in 1984 from the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles as corporate staff counsel responsible for employment and labor law. He was named senior counsel in 1988 and in 1996 he was named assistant general counsel. In 1997, Mr. Jackson was named vice president of Workforce Diversity. Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan appointed Mr. Jackson in June 1996 to the Los Angeles Police Commission. He was on the commission until early 2001 and served as vice president for three years. From 1991 to 1999, he served two four-year terms on the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission. He was a trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and served on the City of Los Angeles Civil Service Commission from 1994 to 1996, ending his term as vice president. He was also a deputy general counsel of the William Webster Commission, which reviewed and reported on the Los Angeles Police Department's performance during the April 1992 civil disturbance in Los Angeles. In 1991, Mr. Jackson was named In-House Counsel of the Year by the John M. Langston Bar Association, and is a past member of its board of directors. Mr. Jackson received his bachelor's degree in 1973 from Cornell University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in He completed the UCLA Executive Management Program in Mr. Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline Phillips, also an attorney, reside with their three children in Bel Air. 23

24 Roberto J. Kampfner White & Case LLP 633 West Fifth Street Suite 1900 Los Angeles, California Phone Fax No Photo Available Roberto Kampfner has practiced in the bankruptcy/insolvency area since his graduation from Stanford Law School in 1995, and has represented an array of debtors, creditors, and other interested parties. Mr. Kampfner s representation has included Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as agent for itself and certain other secured lenders in the bankruptcy proceedings of Guy F. Atkinson Company and Leasing Solutions, Inc., McKesson Corporation as a secured creditor in the bankruptcy proceedings of Drug Emporium, Inc., Horizon Pharmacies, Inc. and Snyder s Drug Stores, Inc., and the City of Palo Alto in the Pacific Gas & Electric bankruptcy proceedings. Creditor s committee representations include the Official Committee of Tort Claimants of Dow Corning, Inc., the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of SGL Carbon, Inc. and the Official Committee of Creditors of Commerce One, Inc. Mr. Kampfner also represented various lenders in the bankruptcy proceedings of Atlas Air, Inc. Mr. Kampfner has also advises clients purchasing assets from debtors in chapter 11 proceedings, including SYNNEX Information Technologies, Inc., in its acquisition of License Online, Inc. and Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc., in its acquisition of Yipes Communications, Inc. Mr. Kampfner has also represented numerous chapter 11 debtors including, Mirant Corporation, in one of the largest bankruptcies filed in 2003, ibeam Broadcasting Corporation and Family Wonder Holdings, Inc. Mr. Kampfner also represented Philippine Airlines in an ancillary proceeding under 11 U.S.C Mr. Kampfner has also represented debtors and creditors outside of formal insolvency proceedings, including Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Rabobank Nederland and ABN Amro Bank on the creditor side, and Whisper Communications, Inc. and Wine.com on the debtor side. 24

25 Erbin Keith Southern California Gas Company 555 West 5 th Street Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax ekeith@semprautilities.com Erbin Keith is Senior Vice President, General Counsel at Southern California Gas Company. Previously, Keith held positions as senior vice president of external affairs of SoCalGas and was head of regulatory affairs and chief compliance officer of Sempra Energy. Prior to that, he was president of Sempra Energy Solutions, a Sempra Energy business unit offering retail gas and electricity, risk management and outsourcing services to commercial and industrial businesses. Before joining Sempra in 1998, Keith was a senior vice president and general counsel for the Way Companies. Prior to that, he served as an attorney in private practice in Texas. Beyond his legal and regulatory experience in the energy, engineering and construction industries, Keith worked as a consulting engineer. Keith is a licensed professional engineer and a member of the Texas and California state bars. Keith was selected as "Energy Professional of the Year" in 2001 by the Association of Energy Engineers and was appointed to the Department of Energy's first Federal Energy Management Advisory Committee. Keith holds a law degree from South Texas College of Law and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas. 25

26 Louis E. Kempinsky Valensi Rose, PLC 1888 Century Park East Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Lou Kempinsky is a litigator who specializes in business and commercial litigation. His practice encompasses trial and appellate work in both State and Federal courts. Over the years, he has been lead counsel in numerous jury and non-jury trials, as well as appeals, involving a wide variety of substantive issues, including bankruptcy, business torts, commercial, contract, corporate governance, environmental, franchise, real estate, trademark and other intellectual property. He has broad experience representing the interests of creditors and debtors, along with all of the other constituencies involved, in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court settlements. Lou sits as a judge pro tempore and lectures frequently on matters relating to business litigation, trial practice, and corporate governance and has been honored by the American Bar Association for his work with its Litigation Group. Lou also has the distinction of being named a Super Lawyer among Southern California lawyers for the past 9 consecutive years, as published by Law and Politics Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine. Born in Wisconsin, he had a keen interest in the law and leaving the frozen north. He began his legal career in 1979, after graduating from Columbia University School of Law. Looking for a warmer climate, he moved to Los Angeles where he joined the law firm of Gendel, Raskoff, Shapiro & Quittner, until it was dissolved in After practicing law at two other prestigious law firms, Lou formed Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP in January, After ten years, he amiably left the firm to join Valensi Rose, PLC. Lou and his wife live in Brentwood and his interests include travel, collecting wines, cooking and going to the theater. 26

27 Richard S. Kolodny The Portfolio Group INC Sepulveda Boulevard Suite 450 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Rick Kolodny is President of The Portfolio Group LLC, a leading executive recruiting firm for lawyers. The Portfolio Group specializes in the placement of attorneys in law firms and corporations, and facilitates law firm mergers, and group practice acquisitions. Mr. Kolodny founded The Portfolio Group in 1995 after practicing corporate, M&A and securities law for fifteen years. He began his career at O Melveny & Myers, where he was an associate in the Corporate Department from 1981 through From 1985 through 1995, he was Vice President and General Counsel of Roll International Corporation, one of the largest private companies in California. Mr. Kolodny holds a B.A. from Clark University, an M.A. in European History from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is active in several community service organizations. 27

