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Edward E. Abels, Jr. has been involved in a wide range of energy related transactions with particular focus on the oil and gas industry. Ed's lifetime of experience in the oil and gas industry extends from the rig floor to the boardroom. After receiving his undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering, Ed spent 10 years working in the oil and gas industry as an engineer before obtaining his law degree.

Ed served most recently as general counsel for the U.S. affiliates of a large, multi-national oil and gas company. Ed has also previously served in other in-house counsel positions with large energy companies and has worked in private practice in the energy and natural resources group of a nationally recognized law firm.

Areas of Concentration

· Acquisitions and divestitures of producing properties, pipelines and related infrastructure

· Oil, gas and mineral leases

· Natural gas processing, transportation and storage agreements

· Oil and natural gas liquids processing, fractionation, transportation and storage agreements

· Construction and financing of pipeline and infrastructure projects

· Joint operating agreements

· Drilling contracts

· Joint venture agreements

· Farmout and participation agreements

· Oilfield services agreements

· Acquisitions and divestitures of oilfield service companies and related assets

· Power plant development and financing

· Geothermal energy projects

· Coalbed methane development projects

· Deepwater oil and gas development projects

Significant Representations

· Representation of large oil company in disposition of several hundred million dollar package of offshore Gulf of Mexico producing properties

· Representation of start-up company in acquisition of $70 million package of onshore producing properties

· Representation of large oil company in disposition of $200 million package of offshore Gulf of Mexico producing properties

· Representation of large oil company in acquisition of offshore Gulf of Mexico producing properties

· Representation of large independent oil and gas company in developing offshore deepwater operating agreement

· Representation of large energy company in divestiture of Gulf of Mexico pipeline assets

· Representation of principal shareholders in sale of privately owned oilfield services business

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Other Experience

· Senior Drilling Engineer - responsible for domestic onshore and offshore drilling, completion and workover operations, ARCO Oil & Gas Company, Lafayette, LA, 1988 - 1990

· Senior Drilling Engineer - responsible for domestic and international offshore drilling, completion and workover operations, Tenneco Oil Exploration & Production, Inc., Lafayette, LA, 1981 - 1988

Practice Areas: Energy & Natural Resources; Corporate & Securities.Email: Edward E. Abels, Jr.

Douglas C. Atnipp (Managing Shareholder - Houston) born Midland, Texas, November 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1985).

Doug Atnipp is the managing shareholder of the Houston office and the co-chair of the firm's national Energy and Natural Resources practice group. Doug has more than 20 years of experience representing clients engaged in all facets of the energy business. He is involved in a wide range of energy-related transactions including energy finance, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and acquisitions and dispositions of energy related assets. In addition to his energy work, Doug regularly advises clients not in the energy business on general corporate and finance transactions.

Doug is listed in the 2003-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law section, and he has been consistently selected by Texas Super Lawyers magazine and "Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston" in Energy Law every year since 2003.

Areas of Concentration

· Mezzanine and conventional production based financing

· Production payment financing vehicles

· Producing property acquisitions and divestitures

· Pipeline development, acquisitions and financing

· Gas storage project development, acquisitions and financing

· Derivative transactions

· Natural gas storage contracts

· Unique asset utilization arrangements

· Strategic alliances and joint ventures

· Independent power project development, acquisitions and financing

· Fuel supply contracts

· Formation of joint ventures, partnerships and other business entities for drilling and oilfield service projects

· Master service agreements

· Acquisition and divesture of gas processing and treating facilities and mid-stream transportation facilities

· Acquisition and divestiture of pipeline and gathering systems

· Formation of strategic alliances, partnerships and joint ventures for the development of pipeline projects

· Gas storage, processing and treating agreements

· Negotiation and preparation of facility use agreements

· Preparation of transportation contracts for crude oil, natural gas and liquids

· Gas purchase and sales agreements

· Industry standard contracts

Significant Representations

· Representation of natural gas storage company in connection with joint venture/strategic alliance with Canadian utility company.

· Representation of gas storage development companies in connection with obtaining commitment for financing a merchant natural gas storage facility and obtaining start-up capital.

· Representation of major pipeline company in connection with the formation of a joint venture for the development of an eastern corridor natural gas pipeline.

· Representation of several mezzanine lenders in connection with production based mezzanine financings.

· Representation of mezzanine lenders in connection with financing for distributive generation power projects and landfill gas-to-power projects.

· Representation of natural gas and power marketing company in acquisition and sale of wholesale natural gas and power business.

· Representation of independent power producer in connection with natural gas contract restructuring and buy-down for gas supplies for various Texas power plants.

· Representation of large independent oil and gas producers in connection with acquisition of producing projects and publicly traded oil and gas companies.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Institute for Energy Law Advisory Board

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation

· Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

· Member, Texas Tech School of Law Foundation Board

· Member, Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008 and 2009 editions

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008 and 2009

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2010

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2003-2008

· Listed, Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston, Texas Monthly, 2003-2005

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co- Authored, "Be Ready with Right Credit in Case There's a Major Meltdown," Houston Business Journal, June 2003

· Co- Authored, "Mezzanine Financing Alternative Helps Lower Overall Cost of Capital," Houston Business Journal, April 2003

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Energy & Natural Resources; Corporate & Securities; Structured Finance & Derivatives; Climate Change; Economic Crisis & Recovery.Email: Douglas C. Atnipp

K. B. Battaglini (Shareholder) born March 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1988, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: State University of New York College at Potsdam (B.S., 1974); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1981).

K. B. Battaglini has represented clients in arbitrations and state and federal trials and appeals for 25 years. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and New York, and has experience in the following practice areas:

SECURITIES

While working for a publicly-traded oil and gas company, K. B. conducted due diligence and assisted the company in fulfilling its periodic reporting obligations with the SEC. Later, while in private practice, K. B. counseled publicly-traded companies concerning periodic reporting issues, and represented companies alleged to have violated disclosure and anti-fraud provisions of the securities laws.

K. B. currently represents a hedge fund principal in an SEC enforcement action in federal court in the Southern District of New York, and currently represents principals in securities fraud litigation in federal court in the Northern District of Texas. Previously, K. B. won a defense verdict in state court in Houston on behalf of a securities broker/dealer accused of violating 18 U. S. Code 1961 (Civil RICO).

K. B. is a member of the Securities Litigation and Arbitration Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, the Business Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, and the firm's national securities litigation group. He has been appointed to the panel of arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (formerly National Association of Securities Dealers).

ENERGY

Earlier in his career, K. B. served as an assistant general counsel to a New York-based oil and gas company listed on the American Stock Exchange. K. B. became head of litigation for the company's Exploration and Production Division, and was responsible for "upstream" litigation including exploration, production, distribution, processing and regulatory matters. In this capacity, he gained first chair trial experience in lawsuits tried to juries throughout Texas, to include "white oil" and "high perforation" litigation in the Texas Panhandle, casing failure litigation in East Texas, landowner royalty litigation in South Texas, and oil field personal injury litigation in West Texas. K. B. has participated in multi-district litigation involving gas measurement issues, and has been involved with complex power generation litigation.

K. B. participated in the trial and appeal of a seminal case in Texas concerning the distinction between "dry gas" and "casinghead gas." The case, Jinkins v. Bryan, 763 S.W.2d 539 (Tex. App.--Amarillo 1988, writ denied), serves as an interpretive guide to the statutory definition of "dry gas" found at Texas Natural Resources Code Sec. 86.002(7).

K. B. has appeared before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Texas Railroad Commission on behalf of oil and gas clients. He is a member of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Section of the State Bar of Texas.

GENERAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

K. B. represents distributors and manufacturers of products, and franchisors and franchisees of business concepts. He has represented a wide variety of clients, including automobile manufacturers, medical device distributors, agribusiness distributors, chemical manufacturers, nautical manufacturers, and other franchisors and franchisees.

Areas of Concentration

· Securities litigation and arbitration

- SEC investigations and enforcement actions

- FINRA arbitrations

- Shareholder derivative actions

- Securities fraud litigation

- Director and Officer liability litigation

· Energy and Natural Resources Litigation

- Exploration, production and oilfield disputes

- Operating agreement, farmout agreement and royalty disputes

- Gathering, storage, transportation and distribution disputes

- Power generation and tolling agreement disputes

· General commercial litigation and arbitration

- Texas Attorney General investigations

- Manufacturer and distributor liability

- Franchise agreement and UFOC disputes

Significant Representations

· Representation of directors, officers and selling persons in securities fraud and fiduciary litigation.

· Representation of an automobile manufacturer in "overstated horsepower" class action litigation.

· Representation of a medical device distributor investigated by the Texas Attorney General.

· Representation of an agribusiness distributor in trucking and wrongful death litigation.

· Representation of an agribusiness distributor in grain storage litigation.

· Representation of a nautical propeller manufacturer in trade secret and fraud litigation.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Director and Vice President, Texas Association of Defense Counsel

· Member, Leadership Houston (graduate of Class 22)

· Member, College of the State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Committee on Foreign Relations

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Lifetime Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation

· Fellow, Texas Bar Association

· Member, Fifth Circuit Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, DRI (Appointed to Jury Service Task Force)

Military Experience

· While on active duty in the United States Army from 1975 through 1977, K. B. served on the staff and faculty of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He is a Distinguished Honor Graduate of the Department of Defense Information School.

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "Arbitration in Texas: The Drift From Permissive to Compulsive," TADC Magazine, 2007

· Co-Author, "Arbitration Agreements in Texas: History and Enforceability," State Bar of Texas 22nd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course 2006; University of Houston Law Foundation Advanced Personal Injury Law Course 2007.

· Author, "Slippery Slope: The Trail from Puffery to Fraud," Franchising World, Nov./Dec. 2004

· Author, "How will Firm's Owners, Employees be Affected by the USA Patriot Act," Houston Business Journal, Business Survival Guide, 2004

· Co-Author, "Jury Patriotism: The Jury System Should Be Improved for Texans Called to Serve," 35 St. Mary's Law Journal 117, 2003

Lectures

· Speaker, "Arbitration in Personal Injury," TexasBarCLE 24th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio and Houston, 2008

Member: Houston Bar Association; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Litigation and Arbitration; Securities Litigation; Energy & Natural Resources.Email: K. B. Battaglini

Francis R. Bradley, III (Shareholder) born Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1968; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1989) Dean's List; University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1992) Chief Publishing Editor, Houston Law Review.

Frank Bradley has a wide-ranging transactional practice that counsels clients primarily engaged in finance (oil and gas, merger and acquisition, construction, international, structured and project), natural resources, banking, energy, real estate and corporate transactions. He was recognized by Chambers USA 2007 for having "a truly personable rapport with clients" and for "being up to speed on the latest industry developments."

Frank advises both commercial lenders and corporate clients in financing transactions and private placement of debt instruments. He counsels on loan and credit restructurings, and when necessary assists clients with reorganizations and workouts. His sector-specific work includes oil and gas financings, as well as international and cross-border transactions.

Areas of Concentration

· Corporate and securities

· Energy and natural resources

· Real estate

· Financial institutions

Significant Representations

Financial Institution Matters

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1 billion Global Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company and its various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement - used for acquisition financing.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $2.1 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1.5 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $2.03 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for private conglomerate.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1.3 billion Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company used for acquisition financing.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production Company in connection with acquisition.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production Company in connection with acquisition.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $750 million Global Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company and various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement, Australian Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $700 million Syndicated Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer. Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $300 million Global Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed mid-size independent exploration and production company and various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $75 million Secured Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $50 million five-year Term Loan for natural gas utility.

· Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $40 million Syndicated Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer.

Corporate Matters

· Representation of energy subsidiary of large mutual insurance company and various of its subsidiaries in connection with substantially all of their legal work. This consists primarily of advising the client on oil and gas acquisitions, direct oil and gas investments, investments in various energy investment funds, and the formation of various joint ventures and investment partnerships. Such work often involves the negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, partnership agreements, exploration agreements, JOAs, farmout agreements, pooling agreements, marketing agreements, and related documents.

· Representation of private oil and gas producer in connection with its formation, its initial bank financing, the negotiation of various ISDA Master Agreements and its acquisition of $340 million oil and gas producing properties in South Louisiana.

· Representation of NYSE-listed oilfield services company in connection with negotiation of $75 million Secured Revolving Credit Facility with a money center bank as agent.

· Representation of private television station conglomerate in connection with acquisitions of numerous "low power" television stations and $30 million Secured Working Capital and Acquisition Credit Facility from a money center bank used to finance such acquisitions.

· Representation of private medical device manufacturer in connection with various transactions, including $20 million Secured Revolving Credit facility from a money center bank.

· Representation of national/international real estate developer in connection with the negotiation and closing of construction loans for multiple office buildings in Texas and California with various lender syndicates.

