GARY CASWELL, B.A., J.D.

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1 GARY CASWELL, B.A., J.D. WORK 7/03-Present Private Law Practice San Antonio, Texas. Attorney and Consultant for international business and family law on behalf of U.S. and foreign public and private sector individuals, companies and law firms. Of Counsel, Nuñez, Arreola y Asociados, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Clients: U.S. Department of State and Office of Child Support Enforcement; Department of Justice of Canada; Barron and Budd, PC of Dallas, Texas; Paras, Apy and Reiss, of Redbank, New Jersey; Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis of Cleveland, Ohio; Johnston, Root and Leibenguth, PC of Portland, Oregon; John C. Visher of Tokyo, Japan; Annette Eddie-Callagain of Naha, Japan; International Social Services of Geneva, Switzerland; and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid of Weslaco, Texas. 6/04-Present International Bar Association Delegate to the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Hague Special and Diplomatic Commissions on international child support and other forms of family maintenance. 10/05-Present United States Mexico Bar Association Delegate to the Hague Conference on Private International Law Special Commission reviewing the practical operation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. 11/95-7/03 Advisor, U.S. Department of State. Adviser to U.S. Department of State in the negotiation of federal level child support reciprocity agreements with 40 foreign countries and political subdivisions. Served on U.S. delegations to The Hague Conference on Private International Law 1995, 1999 and 2003 Special Commissions on international maintenance. Supervisor: Gloria F. DeHart and Mary Jane Carlson. 12/96-6/03 Assistant Attorney General- State of Texas. Manager, International Coordination, General Counsel, Child Support Division. Managed expansion of duties of International Central Registry to defacto U.S. Central Authority for International Child Support. Developed and distributed nationwide model forms and procedures for initiating and responding to cases to and from reciprocating

2 foreign support agencies. Negotiated and drafted state level agreements between Texas and New Brunswick and Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila, Mexico. Administered Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) state improvement project grants to improve case processing and cross border communications and funds transfer. Supervisor 12/96-9/02 Alicia Key. 9/02-7/03 Cynthia Bryant. 12/94-12/96 Assistant Attorney General - State of Texas. Section Chief, International Section, Legal Support, Child Support Division. Perform functions of International Central Registry, responding to international and legislative inquiries and coordinating the development and training and implementation of policies, procedures and forms for initiating and responding to international child support cases. Supervisor: Frank Pierce. 12/93-12/94 Assistant Attorney General - State of Texas. Child Support Enforcement Division, Offices of General Counsel and Special Counsel. Provide legal advice to Interstate Central Registry. Responsible for development of policies and procedures on International cases. Act as liaison with Field Staff on International and Interstate cases. Consult with Consuls General and Support Enforcement Agencies from foreign countries with cases pending in Texas. Develop abstracts and other forms to implement OAG International Policy. Supervisor: Don Bailey, General Counsel, CSED 12/93-4/94; Charlie Childress, Special Counsel, 4/94-12/94. 6/93-12/93 Assistant Attorney General - State of Texas. Child Support Litigation Division, Brownsville, TX. Unit Manager, Sonny Ramirez; Managing Attorney, A. Ann Gann (deceased). Senior Field Attorney, Norma Villa. 1/86-6/93 Private Law Practice - San Antonio, Texas. General practice with emphasis on International Transactions, Business Law, Family Law and Mediation. Clients: Pan-American Group, Inc.; Ganadera San Antonio (Tegucigalpa, Honduras); Snider Software; K.L. Jones Insurance Agency; Southwest Truck Centre; Nowlin Executive Suites; Amen Chiropractic Center; Real Estate Renovators, Inc.; Environmental Management Corporation. 9/83-1/86 Operations Manager - Island Opportunities, Ltd., Haagen-Dazs Wholesale Distributor and Dipping Store Operator and Food Wholesaler. Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Supervisor: William H. Hatch. 11/77-9/83 Private Law Practice - San Antonio, TX; in association with W.C. McGlothlin, Jr., Oliver C. Sutton, Jr., Steven A. Sinkin, and Robert G. Brame. Emphasis on Real