28 John A. Kronstadt U.S. District Court Courtroom 750 Roybal Building 255 East Temple Street Phone John Kronstadt is a district judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He was confirmed by the US Senate on April 14, He received his judicial commission on April 14, He previously served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, appointed by Governor Davis in October Prior to this appointment, Judge Kronstadt was a partner at Arnold & Porter in Los Angeles, where he represented clients in complex, commercial litigation matters Judge Kronstadt received his J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1976 and his A.B. degree from Cornell University in Following graduation from law school, he served as law clerk to William P. Gray, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. From 1978 to 1985, he was an associate, then partner, in the Washington D.C. office of Arnold & Porter, where his practice concentrated on trade regulation and antitrust matters. Between 1985 and 2000, he was a partner in the Century City firm of Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt. During those 15 years, Judge Kronstadt litigated a range of cases involving copyright, trademark and trade secret issues. He also served as counsel on many other types of matters, including the defense of shareholder actions, disputes over the sale of businesses, antitrust issues and environment matters including several arising under California s Proposition 65. Judge Kronstadt has served as a Vice-President, Trustee, Executive Committee member and Committee Chair for the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has also served on the Executive Committee and Lawyers Advisory Council of the CRF. Judge Kronstadt is also a member of the Chancery Club. He is an avid runner, hiker and photographer and enjoys driving his father s 1948 Willy s Jeepster. Judge Kronstadt is married to Helen Bendix who is also a Superior Court judge. They have three children. 28

29 Michael A. Lawson Los Angeles, CA Phone Michael Lawson is a retired partner, formerly at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He headed the Employee Benefits Group at the Los Angeles office. He worked on all facets of executive compensation and employee benefits matters for firm clients. At Skadden, Mr. Lawson regularly advised boards of trustees of pension and other employee benefits funds, and boards of directors of financial institutions and of companies sponsoring pension plans concerning their duty of care, fiduciary responsibilities, conflicts of interest, and other statutory duties under state and federal laws. He provided advice in the context of financings, private investment company matters, and merger and acquisition transactions. He also counseled investment advisors. His experience includes advising clients with respect to the structuring and offering of investment vehicles to pension plans and other institutional investors, and the fiduciary obligations of investment managers, trustees and other fiduciaries, including matters involving ERISA litigation, U.S. Department of Labor exemption requests and matters involving the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and other government agencies. Mr. Lawson received a Bachelors of Arts from Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1975, and his JD from Harvard Law School in He has been admitted to practice law in New York, the District of Columbia and California. Mr. Lawson is a member of the Langston Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where he is the Chair of the Diversity Committee. He is also on the Board of Directors of Advancement Project, Los Angeles. 29

30 Randall R. Lee WilmerHale LLP 350 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Randall Lee is the founding partner of WilmerHale's Los Angeles office, a member of the Securities and Litigation and Controversy Departments, and a member of the Securities Enforcement and Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice Groups. He specializes in securities enforcement and compliance matters and white collar criminal defense. He represents public companies, financial services firms, accounting firms, and corporate directors and officers in SEC and other regulatory and law enforcement investigations, examinations, and related litigation. In addition, Mr. Lee conducts internal investigations on behalf of management and boards of directors, and provides regulatory compliance advice to securities market participants. Mr. Lee joined the Firm in 2007 after serving as the Regional Director of the Pacific Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2001 to The first Asian American to head an SEC regional office, he was responsible for the Commission s enforcement and examination programs in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska; and he managed a staff of approximately 170 attorneys, accountants, examiners and support personnel. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Lee was an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles, and served as a Deputy Chief in the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney s Office. Before becoming a federal prosecutor, he was at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. He began his professional career as an associate in corporate finance and banking at Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from Yale University. He received his law degree, Order of the Coif, from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1989, where he was Articles Editor of the California Law Review. From 1989 to 1990, he served as a law clerk to The Hon. James L. Buckley, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is a member of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and the Japanese American Bar Association. 30

31 L. Rachel Lerman Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 2029 Century Park East Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Rachel Lerman is a partner at Akin Gump where she focuses on appellate litigation and trial strategy in complex civil cases. Ms. Lerman has extensive experience authoring appellate briefs and writs and presenting oral argument in the federal and state courts of appeals. She has also briefed cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme courts. Before joining Akin Gump, Ms. Lerman was an associate at Horvitz & Levy, an appellate firm in Los Angeles. Previously, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas G. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Ms. Lerman received her B.A. cum laude from Yale College in She received her M.A. in comparative religion in 1985 and her MFA in painting in 1986 from Syracuse University. She received her J.D. in 1992 from the Boalt Hall School of Law and advanced to doctoral candidacy in jurisprudence and social policy in 1994 at the University of California at Berkeley. While in law school, she was a Schurman International Law Scholar and articles editor of the Berkeley Women's Law Journal. She is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous circuit courts of appeals. Ms. Lerman serves on the L.A. County Bar Association's Appellate Courts Committee, the ABA's Council for Appellate Lawyers and the ABA's International Courts Committee. 31

32 James Levin Winston & Strawn LLP 333 South Grand Ave. # 3800 Los Angeles, CA Fax jlevin@winston.com James Levin is a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP in the firm s Los Angeles office whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and other corporate transactions. He also advises boards of directors on corporate governance matters. Mr. Levin s merger and acquisition clients include many Fortune 500 companies and other large public and private companies. He has significant knowledge on tender offers, leveraged buyouts, negotiated acquisitions, anti-takeover measures, and proxy contests. He has represented major investment banking firms in their role as advisers in acquisitions and contests for control. In addition, he has advised issuers on foreign and domestic securities offerings. Mr. Levin was been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer from Mr. Levin received a B.A. in 1976 from DePauw University and a J.D., cum laude, in 1981 from Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Northwestern Law Review. He also received a Master s in Management in 1981 from Northwestern University s Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Levin regularly speaks about the legal issues affecting his practice, including recent lectures on the indemnification of directors and officers under Delaware and California law. 32

