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1 Richman Greer Professional Association Ethan J. Wall RELATED PRACTICE AREAS ASSOCIATE Commercial and Complex Litigation Location: Miami Direct: Employment Law Intellectual Property Litigation Non-Compete/Trade Secret Litigation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Ethan Wall practices social media, Internet, and intellectual property law. Ethan is widely recognized an authority on the effect of social media on the law. He recently authored Fire over Facebook: A Primer on Protected Social Media Activity in the Workplace and Best Practice Guide for Managing Employee Social Media Use. Ethan also authored the Social Media Guide for Lawyers, a legal guide on how lawyers can practically, ethically, and effectively use social media in their practice, and writes the Social Media Law and Order blog about the effect of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media on the law. Ethan has served as a source for social media and the law on several high profile news organizations, including CNN, NPR, and Thomson Reuters. Ethan is passionate about helping with all aspects of social media, Internet, and intellectual property related legal and business matters. He assists clients, individuals, and businesses navigate the legal risks inherent in using social media and the Internet in their business. He helps clients protect their online activities by preparing legally compliant website terms and conditions, privacy policies, and social media sweepstakes and contest rules. Ethan also helps clients secure their valuable intellectual property by preparing and prosecuting trademark applications, strengthening their copyright protection, developing strategies for protecting trade secrets, and prosecuting and defending his clients' interests in state and federal court. He works closely with his clients to develop effective solutions to social media and Internet related issues and assists businesses of all shapes and sizes in implementing and enforcing legally compliant social media policies and work rules to protect against potentially harmful online activities. Ethan has successfully resolved complex cases and legal issues involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, trade secrets, Internet jurisdiction, website disputes, and disputes over domain names and Internet activity. Chambers and Partners, which recognizes the World's Leading Lawyers, has named Ethan an "Associate to Watch" since Ethan has also been recognized as a Rising Star by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine and as a Top Up and Comer by Florida Trend's Legal Elite since He was also named the 2013 IT Law Rising Star of Year in Florida by Corporate INTL Magazine in London, which recognizes global leading advisers and financers in many countries, and by Global Law Experts, which recognizes leading attorneys throughout the world. EDUCATION Ethan frequently presents and publishes articles on the effect of social media and the Internet on the law. Ethan developed a law school course on social media and the law and he has lectured at the University of Miami School of Law, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, Florida International University School of Law, and numerous legal, professional, and industry symposiums. Ethan received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies, with honors from the University of Central Florida. While in law school, he served as the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Society and Associate Editor of the Nova Southeastern Law Review. Additionally, he received the Larry Kalevitch Service Award for outstanding service to the community and was selected a National Member of the Order of the Barristers for attaining high honor through the art of courtroom advocacy. 1 of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM

2 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Ethan currently serves as the President of the Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section the largest voluntary bar association in Florida. Ethan leads a talented board of directors in implementing legal and community service programming designed to benefit lawyers of Miami-Dade County and to give back to the community. Ethan was first elected to serve as a member of the board of directors in June 2009 and has since served as the Young Lawyer Section's President-Elect, Secretary, Chair of its Pro Bono and Community Service Committee, Social Committee, and an advisor of its Homeless Outreach and Rainmakers Committees. He is also a founding member of the Dade County Bar Association Intellectual Property Committee and the Law and Technology Committee. Ethan also serves as Vice President of the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center's Alumni Association Board of Directors. Since being appointed to the board of directors in October 2008, Ethan has given back to his law school, fellow alumni, and the law center community while serving as its Secretary, Treasurer, a member of the association's Executive Committee and Chair of its Alumni Engagement Committee. Ethan was also selected as a member of the Meritas Leadership Institute s class. Meritas is an established global alliance of independent, full-service law firms. The Meritas Leadership Institute is a year-long program that identifies future Meritas leaders, provides a forum for working with leaders of other Meritas firms, and facilitates the development of leadership skills. Ethan and his classmates examined the importance of social media and the law, focusing on how law firms are using tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and their attitudes toward social media use. He also served as the Chair of the Leadership Institute s Promotions Committee and co-authored a monthly newsletter titled the Social Media Minute. In August 2013, Ethan co-authored Fire over Facebook? A Primer on Protected Social Media Activity in the Workplace and Best Practice Guide for Managing Employee Social Media Use. Fire over Facebook deciphers provides a primer on legal issues involving social media in the workplace. It states in plain English the complex concepts in recent National Labor Relations Board social media memoranda by simplifying several key concepts of labor and employment law as it relates to social media activity, analyzes how those concepts are applied to situations involving employee social media activity, and categorizes lawful and unlawful social media policies. Fire over Facebook also provides best practices for drafting, implementing, and enforcing an National Labor Relations Act-complaint social media policy. Ethan also co-authored the Social Media Guide for Lawyers a legal guide on how lawyers can practically, ethically, and effectively use social media in their practice. The Social Media Guide provides best practices for attorney and law firm social media use, a "how to" guide for popular social media platforms, and sample social media policies for law firms. He also authors the firm's Social Media Law and Order blog on the effect of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media on the law and tweets about social media and the law on Twitter. Additionally, Ethan is a member of the International Trademark Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Florida Bar Business Law Intellectual Property Section, and a past member of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida and the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property. ADMISSIONS Ethan is admitted to the Florida Bar, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 11/15/2013 Social Media in an E-Discovery World 10/18/2013 Ethical Issues of Using Social Media in Litigation 9/12/2013 Social Media Marketing for Attorneys, Law Firms, and Agencies 7/2/ of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM

