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1 -lord.com BRUCE M. COHEN UCLA School of Law J.D., June 1978 California Bar Admission, November 1978 Southern California Super Lawyer University of California, Berkeley B.A., Sociology, 1975 June 1995 Present Business litigation - emphasis in construction, healthcare, real estate, securities, intellectual property, unfair competition and general commercial disputes February 1987 May 1995 Chenen, Cohen & Linden, a Professional Corporation Business litigation - emphasis in construction, partnership, intellectual property, unfair competition and general commercial disputes August 1980 February 1987 Memel, Jacobs, Pierno, Gersh & Ellsworth Business litigation - emphasis in construction, commodities, securities, partnership, antitrust, unfair competition and general commercial disputes August 1978 July 1980 Law Clerk to the Honorable Otto M. Kaus (former Associate Justice, California Supreme Court; then Presiding Justice, Division Five, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District) research, drafting memoranda and decisions April 1977 September 1977 Judicial Intern to the Honorable Cruz Reynoso (former Associate Justice, California Supreme Court; then Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District) research, drafting memoranda and decisions

2 -lord.com SCOTT RICHARD LORD Santa Clara University School of Law J.D., May 1979 Comments Editor, Santa Clara Law Review Captain, Jessup Moot Court Team California Bar Admission, December 1979 Southern California Super Lawyer University of California, Santa Cruz B.A., History, 1976 with Honors June 1995 Present Of Counsel as of August 2009 Business and construction litigation emphasis in construction, real estate and commercial disputes May 1993 May 1995 Chenen, Cohen & Linden, a Professional Corporation Business and construction litigation - emphasis in construction, real estate and commercial disputes May 1989 May 1993 Leevan & Lord Business and construction litigation - emphasis in construction, real estate and commercial disputes January 1980 April 1989 Christenson, Garvey, O Keefe & Lord General business and commercial litigation involving securities, corporate and partnership dissolution and real property Judicial Internship with the Honorable John J. Flaherty (Presiding Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court) research and writing, including preparing memoranda and decisions

3 1801 Century Park East, Suite 2600 Los Angeles, CA CA lord.com JAMES F. BOYLE Loyola Law School J.D., December 1981, cum laude Dean s List St. Thomas More Honor Society California Bar Admission, June 1982 Loyola Marymount University B.A., English, 1968 California State University, Northridge M.A., English, 1972 January 1998 Present All phases of business, construction and commercial litigation in state and federal courts Nagler & Associates All phases of business, construction and commercial litigation in state and federal courts Bodkin, McCarthy, Sargent & Smith All phases of business, construction and commercial litigation in state and federal courts PUBLICATIONS Labor Law in the Ninth Circuit: Recent Developments The Representation Process and Union Recognition 13 Loyola Law Review 411, 1980

4 -lord.com JONATHAN F. GOLDING Loyola Law School J.D., June 1990 St. Thomas More Honor Society Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review Senior Note and Comment Editor, Member, California Bar Admission, December 1990 University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Philosophy, 1984 May 1997 Present All phases of general business, real estate and construction litigation in state and federal courts January 1995 April 1997 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Emphasis in creditors rights, real estate, corporate, bankruptcy, government contracts and general business litigation December 1990 December 1994 Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski, Cooper & Klein Emphasis in real estate, corporate, bankruptcy, labor and employment and general business litigation 2011 Santa Monica Bar Association President-Elect/Trustee PUBLICATIONS Fair-Value Limitations Applied to the Deficiency Judgments of Sold-Out Junior Lienholders: A Critical Analysis of the Courts Application of California Code of Civil Procedure Section 580a, 23 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 313 (1989)