· Representation of energy investment fund in connection with the sale of oil and gas properties located in West Virginia to newly formed master limited partnership.

*Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association

· Member, Texas Association of Bank Counsel

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2007-2009 editions

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine - Rising Stars Edition, 2006-2008

Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change; Carbon Credits.Email: Francis R. Bradley, III

Gregory J. Casas (Shareholder) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1997, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Boston University (B.A., English and Economics, magna cum laude, 1990); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1993).

Greg Casas focuses his practice in antitrust, complex business litigation, and energy and natural resources law. Greg's antitrust practice is international in scope and includes litigating price-fixing, bid-rigging, market allocation claims and providing counseling for DOJ/FTC investigations, joint venture formation, mergers and acquisitions, pricing plans and other contractual relationships. His complex business litigation experience includes international dispute resolution and arbitration and class action litigation. Greg's energy experience includes litigating power plant disputes, disputes arising out of oil and gas leases and joint operating agreements, product liability claims relating to oil field tools and supplies, and personal injury and death cases unique to the oil and gas industry. With regard to natural resources, Greg has experience in greenhouse gas emissions trading under the EU ETS and the Kyoto Protocol.

Areas of Concentration

· Antitrust & trade regulation

· Class action defense

· Commercial

· International

· Energy and natural resources

· Carbon credits

Significant Representations

· Defense of a "super-major" oil and gas company in a class action brought in Latin America by all purchasers of retail gasoline against several of the "super-major" oil companies. The case involves allegations that the oil companies are not providing gravity-adjusted pricing for gasoline sold in hot climates.

· Representation of manufacturer and nationwide wholesaler of commercial and residential heating and air conditioning products. Scope of representation includes litigation of distributor disputes. Recent cases include matters in Texas and Nebraska.

- September 2006 - Obtained a multimillion dollar unanimous jury verdict plus interest and attorneys' fees on behalf of client after six days of trial in federal court in Houston. Client brought the case against one of its former distributors seeking payment for product the distributor had already sold. The case involved over 500 exhibits and complex accounting issues.

· Representation of hospital group in Puerto Rico involving antitrust compliance, litigation, mergers, and acquisitions and government contracting.

· Representation of emissions credits aggregators in the negotiations for the development of CDM and JI projects in the Middle East, China and Vietnam and the subsequent sale of the resulting credits.

· Nationwide representation of largest provider of multi-service business process outsourcing and related consulting services in litigation matters ranging from alleged breach of service contracts to ERISA claims.

· Representation of Caribbean oil and gas producer in arbitration before the ICC regarding the purchase of offshore leases.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, District of Columbia Bar

· Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Article

· Co-author, International Arbitration - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects, 2008

· Co-author of a wind power article for The ICC UK Official Energy Handbook, 2008

· Co-author, "The Clean Spark Spread: How Greenhouse Gas Legislation will Impact the Cost of Producing Power," Electric Light & Power, November/December 2007

· Author, A Look at U.S. and EU Merger Analysis, February 20, 2004

· Author, International Arbitration: Issues to Consider When Disputes Arise Abroad, December 10, 2002

· Author, United States Antidumping Laws, Description of Procedural Process and Strategic Issues, December 7, 2002

· Author, A Look at Recent Developments in U.S. and EU Merger Analysis, the United States v. Microsoft Settlement and the Road Ahead, June 13, 2002

Lectures

· Speaker, Carbon Markets in North America Conference, Miami, January 2009

· Presenter, Met Coke World Summit, Chicago, October 2008

· Speaker, The Eurocoke Summit, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2008

· Speaker, Emerging Opportunities in Carbon Markets Conference, January 2008

· Presenter, Hospital Mergers Under Antitrust Attack, Strafford Publications CLE Teleconference, January 2006

· Presenter, Avoiding The Pitfalls of Gun-Jumping in Mergers and Acquisitions, Strafford Publications CLE Teleconference, May 2006

· Presenter, The Antitrust Enforcement on U.S. Entities: The Aftermath of GE - Haywood, Strafford Publications CLE Teleconference, March 2006

· Speaker, IQPC: Contract Risk Management Seminar, July 19, 2004

Member: State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association (Member, Antitrust Section).

Languages: Spanish, Conversational. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust & Trade Regulation; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change; Carbon Credits.Email: Gregory J. Casas

Peter A. del Vecchio (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1984, New Jersey; 1996, England and Wales; Texas. Education: York University (B.A., with honors, 1975); Boston College Law School (J.D., with honors, 1981).

Peter del Vecchio is an US attorney and English solicitor with over 25 years of legal experience, both as outside counsel and as an in-house attorney, representing major commercial, industrial, and financial firms in the US and Japan.

He advises clients on a variety of US and international transactions with an emphasis on the energy industry and infrastructure projects, including:

· Inbound and outbound foreign direct investments

· Infrastructure projects and project finance transactions

· Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures

· Off-balance sheet, limited recourse, and structured finance transactions, including securitizations, monetizations, and asset-based lending transactions

· Overseas operations and business activities

Areas of Concentration

· Corporate and securities

· Energy and natural resources

· Infrastructure projects

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, The Bar Association of The City of New York

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, The Law Society (England & Wales)

· Law Lecturer, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (Tokyo), 1995-1997

· Adjunct Professor, Temple University Law School, Tokyo, Japan, 1993-1995

· Member, Houston Japanese Business Association

· Member, Japan-America Society of Houston

· Member, Mita Kai (Keio University Alumni Association)

Other Experience

· Peter lived and worked for over nine years in Japan, where he was formerly a Foreign Legal Consultant (Gaikokuho jimu bengoshi) registered with the Japanese Ministry of Justice and a member of the Tokyo Bar Association. He has a broad base of professional and commercial relationships in Japan, and reads, writes, and speaks Japanese.

· Diplomate, Japan Language Studies, Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), 1993

· Visiting Scholar (Homon Kenkyuin), Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), 1992-1993

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Houston and American Bar Associations; The Law Society of England and Wales.

Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change.Email: Peter A. del Vecchio

Roland Garcia (Shareholder) born Corpus Christi, Texas, December 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Supreme Court of the United States. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., Graduate of the Honors Program with Distinction, cum laude, 1981) Beta Gamma Sigma, Gamma Beta Phi, Beta Alpha Psi, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Fraternities; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986) Phi Delta Phi Honorary Fraternity; Editor, South Texas Law Review.

Roland Garcia has tried lawsuits in state and federal trial courts, and has argued appeals in state and federal appellate courts. He has handled many high profile cases and has been quoted regarding these cases by the National Law Journal, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Austin-American Statesman, Corpus Christi Caller Times, Texas Lawyer Magazine and others. Roland was named a "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine.

Roland has represented a major oil company in a state-wide class action lawsuit for underpayment of royalties, a national bank in commercial and premises liability cases, a major hospital system in commercial and charitable trust litigation, a music publishing company and a recording artist in a copyright infringement lawsuit, a recording company in a class action misappropriation of name and likeness lawsuit, a law firm in a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud case, a distributor in a trade secrets and disgorgement case, a restaurant in a breach of concession agreement in an airport food and beverage purveyor contract, a public housing authority in a low income housing tax credit application and multi-family housing development, a mortgage company in a deceptive trade practices and fair debt collection practices case, a food distributor in a claim for breach of nondisclosure, confidentiality, and non-competition agreements, an electronics manufacturer in a class action patent dispute, a barge fleeting company in a water boundary and land title dispute, and a hazardous waste facility in an ownership and permitting dispute. Additionally, Roland has considerable experience in local, state and national governmental relations and political matters.

Active in the legal profession, Roland was the first minority to be elected President of the Houston Bar Association, the fifth largest voluntary bar association in the country, with more than 11,000 members. He also served as President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, an elected position of the 22,000 member state-wide lawyers organization. Roland was President of the Hispanic Bar Association and President of the Dispute Resolution Center. He was an elected Director of the State Bar of Texas, and was a Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation. Roland was appointed by the mayor and Houston City Council to the board of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, Memorial Hermann Continuing Care Corp., and Harris County Hospital District Foundation. Roland serves on the Advisory Boards of the Public Interest Law Program and Blakely Advocacy Institute. He is a Fellow of the ABA, Texas and Houston Bar Foundations. Roland served on the Texas Supreme Court's Judicial Selection Task Force which reported on the method for selecting and retaining judicial officers that would best serve the people of Texas. He currently serves on the Texas Supreme Court's Gender Fairness Task Force and the Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee.

Roland has received numerous honors, is a community leader, and is active in local, state and national politics, serving on numerous finance and steering committees of office holders and candidates. He is a frequent writer and speaker on legal topics such as expert witnesses and discovery and on civic topics such as volunteerism, education and minority opportunities.

Areas of Concentration

· Commercial litigation

· Fiduciary duty litigation

· Restrictive covenant enforcement

· Energy litigation

· Healthcare litigation

· Charitable trust litigation

· Land title and water boundary litigation

· Music royalty litigation

· Copyright and trademark litigation

· Appellate law

Professional & Community Involvement

· Board Member, Greater Houston Partnership

· Board Member, Harris County - Houston Sports Authority

· President, Houston YET Center, Inc., charged with building and operating two youth education centers in Houston as part of the NFL's legacy gift to the City of Houston for hosting Super Bowl XXXVIII

· Member, Texas Supreme Court's Rules Advisory Committee

· Member, Texas Supreme Court's Gender Fairness Task Force

· Board Member, Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation

· Board Member, Harris County Hospital District Foundation

· Fellow, American Bar Foundation

· Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

· Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation

· Advisory Board Member, Taipai Society

· Advisory Board Member, Baylor Medical School/UH Law Center Joint M.D./J.D. Committee

· Steering Committee Member, Houston Challenge 2000, a regional initiative to make the greater Houston area the premier place to live and work in the next century

· Graduate, Leadership Houston

· Graduate, American Leadership Forum

· Past President, Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA), the largest non-profit social service and educational agency in Texas dedicated to assisting low-income Hispanic youth and families

· Past President, Houston Bar Association

· Past President, Texas Young Lawyers Association

· Past President, Hispanic Bar Association

· Past President, Dispute Resolution Center

· Past Board Member, State Bar of Texas

· Past Trustee, Texas Bar Foundation

· Volunteer, United Way; March of Dimes; Special Olympics; YWCA, Boy Scouts; Habitat for Humanity; Mental Health Association; Aspiring Youth of Houston; Girls Inc.; and numerous mentoring programs for elementary, middle school and high school youth

· Member, HISD Task Force on Magnet and Vanguard Programs and its CareerFest 2000 to address technological challenges of the new millennium

· Member, Community Commission of the Houston Community College System to help meet the higher educational needs of the community

Awards & Recognition

· DiversityFirst™ Award, 2007

· South Texas College of Law Alumni of the Year Award, 2006

· Leadership Houston 25 Distinguished Alumni Award, 2006

· H Texas Magazine Top Lawyer Award, 2006

· Texas Legends Award, 2005

· Bikur Cholim Hospital Jerusalem International Brotherhood Award, 2004

· AAMA Hero Award, 2004

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2003, 2005, 2007-2008

· Savvy Award, 2003

· March of Dimes Honorary Family Award, 2002

· United Way Leadership Award, 2002

· NAACP Alex Award in Legal Excellence, 2002

· Center for Houston's Future Leadership Award, 2001

· Baylor University Outstanding Young Alumni Award, 1998

· Texas House of Representatives Certificate of Citation, 1993

· Five Outstanding Young Houstonians Award, 1993

· State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation, 1992

· Houston Bar Association President's Award, 1990

Military Experience

· U.S. Marine Corp., OCS/PLC Graduate, 1978

· U.S. Marine Corp. Reserves, 1978-1981

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "Texas Judges, Tough Choices: System Needs Changing-Now," Houston Chronicle § C,1, March 24, 1996

· Co-Author, "Contribution and Indemnity in Maritime Litigation, 30 South Texas Law Review 215, 1989

· Co-Author, "The New Discretionary Review Powers of the Texas Supreme Court," 50 Texas Bar Journal 1201, 1987

Lectures

· Presenter, "Testimony Form Your Own Witnesses: Direct Examination Strategies," University of Hosuton Law Foundation, The Jury Trial, Houston, Texas, August 7, 2008; Dallas, Texas, August 14, 2008

· Presenter, "Direct Examination Strategies," for the University of Houston Law Foundation, Litigation and Trial Tactics Seminar, December 1, 2006, Dallas; December 8, 2006, Houston

· Presenter, "How to Win the Big Case," for the State Bar of Texas, Minority Lawyers Conference, April 28, 2006, Houston

· Author, The Intersection of Law, Business and Ethics, Leadership Houston, November 14, 2002

· Author, Discovery About Experts, Litigation and Trial Tactics, University of Houston Law Foundation, Dallas, December 7, 1995, Houston, December 14, 1995

· Author, Discovery About Experts, Mexican American Bar Association of Texas, 1996 Annual Conference, Houston, September 19, 1996

· Author, Discovery About Experts, Litigation and Trial Tactics, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, December 5, 1996; Dallas, December 12, 1996

· Author, Discovery Strategy Under the New Rules - How to Get Information; How to Protect It, Litigation and Trial Tactics, University of Houston Law Foundation, Dallas, July 2, 1999, Houston, July 9, 1999

· Presenter, "Federal Civil Reform Act of 1990 and Federal Court Practice," South Texas College of Law Advanced Litigation Course, Houston, Texas, June 8, 1992

· Presenter, "Update on Texas Indemnity Law," Hispanic National Bar Association, San Antonio, Texas, September 13, 1991

· Presenter, "Ethics in Corporate Law," American Corporate Counsel Association, Houston, Texas, August 16, 1988

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Hispanic Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate; Governmental Affairs.Email: Roland Garcia

Anthony M. Guerino, II (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with honors, Petroleum Engineering, 1986); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1994).