3 Using Social Media and Internet to Market Your Practice 5/30/2013 Effective and Ethical Use of Social Media in Litigation 5/9/2013 Social Media and Technology for Lawyers 4/12/2013 Social Media Law and Order 3/28/2013 Legal Implications of Social Media for Your Clients and Your Firm 3/21/2013 Social Media and Internet Law 3/13/2013 Ethical Risks in Attorney Marketing via Blogs, Websites and Social Networks 3/5/2013 Social Media and E-Discovery 3/1/2013 Mitigating the Risks of Social Media 2/28/2013 Social Media and Trademark Law 2/21/2013 How to Effectively and Ethically use Social Media in Litigation 2/6/2013 The Internet and You 1/23/2013 Emerging Technologies and Ethics in Social Media 1/10/2013 Practicing with Professionalism 6/22/2012 Master's Seminar on Ethics: Ethical Challenges in Social Media 5/25/2012 Social Media Law & Order: Effects of Social Media on the Law 4/26/2012 Social Media Update: What s New to Re-Tweet, Like & Link 4/14/2012 Leveraging Social Media: Best Social Media Practices for the Entertainment and Sports Industries 3/9/2012 Social Media, Ethics, and the Law 3/7/2012 Ethics in Social Media and the Law 3/7/2012 Social Media Law & Order 2/23/2012 Faceless to Facebook Webinar 1/4/2012 On Your Mark, Get Set.Protect! A Proactive Approach to Protecting Your Brand on Social Media 12/5/2011 The Effect of Social Media on the Law 11/7/2011 Social Media s Impact on the Law 10/28/2011 Ethics and Social Media 10/19/2011 Social Media Law 3 of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM

4 9/27/2011 Social Media as a Discovery Tool & Ethical and Privacy Considerations in Social Media Discovery 8/20/2011 Going from Faceless to Facebook 7/21/2011 Going from Faceless to Facebook & Beyond: How Attorneys Can Use Social Media to Humanize their Brand 7/16/2011 Social Media Pitfalls 6/1/2011 Social Media & Crime 6/1/2011 Social Media Impact on CPAs 5/2/2011 Meritas 2.0: the Effect of Social Media and Member Firms 5/2/2011 Social Media Law & Order 2/1/2011 Introduction to Marketing Meritas via Social Media 1/14/2011 Everything You Need to Know About Social Media in Thirty Minutes or Less or Your Money Back Guaranteed 12/1/2010 Introduction to Social Networks 11/1/2010 Ethical Consideration in Social Networks 10/4/2010 Social Media: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 4/1/2009 Web 2.0: the Effect of Social Networking & the Internet on the Law 4/1/2009 Electronic Discovery & the Internet, What Every Lawyer Should Know During an Economic Downturn 3/2/2009 Discover Law: It s More Than You Think - Intellectual Property & the Internet 8/4/2008 Latest Intellectual Property Law Trends: Cybersquatting, Internet E-Discovery, and Copyright Infringement PUBLICATIONS 8/15/2013 Fire Over Facebook? A Primer on Protected Social Media Activity in the Workplace and Best Practice Guide for Managing Employee Social Media Use 2/4/2013 NLRB and Social Media Policies 12/10/2012 Online Rights hot area for Intellectual Property Lawyers 11/9/ Tips for Avoiding Social Media Ethical Pitfalls 10/26/2012 Why all Lawyers should be on Twitter 10/12/2012 Not too narrow, not too broad. Social media policies must be "just right" 9/28/ simple steps to reduce distracted driving disasters 4 of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM

