STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY. Practice Concentration / v.2 A PENNSYLVANIA LLP

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1 A PENNSYLVANIA LLP STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 301 Carnegie Center Third Floor Princeton, NJ fax Practice Concentration Stephen Orlofsky is the administrative partner of Blank Rome's Princeton, New Jersey, office, and is a former United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey who served in that capacity from 1996 to He also served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to He concentrates his practice in the areas of complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He also counsels clients on trial and appellate litigation strategy. Prior to leaving the Federal Bench in 2003, Mr. Orlofsky served as one of three federal judges on a thirteen member Judicial Assessment Team which traveled to Iraq to evaluate the Iraqi judicial system to assist the Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstructing the Iraqi court system. In 2005, he was appointed by the President-Elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association to serve as the Vice-Chair, South Jersey, of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee. Mr. Orlofsky was also appointed by the Chair of the ABA Litigation Section to serve as a member of its Ethical Standards for Mediation Task Force. In addition, he was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to serve as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Commission on Uniform Legislation. He is also a member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and has been appointed to the Drafting Committee on the Electronic Records Act, as well as the Enactment Plan Coordinator for that Act. Additionally, he was appointed to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Orlofsky is also an elected member of the American Law Institute. The American Law Institute was organized in 1923 following a study conducted by a group of prominent American judges, lawyers and teachers. As stated in its charter, the purpose of the Institute is "promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work. The membership of the ALI consists of judges, lawyers and law teachers from all areas of the United States as well as some foreign countries, selected on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in the improvement of the law. Mr. Orlofsky was elected in 2006 by the New Jersey State Bar Association to serve as one of its delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Mr. Orlofsky frequently lectures in the areas of Federal Practice and Procedure, Professional Ethics and Professionalism, Evidence, Electronic Discovery, Commercial and Criminal Litigation Trial and Appellate Techniques. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc., a non-profit corporation which provides legal services to indigents throughout New Jersey.

2 STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 2 Practice Concentration (continued) He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law Camden, where he teaches a course in Electronic Discovery. Professional Background Blank Rome LLP Princeton, New Jersey 2003 present Administrative Partner, Princeton Office 2008 present Partner, Commercial Litigation Group Managing Partner, New Jersey Office Chair, New Jersey Litigation Department United States District Court for the District of New Jersey U.S. District Judge United States Magistrate Judge Law Clerk, Honorable Mitchell H. Cohen, Chief Judge Commission on Uniform Legislation 2004 present Commissioner Admitted to Practice Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1975 Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1980 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1974 United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1979 United States Supreme Court, 1980 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1980 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1991 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1994 Educational Background Rutgers University Law School Camden, Juris Doctor, with Honors, 1974 Dean s List, Winner of American Jurisprudence Awards in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Advanced Criminal Procedure The City College of New York, Bachelor of Arts, 1971 Honors June 2009 Recognized by Chambers USA as a leader in the field of general commercial litigation. January 2009 Appointed President Elect to the newly formed Bar

3 STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 3 Honors (continued) Association of the Third Federal Circuit. March Appointed by the President-Elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association to serve as the Vice-Chair, South Jersey, of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee. December, 2004 Appointed to the Board of Directors of Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc., a non-profit corporation which provides legal services to indigents throughout New Jersey. July, 2004 Appointed by the Chair of the ABA Litigation Section to serve as a member of its Ethical Standards for Mediation Task Force. The Task Force was created to draft and recommend ethical standards for mediators throughout the United States to be adopted by the ABA. May 4, 2003 June 19, 2003 served as one of three federal judges on a thirteen member Judicial Assessment Team consisting of judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys who evaluated the Iraqi judicial system to assist the Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstructing the Iraqi court system. This mission to Iraq was jointly sponsored by the Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and the Department of State. September 23, 2000 Selected as one of the 50 of the Finest graduates of the Rutgers-Camden campus during the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Rutgers University Camden. U.S. Army Artillery OCS Hall of Fame ( Durham Hall ), May 21, Professional Organizations Delegate, ABA House of Delegates, 2006 Present Treasurer, Bar Association of the Third Circuit, 2006 Present Member, American Law Institute, 2006 Present Member, American Bar Association, 1974 Present Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates, 2006 Present Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, Philadelphia Bar Association, Arbitrator, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, September, 1984 December 26, 1995 Member, Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1987 Present Delegate, Annual Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 Member and Chair, Merit Selection Panel to Select Full-Time United States Magistrate Judge, Camden Vicinage, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1988, 1992

