To listen to Mr. Wise's interview click on the Corporate Governance icon on Professional Recruiter's Web site.

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His Publications & Speaking Engagements include:

• Author and Editor of A Practical Guide to Foreign Investment in the United States, editions in English, French, German, Japanese and loose-leaf, 1978-1995
  
• Author of "Planning Your Project Structure," International Treasurer, 1995
  
• Co-Author of "U.S. Tax Planning for Individual Investors," Special
  Report, Direct Investment in North America, 1995

To listen to Ms. Gottshall's interview click on the Intellectual Property icon on Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Her practice includes conducting privacy audits, counseling about online and offline marketing issues, drafting Web site privacy polices and terms of use and creating and implementing privacy and security-related compliance strategies and programs. The practice also conducts online and offline advertisement copy review including Web site vetting, advising on sweepstakes, contests and other promotions, consumer issues and intellectual property matters.

Ms. Gottshallt counsels corporations, associations and other organizations about various e-mail compliance issues in regard to law, practice and conducting effective and legally compliant e-mail marketing campaigns.

Ms. Gottshallt represents clients on media and entertainment matters, such as drafting rules and handling production matters for reality television shows and negotiating and drafting co-promotion deals. She has experience representing clients who are subject to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and state Attorneys General, as well as significant commercial litigation.

She negotiates and drafts contracts in areas such as Web site development and hosting, linking, advertising, co-branding and other e-commerce and technology transactions.

To listen to Mr. Olsen's interview, click on the Labor & Employment icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

One of Ted’s subspecialties is defending employers in workplace violence cases. Some of his cases involved murders committed by clients’ employees, as well as cases where clients’ employees have blamed their employers for injuries inflicted by third parties.

With the development of disability discrimination law, Ted extended his practice to defend cases under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He also defends cases regarding other federal, state and local laws and regulations on the accessibility of stores, restaurants, theaters, and other public accommodations to persons in wheelchairs and other disabled persons.

Ted joined Sherman & Howard in 1979. Throughout his career he has spoken at many continuing legal education programs throughout the country about employment law and has authored various articles and other publications about the subject. Currently, he serves as the co-department manager of the Labor & Employment Department.

To listen to Ms. Olson's interview, click on the Labor and Employment icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Her years of practice have concentrated on all areas of labor and employment law. She has represented companies nationwide in challenges of independent contractor status of workers, employment discrimination and sexual harassment matters, issues related to a unionized environment, union election campaigns and wage-hour matters.

And she has extensive litigation practice against the solicitor's office of the United States Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Labor Relations Board, state unemployment compensation departments, and plaintiffs in wrongful termination and employment discrimination lawsuits,

She has also worked extensively with numerous associations on legal issues relating to the use of non-employee workers, including: Air Courier Conference of America; American Association of Meat Processors; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; Illinois Manufacturers' Association; Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Information Technology Association of America; The Management Association of Illinois; Messenger Courier Association of the Americas; Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council; National Association of the Remodeling Industry; National Public Employer Labor Relations Association; New England Newspaper Association; National Tour Association; Newspaper Association of America (NAA); Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce; Northern States Circulation Managers Association; Mississippi Circulation Managers Association; National Newspaper Association; the Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania and California Newspaper Publishers Association; Association of Free Community Papers and Inland Press Association.

In 1996, Camille submitted comments on behalf of a coalition of more than 20,000 employers on the IRS' Training Guide, "Employee or Independent Contractor?" and worked with the National Newspaper Association, the NAA and the American Association of Independent News Distributors to successfully amend the Internal Revenue Code to add industry-specific exemptions excluding newspaper distributors from the definition of "employee." During the last 10 years, she assisted state lobbying efforts and members of Congress and individuals testifying before Congressional Committees in connection with pending legislation seeking to revise the current legal standards governing the use of independent contractors and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

In California, she has provided counsel to a number of state lobbying efforts in connection with the application of various child labor restrictions to newspaper solicitors. In 1999, she represented NAA as amicus curiae before the National Labor Relations Board about the appropriate factual and legal analysis to apply to independent contractor status under the National Labor Relations Act.