Anthony M. "Tony" Guerino is a shareholder in the Litigation Section of Greenberg Traurig. He has more than 15 years of experience trying cases before state and federal courts, arbitration panels and administrative agencies. Tony's practice focuses primarily on cases involving energy & upstream oil and gas matters, including well and casing failures, contractual disputes, royalty issues, energy transactions and litigation, and environmental litigation. In addition to litigation, Tony provides advice as outside general counsel to a number of energy related companies and routinely assists with their domestic and international contract negotiations. Tony's clients include major and independent oil and gas companies, service companies, pipeline companies and individuals.

Tony is a petroleum and natural gas engineer and worked for a major international exploration and production company for 10 years as a Petroleum Engineer prior to and during law school. In addition to his legal experience, Tony has hands-on experience working in the oilfield as a roustabout and has worked as a reservoir engineer, production engineer, operations engineer and drilling engineer before being promoted to a position with senior management responsible for worldwide offshore operations.

Areas of Concentration

· Oil & Gas Litigation

· Energy and Energy Services

· Commercial Litigation

· Domestic and International Arbitration

Significant Representations

· Represented a national directional drilling company in breach of contract claims involving a multi-million, 12 well horizontal drilling program. The litigation was submitted to binding arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia. The client prevailed on all counts.

· Represented the defendant in a major pipeline rupture case in which hundreds of local residents were evacuated following the explosive rupture of a 6" propylene pipeline. Following a two week jury trial, a verdict was entered in favor of the client.

· Defended an international energy company against claims of negligent performance and breach of contract regarding down-hole well operations. The jury ruled for the client on all counts, and further awarded his client damages on their counter-claims.

· Represented a major oil & gas exploration and production company in its claims against a well services company for loss of a prolific well producing from multiple pay zones. On the eve of trial, the case was settled with the client receiving a multi-million dollar settlement in excess of the value his client placed on the case.

· Represented Fortune 100 energy company in connection with international arbitration claims involving the construction of a $500 million offshore floating production storage and offloading ("FPSO") facility to be installed off the coast of Nigeria. The case settled with the client receiving concessions valued in the tens of millions of dollars from contractors located on numerous continents.

· Defended Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, and its parent, Phelps Dodge, Inc., the largest mining company in the world, against property contamination claims resulting from oilfield operations on plaintiff's 700-acre ranch. Damages of several million dollars were claimed. Following a three week jury trial, verdict was entered in favor of the client.

· Defended an international E&P company from multi-million dollar groundwater and soil contamination claims. After discovery of technical flaws and issues in plaintiff's claims, Mr. Guerino was instrumental in negotiating a nuisance value settlement.

· Created and implemented a successful litigation strategy that persuaded plaintiff's to non-suit and/or dismiss the clients from asbestos related toxic tort litigation involving hundreds of claims and multiple defendants.

· Represented Fortune 500 corporation from third-party claims that the corporation was the alter ego of, or in single business enterprise with, predecessor companies alleged to have committed breach of contract, fraud and/or negligence. A unanimous jury verdict was awarded for the client.

· Successfully obtained take nothing judgment in favor of a major oil company against royalty dispute claims, exceeding several million dollars, asserted by a mineral interest owner.

· Obtained numerous favorable summary judgments involving various types of oil and gas agreements including joint operating agreements, master service agreements, drilling contracts, farmout agreements, exploration agreements constraint agreements and royalty agreements.

*Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, International Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Federal Bar Association

· Member, Houston Bar Association

- Oil, Gas & Mineral Section

· Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers

· Active Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Texas Rising Star, Law & Politics Media Inc., Texas Monthly, 2004

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· Articles Author, "Responding to Subpoenas Issued by Federal and State Courts" (submission pending)

Member: State Bar of Texas; International Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Houston Bar Association (Oil, Gas & Mineral Section); Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy & Natural Resources.Email: Anthony M. Guerino, II

L. Bradley Hancock (Shareholder) born Manassas, Virginia, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 2000, District of Columbia; 2001, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.A., History, 1993); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1996) Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence.

L. Bradley Hancock handles commercial disputes, complex litigation, and labor and employment. His clients include oil and gas companies; industrial service companies; financial institutions; real estate related interests; and health care enterprises.

Brad has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, District of Columbia, Oklahoma, and Kansas as well as at hearings, trials, and appeals before civil and administrative bodies relating to commercial disputes, federal and state compliance, real estate, fiduciary and professional liability, EEOC claims, NLRB proceedings, Texas Workforce Commission claims, and matters arising before the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Board of Medical Examiners, and the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners. Brad has lectured at seminars, in-house meetings, and client gatherings on numerous matters, including: (1) Commercial Paper; (2) Managing Employee and Labor Disputes; (3) Human Resource Management; (4) Federal and State Healthcare Related Compliance; (5) Commercial Litigation; (6) Professional Liability; and (7) Real Estate Litigation. His public seminars and continuing legal education publications and presentations have been hosted by organizations like the National Business Institute, the Association of Women Attorneys, and several business and hospital organizations.

Areas of Concentration

· Fiduciary litigation

· Real estate litigation

· Employment and labor/ERISA

· Financial institutions

· Healthcare business

· Commercial and complex litigation

· Appellate law

Professional & Community Involvement

· Elected Director, Board of Directors for the State Bar of Texas

· Elected Director, Board of Directors for the Houston Young Lawyers Association, 2002 - present

- Co-Chair and Co-Founder of "HYLA Leadership Academy," 2002 - 2003; 2005 - 2006

· Elected Director, Board of Directors for Leadership Houston, 2001 - 2005

· Board of Directors, Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, 2004 - present

· Member, Leadership Houston, Class XVIII

· Member, Petroleum Club of Houston

- Alliance Chair, Petroleum Club Young Professionals Association, 2004 - 2005

· Member, Board of Directors of Texas A&M - Eta Upsilon House Corporation

· Member, State Bar of Texas

- Committee Member, State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee for business, consumer, and employment law, 2003 - present

· Elder, Central Presbyterian Church

Awards & Recognition

· Houston Young Lawyers Association

- Presidential Citation, 2003

- Presidential Citation, 2004

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine 2004; 2005; and 2006

Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: L. Bradley Hancock

Shari L. Heyen (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Supreme Court of the United States. Education: Oklahoma Christian University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 1990); University of Oxford, Oxford, England.

Shari L. Heyen has experience in all types of bankruptcy, restructuring, insolvency, and commercial litigation matters. Ms. Heyen is a Certified Public Accountant as well as a lawyer. She has represented numerous creditors' committees, debtors, bank groups, acquirers and other significant constituencies in national chapter 11 cases and workout proceedings. Shari has significant experience in the prosecution and defense of fraudulent conveyance actions, fiduciary litigation, and many other types of contested actions.

Areas of Concentration

· Litigation

- Commercial

- Bankruptcy

- Creditors' rights

- Corporate reorganization

- Corporate restructuring

- Energy

- Healthcare insolvency

- Foreclosures and workouts

Significant Representations

· Counsel for Ameriquest Mortgage in case of first impression involving the interpretation of the Home Equity Amendment to the Texas Constitution. These decisions are reported at Doody v. Ameriquest Mortgage Co., 49 S.W.3d 342 (Tex 2001); Doody v. Ameriquest Mortgage Co., 242 F.3rd 286 (5th Cir. 2001).

· Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Renaissance Hospital Grand Prairie, Inc., et al.

· Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center Corporation

· Counsel to the Official Committee of Administrative Claimants, LTV Steel, Inc.

· Counsel to Chapter 11 debtor, Universal Automotive

· Counsel to Chapter 11 debtor, CSC Steel

· Counsel to Chapter 11 debtor, Glasstech Holding Co., et al.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Texas Bar Association

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Houston Bankruptcy Conference

· Member, Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

· Member, Federal Bar Association

· Member, Turnaround Management Association

· Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

· Member, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

· Board of Directors, Association of Women Attorneys for the Houston Bar Association, 2005 - 2007

Awards & Recognition

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2004 - 2008

· Selected by Houston's Mayor to serve on the Houston Police Officers' Civil Service Commission Board, 2008

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, Honorable Randolf F. Wheless, Jr., Chief Judge for the Southern District of Texas, the Honorable Manuel D. Leal and the Honorable Karen K. Brown, 1990-1991

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Shari has written articles on international bankruptcy proceedings and the protection of creditors in insolvency proceedings, and has lectured on various real estate, banking and bankruptcy topics. She frequently lectures on various bankruptcy and restructuring topics.

· Author, "Transnational Bankruptcy Proceedings: Making Sure Creditors Worldwide Get An Equitable Recovery," Currents: International Trade Law Journal, Summer 1996

Lectures

· CLE Speaker, Association of Women lawyers, "Bankruptcy Basics," Houston, Texas, March 2004

· CLE Speaker, Association of Probate and Tax lawyers, "The Bankruptcy Practice," Houston, Texas, October 2002

· CLE Speaker, Texas Association of Bank Counsel, "A Practitioner's View of Oral Argument Before the Texas Supreme Court," Austin, Texas faculty, October, 2001

· In House CLE Speaker, "Successful Workout for the Failed Dot Com," July 2001

· CLE Speaker, "The Bankruptcy Code and Its Impact on Leases," CLE International, Austin, Texas faculty, January 2001

· CLE Speaker, "The Implications of the Proposed Bankruptcy Code Changes on Leases," CLE International, Austin, Texas faculty, October 1999

Miscellaneous

· Participant, 2006 Bankruptcy Law Roundtable, Texas Lawyer/ELA roundtables, Houston, Texas, October 3, 2006

Member: Houston, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Bankruptcy Conference; Turnaround Management Association; American Bankruptcy Institute.

Practice Areas: Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy; Litigation.Email: Shari L. Heyen

Franklin D.R. Jones Jr. (Shareholder) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1984); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1995).

Franklin Jones' principal areas of practice are public finance, local and state governmental matters, sports and entertainment facilities development, urban development, and project and infrastructure finance. He has significant public law and municipal finance experience in various areas, including municipal financing, stadium and multi-purpose arena financing, inner-city redevelopment, and structuring public/private joint ventures. His public finance practice consists of serving as bond counsel for tax exempt financings for cities, counties, and several local government corporations.

In addition to bond counsel engagements, Frank also represents various national and regional investment banking firms as underwriters counsel in bond transactions. He has significant experience in representing professional sports franchises and governmental authorities involved in the development, financing, leasing, and operation of stadiums, arenas, and other public assembly facilities. At times, this work includes attendant mixed use developments related to the sports facilities. Frank has also served as general and special counsel to certain local government corporations and not for profit corporations.

Areas of Concentration

· Public finance

· Governmental relations

· Sports and entertainment facility development

· Urban development

· Project and infrastructure finance

Significant Representations

· Representative Client Services

· Serving as bond counsel to Harris County, Texas, the City of Houston and the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County

· Serving as general counsel to local government corporations and not for profit corporations

· Serving as counsel to companies developing projects with urban redevelopment authorities and tax increment reinvestment zones

· Advising regional and national underwriters relating to various public and project finance transactions

· Representative Transactions

· Harris County-Houston Sports Authority in the site acquisition, contract negotiation, financing and development of various new sports facilities including the retractable-roof baseball and football stadiums (Minute Maid Park and Reliant Stadium) and the multi-purpose arena (Toyota Center)

· Harris County Sports & Conventions Corporation on various legal matters related to the development and construction of facilities at Reliant Park (formerly the Astrodomain Complex)

· Dallas Cowboys in the development and financing of the new Dallas Cowboys Complex in Arlington, Texas

· Houston Texans in various matters related to the development of Reliant Stadium

· Astrodome Redevelopment Corporation in the transformation of the Reliant Astrodome into a Convention Center Hotel

· 2004 Houston Super Bowl Host Committee in its successful bid for the 2004 Super Bowl Houston Dynamo as local counsel

· $220,000,000 Harris County, Texas Toll Road Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A - Disclosure Counsel

· $25,720,000 Harris County, Texas Permanent Improvement Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A - Bond Counsel

· Counterparty Counsel in connection with swap transactions related to the Harris County, Texas Toll Road Senior Lien Revenue and Refunding Bonds

· $653,325,000 City of Houston, Texas Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2004B - Remarketing Counsel

· $100,000,000 City of Houston Higher Education Finance Corporation Higher Education Revenue Bonds (Rice University Project), Series 2008B - Underwriter's Counsel

· Refinancing of Loan Agreement among Harris County, Texas, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation and RCM Financial Services, L.P.