33 Sharon J. Matsumoto Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office 210 West Temple Street 18 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Sharon Matsumoto is an Assistant District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. One of three ADA's reporting to the District Attorney, she is responsible for all administrative services for an office of more than 2,100 staff and a budget of over $300 million. In addition, she supervises the following units: Bureau of Management & Budget, the Victim-Witness Assistance Program, the Bureau of Crime Prevention and Youth Services, and the Bad Check Program. Ms. Matsumoto also has oversight responsibility for the Bureau of Prosecution Support Operations whose units include legal functions that support the entire District Attorney's Office. Ms. Matsumoto is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where she has previously served as Chair of the Committee on Minority Representation in the Legal Profession and on the Board of Trustees. She is currently a member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance, and The Chancery Club. Ms. Matsumoto has been a judge and scorer for CRF's Mock Trial program since 1986 and participated in the Lawyer in the Classroom program from Ms. Matsumoto was named CRF's Attorney of the Year in Ms. Matsumoto received a BA in English and American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972, and her J.D. from the University of San Fernando Valley, College of Law in She is married to Ron Rose, a Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner, and they live in Los Angeles. 33

34 Kevin C. Mayer Crowell Moring 515 South Flower Street 40 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Kevin C. Mayer is a partner and accomplished trial attorney in the Los Angeles office with deep experience litigating on behalf of clients in a wide variety of complex commercial and mass tort actions. He counsels clients facing regulatory enforcement at both the state and federal level. He has litigated and tried cases in multiple federal, state, territorial and tribal courts, as well as before government agencies and administrative bodies. He is counsel-of-record in some of the most important appellate decisions assisting the defense in tort litigation over the past 15 years. His clients include members of the oil and chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, industrial and consumer products, mining, manufacturing, entertainment, construction, and financial industries. Kevin is a Fellow of The Litigation Counsel of America, the Trial Lawyers' Honor Society, and a much-sought speaker and author on litigation and trial practice. Kevin graduated with honors from University of California, Berkeley, holding a B.A. in political science. There, he was elected to The Mortar Board Society and as president of The Californians. Upon graduation, he attended University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received his J.D. While in law school, Kevin was an extern to the Honorable Eugene F. Lynch, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. 34

35 Susan C. Miller Avery Dennison Corporation 150 North Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA Phone Fax Susan C. Miller is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Avery Dennison Corporation. She was elected vice president and general counsel in 2007 and senior vice president, general counsel and secretary in From 1991 to 2007, she held a series of increasingly responsible positions with the Company, including several years as counsel to the Asia Pacific Group based in Hong Kong. In her role, Ms. Miller focuses on issues pertaining to the Board of Directors, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, shareholder protection, executive compensation, corporate policy review and corporate strategic planning. Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Ms. Miller served as an associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in Pittsburgh. Ms. Miller received an A.B. Degree in Management Sciences/Accounting from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. 35

36 William K. Mills Parker Shumaker Mills LLP 801 South Figueroa Street Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax William K. Mills is a founding partner of Parker Shumaker Mills LLP, and practices in the areas of: complex business litigation, including insurance coverage, legal malpractice, products liability, real estate, corporate governance, intellectual property, and general corporate and governmental representations. Mr. Mills served as Judicial Extern and Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, District Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, from 1981 to 1982, and was formerly associated with the Public Finance Group of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, where he served as bond counsel, underwriter s counsel and letter of credit bank counsel in connection with a wide variety of complex municipal finance transactions. Mr. Mills is also formerly a partner at Lewis, D Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard. Mr. Mills graduated from Harvard College in 1979, with a concentration in American Government, and from UCLA Law School in 1982, where he served as Articles Editor for the National Black Law Journal. Mr. Mills is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before all of the state courts in California, and the States District Courts of California (Central, Eastern and Southern) and the District of Columbia. Mr. Mills has served as General Counsel to the California Association of Black Lawyers, and has served a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Judicial Appointments Committee, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and the John M. Langston Bar Association. He has served as a member of the Boards of the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Foundation, United Way s Los Angeles Metropolitan Region Board, the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, and the Los Angeles County Judicial Procedures Commission. 36

37 William A. Molinski Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax William Molinski, named among California Lawyer magazine s 2011 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year, heads the global Commercial Litigation practice at Orrick. He represents corporations and individuals in all aspects of complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis in the areas of trade secrets, trademarks and other intellectual property, consumer class actions and life settlements. Mr. Molinski has represented corporate clients in a wide variety of commercial disputes. His representative cases include the following: Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Litigation DISH Network. Representing DISH Network in litigation against the four major television networks in the Central District of California and Southern District of New York. The cases, which involve DISH s ad skipping technology. MGA Entertainment. Obtained a stunning jury verdict for MGA Entertainment in the company s battle for the rights to the Bratz doll. Hoffman La-Roche. Represented pharmaceutical giant in defeating an action by Johnson & Johnson for an injunction based on alleged theft of trade secrets by departing employees. Complex Commercial and Class Action Litigation Rabobank, N.A. Lead counsel in a securing trial victory for Rabobank, a bank based out of the Netherlands with offices in California. Mr. Molinski tried the public policy claim essentially a whistleblower cause of action. Equifax Information Services. Lead counsel for Equifax in a jury trial involving antitrust claims. The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for Equifax. Also represented Equifax in class action lawsuit where he obtained summary judgment for Equifax. KBC Financial Products. Represented U.S. subsidiaries of KBC, an affiliate of KBC Bank in Belgium, in several high profile cases involving life settlement transactions. Mutual Credit Corporation. Obtained summary judgment in favor of MCC in an action involving non-recourse life insurance policy loans in Aquila Merchant Services. Represented Aquila in a consumer class action filed by the California Attorney General involving claims of energy market manipulation. Obtained dismissal of claims on demurrer. City of Los Angeles. Obtained dismissal of class action claims brought by all Los Angeles taxpayers for alleged unconstitutional collection of telephone tax. Mr. Molinski has lectured on various topics including federal court practice, trade secrets litigation, formulating a discovery plan and responding to subpoenas. Education J.D., Hale Moot Court Honors Program and Law Center Merit Scholarship, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 1989 B.A., cum laude, Political Science, University of Southern California, 1986 Memberships State Bar of California: Litigation Section and Intellectual Property and Entertainment Los Angeles County Bar Association: Litigation and State and Local Government Law Sections American Bar Association: Intellectual Property Section, Subcommittee on Trademark Dilution, Subcommittee on Inherent Distinctiveness of Product Design, Litigation and Public Contract Law Sections 37

