WILLIAM A. ENSING, ESQ. 272 Market Square, Suite 2726 Lake Forest, Illinois USA PRACTICE FOCUS: Mandate: Facilitate

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1 272 Market Square, Suite 2726 Lake Forest, Illinois USA PRACTICE FOCUS: Mandate: Facilitate and provide orderly business and international structuring for asset protection coupled with sound generational wealth succession. Avoid seizure of wealth and assets resulting from lawsuits and other liability generating events through aggressive, comprehensive and integrated wealth protection and estate planning. Benefit: The highest attainable peace of mind for individuals, families and businesses through carefully designed and integrated ownership structuring for optimal asset and wealth protection planning and domestic estate planning. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (See Curriculum Vitae (attached.)) Ensing Law Firm, Ltd. June 1991 to Present Lake Forest, Illinois USA Fuchs & Roselli, Ltd. August 1989 to June 1991 Chicago, Illinois USA Law Offices of William A. Ensing September 1986 to August 1989 Lake Forest, Illinois USA The Northern Trust Company March 1985 to September 1986 Chicago, Illinois USA EDUCATION: (See Curriculum Vitae (attached.)) Juris Doctor IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law January 1985 Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Lake Forest College May 1980 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS: (See Curriculum Vitae (attached.)) American Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association Lake County Bar Association North Suburban Bar Association Northwest Suburban Bar Association Chicago Bar Association Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Chicago Estate Planning Council Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council Lake County Estate Planning Council WealthCounsel Offshore Institute MOI Christian Legal Society First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest Personnel Committee, Endowments and Foundations Committee, Committee on Preparation for Ministry. BOARDS OF DIRECTORS: Reading Power, Inc. Director: 2006 to Present Palwaukee Airport Pilot s Association Wheeling, Illinois Director: 2001 to 2003 Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County Waukegan, Illinois Director: 2008 to Present Finance Committee: 2007 to Present Protecting Wealth Worldwide Orchestrating Peace of Mind in a Litigious Society

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Ensing Law Firm, Ltd. June 1991 to Present Lake Forest, Illinois Primary areas of practice include wealth transfer and structure planning including charitable planning, complex intra-family transfers, family business entities, revocable and irrevocable trust structures, tax avoidance, international estate planning and complex, aggressive extra-jurisdictional asset and wealth protection planning. Maintains relationships with professionals worldwide in primary and secondary haven jurisdictions to extend diversified, aggressive asset protection capability to all clients. Maintains relationships with firms in Chicago, the U.S. and abroad desiring asset protection and offshore capabilities. Clients include numerous affluent individuals, families and businesses in the general Chicago, Illinois area, the United States, and abroad. Fuchs & Roselli, Ltd. August 1989 to June 1991 Chicago, Illinois Founding shareholder of six partner downtown Chicago law office concentrating in general disciplines. Responsible for wealth transfer planning for all clients and general Chicago, North Shore practice. Managing partner of Lake Forest, IL USA office. Law Offices of William A. Ensing September 1986 to August 1989 Lake Forest, Illinois Established law practice in suburban Chicago setting with primary areas of concentration including domestic wealth transfer planning and wealth protection planning. Established and developed relationships with professionals and providers in primary haven jurisdictions worldwide to extend asset protection capability to all clients. Designed and structured offshore captive insurance companies for medical professionals. Developed Aof relationships with law firms desiring offshore asset protection capabilities. The Northern Trust Company March 1985 to September 1986 Chicago, Illinois Second Vice President - Family Business Division of the Trust and Financial Services Department. Responsible for management, control and financial and operational performance of approximately 350 closely-held corporate interests and 325 tax driven limited partnership interests owned by trusts and decedents estates while defending the corporate integrity and welfare of The Northern Trust Company. Successfully negotiated and sold majority interests where feasible. Negotiated and coordinated the sale of largest closely-held corporation owned. EDUCATION: Juris Doctor IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law January 1985 Deans List Contributing author to various law review articles. Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Lake Forest College May 1980 Deans List

3 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS: American Bar Association Section of Trusts, Estate and Real Property Section of Asset Protection Planning Section of International Law Section of Business and Corporation Law Illinois State Bar Association Section on Probate and Property Lake County Bar Association North Suburban Bar Association Director: Northwest Suburban Bar Association Chicago Bar Association Committee on Trusts and Estates Asset Protection Planning Committee Vice Chair: Chairman: Chicago Estate Planning Council Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Council Lake County Estate Planning Committee WealthCounsel Offshore Institute MOI Christian Legal Society PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES: The General Public: Barrington - The Barn of Barrington Homewood - Flossmoor HF Health and Fitness Lake Forest - Lake Forest Health and Fitness Professional Associations: Illinois State Bar Association Chicago Bar Association Aviation Law Committee Asset Protection Committee Asset Protection Seminar 2004 to 2007 Greater North Shore Estate Planning Council North Suburban Bar Association Northwest Suburban Bar Association Probate Division Lake County Bar Association