· Harris County Toll Road Authority Analysis of Financial Alternatives Study, dated June 15, 2006 - represented Harris County, Texas in the evaluation of financial alternatives proposed by the Underwriting Syndicate.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Houston Lawyers Association

· Director, Houston Public Library Foundation

· Director, Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority

· Director, City of Houston Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone; Number 7

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Houston Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas: Public Finance; Governmental Affairs; Project & Infrastructure Finance; Sports Facilities & Entertainment Venues.Email: Franklin D.R. Jones Jr.

Mary-Olga Lovett (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, February 13, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Supreme Court of the United States. Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.A., 1990) Pi Sigma Alpha; Chief Justice, University Supreme Court; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1993) National Moot Court Champion, 1994 (Association of the Bar of the City of New York); National Appellate Advocacy Champion, 1993 (American Bar Association); Lewis F. Powell National Award for Excellence in Advocacy; National Order of the Barristers; Delta Theta Phi.

Mary-Olga Lovett concentrates her litigation practice in health care, commercial and complex litigation. Mary-Olga is experienced in both trial and appellate law and has appeared before State and Federal Courts in all types of complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes and business torts, intellectual property, products liability, health care litigation and trade-secret disputes.

In addition to her litigation practice, Mary-Olga is a former Adjunct Professor at the South Texas College of Law and a regular lecturer at the University of Houston Continuing Legal Education Foundation, the South Texas College of Law Continuing Legal Education Foundation and the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program.

Areas of Concentration

· Trial and appellate law

· Commercial and complex litigation

· Patent litigation

· Health law

· Trade secret litigation

· Product liability litigation

· Toxic tort litigation

Significant Representations

· Representation of software, electronics, and biomedical companies in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.

· Representation of online newsletter in defense of defamation claims from blog entries and First Amendment issues

· Representation of national health care provider in federal-court litigation challenging constitutionality of Texas tort reform.

· Representation of educational software company in trade-secret litigation.

· Representation of foreign electronics manufacturer in warranty litigation in state and federal court.

· Representation of national health-services provider in case involving allegations of unauthorized sale of insurance and fraud.

· Advised multiple clients on structure of transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal health regulations and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine.

· Representation of major steel company in mandamus proceeding before the Supreme Court of Texas.

· Representation of national emergency-physician management services group in case alleging violations of the corporate practice of medicine.

· Representation of national health-services company as national trial counsel in federal-court commercial litigation nationwide, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nevada and Mississippi.

· Representation of national dialysis provider in commercial litigation involving non-compete, breach, business disparagement, predatory hiring and tortious interference.

· Statewide counsel for national health care provider in all litigation matters.

· Representation of major pharmaceutical company in products-liability litigation.

· Statewide counsel for national insurance company on drug-related claims and physician indemnity program.

· Representation of foreign oncology group in Texas courts in litigation concerning fraud, defamation, and breach of contract.

· Obtained Texas Supreme Court decision abolishing damages for filial consortium.

· Multiple appellate representations of clients from pretrial to post-trial including interlocutory appeals, jury-charge development and argument, mandamus proceedings in all courts of appeal, bill of review proceedings, and traditional appeals in Texas intermediate courts of appeal, the Supreme Court of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Fifth Circuit.

· Multiple representations of physician groups and hospitals in health-care related litigation and professional liability claims.

· APPELLATE OPINIONS

· Rosa H. v. San Elizario I.S.D., 106 F. 3d 648 (5th Cir. 1997)

· Holtschult v. Savin, 1996 Westlaw 459762 (Tex. App. - Dallas, 1996, no writ.)

· Holtschult v. Savin II, 1999 Westlaw 301632 (Tex. App. - Dallas, 1999, no writ)

· Glover ex rel Estate of Glover v. Fairchok, 2001 WL 710407 (Tex. App. - Dallas, 2001, no writ)

· Williamson v. Roberts, 52 S.W.3d 354 (Tex. App.- Texarkana, 2001 pet granted, argued April 17, 2002)

· Roberts v. Williamson II, 52 S.W.3d 343 (Tex. App.- Texarkana, 2001 pet granted, argued April 17, 2002)

· Todd v. Pin Oak Green, 2002 WL 731070 (Tex. App. - Texarkana, 2002)

· Roberts v. Williamson, 111 S.W.3d 113, 46 Tex. Sup.Ct. J. 944 (Tex. Jul 3, 2003)

· Mokkala v. Mead, 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 4224 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.], June 3, 2005)

· Taylor v. Good Shepherd, 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 6890 (Tex. App. - Tyler, 2005)

· Daniels v. Yancey, 175 S.W. 3d 889 (Tex. App. - Texarkana, 2005)

· Sinha v. Lopez, 2006 WL 2559355 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.], 2006)

· Kumar v. Hill and Info Systems Architects, Inc., 2007 WL 495512 (Tex. App. - Hous. [1 Dist.], February 15, 2007)

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Elected Member, American Board of Trial Advocates

· Fellow, Texas Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, College of the State Bar of Texas

· Member, Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit

· Member, American Association of Hospital Attorneys

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association

· Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association

· Member, National Association of Health Care Attorneys

· Member, Greater Houston Partnership Homeland Security Committee

· Chair, South Texas College of Law 2007 Annual Gala Underwriting Committee

· Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law, 1997-2002

· Lecturer, University of Houston Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1995-2001, 2008

· Lecturer, South Texas College of Law Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1996-present

· Lecturer, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 2000, 2008

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Who's Who in American Law, 1997-1998

· Listed, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Inside Houston Magazine, 2006-2007

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, as a Texas Rising Star, 2004

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, Corporate Counsel Edition, as one of the "Top Attorneys in Business Litigation," 2008, 2009

· Named one of "Houston's Professionals on the Fast Track," H Inside Houston Magazine, 2006-2007

· AV® Peer Review Rated

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· "The Gatekeeper: Expert Challenges under Daubert," South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Litigation Continuing Legal Education Program, April 2008

· "Excluding Damaging Evidence," University of Houston Advanced Evidence and Discovery Continuing Legal Education Program, March 2008

· "Limitations," State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, March 2008

· "The Use of Technology in the Courtroom" (particularly as it relates to toxic torts and scientific data), 2006 Annual Summer Meeting of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Colorado Springs, July 13-15, 2006

· "Informed Consent," The Methodist Hospital of Houston, Professional Staff Education Day, August, 2005, 2006

· "Using Medical Technology to Prove Damages," South Texas College of Law Advanced Personal Injury Program, March, 2005

· "Litigating the Covenant Not to Compete," Texas Association of Defense Counsel Summer Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July, 2004

· "Advanced Deposition Techniques," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Seminar Professional Development Program, July and August, 2003

· "Recent Developments in Damages," Texas Association of Defense Counsel Summer Meeting, Durango, Colorado, July, 2002

· "Discovery Skills for Legal Staff in Texas," Lorman Education Services, CLE Program, 2002

· "Drugs and the FDA Approval Process," Houston Bar Association, CLE Program, 2001

· "Litigation Strategies," Houston Bar Association Litigation Section, March 30, 2001

· "Multiple Party Litigation: Joint Defense Agreements, Partial Settlements, Confidentiality Agreements, Etc.," University of Houston Law Foundation's Medical Malpractice, Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Litigation seminar, March 29, 2001

· "Privileges, Discovery Motions, Protective Orders, and Mandamus," State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 2000

· "Damage Caps," South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 2000

· "Multiple Party Litigation," University of Houston CLE Program, 1999

· "Discovery Under the New Rules," South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 1999

· "Damages: A Defense Perspective," South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 1996, 1997, 1998

· "Sanctions for Discovery Abuse," University of Houston CLE Program, 1996, 1997, 1998

· "Closing Argument," Texas Association of Defense Counsel CLE Program, 1996

· "Presenting the Physician Defendant for Deposition and Trial," Texas Association of Defense Counsel, CLE Program, 1996

· "Summary Judgment in Texas," University of Houston CLE Program, 1995

Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Languages: American Sign Language. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate; Health & FDA Business.Email: Mary-Olga Lovett

Anthony F. Matheny (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Texas A&M University (B.A., 1991); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1997).

Anthony Matheny's practice emphasizes litigation of intellectual property and antitrust cases, including patent infringement cases, trade secret cases, copyright infringement cases, and trademark and trade dress infringement cases. In addition, he litigates patent interference proceedings before the Patent Board of Appeals and Interferences and trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Anthony prepares and prosecutes patent, trademark, and copyright applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office. He also counsels on the licensing of all types of intellectual property, and represents clients in all matters throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Areas of Concentration

· Intellectual Property Litigation

- Patent and Copyright Infringement

- Trade Secrets

- Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement

- Patent Interference

· Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Prosecution

· Antitrust Litigation

· Intellectual Property Licensing

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

· Member, American Association for Justice

· Life Fellow, Texas Bar Association

· Member, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association

- Board of Directors, 2004 - 2006

- Secretary, 2007 - 2008

· Member, Houston Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine - Rising Stars Edition, 2007 and 2008

Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.

Member: Houston Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Association of Justice. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property & Technology; Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Anthony F. Matheny

Kent Newsome (Shareholder) born Cheraw, South Carolina, October 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1982); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 1985).

Kent Newsome serves as Chair of the firm's Houston real estate practice. He has 22 years of experience that includes commercial real estate, real estate development, healthcare acquisitions and development, financing transactions, and general business law.

Kent regularly represents owners and developers of commercial, retail and industrial properties in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, management and sale of income producing properties, including office buildings, shopping centers and manufacturing facilities. He represents lessors and lessees in the negotiation of commercial, retail and industrial leases. He also represents owners and developers of healthcare facilities including hospitals, medical office buildings and surgery centers.

In addition to his legal practice, Kent has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center where he teaches courses in advanced real estate law.

Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Kent was a partner in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P's Houston office.

Areas of Concentration

· Real estate

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

- Past Chair, Real Estate Section

- Past Chair, Entertainment and Sports Law Section

· Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation

· Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers

· Voting member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

· Adjunct professor, University of Houston Law Center

· Member, Houston Real Estate Lawyers' Council

· Board member, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts

· Board member, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008 and 2009 editions

· Recognized as one of the best real estate lawyers in the world by Euromoney Institutional Investor's Real Estate Expert Guide

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2010

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine

· Named one of the best real estate lawyers in Texas by Chambers & Partners, USA

· Named a "Super Lawyer" by H Texas Magazine

· Listed, Who's Who Legal

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers

Other Experience

· Texas Qualified Mediator, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, Houston, Texas

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-author, The Legal Sides of Entertainment, Sports & Media, Aspatore Books, 2004

· "Plan Ahead to Avoid the Rush to Close," RED News, December 2004

· "Best efforts and the Real Estate Contract," RED News, October 2004

· "Walking the Line: Permissible Competition or Wrongful Interference," RED News, September 2004

· "The Great Compromise," RED News, August 2004

· "Negotiation Strategy: Honor the Rule of Perceived Alternatives," RED News, July 2004

· "Representing Well: Representations and Warranties in Earnest Money Contracts," RED News, June 2004

· "Story Time: Why Did Ray and Jane Decide to Get Details in Writing?," Houston Business Journal, May 2004

· Co-author, "Landlord Remedies and Drafting Considerations," RED News, April 2004

· "Designing Manager Contracts for Musicians," Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Summer 2003

· "Retail Leasing: Proceed with Caution to Avoid the Train Wreck Scenario," Houston Business Journal, October 2002

· "Team-Based Approach to Real Estate Transactions Can Save You Time and Money," Highlights, September/October 2002

· "Team-Based Approach Will Benefit Buyer, Seller, Broker and Attorney," Houston Business Journal, May 2002

· "Property Buyers Find Persistence Pays Off When Doing Due Diligence," Houston Business Journal, January 2002, Kansas City Business Journal, March 2002, and San Antonio Business Journal, March 2002

· "The Art of the Deal - Independent Co-Publishing Agreements," Art Law and Accounting Report, Fall 1999

· Co-author, "The Development and Management of the Successful Medical Office Building," BOMA International, 1995

