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BRIAN T. FOLEY, born Bronxville, NY, April 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1988, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: United States Military Academy; Manhattanville College (B.A., 1981); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member, New York Law Review, 1982-1984; Associate, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, 1987-1994. Member: Connecticut, New York State, District of Columbia and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association. CONCENTRATION: Litigation (in all courts); Patent Enforcement; Technology Litigation.

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CHARLES E. BARNETT, born Charleston, WV, September 25, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1973, Connecticut. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Distinction and Honors, 1961); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1964). Associate, Cadwalder Wickersham & Taft, New York, NY, 1964-1968; Assistant Counsel, Macmillan, Inc., New York, NY, 1968-1970; Assistant General Counsel, Asarco Incorporated, New York, NY, 1970-1973; Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, St. Joe Minerals Corporation, New York, NY, 1974-1983; Vice President and General Counsel, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Stamford, CT, 1984-1990; Vice President and General Counsel, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY, 1990-1994. Member: Committee on Corporate Law Departments of the American Bar Association, 1987-1995; Board of Trustees, Practising Law Institute, 1985-present; Executive Committee of The Conference Board's Council of Chief Legal Officers, 1992-1994; Legal Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange, 1987-1990; Chairman of International and Comparative Law Center of Southwestern Legal Foundation and Chairman of its Annual Symposium for three years; Forum for U. S. Supreme Court and European Court of Justice, 1990-1993; Board of Directors of The Corporate Bar of Westchester-Fairfield Counties, 1989-1993. CONCENTRATION: Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Securities; Technology and Corporate Law.

GREGORY D. BASSUK, born Suffern, NY, May 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New York, New Jersey, District of Columbia (not admitted in Connecticut); Education: Cornell University (B.S., with honors, 1994); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1997).  Member, Georgetown Law Journal, 1995-1997, Notes and Comments Editor, 1996-1997; Author: “Advertising Rights and Industry Fights: A Constitutional Analysis of Tobacco Advertising Restrictions in a Federal Legislative Settlement of Tobacco Industry Litigation,” 85 Geo.L.J. 715. Recipient: U.S. Young American Medal For Service (1990); U.S. Congressional Medal of Merit (1990). Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, 1997-1999; Co-founder and Vice President, SmartPortfolio.com, 1999-2001; Director, Business Development, TheStreet.com, 2001-2002. CONCENTRATION: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.

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M. BRADFORD RANDOLPH, admitted to bar, New York; Southern and Eastern U.S. District Courts, New York; admitted as C.P.A., New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., Marketing); New York University (M.B.A., International Business); University of Illinois (J.D.). Tax associate, Rogers & Wells, New York, NY, 1976-1978; Senior Tax Manager, Price Waterhouse, National Office, New York, NY 1978-1984; Treasurer/Tax Director, Timeplex, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ, 1984-1988; Treasurer and Secretary of the Board of Directors, McCall's Magazine Group, New York, NY, 1988-1989; Treasurer and VP of Taxes, Euro RSCG North America, Inc., New York, NY, 1989-1992; General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Tractebel Power, New York, NY, 1993-1996; Principal, ENMAR Corporation, New York, NY. Member, NYS Bar Association, Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers, U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers, and Trust & Estates. Member, New York State Society of CPAs. CONCENTRATION: Corporate and Individual Tax Matters, International Tax, and Trust & Estates. 

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LISA M. FERRARO, born Omaha, Neb., March 22, 1963; admitted to bar 1988, Connecticut; 1991 U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1995 2nd Circuit; Education: The Spanish School - The Middlebury College Language Schools 1981; Fairfield University (B.A. 1985 - summa cum laude - recipient Lt. William Kirshner award); Duke Law School (J.D. 1988); Former Lecturer: Connecticut Bar Association, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and Waterbury, CT Bar Association; Member of the Board of Directors and Counsel to Montessori School of Northwestern Connecticut early 1990's; Languages: Spanish and Italian; CONCENTRATION: Litigation.

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DAVID R. WESTRA, born Wayne, NJ, September 3, 1965; admitted to the bar, 1999, New York; 1999, New Jersey (not admitted in Connecticut). Education: Ramapo College of New Jersey (B.S., B.S, 1995); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Managing Editor: Pace International Law Review 1996-1997; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Westchester Corporate Bar Association. CONCENTRATION: Internet; Computers; Technology; Corporate; Securities; Intellectual Property.

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