Camille is a frequent speaker on all issues relating to the use of independent contractors, and has published numerous articles and chapters on various labor issues. Most recently, she published two chapters about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Independent Contractors in Federal Employment Laws and Regulations -- How to Comply (2000). She also co-edited "An Overview of Wage and Hour Laws As They Apply to Newspapers," published by NAA, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Media Human Resources Association (2000). She serves as contributing editor of the NAA's Monthly Labor and Employment Law Letter. Monthly, Camille publishes "Ask Seyfarth," a column that answers a wide range of employment-related questions in The Inlander. Recently, Camille also has been quoted on labor and employment issues in publications such as The Chicago Tribune, Crains Chicago Business, Presstime, Editor & Publisher, HR Magazine and HR Wire.

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To listen to Mr. Lanier's interview click on the Tort Reform icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

In 2002, Mr. Lanier was selected by The Texas Lawyer as one of the top five "Go-To" personal injury plaintiff attorneys in Texas. He is frequently the subject of feature stories in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, legal periodicals and national newspapers. In 1998, The National Law Journal named Mr. Lanier as one of the top ten trial attorneys in the United States. Previously, the same journal selected him as one of the 40 best lawyers in the nation under the age of 40.

He has successfully negotiated hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement cases around the country. Mr. Lanier's $115 million verdict for 21 asbestos victims in February of 1998 set a record in the United States. Similarly, his $500 million win for a small oil company in a 1993 business fraud case set another record. In addition to the people Mr. Lanier represents, his clients include corporations, associations and governmental entities. Mr. Lanier is frequently asked to teach other attorneys trial techniques at national seminars.

Mr. Lanier is certified as a personal injury trial specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He practices law throughout the United States and has a worldwide client base. He maintains his office and active license in all Texas state and federal courts and the U. S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Lanier is also extremely involved in governmental and community activities outside of his law practice. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Committee for Economic Development, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that addresses critical economic and social issues facing today's society. Working closely with chairmen and women, presidents and senior executives of major American corporations and universities, Mr. Lanier is a respected business voice on national and international issues.

Mr. Lanier earned his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1984. An avid Texas Tech supporter, Mr. Lanier remains active with the university by serving on the law school's foundation board. Mr. Lanier also founded the Christian Trial Lawyer Association, a nonprofit organization with the goal of creating a network of principled attorneys to minister to others through civic-minded endeavors. Mr. Lanier lives in Houston with his wife Becky and their five children.

To listen to Mr. Malone's interview, click on the Labor and Employment icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Mr. Malone represents employers concerning the full spectrum of employment law and related litigation, including Title VII, ADEA, the ADA, FMLA and state employment laws.

Mr. Malone provides training to supervisors and managerial personnel on the work site and in industry seminars concerning both employment law compliance, effective employee relations and human resources administration. He also has contributed to the Developing Labor Law, published by the American Bar Association.

Mr. Malone has experience in a variety of industries such as banking, chemicals, communications, construction, distribution, wine and spirits, food processing, health care, hotels, inland waterway transportation, manufacturing, maritime, oil and gas, steel, computer and electronic technology and retail and wholesale operations.

He is listed in Who's Who in American Law and in The Best Lawyers in America for practice of labor and employment law.

To listen to Mr. Barbour's interview click on the Litigation icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Mr. Barbour has represented developers in all aspects of commercial office development ranging from major downtown high-rise office buildings to suburban office complexes, major regional malls, hotels, multi-use "flex space" projects, medical office buildings and condominiums. His real estate lending experience includes representation of lenders in real estate debt financings ranging from acquisition debt to construction and renovation. He also deals with leasehold and permanent financing on a senior and subordinate basis, involving office, retail, shopping center, residential and health care projects.