38 Alina Mooradian Snell & Wilmer 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2600 Los Angeles, CA Phone Alina Mooradian's practice is concentrated in product liability litigation and commercial litigation. Education Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, honors, 2006) Pepperdine Law Journal University of Southern California (B.S. Corporate Finance, magna cum laude, 2001) Court Admissions Supreme Court of California United States District Court, Central District of California United States District Court, Eastern District of California United States District Court, Southern District of California Professional Memberships & Activities State Bar of California American Bar Association Armenian Bar Association Los Angeles County Bar Association Riverside County Bar Association San Bernardino County Bar Association Other Professional Experience Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden APC, Associate United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Legal Extern Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden APC, Summer Associate Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Judicial Extern United States Attorney's Office, Legal Extern 38

39 Peter B. Morrison Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Peter B. Morrison has a broad litigation practice, representing clients in both federal and state courts, with a particular emphasis on takeover and securities litigation. Mr. Morrison is on Skadden s Los Angeles office recruiting committee and leads new lawyer training. Mr. Morrison advises corporations on matters involving both federal and state securities laws, duties of corporate directors, SEC and stock exchange inquiries and investigations, civil RICO matters, and contests for corporate control. Mr. Morrison is one of only two attorneys nationwide to be named to Law360 s list of Rising Stars for 3 consecutive years ( ). Among others, Mr. Morrison has represented: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and certain of its directors and officers in the favorable resolution of class action lawsuits in California and Delaware brought by shareholders in connection with the proposed merger of Valeant and Biovail. American Apparel, Inc. in connection with securities class actions and derivative lawsuits brought in federal and state court in California. Oakley, Inc. and its board of directors in a lawsuit brought by one of Oakley s shareholders seeking to enjoin the acquisition of Oakley by Luxottica Group S.p.A. (Italy). Certain former outside directors of Countrywide Financial Corporation in securities, derivative and ERISA litigations. Fortress Investment Group, Inc. in the successful dismissal of an action arising from loans that a hedge fund made to assist in financing films. American Land Lease, Inc. in successfully preventing attempts in state and federal court to enjoin the pending $438 million acquisition by Greene Court Partners LLC. Gateway, Inc. and its board of directors in a lawsuit brought by Gateway s shareholders in both California and Delaware seeking to enjoin its $710 million merger with Acer, Inc. The special committee of independent directors of Station Casinos, Inc. in litigation seeking to enjoin Station Casinos more than $8 billion going-private transaction. Leonard Green & Partners in a lawsuit seeking to enjoin PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. s going-private transaction. Officers and directors of Apollo Group, Inc. in securities and derivative lawsuits arising from allegations of options backdating. Tharaldson Motels, Inc. s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), its ESOP committee and the individual directors of Tharaldson Motels, Inc. (TMI) in a successful dismissal with prejudice of a complaint alleging that defendants breached their fiduciary duties under ERISA. Freedom Communications, Inc., publisher of the OC Register, in class action lawsuit concerning the independent contractor status of the Register s newspaper carriers. Mr. Morrison s contributions to numerous publications include a regular column in the Daily Journal and the NY Business Law Journal. rd ). Mr. Morrison is also at various conferences and bar groups. 39

40 Peter I. Ostroff Sidley Austin LLP 555 West Fifth Street 40 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Peter Ostroff is the head of the Sidley Austin s West Coast Litigation Practice and also serves as a member of the firm s Executive Committee. He recently served a three year term as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and was a member of the California Judicial Council Civil Litigation Advisory Committee. Mr. Ostroff has a commercial trial and litigation practice, including Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor Litigation, Litigation, and Securities Enforcement. He often counsels respecting the special employment issues relating to top-level executives and departure of groups of employees starting new ventures. He also has an active wrongful termination and employment discrimination trial practice and has a special emphasis on matters involving unfair competition and protection of propriety and trade secret information. Mr. Ostroff is on the board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He has served as the first Chairperson of the American Bar Association Litigation Section Computer Litigation Committee. He also recently served as President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and is a member of the Trial by Jury Task Force of the American Bar Association s Litigation Section. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section and the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California. Mr. Ostroff also served as a Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Mr. Ostroff received a Bachelors of Arts from Washington University in 1964 and his JD from the University of Chicago Law School in He has been admitted to practice law in California and Illinois. 40

41 Christopher H. Paskach KPMG LLP 355 South Grand Avenue Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Chris Paskach is a partner in the KPMG Forensic practice, and over-sees the Forensic Technology Services practice in the US, focusing on the technologies and services offered by KPMG's Cypress Technology Center and the Digital Evidence Recovery team. He consults with attorneys on discovery management and damages issues related to litigation, commercial disputes and business claims. He has more than 25 years of experience assisting companies in a wide range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and distribution. Mr. Paskach received his Bachelors of Science in Industrial Administration with an emphasis on Accounting from Iowa State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the AICPA, and the California CPA Society. He served on CRF's Sports and the Law Committee beginning in He is a member of Iowa State University's Accounting Advisory Board and he received the university's John D. DeVries Service Award in 1988 and the Citation of Achievement in He has been a member of two City of Los Angeles advisory committees: The Webster Commission following the Los Angeles riots and the City of Los Angeles Risk Management Task Force in

42 Gregory N. Pimstone Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Greg Pimstone is a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and represents clients in every aspect of complex litigation and advice with a focus in the health care area. Mr. Pimstone has been lead counsel for major health plans, insurers, hospitals, and other health care entities in numerous significant matters, including RICO class actions, consumer class actions, ERISA class actions, representative unfair competition actions, fraud and abuse, bad faith denial of benefits, compliance counseling and investigations, qui tam actions, HIPAA and other privacy litigation, antitrust, pharmaceutical litigation, and all manner of contract and commercial disputes. Mr. Pimstone has successfully represented a wide variety of providers and plans in investigative matters, including by the Office of Inspector General, the Department of Justice and various United States Attorney's offices. In addition to his work in the health care field, Mr. Pimstone has represented clients in significant matters in areas including product liability and toxic tort, unfair competition, the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, Proposition 65, antitrust, defamation, wrongful death, and other complex tort and contract actions. His cases in these areas have included complex antitrust and class action litigation. He has also successfully argued a variety of reported state and federal appeals in a variety of substantive areas. Mr. Pimstone received his J.D. in 1990 from the University of California at Berkeley s, Boalt Hall School of Law, and bachelor's degrees in Biology and Political Science in 1987 from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association with a leadership position in the Health Plan Group, and is a member of the American Bar Association. 42