4 Illinois Association of Attorneys CPAs Lake County Bar Association Estate Planning Committee Lake County Estate Planning Council Lawyers Connecting - September 18, 2007 South Suburban Bar Association The Antioch Investment Club DuPage Airport Pilots Association Kenosha Airport Pilots Association Palwaukee Airport Pilots Association The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Annual Flying Safety Seminar Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Annual AirVenture Fly-in, Oshkosh, WI 2001 to Experimental Aircraft Association - Various Chapters Private investors domestically and offshore Trust Companies: Attorneys Guaranty Trust Company October 13, 2005 September 13, 2007 November 15, 2007 Merrill Lynch Trust Company Harris Trust & Savings Bank Northern Trust Company Fifth Third Bank Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company Securities Investment Brokerage Firms: A. G. Edwards, Woodstock, IL A. G. Edwards, Lake Forest, IL A. G. Edwards, Deerfield, IL Bear Stearns, Chicago, IL Morgan Stanley, Riverwoods, IL Morgan Stanley, Lake Forest, IL American Express Financial Advisors Lord Abbott & Co., Skokie, IL Merrill Lynch, Northbrook, IL Arbor Trading Group, Inc., Chicago, IL Wachovia Securities - PDS Group, Oakbrook, IL Wachovia Securities - Capstone Group, Oakbrook, IL Spiropoulos Wealth Advisory Group, Yardley, PA Altea Trading Company L.L.C., Chicago, IL Insurance Agencies and Brokerage Firms:

5 O=Malley & Associates - MetLife Financial, Downers Grove, IL Classic Insurance Services, Ltd., Naperville, IL The Hunken Agency, Niles, IL Financial Planning Firms: Atlast Financial, L.L.C., Fort Lauderdale, FL Professionals Retirement Strategy PRS, LLC, Miami, FL National Association of Personal Financial Advisors 2005 Advanced Planners Conference, NAPFA at Sea, Caribbean Sea The McCausland Group Ardor Financial Group Kabarec Financial Advisors, Ltd. Graybill, Bartz & Associates, Ltd. First Wealth Strategies Compass Financial Planning, Inc. Straitgate Financial, LLC Law Firms: Rooks Pitts, Chicago, IL Hinshaw Culbertson, Chicago, IL Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL Peck, Bloom, Austracio & Miller, Chicago, IL Law Offices of Gregory Turza, Lincolnwood, IL Crowley Barrett & Karaba, Ltd., Chicago, IL R.S. Hoover & Associates, Lake Forest, IL Denkewalter & Angelo, Skokie, IL Accountants: Brown CPA Group, Ltd. The ABRIX Group, Ltd. Illinois CPA Society Illinois Attorney - CPA Society Arthur Anderson Frost, Ruttenburg and Rothblatt Michael Silver & Company RSM McGladrey American Express Tax & Business Services Lin & Lincoln CPAs S & P Tax Solutions Physicians and Hospitals: Saint Joseph=s Hospital, Chicago, IL Chicago Medical-Legal Review Course, Chicago, IL

6 Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL Saint Elizabeth=s Hospital, Chicago, IL Joliet Oncology-Hematology Group, Joliet, IL Family Medical Group, S.C., Joliet, IL Resurrection Hospital, Chicago, IL Northwest Medical Group, Park Ridge, IL Galilee Medical Group, Chicago, IL Affiliated Physicians, Inc., Chicago, IL Aliaga Medical Clinic, S.C., Chicago, IL Saint Joseph=s Hospital OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Chicago, IL Saint James Hospital, Chicago Heights, IL ENT Surgical Associates, Joliet, IL Our Lady of the Resurrection Hospital, Chicago, IL Saint Theresa Medical Center, Gurnee, IL Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago, IL Corwin Medical Care, Plainfield, IL Lundholm Surgical Group, Rockford, IL Kankakee Medical Society, Kankakee, IL Will-Grundy Medical Society, Joliet, IL Northwest Oncology and Hematology, S.C., Elk Grove Village, IL Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL Chicago Gynecologic Oncology and Urogynecology, S.C., Chicago, IL American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA Affinity Medical Group, Oshkosh, WI Saint Mary s Hospital, Streator, IL Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago, IL Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville, MS McHenry County Medical Society, Woodstock, IL Chambers Of Commerce: Taiwanese American Chamber of Commerce Chinese Cultural Center, Westmont, IL Skokie Valley Rotary Club, October 2, 2007 Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield, December 13, 2007 Radio Guest Speaker: AUncommon Law@ radio call-in talk show, WCKG, FM, Chicago, IL

7 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WILLIAM A. ENSING, ESQ. University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, IL International Business Organizations ARTICLES WRITTEN/PUBLISHED: AProtecting Your Assets From Predatory Will-Grundy County Medical Society AAsset Protection Planning: A Necessary Planning Ingredient@ The Counselor-Illinois State Bar Association ABusiness, Personal Assets Need Protection,@ The Business Journal AUsing A Trust Protector in Asset Protection Planning,@ Asset Protection Journal, Aspen Law Publishing, Autumn 1999, Volume I, Number 3. AUsing A Trust Protector in Asset Protection Planning,@ Asset Protection Strategies, Planning with Domestic and Offshore Entities, American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law AWho Owns Your Airplane@ AProtect Those Assets Now@ AProtecting Your Assets After Estate Planning@ AWhat Is Asset Protection?@ AEstate Planning in an Asset Protection World@