Recent significant projects for which Mr. Barbour has been primary counsel include:

• Representing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the negotiation and documentation in development, leasing, construction and multi-layered financing of Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
• Negotiation and documentation of an option agreement, development agreement, ground leasing and financing of the acreage between Heinz Field and PNC Park for use as a first-class urban mixed use development.
• Representing a developer in purchase of land, construction and permanent financing and leasing of a mid-rise office tower to a Fortune 100 company.
• Counsel for equity investment by a pension fund in a regional mall valued in excess of $100 million in the Southeast United States.
• Representing the purchaser of a large hotel complex in the Southwest United States.
• Counsel for the owner in connection with the purchase and multi-layered financing (including tax increment financing) of the conversion of a dilapidated historic office building into a first-class hotel.
• Borrower’s counsel in numerous securitized financings involving office buildings and retail centers.
• Developer’s counsel for several large suburban residential single-family housing projects.
• Purchase of land and the development and financing of numerous large urban and suburban apartment complexes for one of the nation’s largest apartment developers.
• All aspects of the leasing, financing and conversion of the old Allegheny County Jail into a modern juvenile court facility through the use of an “annual appropriations” lease and issuance of certificates of participation in that lease. Synthetic leasing of commercial facilities throughout the United States.

Additionally, Mr. Barbour has been a frequent lecturer on a variety of real estate development related subjects, including synthetic leases, securitized financings and legal opinions.

Mr. Barbour also is the Board Chairman of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and is a Life Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institute. He received a bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1976 cum laude and a juris doctorate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1979.

To listen to Mr. Markowitz's interview click on the Labor and Employment icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Before founding Kenney & Markowitz in 1991, Mr. Markowitz was a partner with the law offices of Fisher & Hurst in San Francisco. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts. He has successfully tried cases in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas, and has represented clients in administrative actions including FAA and NLRB proceedings. He has tried cases concerning age, national origin, gender discrimination and sexual harassment, as well as business litigation involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and RICO violations. In addition, Mr. Markowitz has obtained defense verdicts in both fixed wing and rotorcraft aviation crash cases.

Mr. Markowitz regularly counsels clients in a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including workforce reductions, severance issues, management responses to organizing campaigns, contract negotiations and matters involving statutory compliance. He has successfully handled appeals and presented oral argument before numerous state appellate courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also serves as a court-appointed arbitrator in San Francisco.

To listen to Mr. Render's interview click on the Healthcare icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

He is admitted to the following bar associations:

• Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
  
• District of Columbia
  
• Michigan

He is a member of the following organizations:

• Indianapolis, Indiana, District of Columbia, and American Bar associations
  
• American Health Lawyers Association
  
• Indiana Medico-Legal Bar Association (Board of Directors, 1980 to present)
• Advisory Board of Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Program for Law, Medicine and the Health Care Industry

His professional experience includes:

• Adjunct Instructor, Health Care Delivery and the Law, Indiana University
  
• Speaker at numerous national seminars including the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association.
  
• General Counsel of the Indiana Hospital & Health Association (1982 to present)

To listen to Mr. Cleary's interview click on the Labor and Employment icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

His achievements include:

• Best Lawyers in America 2002-2003 (Woodward/White)
  
• America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003-2004 (Chambers & Partners)
  
• International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2001-2002 (Labor & Employment)

To listen to Mr. Barron's interview click on the Labor and Employment Law icon at Professional Recruiter's Web site.

Mr. Barron is particularly skilled at developing strategies that best represent his clients' interests while achieving quick resolution of disputes. He has successfully defended employers in individual and class-action suits brought by employees, unions and contract workers. He has extensive experience with cases in which employees have misrepresented their job experience and/or credentials on resumes, stolen from their employers and threatened coworkers and employers. Mr. Barron frequently has obtained temporary restraining orders on behalf of employers in cases of violent employees and strikers.

Mr. Barron has been litigating discrimination cases for employers for more than 25 years. His employment law practice emphasizes wrongful termination and discrimination, including sexual harassment and age, race, disability, sex and marital status. He has successfully represented major retailers and other large companies in individual and class-action cases alleging employment discrimination with exposures from $100,000 to more than $20,000,000.