43 Howard M. Privette Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 515 South Flower Street 25 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Howard Privette is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings. He represents clients in complex business disputes, focusing his practice in securities and corporate governance litigation. He has extensive experience defending complex shareholder class actions and derivative suits for numerous clients in the financial, health care, and technology industries. In conjunction with his civil litigation practice, Mr. Privette regularly assists companies, officers and directors in relation to internal investigations, and in SEC, DOJ and other regulatory proceedings. Mr. Privette received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale College and simultaneously received a M.A. in economics from Yale University in He received his J.D., with distinction, from Stanford Law School in 1988, and was recognized as a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Privette is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association (past member, Administration of Justice Committee), the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the American Finance Association. Mr. Privette is active in the Stanford Law Society of Los Angels, the Yale Club of Orange County, and the Children s Hospital of Orange County. 43

44 Fred R. Puglisi Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 1901 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1600 Los Angeles, CA Phone FAX Fred Puglisi is a partner in the Century City office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and is co-chair of the Business Trial Practice Group. He has extensive experience in complex and general business litigation in state and federal courts. He has conducted numerous trials and arbitrations, including trying class and representative actions. Mr. Puglisi also has broad appellate work which includes arguments to the California Court of Appeal and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Most recently, he has defended a number of complex class and representative actions alleging various business torts, unfair competition, false advertising, and violations of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act. Mr. Puglisi received his J.D. in 1985 from the University of Minnesota, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, and a B.S. in 1982 from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, cum laude. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. In addition, is admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California 44

45 Christopher P. Reynolds Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc South Western Avenue Torrance, CA Phone Fax Chris Reynolds is Vice President and General Counsel in the Legal Services Group of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. He is also Chief Environmental Officer of TMS, and Secretary of the Executive Committee. He oversees the groups responsible for Legal Services, including Product Liability, Advertising Compliance, Antitrust, Business Litigation, Business Transactions/ Contracts, Dealer Relations, Intellectual Property, and Strategic Initiatives, and Compliance, including Privacy, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Environmental Audit, and Environmental Health and Safety. Mr. Reynolds joined Toyota in July Before that, he was a partner and trial lawyer at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in their New York City office served as manager of that office's Labor and Employment Law litigation group, a member of the firm's advisory board and chair of the firm's diversity committee. Earlier, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York. Before that, he worked as a litigator at the firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed and as a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith, 6 th U.S. Court of Appeals in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Reynolds grew up amid the auto industry in Detroit as the son of a Ford River Rouge plant worker. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with honors at Kalamazoo College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in He is a member of the American Bar Association's Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections. Mr. Reynolds is married to Arlene Ford, has three children and resides in Manhattan Beach. 45

46 Patrick G. Rogan RoganLehrman LLP 1212 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1300 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Pat Rogan specializes in civil trial work for individuals and corporations in the state and federal courts. A fifth generation native of Los Angeles, Mr. Rogan attended Villanova College Prep and is a graduate of Claremont Men s College with a B.A. in government. He received his J.D., Dean s List, from Loyola University of Law in 1972 and was a student teaching fellow. Drafted into the Army during the Vietnam Conflict, Mr. Rogan served with the Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and First Field Forces. His service was recognized with the Army Commendation Medal. Prior to joining Lillick, McHose & Charles (which later merged with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro) where he was a partner, Mr. Rogan was a senior trial attorney for the Central Felony Trial Division in the Office of Public Defender, Los Angeles County. Mr. Rogan merged his practice with Crowe & Day in May, 2000 and enjoys the shorter commute from his Malibu home. A frequent lecturer, Mr. Rogan is a member of several professional affiliations. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. A lifelong surfer, Mr. Rogan is committed to the Malibu Surfing Association and has served as president. Mr. Rogan s father, Richard Dick Rogan, was a former president and founder of CRF. 46

47 Alan I. Rothenberg 1 st Century Bank 1875 Century Park East Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax arothenberg@1stcenturybank.com Alan Rothenberg is a Past President of CRF s Board of Directors, founder of its Sports and the Law Program, and the 1990 recipient of CRF s Bill of Rights Award. He is Chairman of 1 st Century Bank and of Premier Partnerships, a sports and entertainment consulting firm. He is also a mediator/arbitrator, having retired as a partner from the Los Angeles-based law firm of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Rothenberg received his BA in 1960, and his JD, with distinction, in 1963, from the University of Michigan. While in law school, he was initiated into the Order of Coif, and was presented with numerous awards for his superior scholarship. Admitted to practice in California State and Federal Courts in January 1964, Mr. Rothenberg specialized in litigation, business and commercial law. He is a member of: the State Bar of California and served as its President in ; the ABA; LACBA; and both the Beverly Hills and Century City Bar Associations (where he is Past-President). Active in community organizations, Mr. Rothenberg has served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, the United Jewish Fund, The Music Center, Fraternity of Friends (where he was Past President), and the Board of Trustees of the California Museum of Science and Industry Foundation. In 1984, he served as Commissioner for Soccer for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. He was Chairman of the World Cup 1994 Organizing Committee and President of the United States Soccer Federation, Chairman of the 1999 Womens World Cup and founder of Major League Soccer. He has been Chairman of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. Among his numerous other sports-related affiliations, Mr. Rothenberg was President of the Los Angeles Clipper basketball team of the NBA, and television commentator for ESPN s Sportslook. Mr. Rothenberg and his wife, sculptor and jewelry designer Georgina Lee, have three adult sons and four grandchildren. They reside in Beverly Hills. 47