· "Summary of Recent Texas Legislation Affecting Real Estate," Texas Real Estate Law Reporter, August 1993

· "Drafting and Negotiating Construction Contracts From the Owner's Perspective," Texas Real Estate Law Reporter, December 1990

· "Leasing, Construction and Premises Liability Issues in the Ownership and Operation of Medical Office Buildings," BOMA International, October 1990

· Co-author, The Landman's Guide, Matthew Bender & Co., 1990

· "The Review and Negotiation of Commercial Real Property Leases From the Tenant's Perspective," Texas Real Estate Law Reporter, December 1988

· "An Overview of Selected Real Property Transactions," Law Seminars, Inc., June 1987

· "Oil & Gas - Defining and Limiting the Mineral Easement From the Surface Owner's Perspective," Texas Bar Journal, March 1987

· "Walking the Thin Line - The Issuer's Obligations With Respect to Letters of Credit," Texas Real Estate Law Reporter, December 1986

Speeches

· Faculty, "Anatomy of a Purchase Agreement," 23rd Annual Real Estate Law Conference, Houston, Texas, June 6-7, 2007

· Faculty, "Ethical and Effective Negotiation," 11th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, San Francisco, California, April 7-8, 2008

· Co-chair and speaker, 8th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, February 11-12, 2008

· Speaker, "The Assessment of Real Property" and "The Drafting and Negotiation of Purchase Agreements," Real Estate Development from Beginning to End Conference, Houston, Texas, January 31, 2008

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Course, Houston, Texas, November 8-9, 2007

· Faculty, 9th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute, San Francisco, California, November 5-6, 2007

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Course, Dallas, Texas, November 15-16, 2007

· Faculty, Endangered Species Act Conference, Austin, Texas, November 1-2, 2007

· Faculty, South Texas College of Law/Real Estate Center at Texas A&M Commercial Real Estate Course, Houston, Texas, October 25-26, 2007

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Transactional Strategies Course, San Diego, California, October 18-19, 2007

· Faculty, Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Law in Texas, Houston, Texas, October 4, 2007

· Faculty, 5th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1-2, 2007

· Faculty, 17th Annual Texas Water Law Conference, Austin, Texas, September 10-11, 2007

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, July 12-14, 2007

· Faculty, Real Estate Law Conference, Houston, Texas, June 7-8, 2007

· Faculty, Barnard O. Dow Leasing Institute, Dallas, Texas, April 19-20, 2007 and Plano, Texas, May 17-18, 2007

· Faculty, Negotiating Restaurant Leases, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22-23, 2007

· Faculty, 7th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, February 12-13, 2007

· Course Director and Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Course, Houston, Texas, November 9-10, 2006, Dallas, Texas, November 16-17, 2006 and Austin, Texas, January 18-19, 2007

· Faculty, Real Estate Law Conference, Houston, Texas, June 8-9, 2006

· Faculty, 6th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, April 24-25, 2006

· Faculty, 8th Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Washington, DC, March 29-31, 2006

· Faculty, Fundamentals of Real Estate, Houston, Texas, March 8, 2006

· Faculty, Real Estate Development in Texas from Beginning to End, Houston, Texas, January 25, 2006

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, November 11-12, 2005, Dallas, Texas, November 17-18, 2005 and Austin, Texas, December 8-9, 2005

· Faculty, Understanding the Sophisticated Real Estate Practice, San Francisco, California, November 7-8, 2005

· Faculty, 4th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-18, 2005

· Faculty, 2nd Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Dallas, Texas, October 20-21, 2005

· Faculty, Nuts and Bolts of Texas Real Estate Law, Houston, Texas, July 23, 2005

· Faculty, Real Estate Law Conference, Houston, Texas, June 9-10, 2005

· Faculty, Bernard O. Dow Leasing Institute, Houston, Texas, April 14-15, 2005 and Dallas, Texas, April 28-29, 2005

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings, Dallas, Texas, April 7-8 2005, Houston, Texas, April 14-15, 2005 and San Antonio, Texas, April 28-29, 2005

· Speaker, "Word and Phrases: An Explanation of Real Estate Terminology," Fulbright & Jaworski Real Estate Industry Luncheon, Houston, Texas, April 19, 2005

· Faculty, Bernard O. Dow Leasing Institute, Houston, Texas, April 14-15, 2005 and Dallas, Texas, April 28-29, 2005

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings, Dallas, Texas, April 7-8, 2005, Houston, Texas , April 14-15, 2005 and San Antonio, Texas, April 28-29, 2005

· Faculty, 5th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, January 27-28, 2005

· Speaker, "Anatomy of a Purchase and Sale Agreement," Fulbright & Jaworski Real Estate Industry Luncheon, Houston, Texas, November, 18, 2004

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, November 11-12, 2004, and Dallas, Texas, November 18-19, 2004

· Faculty, Drafting and Negotiating Texas commercial Leases, Houston, Texas, October 13, 2004

· Program Chair and Faculty, Negotiating Leases, Dallas, Texas, September 20-21, 2004, and Houston, Texas, September 27-28, 2004

· Faculty, The Leasing Institute, Dallas, Texas, April 1-2, 2004, and Houston, Texas, April 29-30, 2004

· Speaker, "Landlord Remedies and Drafting Considerations," Fulbright & Jaworski Real Estate Industry Luncheon, Houston, Texas, April 21, 2004

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closing, Houston, Texas, March 25-26, 2004, and Dallas, Texas, April 1-2, 2004

· Faculty, 4th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, January 22-23, 2004

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, November 6-7, 2003, and Dallas, Texas, November 20-21, 2003

· Co-chair, Advanced Workshop on Real Estate Remedies, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2003

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings, Houston, Texas, February 20-21, 2003, and Dallas, Texas, February 27-28, 2003

· Faculty, Commercial Real Estate Course, Austin, Texas, January 23-24, 2003

· Faculty, Commercial Real Estate Course, Houston, Texas, October 17-18, 2002

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Dallas, Texas, October 3-4, 2002, and Houston, Texas, October 10-11, 2002

· Faculty, Legal Assistants University, Houston, Texas, September 18-20, 2002

· Faculty, 11th Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 12-13, 2002

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closing, Dallas, Texas, July 18-19, 2002, and Houston, Texas, July 25-26, 2002

· Speaker, "Due Diligence in Real Estate Transactions," Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2002

· Faculty, Sports and Entertainment Law Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26, 2002

· Speaker, "Legal and Ethical Issues in the Acquisition and Development of Real Property," Brazoria County Bar Association, Angleton, Texas, April 12, 2002

· Faculty, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings, Dallas, Texas, March 28-29, 2002, and Houston, Texas, April 4-5, 2002

· Faculty, 2nd Annual Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, January 29, 2002

· Faculty, Texas Filmmaking Institute, Houston, Texas, January 19, 2002

· Faculty, Business of Music Seminar, Houston, Texas, November 17, 2001

· Faculty, Negotiating Leases, Miami, Florida, November 15-16, 2001

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, November 1-2, 2001, and Dallas, Texas, November 8-9, 2001

· Faculty, 4th Annual Music Law & Business Conference, Los Angeles, California, October 22-23, 2001

· Program Chair and Faculty, Negotiating Commercial Leases, Houston, Texas, September 10-11, 2001

· Faculty, "Not Fade Away: The Life and Times of Buddy Holly," Lubbock, Texas, September 5-8, 2001

· Program Co-Chair and Faculty, Real Estate Development Conference, Austin, Texas, August 2-3, 2001

· Faculty, Texas Bankers Association Real Estate Seminar, Austin, Texas, April 18, 2001

· Program Co-Chair and Faculty, Negotiating Leases Conference, Austin, Texas, January 18-19, 2001

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Dallas, Texas, October 12-13, 2000, and Houston, Texas, October 19-20, 2000

· Faculty, Business of Music Seminar, Houston, Texas, May 13, 2000

· Faculty, Business Music Seminar, Houston, Texas, November 13, 1999

· Faculty, Negotiating Leases, Houston, Texas, October 21-22, 1999

· Faculty, Texas Real Estate Practice for Paralegals, Houston, Texas, October 22, 1999

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, October 7-8, 1999, and Dallas, Texas, October 14-15, 1999

· Faculty, Business of Music Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 4, 1998

· Faculty, General Practice Institute, Houston, Texas, May 29-30, 1997, and San Antonio, Texas, June 5-6, 1997

· Faculty, Advising Small Business Owners, Dallas, Texas, March 27-28, 1997, and Houston, Texas, April 3-4, 1997

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, October 24-25, 1996, and Dallas, Texas, October 31 and November 1, 1996

· Faculty, Real Estate Law Conference, Houston, Texas, June 13-14, 1996

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, November 9-10, 1995, and Dallas, Texas, November 16-17, 1995

· Speaker, BOMA International's 88th Annual Convention and The Office Building Show, Denver, Colorado, June 25-28, 1995

· Faculty, 17th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, June 23, 1995, San Antonio, Texas, and July 14, 1994, Dallas, Texas

· Faculty, Advanced Real Estate Short Course, Houston, Texas, October 27-28, 1994, and Dallas, Texas, November 3-4, 1994

· Faculty, Real Estate Law: Leases in Depth, Houston, Texas, March 10, 1994

· Program Co-chair and Faculty, 1993 Advanced Commercial Leases Conference, Houston, Texas, November 4 & 5, 1993

· Speaker, "Recent Legislation Affecting Real Property," Greater Houston Legal Secretaries Association, Houston, Texas, September 14, 1993

· Speaker, "Owner and Landlord Liability for the Criminal Acts of Third Parties," Institute of Real Estate Management, Houston, Texas, September 3, 1992

· Speaker, BOMA International's 85th Annual Convention and The Office Building Show, Seattle, Washington, June 22-24, 1992

· Faculty, Eighth Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Institute, Houston, Texas, June 4 & 5, 1992

· Program Co-chair and Faculty, 1992 Advanced Commercial Leases Conference, Houston, Texas, May 13 & 14, 1992

· Faculty, International Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives, Inc., Institute For Corporate Real Estate, Houston, Texas, February 25 - March 1, 1991

· Faculty, BOMA International Medical Office Buildings Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 10-12, 1990

· Speaker, University of St. Thomas, Career Day, Houston, Texas, February 15, 1990

· Speaker, "The Effect of Non-Judicial Foreclosure on Existing Leases in Texas," Institute of Real Estate Management, Houston, Texas, February 2, 1989

· Faculty, Law Seminar for Legal Secretaries and Legal Assistants, Houston, Texas, June 6, 1987

Member: Houston Bar Association (Past Chair, Sections on: Real Estate; Entertainment and Sports Law); State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Kent Newsome

John Stanley Rainey (Shareholder) born El Paso, Texas, May 31, 1958; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., Accounting, 1980); Certified Public Accountant, 1982; University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993) Order of the Barons; Order of the Coif.

John S. "Chip" Rainey has wide-ranging experience in representing both traditional and on-line-only clients in the development of their use of the Internet for marketing, E-commerce and distribution activities, including the formation of strategic alliances, cross-marketing arrangements, web site development agreements, web site hosting agreements, compliance with federal and state laws regarding issues of privacy, disclosure and child-decency act restrictions, protection and licensing of copyright, trademark and service mark intellectual property, software licensing and telecommunication issues.

Chip draws on more than 12 years of experience in the financial services industry prior to obtaining his law degree to service clients in the areas of lending, financing and banking regulatory law, especially with respect to real estate transactions. His experience working with both borrowers and lenders, including traditional lenders and lenders involved in structured finance transactions, includes billion dollar mortgage warehouse lines, real estate acquisition and development loans and creative use of derivatives and other risk control measures to improve the secondary marketability of financial instruments, as well as to reduce and quantify risk to both lenders and borrowers.

Before practicing law, Chip ran the risk controlled arbitrage group for medium sized financial institution in the mid-1980s, doing some of the first interest rate swaps in the Texas market using the then newly-promulgated ISDA forms. He continues to practice in the area of swaps and derivative securities, and has broad experience in structured finance transactions, including transactions that used innovative risk-allocation mechanisms, such as credit default swaps, total return swaps and other similar instruments, including agreements for the trading of environmental credits in the EU. Chip has substantial experience representing clients with respect to hedge funds, fund of hedge funds and private equity fund vehicles.

Chip devotes much of his work to providing legal advice to the banking industry. He regularly advises financial services clients regarding the use of the Internet, documenting large mortgage warehouse credits, designing privacy compliance systems, and general banking regulatory issues.

Chip also works with clients on formation of organization, start-up of operations, obtaining financing for project development and the public and private placement of debt and equity securities. His practice also specializes in commercial transactions, particularly those involving the licensing of intellectual property rights, distribution agreements and technology development and transfer arrangements.