5 9/14/2012 The right (and wrong) way to monitor your employees on Social Media 8/31/ Steps to Strengthen Company Smartphone Security 6/19/2012 Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Social Media Marketing and Ethics 6/14/2012 NPR: Social Media and Divorce Cases a Growing Trend in Miami 5/8/2012 Can You Require Employees to Turn Over Their Facebook Passwords? 4/20/2012 Social Media Crossroads: An analysis of the law at the intersection of discovery and privacy in the realm of social media 1/4/2012 Search Social Media Sites to Locate Beneficiaries 1/4/2012 Tech News World: Wendy Deng and Twitter's Tenuous Hold on the Truth 12/29/2011 CNN: Occupy Boston Activist's Twitter Info Subpoenaed 11/10/2011 Effective Social Media Marketing 10/19/2011 Social Networking Websites: Impact on Litigation and the Legal Profession in Ethics, Discovery, and Evidence 8/5/2011 The Effect of Social Media on the Law 7/26/2011 Stay Connected with Symposium Contacts with Social Media 6/27/2011 Social Climbing: How to Navigate the Evolving Social Networking Legal Landscape 5/17/2011 Faceless to Facebook 5/10/2011 Protecting IP on Twitter, Facebook is a Proactive Task 5/2/2011 Social Media 4/25/2011 The Importance of Social Media to the Legal Profession 3/1/2009 Cybersquatting and its Effect on Internet Commerce 2/20/2009 Social Networking Sites Look Like Plunder to Attorneys 2/3/2009 Are You Prepared? As ICANN Prepares to Release New Generic Top-Level Domains, Trademark Owners Must Prepare for the Next Wave of Cybersquatters 2/1/2008 Copyright Infringement in the Music Industry: Version 6.0 7/1/2005 Up the Creek Without a Paddle: An Analysis of the Federal Circuits Drifting Down the Stream of Commerce LANGUAGES English IN THE NEWS 10/16/2013 Social Media and Internet Attorney Ethan J. Wall, Co-Authors Fire Over Facebook? 5 of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM

6 9/27/2013 Ethan J. Wall Elected as the Vice President of Nova Law Alumni Association 8/9/2013 South Florida Business Journal ( Ethan J. Wall - People on the Move) 8/8/2013 Attorneys from Richman Greer, P.A. Honored by Florida Trend Magazine 7/2/2013 Eighteen Attorneys from Richman Greer, P.A. Named 2013 Florida Super Lawyers 5/30/2013 Employer control of workers' Facebook, Twitter posts is iffy 5/21/2013 Social Media Attorney Ethan J. Wall Named 2013 IT Law Rising Star of The Year by Corporate INTL Magazine 7/9/2012 Attorneys From Richman Greer, P.A. Honored by Florida Trend Magazine 7/9/2012 Richman Greer, P.A. Receives 2012 Chambers USA Ranking for General Commercial Litigation - Five Attorneys Recognized Individually 6/15/2012 Seventeen Attorneys From Richman Greer, P.A. named 2012 Florida Super Lawyers 7/14/2011 Richman Greer Attorneys Honored by Florida Trend Magazine 6/7/2011 Seventeen Attorneys Recognized in 2011 "Florida Super Lawyers" 7/16/2010 Richman Greer Attorneys Honored by Florida Trend Magazine 5/27/2010 Sixteen Richman Greer Attorneys named 2010 "Florida Super Lawyers" 9/17/2008 Richman Greer obtains summary judgment on claims of cybersquatting & unfair competition 11/15/2007 Ethan Wall joins the firm as an associate 6 of 6 2/26/14 11:17 AM