48 Christopher S. Ruhland Dechert LLP 633 West 5th Street Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Christopher S. Ruhland is a trial lawyer who represents clients in business disputes and intellectual property matters. Mr. Ruhland is recognized as a leading lawyer for litigation in 2012 by Chambers USA for his general commercial litigation practice. Mr. Ruhland formerly was in-house counsel at The Walt Disney Company, and in private practice he has represented leading media and entertainment companies such as Disney, ESPN, Fox, Sony, MGM, the Blu-ray Disc Association and Investor s Business Daily. He also has significant experience in the financial, technology, transportation and healthcare industries. Mr. Ruhland has represented clients in trial and appellate courts throughout the country. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Ruhland was a litigation partner at a large international law firm. Education University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1991, Cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa University of California Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1994, Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review Court Admissions Supreme Court of the United States United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit United States District Court for the Central District of California United States District Court for the Eastern District of California United States District Court for the Northern District of California United States District Court for the Southern District of California Bar Admissions/Qualifications California Publications and Lectures Mr. Ruhland is a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property and civil litigation topics and has presented before the International Trademark Association and the United States Copyright Society. He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, Bloomberg and CNET. 48

49 Tom Ryan Partner McDermott Will & Emery LLP 2049 Century Park East, 38 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Tom Ryan is a 22 year veteran of the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He is a partner based in the Firm s Los Angeles office where he is the partner-in-charge of the Southern California Trial Group. Tom is a healthcare litigator. His practice focuses on representing healthcare clients against class actions, qui tam false claims actions, unfair competition claims and alleged regulatory violations. Tom has been recognized as a leading healthcare attorney by The Best Lawyers In America publication. In addition, the California Lawyer Magazine has designated him a Southern California Super Lawyer in healthcare/business litigation. Representative Experience Serves as counsel in IHS v. DaVita Inc., an antitrust action pending in the United States District Court in New York Serves as counsel in Tri-City Healthcare District v. Pediatrix, et al., a class action pending in the Superior Court in San Diego County Serves as counsel in Jandres v. Health Care Partners, an unfair business practices class action pending in the Superior Court in Los Angeles County Served as counsel in Martin v. Universal Health Services, a qui tam false claims case filed in the Superior Court in Sacramento County Served as counsel in ARA v. DaVita Inc., an antitrust action filed in the U.S. District Court in Denver Served as counsel in University of California v. Asche, an action involving the alleged misuse of human embryos by faculty clinical practices affiliated with a major university filed in the Superior Court of Orange County Served as counsel in University of Southern California v. County of Los Angeles, an action involving the tax exempt status of faculty clinical practices affiliated with a major university filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County Served as counsel in DaVita v. PRN, a Lanham Act case involving the marketing of repricer services to non-network health plans filed in the U.S. District Court in Dallas Served as counsel in Abrams v. Saint John s Hospital and Health Center, a dispute involving the impacts of exclusive contracts and closed departments on medical staff privileges filed in the Superior Court in Los Angeles County Served as counsel in Qual-Med v. HealthNet, a challenge to the conversion of a non-profit health plan into a for profit health plan filed in the Superior Court in Sacramento County Served as counsel in Keller v. Gaspari Nutrition Inc., an unfair practices class action filed in the Superior Court in Los Angeles County Served as counsel in Harris v. First Regional Bancorp, an ERISA class action filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Serves as counsel in Buttonwood v. Sweeney, et al., a 10b-5 securities class action pending in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Community Involvement Tom currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that fosters citizenship and civics in our nation s schools. 49

50 Robert A. Sacks Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1888 Century Park East Suite 2100 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Robert A. Sacks joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1984 and has been a partner since He moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1991 and is presently Managing Partner of the Firm's Los Angeles office. Mr. Sacks has extensive experience in complex business disputes of all types. He regularly defends and advises clients in the areas of securities and other class action litigation, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, contractual arrangements of all types, intellectual property, the obligations of corporate officers and directors, and SEC and internal corporate investigations. He appears in federal and state courts throughout California and elsewhere, in administrative proceedings before the SEC and other agencies, and in arbitrations and other types of private dispute resolution proceedings. Mr. Sacks received an A.B, from Harvard University in He received his J.D. in 1982 from the University of Texas Law School. He clerked for The Honorable William C. Conner of the United States District Court S.D. in New York from Mr. Sacks is the treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees for the Village School; and Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the Western Justice Center Foundation. He is a member of the California and New York Bars as well as the ABA and LACBA. 50

51 Peggy Saferstein Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Peggy Saferstein is a Private Educational Consultant and College Counselor for nearly 20 years with her company, College Circuit. She has served the field of education in a variety of capacities throughout her career. A 1965 graduate of UC Berkeley, Ms. Saferstein went on to receive a Masters in Education from Lesley College in Cambridge, MA, where she specialized in curriculum development. She is a member of National Association for College Admission Counseling and Western Association for College Admission Counseling. Along with her partner, Patti Demoff, Ms. Saferstein contributes her expertise in college counseling by donating her time to counseling CRF Interns as well as doing workshops at college fairs and public schools throughout the city. Ms. Saferstein's community involvement is extensive and her fundraising skills widely sought. She is a founder of MOCA and serves on their Project Council. She is an active member of the Women's Political Committee where she served two years as cochairperson. Ms. Saferstein has served on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Children's Museum, Teen Line and the Board of Letters and Science at UC Berkeley. While her children were growing up, she was an active member of the Harvard- Westlake and Curtis School Association boards. She also served on the LAUSD Community Advisory Council for School Improvement and as PTA President at Overland Avenue School for two years, and was given the PTA Honorary Life Achievement Award in She went on to serve as President of Overland's Community Advisory Council for three years. Ms. Saferstein has helped raise money for many campaigns over the years and now spends much of her time supporting female candidates. Her husband, Harvey, is a lawyer and past president of the State Bar of California. They have three sons, two daughter-in-laws and five grandchildren. 51