4 STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 4 Professional Organizations (continued) Arbitrator, Camden County Automobile Arbitration Program, 1988 December 26, 1995 Member, Secretary and Chair, Supreme Court of New Jersey District IV Ethics Committee for Camden and Gloucester Counties, September 1, 1989 December 31, 1992 Member, Historical Society of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1989 Present Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Standard Track Subcommittee to Evaluate Differentiated Case Management in Camden County, Mediator, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992 December 26, 1995 Master, Camden Inn of Court, American Inn of Court #111, Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, January 1, 1992 June 1, 1995 Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence, 1992 December 26, 1995 Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, January 1, 1993 December 26, 1995 Member, Supreme Court Historical Society, 1994 Present Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, January 1, 1994 December 26, 1995; Vice- Chair, January 1, 1995 December 26, 1995 Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, 1994 December 26, 1995 Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Subcommittee on Frivolous Litigation (Civil Practice Committee) 1994 December 26, 1995 Fellow, American Bar Foundation Judicial Appointments and Committees Co-Chair, Education Committee of the Judicial Council of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, February 1, 1998 July 21, 2003 Member, New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, November 1, 1998 August 31, 2003 Chair, Panel Selection and Management committee for the Criminal Justice Act Plan for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1998 August 31, 2003 Chair, Criminal Law Committee, 1999 August 31, 2003 Member, Case Management Committee, 1998 August 31, 2003 Member, Technology Committee, 1999 August 31, 2003 Member, Federal Judges Association, 1996 August 31, 2003 Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit President, January 2009 Present Camden County Bar Association

5 STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 5 Professional Organizations (continued) Chair, Judge John F. Gerry Award Committee, 1995 Present Trustee, June 1988 June 1991 Secretary, June 1991 June 1992 Treasurer, June 1992 June 1993 Second Vice President, June 1993 June 1994 First Vice President, June 1994 June 1995 President-Elect, May 1995 December 26, 1995 Member and Co-Chair, Long Range Planning Implementation Committee, December 26, 1995 Chair, Federal Bench-Bar and Courthouse Facilities Committees, December 26, 1995 Member, Early Settlement Panel Program Subcommittee, December 26, 1995 Member, Budget and Finance Committee, Chair, December 26, 1995 Member, Program Committee, 1994 December 26, 1995 Member, Fund-Raising Committee, Chair, June 1995 December 26, 1995 Delegate to the General Counsel of the New Jersey State Bar Association, 1991 December 26, 1995 Member, Nominating Committee, January 1, 1995 December 26, 1995 Member, Civil Practice Committee, January 1, 1995 December 26, 1995 New Jersey State Bar Association Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee Vice-Chair, South Jersey, March 2005 Present Federal Practice and Procedure Section Member, 1987 Present Chair, Vice-Chair, Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on the New Jersey Rules of Evidence, Section/Committee Trustee, December 26, 1995 Member, Task Force on the Disciplinary System, Member, Ad Hoc Ethics Oversight Committee, 1994 December 26, 1995 Member, New Jersey Lawyer Editorial Board, 1994 December 26, 1995, September 1, 2003 June 1, 2007 Chair, New Jersey Supreme Court Complex Commercial Subtrack Advisory Committee, New Jersey Bar Foundation Member, Public Education Committee, 1993 December 26, 1995

6 STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY 6 Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey Member and Trustee (formerly known as Vice-President), , 2004 Present Member, Merit Selection Committee, Member, Advisory Board, Speaking Engagements Mr. Orlofsky is a frequent speaker on the topics of federal practice and procedure, professional ethics, evidence, and commerical and criminal litigation techniques. Military Service Captain, United States Army, Field Artillery,