Areas of Concentration

· Technology information, including internet and e-commerce, communications, software development and business process outsourcing

· Structured finance and derivatives

· Real estate purchase, sale and financing transactions

· Bank regulatory and e-banking initiatives

· Entertainment and advertising law

· Commercial transactions, including the private and public financing, domestic and international strategic alliances and corporate governance

· Carbon credit

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Travis County Bar Association

· Member, International Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2010

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008 and 2009

Previous Employment

· Senior Executive, Remington Savings Association, involved in Mortgage Banking and Commercial Real Estate Lending Groups, 1985-1990

· Licensed CPA practicing in Texas, specialized in advising small to medium sized businesses on management information systems and process automation, 1980-1985

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-author, "The Clean Spark Spread: How Greenhouse Gas Legislation will Impact the Cost of Producing Power," Electric Light & Power, November/December 2007

· Author, the Chapter on the United States E-Commerce Law for "World On-line Business Law" published by Oceana Publishers, July 2004

· Co-Author, "Integrating Business Values: The Legality, Morality and Social Responsibility of Bribery," May 2004

· Author, "Managing Credit Risk in 'Interesting' Times Through the Use of Credit Derivatives" Published in the Banking Law Journal, Fall 2003

· Author, "Trying to Exorcise the Ghosts, Nightmares and Demons Alive in Your E-Mail Server: the Need for a Virtual Document Retention Policy," September 2003

· Co-Author, "Conducting E-Commerce in the EU: A Guide to EU Directives," December 2002

· Author, "No Darkness at Midnight: Why Y2K Preparations Should Shine Bright for Corporate America," December 28, 2001

· Author, "Federal Legal and Regulatory Update of the Telecom Industry," October 1, 2001

· Co-Author, "Revenge of the Bean-Counters: FASB Reigns in the Investment Bankers with SFAS 133," August 15, 2001

Lectures

· Speaker, The Eurocoke Summit, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2008

· Speaker, Emerging Opportunities in Carbon Markets Conference, January 2008

· Speaker, "CIP Plus: Identifying Your Customer in Cyberspace," The Texas Savings and Community Bankers' Association Legal Conference, San Antonio, Winter 2004

· Speaker, "A Study of Anti-Corruption Legislation in a Social Context," The Academy of International Business Southeast Regional Conference, Macao, China, August 2004

· Speaker, "BPO: Developing an Effective Legal Strategy," The Indus Enterprise Conference, Houston, fall 2003

· Speaker, "Electronic Document Retention and Records Management," Institute of Corporate Counsel, San Antonio Texas, September 2003

· Speaker, "Forming the International Joint Venture for New Technology Development and Exploitation," The International Law Conference, Dallas, Texas 2003

· Speaker, "Don't Cry For Me (Over) Argentina," The South Texas College of Law Power Institute, June 20, 2002

Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; American Bar Association; Travis County Bar Association; International Bar Association.

(Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Corporate & Securities; Structured Finance & Derivatives; Real Estate; Financial Institutions; Intellectual Property & Technology; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change; Carbon Credits.Email: John Stanley Rainey

David L. Ronn (Shareholder) born Westwood, New Jersey, December 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., French, 1983); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1985); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1990).

David L. Ronn has experience in a wide-range of corporate and securities matters, with concentrations in the energy and technology industries. Areas of experience include mergers and acquisitions of both public and private entities, master limited partnerships, initial and secondary public offerings, energy trading, special committees of boards of directors in conflict situations, venture capital investors and start-up entities, private placements of debt and equity securities including 144A and Regulation D offerings, public entities listed on a national exchange including the preparation of periodic reports, special purpose projects and structure and governance matters.

Areas of Concentration

· Corporate and securities

· Energy & natural resources

· Global - Israel

Significant Representations

Securities/Offerings

· Representation of a leading distributor of propane and related equipment and supplies in its underwritten registered public offering of 4,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests and the subsequent public offering of 485,600 common units from the underwriters' over-allotment, which together generated proceeds of approximately $70 million. UBS Investment Bank, Barclays Capital and Wachovia Securities acted as joint book-running managers of the offerings and J.P. Morgan acted as the co-manager of the offerings.

· Representation of a leading distributor of propane and related equipment and supplies in a $200 million private offering of senior notes. Banc of America Securities LLC and JPMorgan served as joint book-running managers for the offering.

· Representation of a national bank in a 144A offering related to its ownership of a volumetric production payment.

· Representation of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE) in offerings of an aggregate of $120 million of common units from shelf registration statements.

· Representation of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE) and its affiliates in multiple shelf registration statements including a WKSI shelf and a $500 million shelf registration statement of equity and debt securities.

· Representation of equity investors in a limited partnership in connection with $256 million purchase of pipeline assets.

· Representation of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE) in its tender offer for $160 million of senior secured notes and issuance of $170 million of registered senior notes.

· Representation of Devon Energy (NYSE) in its 144A private placement of $3 billion in debt.

· Private placement of $200 million Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2002 and $200 million 8% Senior Notes due 2005 by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE) to be followed by exchange offer for publicly registered notes.

· Public issuance of 4.5 million common units representing limited partnership interests of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE); approximately $178 million transaction value.

· Representation of a multitude of issuers in private placements in compliance with Regulation D.

Mergers & Acquisitions

· Representation of Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. in its acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of The Cronos Group (NASDAQ), a publicly-traded Luxembourg corporation in the marine container leasing industry.

· Representation of physician-owners of a medical ambulatory surgical care center in the sale of a majority interest in their practice to Canadian investors.

· Representation of Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. in its acquisition of the Houston and Canadian energy trading operations from Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.

· Special Counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Regency Energy Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of pipeline assets from an affiliate of its general partner.

· Representation of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE) and its affiliates in the $340 million acquisition of the assets of Blue Rhino Corporation, including the public issuance of approximately $160 million of equity, the 144A private placement of $250 million of senior notes followed by a public exchange offer and the private placement of approximately $33 million of equity followed by the public registration of that equity.

· Representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE) in the approximately $1 billion contribution of pipeline assets by Energy Transfer Group and its affiliates.

· Representation of Cemex, Inc. in acquisition of cement terminals in the Southeast United States.

· Representation of Marlin Energy L.L.C. in $80 million acquisition of offshore wells from affiliate of Duke Energy Corp.

· Special counsel regarding master limited partnership and securities issues to Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE) in the merger of its retail propane operations with US Propane, a consortium of four NYSE listed companies: AGL Resources, Atmos Energy Corporation, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. and TECO Energy, Inc.; approximately $300 million transaction value.

· Sale of gathering and other pipeline assets by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE) to ONEOK, Inc.; approximately $400 million transaction value. Contribution of pipeline asset entities by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE) to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE) in exchange for cash and common units; approximately $700 million transaction value.

· Acquisition of all of the member interests of Thermogas LLC from a subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc. by Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., the largest retailer of propane in the United States (NYSE); approximately $500 million transaction value. Acquisition of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE) by KN Energy, Inc. (NYSE); preceded by potential initial public offering of common stock Kinder Morgan, Inc.; approximately $750 million transaction value.

· Sale of over 90% of the capital stock of E-Z Serve Corporation (operator of convenience stores listed on the American Stock Exchange) and subsequent merger taking the company private.

· $100 million acquisition of terminalling facilities by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE).

· Acquisition of Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline Partners, L.P. by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. - first merger of master limited partnerships (both listed on the NYSE); $1.5 billion transaction value.

Structure, Governance and General

· General representation of nonprofit genealogical website, including licensing and information issues.

· Representation of Cook Inlet Energy Supply, a minority-owned natural gas and power trading company, from formation as a limited partnership until its sale to Macquarie Energy North America Trading Inc., including gas and power purchase and sale agreements, regulatory compliance, multiple equity financings and letter of credit lines.

· Formation and general representation of entertainment e-commerce business.

· Formation and representation of fiber optic cable company in multiple venture capital financings aggregating over $35 million, acquisition of pipeline right-of-way telecommunication rights and telecommunication licensing agreements.

· Representation of physician group/management services organization in consolidation of physician practices.

Investigations/Arbitration & Mediation

· Representation of Colombian company in closing arguments of an arbitration hearing against an Italian company in Milan under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Court of Arbitration.

· Representation of Audit Committee of Gexa Corp. in multiple investigations related to internal controls to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.

· Representation of Cook Inlet Energy Supply in claims brought by the New Mexico Tax Authority regarding nexus issues and use taxes.

· Representation of Cook Inlet Energy Supply in mediation in New Mexico regarding contract claims.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Honored Member, The Heritage Registry of Who's Who, 2007

· Member, Continental's Who's Who, 2007

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Board Member and Former Chairman, The Galleria Chamber of Commerce, 1996-2007

· National Board Member, American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2006 - present; ATS Houston chapter board member and former chapter president, 1997-present

· Chairman, Rice University Student-Alumni Liaison Committee, 2001-2004

· Board Member, Association of Rice Alumni, 2005-2008

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, 2009

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2005-2008

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2010

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008 and 2009

Noteworthy Experience

· U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Panelist, "Texas Lawyer Alternative Energy and Environmental Law Roundtable Series", April 2009

· Panelist, LEED Panel, Houston Green Buildings & New Technology Conference, August 2008

· Panelist, "Texas Lawyer Energy Law and Global Climate Change Roundtable," May 2008

· Panelist, Finance and Investment Panel, Renewable and Alternative Energy Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 2006

· Speaker, "Lessons Learned: Force Majeure," May 2006

· Speaker, "Trick or Treat: The Disclosure Rules Changes are at the Door or Find Out if Your Corporate House Will Get Wrapped by Sarbanes-Oxley," October 2002

· Speaker, "Shareholders and Voting Agreement," State Bar of Texas, September 1999

· Speaker, "Corporations and Business Entities Update," Houston Bar Association's Legislative Update Institute, September 1997

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Energy & Natural Resources; Global; Globalization & Commercialization; Life Sciences; Structured Finance & Derivatives; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Project & Infrastructure Finance; Climate Change; Green Building & Sustainable Development; Carbon Credits.Email: David L. Ronn

J. Scott Sheehan (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1972) Honors program; Phi Beta Kappa; Member, Student Assembly and Ohio Staters, Inc.; The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1976) Texas Law Review.

J. Scott Sheehan is a business lawyer with a national practice in banking and financial institutions, and consumer and commercial financial services. He is known for his issue advocacy and development of legal strategies for the banking and consumer finance sector, and co-authors the Texas Usury Law Handbook by West Publishing. His practice focuses upon legal and public policy issues and innovative solutions, including new product development, legal compliance, litigation, and issue advocacy in judicial, legislative, administrative, and arbitration proceedings. Scott currently serves as Chairman of the influential Texas Business Law Foundation.

Scott has been recognized by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America and a Texas Super Lawyer. He is also a member of "Scribes," the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.

Areas of Concentration

· Consumer and commercial financial services (e.g, mortgage lending and servicing, consumer loans and credit sales, manufactured housing, deposit account products, money services, payday loans, and credit service organizations)

· Federal and state regulation of consumer credit and other financial services

· Banking

· Government relations

· Usury

· Real estate

· Contract law

· Suretyship

· Commercial litigation

· Dispute resolution

· General business law

· REOPS

Significant Representations

· Representation of financial institutions and consumer and commercial finance companies in product design, legal compliance and design and preparation of standard business practices, forms and procedures.

· Representation of lenders in legal review of commercial and consumer finance loan portfolios.

· Issue advocacy on major banking and consumer and commercial finance issues before judicial, legislative, arbitration and administrative tribunals.

· Arbitrator or mediator in complex commercial cases involving patents, bank tying act, mergers and acquisitions, marketing services, manufacturing and other contract or business tort disputes.

· Representation of day-trading company in major arbitration matter.

· Representation of credit service organization regarding landmark decision in class action lawsuit regarding credit service organization fees under state usury law and federal RICO statute.

· Representation of sale lease-back company in landmark case brought by a state attorney general regarding state-law usury claims.

· Representation of home-equity lenders in individual and class-action lawsuits.

· Representation of state and national trade associations in amicus curiae briefs in state and federal court regarding usury, deposit account services, insufficient check fees, home-equity lending and other issues.