52 Henry Shields, Jr. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 1800 Century Park East Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Henry Shields, Jr. is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group based in Drinker Biddle & Reath s new Los Angeles office in Century City. Mr. Shields, most recently of Epstein Becker Green, was a partner in the litigation group of Irell & Manella LLP for over 25 years. He specializes in civil jury trials in state and federal courts, representing defendants and plaintiffs in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes. He has tried approximately thirty cases, including serving as trial counsel in numerous cases in which he has represented parties prominent in the entertainment industry. Mr. Shields received his J.D. with honors in 1974 from the University of California at Berkeley s Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was an editor of the California Law Review. He was a 1968 honors graduate from Southern Illinois University. Mr. Shields is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association (Section of Litigation), the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Subcommittee on Diversity Representation, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Subcommittee on Judicial Appointments, and the Langston Bar Association. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Shields served as the Chair of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and of its Executive Committee. He was a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference from 1988 to 1991, and was a member of its Executive Committee from 1990 to During his tenure as a member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Shields served on the eight-member Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force. He also served as an ex officio member of the Ninth Circuit Task Force on Racial, Religious and Ethnic Fairness. Mr. Shields is President of the Board of Directors of the American Cinematheque. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the L.A. Free Clinic. 52

53 K. Eugene Shutler Santa Monica, CA Phone Gene Shutler was born in Wichita Kansas. He received an A.B. in 1960 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and he received his law degree in 1963 from Yale Law School. Mr. Shutler served (to Captain) in the United States Army from During his career, Mr. Shutler was the General Counsel for several companies including Caesars World, Inc, MGM Grand, Inc., and Continental Air Services, Inc. He was also a Member of Troy & Gould from 1983 to Mr. Shutler has also held several executive positions with companies including President of Atlantic Crossing from , with postings in Bermuda and Dublin, Ireland. He currently manages his own investments. Mr. Shutler currently serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He previously served on CRF s Board of Directors from , stepping down when he moved out of the country. He is married to Lois Evans, and they reside in Santa Monica. 53

54 W. Davis Smith Sempra Energy 101 Ash Street 12 th Floor San Diego, CA Phone Fax Dave Smith is currently Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Sempra Energy, and General Counsel for Sempra Energy Utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 13,600 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide. In his current job, Mr. Smith is responsible for the legal affairs and delivery of legal services for the Sempra utilities. Prior to Sempra Energy, Mr. Smith was a litigation attorney for Pacific Enterprises, the parent company of Southern California Gas Co. While at Pacific Enterprises, he represented the company before the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He also served as chief counsel for the Pacific Enterprises Energy Companies, and was responsible for merger and acquisition work in the sale of Pacific Enterprises oil- and gas-exploration companies and the acquisition by Sempra Energy of gas-utility companies in Argentina. Prior to joining Pacific Enterprises, Mr. Smith worked in corporate law for Litton Industries, and was in private practice doing litigation. Mr. Smith has a law degree from the Loyola Law School. He also has a master s degree in business administration from Cal State University and a bachelor s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dave has served as the cochair for CRF s Advisory Committee for the Sports & the Law Program. 54

55 Masood Sohaili DLA Piper 2000 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Masood Sohaili is a partner in the Corporate and Finance group. He has worked on a wide variety of corporate, finance and restructuring transactions. Mr. Sohaili is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Sohaili has: Advised public and private corporate clients in connection with strategic initiatives, including restructurings, mergers, dispositions and acquisitions. Served as issuers' counsel, underwriters' counsel, and developers' counsel in the issuance and sale of public securities and private placements to fund various projects, including health care, housing and infrastructure facilities Participated in the financing, refinancing and restructuring of numerous general government, health care, affordable housing and infrastructure transactions Structured and negotiated infrastructure and development projects involving public and private participation, representing lenders, underwriters, developers and issuers Represented borrowers in over US$2 billion of financings for health care systems, and served as issuers counsel in numerous financings for health care systems Represented credit enhancers in the credit enhancement of public debt securities issued to finance infrastructure, health care and affordable housing transactions Represented issuers, bondholders and lenders in the restructuring of bond obligations involving infrastructure and housing facilities Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Sohaili was a partner with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and co-chair of its Private Equity and Venture Capital Markets group. J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law Order of the Coif; Southern California Law Review, M.A., University of Southern California B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara with highest honors 55

56 Darry A. Sragow Dentons 601 S. Figueroa Street Suite 2500 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Darry Sragow is a partner in the Public Law & Policy Strategies Group of Dentons. He is nationally recognized as one of California's leading consultants to political campaigns, corporations, Native American tribes, and grassroots and nonprofit organizations. The Managing Partner of Dentons Los Angeles office, Mr. Sragow has more than 20 years of experience in the political arena. He specializes in counseling clients on a broad range of issues including education, health care, the environment, climate change, financial services, crisis management, insurance, transportation, media and communication, and homeland security. Experienced with political campaigns, Mr. Sragow has managed five statewide races in California, three for governor and two for the U.S. Senate. For nearly ten years he was the chief campaign strategist for the Democrats in the California State Assembly. During the March 2004 California primary, Mr. Sragow served as the Democratic strategist to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's come-from-behind campaign to pass Propositions 57 and 58, an economic recovery bond package. Mr. Sragow has also held several senior positions in both the state and federal government, including Deputy California Insurance Commissioner and Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the California Board of Equalization. A former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Sragow has served on the boards of a number of community and nonprofit organizations, and is a current board member of Goodwill of Southern California. Mr. Saragow is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California. 56

57 Marjorie S. Steinberg Los Angeles, CA Phone Marjorie Steinberg is a retired Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Prior to her appointment, she was a professor at the University of Southern California Law Center and a partner at the Los Angeles law firm of Tuttle & Taylor. In 1968, Judge Steinberg graduated with honors and distinction in English from Stanford University. She then attended Johns Hopkins University, where she received an MAT in Teaching English. In 1972, she entered UCLA Law School, where she served as Editorin-Chief of the UCLA Law Review, and received a JD, Order of the Coif, in 1975 Judge Steinberg is a life member of the Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles and was that organization's President from 1985 to She has served on the Board of Governors of the California Women Lawyers, the Board of Directors of the UCLA Law Alumni Association, and as a Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She currently serves as a Trustee of the Institute for the Redesign of Learning in South Pasadena. She was a member of the State Bar of California's Committee on the Status of Women and of the UCC Committee of the State Bar s Business Law Section. Judge Steinberg was President of CRF from She is married and has one child. 57