5 VINCENT W. KING University of Minnesota J.D., May 1983 Minnesota Bar Admission, October 1983 St. John s University B.A., Philosophy, 1980, magna cum laude February 1997 Present Of Counsel All phases of business and construction litigation in state and federal courts 1996 Present Vincent W. King, Professional Association President Practice concentrated in providing business counseling, contract negotiation, litigation and international legal services to clients in the development and construction industry The Ellerbe Becket Company, Minneapolis, MN Vice President, Deputy General Counsel Director, Ellerbe Becket Construction Services, Primarily responsible for claims management, contract negotiations and international legal matters. Established Tokyo, Frankfurt, Dublin, Amsterdam, Seoul, Jakarta, and Leeds (UK) offices, negotiated A/E and Design-Build agreements in the United States and worldwide for in-place construction totaling over $5 billion. Worked with London and United States brokers and underwriters in connection with international insurance program. Oversaw and negotiated contracts, claim and business operations involving dozens of projects worldwide. Extensive mediation experience Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra, Davis & Hart, PA, St. Paul, MN Associate and Senior Associate Represented contractors, owners and A/Es in negotiating and litigating claims and contracts worldwide. Numerous first-chair jury trials, arbitrations and mediation hearings in matters ranging from $250,000 to $100 million.

6 PUBLICATIONS The Price of Success: Practice Case Studies, Growing Global, Canadian Bar Association Construction Law Section and ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry (Vancouver, 1995) The Latham Report: An American Perspective, CIB Working Commission 65 Organization and Management of Construction Symposium, Conseil International du Bâtiment (London, E&FN Spon, 1996) Co-Author, Construction Claims Under Minnesota Law, Cambridge Institute, 1989 Architect/Engineer Liability Under Minnesota Law, Cambridge Institute, 1992; numerous other pamphlets and briefing papers presented at seminars for local trade groups Contributing Author, Analysis of the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Foreign Concessions, American Bar Association, CEELI, 1993; Convention Centers and Sports Arenas, The Construction Project Formbook, (John Wiley & Sons 1994)

7 -lord.com RAE LAMOTHE Southwestern University School of Law J.D., May 1994 Moot Court Honors Program Board of Governors, Intra-Mural Moot Court Competition First Place Oralist, 1992 Florida State Bar National Tax Competition First Place Team, 1993 and 1994 California Bar Admission, December 1994 University of Nevada, Las Vegas B.S., Hotel and Restaurant Administration, 1994 Dean s Honor Roll June 2010 Present (Of Counsel ) and Law Office of Rae Lamothe All phases of employment and business litigation in state and federal courts and administrative agencies such as the Unemployment Appeals Board, the State and Federal Labor Commissioner, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. Advise businesses on a wide range of topics, including employee policies/handbooks, sexual harassment/ discrimination prevention, business formation and contract drafting. Litigate a variety of cases such as wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, unfair competition and corporate and partnership dissolutions Santa Monica Bar Association Fee Arbitration Program Presiding Arbitrator 2008 Present Santa Monica YMCA Board of Directors Santa Monica Bar Association President March 6, 2003 Recipient of the Byron Appleton Pro-Bono Award Regular lecturer to the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce on a variety of employment and business topics including: How to Hire and Fire Without Being Sued; Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace; and Starting Your Own Business

8 -lord.com JEFFREY L. LINDEN UCLA School of Law J.D., June 1967 California Bar Admission, January 1968 University of California, Los Angeles B.A., 1964 August 1996 Present Corporate Law - general business and transactional advice, public offerings and private placements, proxy and other public company activities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and development June 1995 August 1996 Ginsberg, Stephan, Oringher & Richman Of Counsel Corporate Law - general business and transactional advice, public offerings and private placements, proxy and other public company activities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and development September 1990 May 1995 Chenen, Cohen & Linden, a Professional Corporation Corporate Law - general business and transactional advice, public offerings and private placements, proxy and other public company activities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and development Wolfe & Linden Corporate law - general business and transactional advice, public offerings and private placements, proxy and other public company activities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and development Dolman, Kaplan, Nitter & Hart Corporate law - general business and transactional advice, public offerings and private placements, proxy and other public company activities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and development United States Securities and Exchange Commission