3 Estate, Corporate, and Commercial Collections. Clients: Security National Bank, National Finance Company, Sims Baldwin Piano and Organ Company, Sherwin Williams Paint Company, and James Adrian Spears Properties. EDUCATION Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Biology, June, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas. Juris Doctor Degree, August, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico & St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas. Graduate, Joint Venture Transnational Study and Training Program for Attorneys. September, December, CLE 6/95-Present. Regular Presenter/Panelist on continuing legal education workshops pertaining to UIFSA 1996 and 2001; International Child Support Enforcement; International Service of Process, Obtaining Evidence, and Legalization of Public Documents, and the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction in international child support cases at the United States Naval Justice Center, Rhode Island, various United States Army, Marine and Air Force Bases in Europe and Japan, American Bar Association Meetings, Annual and Regional Texas, New Mexico, Attorney General Meetings, Southwest Regional Support Enforcement Association Meetings, Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Enforcement Association Meetings, Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Association Meetings, National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA) Annual Training Conferences, NCSEA Mid-Year Policy Forums, Border Attorneys General Meetings, Tex-Mex Bar Association Meetings, United States- Mexico Bar Association Meetings and the University of Texas CLE programs. ASSOCIATIONS International Bar Association, United States Mexico Bar Association Advisory Committee on Private International Law, United States Department of State, 1995-Present; U.S. delegate to 1995, 99 and 03 Special Commissions on Maintenance of the Hague Conference on Private International Law; Administrative Cooperation Work Group (ACWG), Hague Special Commission, 2003-Present; Co-Chair, U.S.- Mexico Bar Association Family Law Committee, 2005-Present; Official Observer for the National Conference of Commissioners for Uniform State Laws drafting of the UIFSA 2001 Model Act. National Child Support Enforcement Association

4 (NCSEA) Vice President for International Reciprocity, ; Co-Chair, NCSEA International Relations Committee, ; Co- Chair, International Track, NCSEA Annual Conference Planning Committee ; Federal Bar Association, 1990-Present; State Bar of Texas, 1977-Present; Texas-Mexico Bar Association 1994-Present (2000 Achievement Award for Work on Behalf of Children in Mexico and the U.S.); San Antonio Bar Association, 1977-Present; SABA International Law Section, 1994-Present; Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, 1997-Present; San Antonio Free Trade Alliance 1986-Present; Delegate, Federal Border Liaison Mechanism ; Attorneys General Border Conference Committees ; Associate Advisor, Venturing Crew Post 861, Alamo Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, LEGAL ARTICLES Interstate-International Update, National Child Support Enforcement Association, Child Support Quarterly (Summer, 2003). International Update, National Child Support Enforcement Association, Child Support Quarterly (Winter, 2001). Making Long Distance Parents Pay Up International Child Support Enforcement, Family Advocate, Vol 23, No 2 (Fall, 2000). International Child Support in the Americas, presented at ABA Family Law Section Conference, Miami, FL, May International Child Support 1999, 32 Family Law Quarterly 525, Vol 32, No 3 (Fall, 1998). Service of Process Abroad, presented at NCSEA annual training conferences, Scottsdale, AZ, August 1997 & Washington, D.C., August International Child Support 1996, presented at NCSEA annual training conference, Louisville, KY, August, "International Child Support. A Texas IV-D Perspective", presented at the Annual Assistant Attorneys General Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas. June 30, Proposal for International Criminal Tribunal, presented to the Texas/Mexico Border Attorneys General Conference,

5 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, to address the problem of criminals avoiding apprehension and prosecution by crossing interstate/international boundaries (February 1, 1994). "The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation", presented in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to the Universidad de Monterrey, Departamento de Derecho and St. Mary's University School of Law (December 1, 1993). REFERENCES Senator John Cornyn, III, United States Senate, Washington, D. C Tel: (202) Judge Fred Biery, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, 655 E. Durango, San Antonio, TX Tel: (210) William Duncan, Deputy Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Permanent Bureau, Scheveningseweg 6, 2517 KT The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel Mary Helen Carlson, Attorney for Private International Law, Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, 2340 East Street N. W. (South Building), Washington, D.C Tel: (202) Mr. Robert Keith, Associate General Counsel for the Children, Family And Aging Division, HHS Office of the General Counsel HHS/OS/OGC/CFAD, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Room 411D, Washington, D.C Tel: (202) , Marilyn Ray Smith, Deputy Commissioner & IV-D Director, Child Support Enforcement, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 9492, Boston, MA, Tel: (617) Charles G. Childress, Esq., Children s Rights Clinic, University of Texas School of Law, 727 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas Tel: (512) cchildress@mail.law.utexas.edu Professor John Sampson, University of Texas School of Law; Official Reporter for UIFSA 2001, 727 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas Tel: (512) jsampson@mail.law.utexas.edu Ken Duford, Director, Family Law Services, Department of Justice, 284 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8 Tel: (613) kduford@justice.gc.ca

6 Hans Michael Veit, Director, German Central Authority for International Child Support, Hague Abductions and Adoptions, Der Generalbundesanwalt, Bonn, Germany Tel: Ase Kristensen, Advisor, National Office for Social Insurance Abroad, Postboks 8138 DEP N-0033, Oslo, Norway Tel: Patricia E. Apy, Esq. Paras, Apy and Reiss, Red Bank, NJ Tel: (732) Pamela M. Brown, Esq. Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, 300 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, Texas Tel: (956) GARY CASWELL, B.A., J.D Warfield, Suite 105 San Antonio, Texas USA Tel: (210) Fax: (210)