58 Robert S. Stern Morrison & Foerster LLP 555 West Fifth Street Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Bob Stern, a partner at Morrison & Foerster, has been with the firm since He is a 1975 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, and he received his B.S. in 1972 from the University of Illinois. He clerked for the Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, from 1975 to 1976, and then was employed by the Carter-Mondale Presidential campaign in a management position in Virginia. Mr. Stern joined Tuttle & Taylor in 1977, and became a partner there in 1980 before joining Morrison & Foerster. Mr. Stern has represented clients in a wide variety of business litigation matters focusing particularly on securities, banking, and accountants liability litigation. He has passed the C.P.A. exam in Illinois and has represented public companies in litigation over financial statements and accounting firms on audit, tax, and consulting malpractice issues. He has also frequently represented issuers and their officers and directors in SEC investigations. Mr. Stern has been a panelist and author for the annual Accountants Liability Program sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute and has lectured on numerous financial statement topics. He is a member of the Law and Accounting Committee and the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He has been active in several community service organizations, including the Jewish Federation Council s Community Relations Committee. He is married to Nancy Holland. 58

59 Gregory P. Stone Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 355 South Grand Avenue 35 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Greg Stone has been with Munger, Tolles & Olson since He joined the firm following a clerkship with the Honorable Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., now Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California. Mr. Stone graduated from Yale Law School in 1977 and previously obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in Mr. Stone is now the chair of his firm s Policy Committee, its equivalent of managing partner. He is a litigator, currently focusing his practice on complex commercial cases, such as the litigation arising out of the grounding of the Exxon Valdez and the outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 involving Jack In The Box, and in intellectual property cases, such as the defense of Svetlana Orgordnikova in a 1985 espionage prosecution of her and an FBI agent. Mr. Stone has been very active in the community, including as the current Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Polytechnic School and chair of its just concluded capital campaign, which raised over $12 million for endowment and capital improvements. He also serves as a member of the Board of Pasadena Playhouse and still finds the time to referee soccer matches for AYSO. He has been involved with CRF for many years, and served as co-chair of the Lawyers Advisory Committee. He continues to lecture and teach, and has in the past been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law and has taught at the Hastings Center for Trail and Appellate Advocacy. 59

60 Douglas A. Thompson Bryan Cave LLP 120 Broadway Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA Phone Fax Doug Thompson is a partner at Bryan Cave LLP and focuses his practice on commercial litigation, class actions and financial institutions. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Managing Director and General Counsel, litigation of Countrywide Financial Corporation where he headed the litigation department and managed the company s nationwide portfolio of litigation matters. He has experience in defending consumer financial services related class action matters as well as managing other complex litigation. He has assisted clients in developing and implementing risk assessment protocols and processes. In connection with Bank of America s acquisition of Countrywide, Mr. Thompson played a pivotal role in the integration of Countrywide s litigation department into the Bank of America Legal Department. Prior to joining Countrywide, Mr. Thompson worked at Garfield Tepper Epstein & Turner (now known as Epstein Turner & Song). Mr. Thompson obtained his B.A. from Tufts University, cum laude, in 1987 and his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law in He is a member of the State Bar of California, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 60

61 Gail Migdal Title Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 2029 Century Park East 26 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Phone Fax Gail Migdal Title is a Co-Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and a member of its national Executive Committee and Board of Directors. She is also Head of the Firm's Entertainment Litigation Practice, specializing in contract-based, intellectual property and other disputes relating to the entertainment community. Her clients include The Walt Disney Co., Miramax Corp., Imagine Entertainment NBC, Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Studios USA, Universal Studios, Inc., Univision, Inc., and other production and distribution entities, as well as a variety of individual writers, producers and other talent. Ms. Title is a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Public Counsel, the Center for Law in the Public Interest and the Pacific Southwest Region of the Anti-Defamation League, and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Copyright Society. She lectures on a wide range of entertainment, business and ethics-related matters and has been a commentator on MSNBC and various print publications. Ms. Title attended Wellesley College, Massachusetts, receiving a B.A. with honors in 1967; and obtained her juris doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley s Boalt Hall School of Law, in She worked as a law clerk in the United States District Court, Central District of California in Prior to joining KMZR, Ms. Title was a partner in the law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman ( ). She was also a trial lawyer and appellate division head with the Federal Public Defender in the Central District of California ( ) and an Adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School ( ). 61

62 Kathleen MacFarlane Waters Partner Morgan Lewis 300 South Grand Ave, 22nd Fl. Los Angeles, CA Phone: Fax: Kathleen MacFarlane Waters is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice, leader of the Los Angeles Litigation Group, and co-leader of the Healthcare Group. Ms. Waters serves clients in healthcare and banking industries with a focus on large scale commercial disputes and class actions. She has significant experience in the life science and healthcare fields, representing large health insurance companies, a nationwide dialysis provider, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and medical devices companies. In addition, her experience with banking industry includes acting as counsel for a large banking institution on a set of cases arising from the Washington Mutual receivership. Ms. Waters has first chair trial experience and has served on national counsel teams in matters pertaining to silicone breast implants, latex, fen-phen, and asbestos litigation for various defendants. Her work includes the development and implementation of national strategies that involve conducting extensive discovery, pleading and motion practice, case management, mediation, and trial preparation. Ms. Waters' background also includes asbestos litigation and she is currently involved as part of a national counsel team for silica matters. Ms. Waters product liability cases often involve complex scientific issues. As a result, she has significant experience with evidentiary challenges under Daubert. As part of the national counsel team in multidistrict litigation, she has supervised local counsel in many states and has appeared as trial counsel in California, Massachusetts, and Ohio. She currently serves as counsel for a large healthcare company defending contractual and complex commercial disputes. Among her other responsibilities, Ms. Waters is the Leader of the Los Angeles Litigation Practice and co-leader of the Healthcare Group. She also serves on the Recruiting Committee, the Associate Professional Development Committee, and is the chair of the Professional Evaluation Committee for the Los Angeles office. She also serves on the firmwide Legal Personnel Committee. Ms. Waters is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts. Education Boston College Law School, 1994, J.D., Cum Laude Queen's University, Canada, 1990, B.A., With Honors 62