· Representation of foreign insurance company in dispute regarding reinsurance treaties and letters of credit.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee

· Member, Finance Lawyers Committee, Manufactured Housing Institute

· Member, Payday Loan Bar Association

· Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association

- Member, Large Complex Case Council and Panel, and Premier Mediation Panel

- Principal trainer for AAA-Houston arbitrator training, 1992-1994

· Chairman, Texas Business Law Foundation, 2006-2008

· Chair, State Bar of Texas Business Law Section, 1997-1998

· Chair, State Bar of Texas Consumer Law Section, 1985

· President, Texas Association of Bank Counsel, 1989

· Member, College of the State Bar of Texas

· Member, House Financial Institutions Committee Task Force on Texas Finance Code Revision

· Member, Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner Plain-Language Task Force

· Member, Texas Home Equity Discussion Group

· Member, State Bar of Texas Business Law Section

- Chair, Contract Law Committee, 2003-2005

- Chair, Consumer Financial Services Committee, 2000-2003

- Chair, Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1995-1997

- Co-chair, Usury Committee, 1991-1994

- Chair, Financial Institutions Committee, 1991

- Member, Section Representatives to the Board Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1998-2000

- Member, State Bar Council of Chairs, 1997-1998

- Member, State Bar Advisory Commission on Specialization in Consumer Law, 1990

· Member, Houston Commercial Finance Lawyers Forum

· Director, Park at Memorial Heights Homeowners' Association

· Deacon and Bible Study Director, Second Baptist Church

· Past Vice President, Past Consular Ball Chairman, and Past International Relations Chairman, Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008 and 2009

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2010

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2007-2008

Military Experience

· Distinguished military graduate, Army ROTC; Captain (Retired), U.S. Army Reserve

Other Experience

· Government Relations: Scott has been active as an issue advocate on legislative issues affecting the banking and financial services sector. One of his major projects was to co-lead the Texas Business Law Foundation's efforts from 1991 through 2005 to modernize the Texas Finance Code to reform Texas usury law for commercial loans. As part of the project, he is a member of the House Financial Institutions Committee's select drafting group for Usury Reform Bill of 2005, House Bill 955.

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Scott regularly publishes articles in national and state publications, including the Consumer Financial Quarterly, the Texas Business Law Journal, the Texas Consumer Law Journal, and the Texas Bar Journal, and presents seminars for bar and lay groups on legal compliance, usury, federal and state consumer laws, lender liability, plain-language drafting, business math, alternative dispute resolution, contract law, business torts, deceptive trade practices, creditor/debtor rights and other topics.

· Co-author, Texas Usury Law Handbook, West Publishing 1997 and Cumm. Supp. 2004, and Second Edition 2005

· Contributing author, Texas Collections Manual, 2d ed. State Bar of Texas, 1980

· Contributing author, Creditors' Rights in Texas, 2d ed., State Bar of Texas, 1981

Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Financial Institutions; Corporate & Securities; Litigation; Subprime & Mortgage Markets.Email: J. Scott Sheehan

Ben D. Tobor (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.S.M.E., 1969); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1973).

Ben Tobor has practiced intellectual property law in Houston since 1975. His experience includes: litigation concerning patents and trade secrets; acquisition of intellectual property rights, including copyrights and United States and international patents and trademarks; and intellectual property licensing. Prior to moving to Houston, Ben served as a Patent Examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and as a law clerk to Judge Phillip B. Baldwin of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in Washington, D.C., which is the predecessor court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

His practice includes representing international and domestic corporations, as well as individuals, in the fields of medical equipment and devices, military vehicles, "oil patch" equipment, restaurants, air conditioning and heating equipment, refuse collection and disposal, chemicals and chemical processing, hair and skin beauty care products, and computer software, among others.

One of Ben's clients, for whom he obtained numerous patents in the field of coronary stents, was awarded the 1996 Texas Inventor of the Year Award by the State Bar of Texas. This patent work also earned him special recognition in IP Worldwide magazine's August 2001 special report, "Patent Plums," which recognized "the most valuable U.S. patents and the lawyers who nurtured them." He was also recognized in IP Worldwide magazine's August 2002 special report, "10 Patents that Changed the World," as having been the attorney that obtained one of those patents. In 2006, his client was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

He has been a speaker on intellectual property law issues for the Houston Bar Association, American Management Association, Business/Professional Advertising Association, and Annual Corporate Counsel Institute sponsored by The University of Texas and the Texas State Bar Corporate Counsel Section.

He is a past President of the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a Life Fellow of the Houston and Texas Bar Foundations, and a Charter Fellow of the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation. Ben provides volunteer legal services for various charitable and public service organizations, including Justice for Children, The Escape Center, and Cenikor.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Licensing Executives Society

· Member, Texas and Houston Bar Associations

· Member, American and Houston Intellectual Property Law Associations

· Board of Directors, Justice for Children

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008, 2009

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 editions

· Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property, 2007-2009

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2008

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas.

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property & Technology.Email: Ben D. Tobor

G. Allan Van Fleet (Shareholder) born January 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Rice University (B.A., Behavioral Science and Political Science, summa cum laude, 1976) Phi Beta Kappa; Left in 1974 to participate in Columbia University's Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education program; Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1977) First in class; Editor, Columbia Law Review.

"Van Fleet's Grand Feats: A billion-dollar win? He's got lots of those," is the title of the October 2007 Texas Monthly/Super Lawyers article highlighting Allan's 30 years of litigation, arbitration and antitrust victories, pro bono work, and service to the bar and community. He is recognized nationally and internationally in the Best Lawyers in America; Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, and The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers. Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business lauded Allan as a "thoughtful and knowledgeable commercial litigation attorney" and "top flight counselor."

PLC Which Lawyer? recognizes Allan not only as a leading competition lawyer, but also among the top 20 "highly recommended" litigators in Texas.

Allan was selected by Super Lawyers magazine in Antitrust Litigation and Business Litigation, among the Top 100 lawyers in Texas (Top 3 in 2006).

Allan has represented large and small companies and governmental bodies in a variety of industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, biotechnology, human and veterinary health care, foods and beverages, energy, oilfield services, pipelines, railroads, airlines, steel, glassmaking, concrete and cement, accounting, financial services, insurance, legal services, collegiate merchandise, entertainment, and religious education.

He has tried and arbitrated cases for plaintiffs and defendants across the country and internationally. His antitrust practice includes, in addition to litigation, developing compliance programs; providing advice on transactions; structuring mergers and acquisitions; and representing clients before federal, state, and international agencies.

Areas of Concentration

· Litigation

· Antitrust and trade regulation

· International dispute resolution

· Intellectual property litigation

· Technology litigation

· Energy and natural resources

Significant Representations

· Antitrust and Trade Regulation - Plaintiffs

- Successfully represented India-based Jindal Steel in pursuing and settling antitrust and breach-of-contract claims against U.S. Steel, which agreed to terminate an anticompetitive exclusive sales agency agreement (freeing $180 million of steel plate production annually), forgo over $50 million in past and future commissions, and remove its director from Jindal's board of directors.

- Obtained judgments and multimillion-dollar settlements for Cyrix, a start-up maker of personal computer microprocessors, in antitrust, tortious interference, and patent litigation against Intel; represented Cyrix in Taiwan government investigation of Intel.

- Member of a team that represented, on a contingent fee basis, the ETSI Pipeline Project, a joint venture attempting to build a coal slurry pipeline, in a suit brought against various western railroads; wrote and argued successful motion for partial directed verdict on liability. The case resulted in our client's receipt of a net amount of approximately $425 million in pre-trial and post-judgment settlements, the largest of which followed a jury verdict and subsequent judgment of over $1 billion in damages.

- Successfully represented International Metaphysical Ministries in removing its universities from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's list of unaccredited institutions, based on the First-Amendment right to conduct religious education without state regulation.

- Represented Sun Microsystems in connection with U.S. government investigation of Microsoft.

- Represented a Houston-based computer manufacturer in connection with Texas and U.S. investigations of Microsoft.

· Antitrust and Trade Regulation - Defendants

- Obtained dismissal of $2-billion antitrust and related Telecommunications Act claims filed against a former Baby Bell company by a competing provider of telephone services.

- Obtained dismissal of resale price maintenance claims against a leading herbal supplements manufacturer brought by a Florida internet retailer with which the manufacturer refused to do business.

- Obtained dismissal of claims of conspiracy to monopolize by predatory pricing, filed against a Mexican cement supplier by an El Paso concrete contractor.

- Successfully defended a Dallas newspaper and its multimedia parent in a jury trial and appeal of $150-million antitrust and tortious interference claims brought by rival Dallas Times Herald.

- Successfully represented winner of concession to provide Houston airport with food and beverages in suit alleging violations of state competitive bidding and open meetings acts.

- Prevailed in West Texas jury trial and appeal of antitrust and tortious interference claims leveled against a major oil producer by an oilfield services provider.

- Successfully defended, before an East Texas state court jury, Montgomery Ward and parent Mobil against charges of fraud and deceptive trade practices brought when Montgomery Ward closed its catalog stores.

· Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance

- Obtained clearance for $16-billion merger of engineering and energy services companies from antitrust authorities in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the European Union.

- Represented Southwest Airlines before U.S. Department of Justice in connection with acquisition of gates and related ground facilities at Chicago's Midway Airport from ATA Holdings as part of a $117 million package to assist ATA out of bankruptcy.

- Obtained Justice Department approval of $100-million acquisition in offshore construction vessel industry.

- Obtained Federal Trade Commission clearance for a Mexican glassmaker to acquire, by hostile tender offer, the United States' second-largest producer of glass containers.

- Obtained arbitration award that $650-million acquisition agreement was improperly terminated by seller of a Mexican railroad; obtained preliminary injunction in Delaware Chancery Court requiring Mexican company to abide by acquisition agreement and contempt order when it failed to do so.

- Successfully defended electric utility in breach of merger agreement suit, limiting $400-million damages claim to contract termination fees.

- Obtained judgment for a financial services company, in Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court, for $120 million for breach, by freeze-out merger, of airline stock warrants.

- Represented London-based food and beverages conglomerate in defending and settling claims that the merger of its predecessors triggered change-of-control clauses terminating tequila supply agreements and trademark licenses.

· Intellectual Property and Technology

- Defended copyright owner of "SAW 'EM OFF" logo against suit by The University of Texas at Austin to enjoin Aggieland Outfitters' use of the parody of UT's longhorn trademark. Through strategic use of Texas and national media, brought sufficient pressure on UT to successfully settle the suit and preserve Aggieland Outfitters' right to use the logo with minor changes that one newspaper mocked as the addition of a "nose job and hair plugs."

- Obtained take-nothing judgment for Tokyo-based NEC and U.S. subsidiary in Beaumont class action alleging computer component defects; co-defendant settled for over $2 billion.

- Obtained summary judgment and successful settlement for a major medical college and its law firm on fraud claims arising out of a joint venture to exploit a faculty member's biotechnology patent.

- Successfully represented Cyrix in defending and settling claims by Texas Instruments over microprocessor technology contracts and in pursuing Cyrix's trade secrets claims against TI.

- Obtained summary judgment and successful settlement for Justice Records in case challenging ownership of patented CD and DVD technology.

- Successfully represented a Regional Bell Operating Company in defending and settling legal ethics and trade secrets dispute with AT&T over employment of former in-house lawyer.

· International Litigation and Arbitration

- Successfully represented Kansas City Southern in arbitration of post-acquisition claims against Mexican maritime transportation company Grupo TMM. After the AAA Centre for International Dispute Resolution sustained KCS's challenge to TMM's second party-appointed arbitrator, the parties settled. KCS succeeded in recovering $39 million of a $54 million escrow, under a contractual formula that would have required KCS to prove $80 million in damages. TMM (represented by David Boies) settled TMM's $96 million claims against KCS for $1.2 million.

- Obtained AAA Centre for International Dispute Resolution award that $650-million acquisition agreement was improperly terminated by seller of a Mexican railroad to U.S. railroad company.

- Successfully enjoined foreclosure and obtained $35-million reduction in claims by London-based steel supplier against Indian-owned steel production companies in Texas litigation and Swedish ICC arbitration proceedings.

- Defended and settled claims by U.S.-based logistics company against Mexican railroad company in ICC arbitration in Mexico City.

· Professional Responsibility

- Obtained summary judgment and successful settlement for major law firm against malpractice claims by employee-inventor of the law firm's client.

- Successfully defended lawyers before Texas Disciplinary Committees.

· Pro Bono Publico

- Represented defendant before U.S. Supreme Court in case challenging prosecution by Puerto Rico's seven-year, judicially appointed interim U.S. Attorney as violating the Appointments Clause of the Constitution and separation of powers doctrine.

- Represented the State of Texas and The University of Texas Law School in trial and appeal of landmark Hopwood case challenging affirmative action in legal education.

- Successfully represented Mayor Bill White and The City of Houston in protesting the renewal of a liquor license for a bar that had been the site of violent crimes, including murder.

- Represented (with wife Laurie) Central American refugees in trials before Immigration Judges, winning political asylum for 6 out of 6 clients. Recounted in ProBAR: Two Weeks that Made a Difference, 54 Texas Bar Journal 380 (1990).