Mr. Barron has successfully defended employers in numerous discrimination cases, achieving dismissals of multi-million-dollar lawsuits, summary judgments and total defense verdicts exonerating employers of all charges. In a recent case, he won a unanimous federal court jury verdict against a 30-year employee seeking substantial damages for disability discrimination.

Mr. Barron also maintains an active plaintiffs practice, having successfully represented employees in sexual harassment and discrimination cases against their supervisors and employers. Many of these cases have settled favorably for his clients without trial. Collectively, Mr. Barron has recovered millions of dollars for his clients within just the past few years. With cases in which employers have refused to settle, Mr. Barron has recovered substantial judgments in compensation for back pay and pain and suffering, and has had clients reinstated in their jobs. While many of the cases handled by Mr. Barron have received media attention, he follows the wishes of clients who choose to minimize media coverage for personal and professional reasons. His handling of both defense and plaintiff employment matters provides a uniquely thorough perspective for him to advise clients.

He represents his clients in hearings before governmental entities such as the Labor Commissioner, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He has represented employers in settlement negotiations with union representatives and opposing counsel and, when settlement was not possible, has tried employer cases in 10 jury trials and 50 arbitrations.

Mr. Barron frequently speaks before business groups, bar associations and employers on employment-related topics, union grievances, arbitration and mediation. He has been called upon by media representatives to comment upon employment and labor issues, and has served as a panelist for legal publishers to provide guidance for future legal publications.

He earned his law degree in 1972 from the University of California at Los Angeles where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review. He is a member of the State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Sections), the Contra Costa County Bar Association and the Alameda County Bar Association.

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During his tenure at FERC, Mr. Massey was actively involved in all aspects of the Commission's regulatory agenda and was an influential voice in shaping the Commission's efforts to restructure the electric and natural gas industries. In the late 1990s, he served as lead Commissioner on merger policy during a period of significant consolidation within the electric and gas industries.

Before his career at FERC, Mr. Massey was a partner in private practice who focused on a federal legislative and regulatory practice with respect to energy and environmental law. From 1980 to 1989, he served as Chief Counsel and Legislative Director to Senator Dale Bumpers (D-AR), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He was Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit from 1978 to 1980

Mr. Massey received his Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985. He earned his law degree from the University of Arkansas in 1973 where he was Associate Editor for the Arkansas Law Review . He graduated cum laude from Ouachita Baptist University in 1970.

Mr. Massey is a frequent writer and speaks regularly at energy policy conferences around the world. He has also testified numerous times before Congressional committees.

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Mr. Baron was appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno to serve as Associate Deputy Attorney General and Director of the Executive Office for National Security of the Department of Justice from 1995 to 1996, coordinating policy on international law enforcement and foreign intelligence matters. In 1992, Mr. Baron served on President Clinton's presidential transition team. From 1980 to 1982, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, handling federal criminal prosecutions and special civil proceedings. From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Baron served as Special Assistant to Attorney General Griffin Bell, with responsibility for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence matters. In 1976, he served on President Carter's presidential transition team. From 1975 to 1976, Mr. Baron served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Mr. Baron received a law degree from Stanford University Law School in 1974. In 1969, he received a B.A, magna cum laude , from Amherst College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Baron was admitted to the California bar in 1974 and the District of Columbia bar in 1975. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. District Courts in the Northern District of California and the District of Columbia; and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the employment and litigation sections of the American Bar Association and the bar associations of Santa Clara County and the District of Columbia. He has authored U.S. Senate reports in the foreign intelligence field, and articles on employment law issues and the uses of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in civil litigation.

Mr. Baron is listed in Who's Who in American Law. He has lectured internationally about the U.S. justice system under State Department sponsorship, and presented numerous professional seminars on employment and trade secret issues. He is a past president of the Keys School board of trustees, a former director of Retail Resources, Inc., and a member of the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School.