9 -lord.com KAREN D. MAHER University of Southern California Law Center J.D., May 1999 Editor-in-Chief, Southern California Law Review California Bar Admission, December 1999 Lamar University B.A., Communications, 1990, summa cum laude Otho Plummer Award (top graduate) Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society D.W. Griffith Award, Most Distinguished Graduating Senior in Communications Eta Pi Lambda Communications Honor Society Dean s List, December 1999 Present All phases of business, construction and commercial litigation in state and federal courts May 1998 September 1998 Law Clerk to the Honorable Diane Wayne (Retired, Superior Court; Mediator/Arbitrator/Discovery Referee, Alternative Dispute Resolutions Services) research, drafting reports and arbitration awards May 1997 August 1997 Los Angeles City Attorney s Office, Criminal Division West Los Angeles Branch Intern February 1992 August 1996 Sports Marketing U.S. Professional Tennis Association AGC California Fall Conference Committee, Advisory Committee, PUBLICATIONS Limitation of Liability Provisions: One Size May Not Fit All, California Constructor, Vol. 8, No. 3 (March 2008)

10 -lord.com ROBERT G. MARTIN UCLA School of Law J.D., May 1985, Order of the Coif Associate Editor, UCLA Law Review First Place, 1984 National Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition California Bar Admission, December 1985 Brown University A.B., Biochemistry, 1979 June 2004 Present All phases of business, construction and commercial litigation in state and federal courts September 2001 June 2004 Howrey Simon Arnold & White Of Counsel, Global Litigation Group Focus on complex litigation April 1999 July 2001 Law Offices of Leonard Sharenow Civil and criminal defense litigation June 1993 April 1996 Data Control Corporation (online information provider) General Counsel October 1992 June 1993 Riordan & McKinzie General business litigation September 1985 September 1992 Irell & Manella General business litigation PUBLICATIONS Music Video Copyright Protection: Implications for the Music Industry, UCLA 32 UCLA Law Rev. 396 (1984)

11 -lord.com JAMES J. PULLIAM Loyola Law School, Los Angeles J.D., May 2010 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Staff Member ( ) Dean s List ( ) St. Thomas More Law Honor Society California Bar Admission, December 2010 Hamilton, Clinton, NY B.A., Government, December 2003 PUBLICATIONS September 2010 Present Business, construction and commercial litigation, in state and federal courts Good Cop, Bad Cop: Market Competitors, UDAP Consumer Protection Laws, and the U.S. Mortgage Crisis, 43 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 101 (2010)

12 -lord.com PATRICIA R. RUVALCABA University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School Of Law J.D., May 2006 California Bar Admission, April 2010 New York Bar Admission, February 2007 Harvard A.B. cum laude, Government, 2003 Elizabeth Agassiz Certificate of Merit September 2010 Present Business law and litigation November 2009 September 2010 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles Commercial litigation, emphasizing intellectual property, employment and RICO September July 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York Represented clients in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions in connection with transactions as well as private equity fund formation, strategic acquisitions, offering memoranda and ancillary documents for private placements, especially with regard to international companies. Handled SEC filings, including forms S-1, S-4, 8K, 10K and 10Q, shelf-offerings and follow-up offerings, credit agreements, including bridge, secured and unsecured loans.

13 -lord.com RICHARD VILLASENOR UCLA School of Law J.D., June 1984 Boalt Hall, Visiting Student California Bar Admission, June 1989 Occidental, Honors University of Sussex, England, (Studied Law, Economics and Political Science) April 2010 Present Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment litigation 1989 Present Represent employers, Workers Compensation carriers, and thirdparty administrators in all aspects of litigation, including Serious Willful petitions, 132a discrimination cases, catastrophic injury claims, structured settlements, subrogation, insurance audits, conferences and trials before the Workers Compensation Appeals Board throughout California. Counsel in the creation of a Special Investigations Unit ( SIU ) for a prominent Workers Compensation carrier. Extensive experience in Workers Compensation claims in which FEHA/ADA lawsuits are concurrently filed, experience in CAL/OSHA matters and general business litigation. May 2001 April 2010 Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA Of Counsel Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment litigation