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

- Past Member, House of Delegates, Nominating Committee; Long-Range Planning Committee; Section Officers Conference Committee on Governance; Joint Committee on Legal Ethics and Professionalism; Task Force on Homeland Security; Rule of Law Initiative - Latin America and Caribbean Council; Hurricane Relief Task Force; winner of the 2007 ABA Rule of Law Award; Delegate to World Justice Forum (Vienna 2008)

· Member, ABA Section of Antitrust Law

- Vice Chair (will become Chair in 2010); Past Committee Officer (responsible for oversight of 27 substantive committees); Past Section Delegate; Past Council Member; Past Chair: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee, and National Institutes Committee; International Task Force liaison to Free Trade Area of the Americas; Editorial Co-Chair, Annual Review Of Antitrust Law Developments (2000)

· Commissioner, Texas Access to Justice Commission

· Commissioner, Texas Supreme Court Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families

· Member, United States-Mexico Bar Association (formerly Texas-Mexico Bar Association)

- Past President; Past Chair, Competition Law Committee; principal drafter of The International Lawyer's Creed

· Member, State Bar of Texas

- Board of Directors; Chair, Administration Committee Litigation Subcommittee; Vice-chair, Task Force on Lawyer Mental Health; Antitrust and Business Litigation Section: Director Advisor; Director Advisor, Committee on Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Responsibility; Presidential Citation 2008

- International Law Section: Director Advisor; Past Council Member; Delegation to La Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba

· Member, Houston Bar Association

- Past Chair, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section; Chair, Professionalism Day; President's Award 1999

· Life Fellow, American, Texas, and Houston Bar Foundations

· Charter Member, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

· Past Chair, City of Houston Ethics Committee (appointed by Mayor)

· Director, Texas Appleseed Center

- Past Chair; principal spokesperson for landmark Fair Defense Report on indigent representation in Texas and Fair Defense Act in Texas Legislature; State Bar of Texas Newton Award for outstanding pro bono services by a group of attorneys; spokesperson for SB 1045 to create a State Innocence Commission and SB 163 to prevent execution of persons with mental retardation; winner of Mental Health Association in Texas Ring of Honor

· Director, Appleseed Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

· U.S. Delegate and Rapporteur, Free Trade Area of the Americas Working Group on Competition Law and Policy

· Advisor and principal drafter of the Unfair Competition Law of Ukraine, Ukraine Antimonopoly Committee

· Member, Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas

· Member, Board of Visitors, Columbia University School of Law

- Reunion Co-Chair, 1997, 2002, and 2007

· Rice University Annual Fund Class Chair, 1999; Reunion Co-Chair, 2000 and 2005

· Vice President, MacGregor Area Community Development Corporation

· Co-founder and General Counsel, African Angels Children's Fund (Nairobi, Kenya)

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Texas' Best Lawyers, 2008

· Listed, International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists, 1999-2009

· Listed, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Antitrust and Competition Lawyers, 2000-2008

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2004-2009

· Profiled, "Van Fleet's Grand Feats: A billion-dollar win? He's got lots of them," Texas Super Lawyers magazine, October 2007

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2004-2008 editions

· Listed, Practical Law Company's Dispute Resolution Handbook as one of 20 "Highly Recommended" Litigation Counsel in Texas, 2004-2008

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2000 - 2008

- Selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Texas, 2005 - 2007

- Selected as one of the Top 3 Lawyers in Texas, 2006

Noteworthy Experience

· Principal drafter of the Unfair Competition Law of Ukraine

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, The Honorable Irving R. Kaufman, Chief Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Contributing Author, "Joining Non-Signatories to an Arbitration Agreement," The In-House Perspective, Vol. 3, No. 3, August 2007

· Contributing Author, "In-House Counsel: Should they be More Privileged in the US than in the EU?," Business Law International, Vol 7 No 1, January 2006

· Author, "Talking to a Lawyer Could Get Risky: Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines," Executive Legal Advisor, 2004

· Author, "You Can't Argue With Numbers: The Mexican Immigrant Population in Texas is Growing and Untapped Market for Financial Institutions," Alliance of Independent Bankers Quarterly, March 2004

· Author, "New Rules on Disclosing Client Confidential Information: Are the ABA and SEC Turning Litigators into Stool Pigeons?" Litigation News, 2003

· Author, "Ask the Ethics Experts: Contacts With Represented Parties," The Antitrust Source, 2002

· Author, "Consolidation Con Salsa: Mergers and Acquisitions in Mexico," 15 Antitrust 13, 2001

· Author, "Ask the Experts: Legal Ethics in B2B Formation," 14 Antitrust 50, 2000

Books

· Contributing Author, A Q&A Guide to Dispute Resolution in the United States, in Dispute Resolution, Practical Law Co. 2007 and 2008

· Contributing Author, Competencia Económica in Cómo Hacer Negocios en Texas, State Bar of Texas 2007

· Contributing Author, Antitrust Law: "Foundations, Pillars, and Global Forces," Inside the Minds: The Art and Science of Antitrust Law - Leading Lawyers on Unfair Competition, Trade Regulations and Litigation, Aspatore 2003

· Contributing Author, Texas Antitrust in State Antitrust Practice and Statutes, ABA 2d ed. 1999 and 3d ed. 2004

· Contributing Author, Antitrust in Doing Business in Texas: A Guide For Foreign Investors Doing Business in the Lone Star State, State Bar of Texas 1999 and 2d ed. 2003

· Contributing Author, Litigation and Arbitration in the United States in Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Handbook, PLC 2005

· Contributing Author, Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Immunity in Antitrust Discovery Handbook, ABA 2d ed. 2003

· Contributing Author, Private Remedies in the U.S., E.U., Canada, and Mexico in Global Counsel Competition Law Handbook, PLC 2002

· Contributing Author, Ethical Issues in Commercial Cases in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, West 1998 and 2005 Supp.

· Contributing Author, Texas Legal Ethics in The American Legal Ethics Library, Cornell 2001

· Editor, 1999 Antitrust Law Developments, ABA 2000

· Contributing Author, Preliminary Considerations in Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial - Fifth Circuit, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company 1996 and Supp. 1998

· Contributing Author, The Competition Laws of NAFTA, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, 1997

Speeches

· Speaker, "Competition Law Issues in International Acquisitions and Joint Ventures," 2009

· Speaker, "Antitrust Tall Tales," 2008

· Moderator, "Antitrust in the New Administration," 2008

· Speaker, "Antitrust Issues in the Hospitality Industry," 2008

· Panelist, Avoiding Antitrust Violations in Competitor Collaborations, 2007

· Panelist, Antitrust Roundtable, Texas Lawyer, 2006

· Speaker, Antitrust Update, ABA Section of Antitrust Law Corporate Counsel Committee, 2006

· Speaker, "Remittance Legislation," Fraude: Protecting Hispanic Consumers, 2005

· Speaker, "Technology and Privacy," 2005

· Speaker, "Competition Between Lawyers and Nonlawyers: Defining 'The Practice of Law,'" 2003

· Speaker, "Ethics Update: What's HOT at the SEC, ABA, and DOJ," 2003

· Speaker, "Protecting Confidential Information in the Electronic Age," 2003

· Speaker, "Mediation of Antitrust Disputes," 2002

· Speaker, "Antitrust Considerations in the International Distribution and Marketing of High-Tech Products," 2001

Miscellaneous

· Contributing Author, "In the Wake of the Storm: The ABA Responds to Hurricane Katrina - A Midyear activity report," ABA Task Force Report on Hurricane Katrina, January 2006

Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas.

Languages: English; Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust Litigation; Antitrust & Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Technology Litigation; International Dispute Resolution; Energy & Natural Resources.Email: G. Allan Van Fleet

OF COUNSEL

Gerald P. Lance (Of Counsel) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1981); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 1984) Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.

Jerry Lance has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, land development, and real estate finance. His practice focuses particularly on commercial leasing (retail, office, and industrial), construction lending, long-term institutional financing and related restructurings, commercial land and income-producing property sales, construction contracts, and real estate development. Jerry has coordinated the real estate portions of several major multi-state acquisitions and financings.

In addition to his private practice, he was formerly senior counsel for a large multi-state land development company where he focused on residential land development for master-planned communities, including golf course operations.

Areas of Concentration

· Real estate

- Commercial real estate finance

- Construction contracts

- Leases and leasing

- Commercial mortgages

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

- Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

- Business Law Section

· Member, Houston Bar Association

- Real Estate Section

- Corporate Counsel Section

· Member, American Bar Association

- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

- Business Law Section

Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas.

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Gerald P. Lance

Christi D. Quinn (Of Counsel) born Edinburg, Texas, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Advertising, 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1985).

Christi D. Quinn's practice includes a variety of transactional, commercial and litigation matters. Her transactional practice involves a wide range of transactions including energy finance, joint ventures, strategic alliances, marketing arrangements and acquisitions and dispositions of assets. Christi has also represented manufacturers in commercial and other personal injury matters in her capacity as a litigator.

Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Christi served as senior counsel to a major international oil and gas corporation. While there, in addition to her transactional, commercial and litigation practice, Christi's responsibilities included tort reform and government relations while serving as a company representative for trade associations and business counseling.

Areas of Concentration

· Energy finance

· Oil and gas

· Strategic alliances

· Project development

· Commercial litigation

Significant Representations

· Representation of lenders in connection with production based financings involving assets in U.S., South America, Canada, and Eastern Europe. Representation of petro-chemical manufacturer and marketer in the formation of a tri-venture manufacturing alliance; transaction included facilities lease, supply agreements, tolling and marketing agreements, and operator agreements.

· Representation of major petro-chemical company in marketing and supply arrangements.

· Representation of manufacturer and marketer in connection with formation of joint venture for development of chemical pipeline.

· Representation of foreign oil company in the purchase of producing and manufacturing assets in South America.

· Representation of global manufacturing company in connection with the outsourcing of all backroom accounting functions performed in Europe, Asia and the United States.

· Representation of energy-related technology owner in project development and marketing of processed product.

· Brownfield development.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Fellow Houston Bar Foundation

· Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

· Member, Volunteer in Public Schools (VIPS)

· Active in athletic youth programs

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Energy & Natural Resources; Corporate & Securities.Email: Christi D. Quinn

Eric C. Rose (Of Counsel) born Bucharest, Romania, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Iowa and Illinois; 2005, Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of the United States. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., Economics, 1982); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 1985) Editorial Board, Iowa Law Review; Editorial Board, ASILS International Law Journal; University of Iowa (M.A., Political Science, 1985).

For more than 20 years, Eric Rose has concentrated his practice in the global aspects of business development, specifically including mergers, acquisitions, privatizations, technology transfers, antitrust counseling, and domestic and international commercial transactions. Mr. Rose has served in several senior in-house counsel positions at leading companies such as American Standard, Tyco Toys, and John Deere. Since 2003, he has been in private practice, representing mid-tier domestic and international equipment manufacturers in the defense, natural resources, and service industries. Mr. Rose has led M&A and other complex transactions in the U.S. and more than two dozen countries on five continents. These representations have included the organization and strategic direction of manufacturing and/or distribution subsidiaries.

Areas of Concentration

· Mergers, acquisitions and privatizations

· Corporate restructurings, including tax reorganizations and technology transfers

· International antitrust, FCPA, OECD and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance

· Domestic and international commercial transactions

· Commercial and consumer litigation

Significant Representations

Global Mergers, Acquisitions and Privatizations

· Led tender offers in the United States, France, Thailand and Germany, including securities filings

· Negotiated and drafted documentation for share acquisition/sale transactions, including the formation/dissolution of joint ventures, in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Ireland, Sweden, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, India, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan.

· Negotiated and drafted assets and related liabilities purchase/sale agreements in several countries, including those listed above, as well as in Columbia, Venezuela, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Portugal, South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

· Represented American Standard, Trane and WABCO Automotive in privatizations in, among other, Bulgaria and Poland, as well as in partnerships with state and local governments in a number of countries, including the United States, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.

Corporate restructurings, including tax reorganizations and technology transfers

· Restructured the operations of Perry Equipment Corporation which resulted in a two-fold increase in sales, twenty-fold increase in EBITDA and eventually, counseled the company in its merger with CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) at a five-fold increase in valuation over the three-year period of the assignment

· Counseled an international gas equipment manufacturer in improving its operations, which resulted in a two-fold increase in inventory turns and an equivalent reduction in working capital.

· Negotiated and drafted for several clients bank and private equity multi-currency, multi-option credit agreements with a number of leading banks (e.g. Chemical Bank, JPMorganChase, etc.), which resulted in substantial savings in the borrowing rate, increased flexibility in the use of the facilities, and enhanced opportunities for global money management

· Negotiated and drafted complex financing facilities in several countries, including public and private offerings, acquisition/resale of Brady bonds, debt-to-equity and sale/leaseback financing, which have yielded material enhancements of the credit worthiness of the clients.

· Reorganized the domestic and international tax structure of several clients, which resulted in very substantial lowering of the respective client's global effective tax rate.

· Led Six Sigma and Demand Flow Technology teams which found enduring and consistent solutions which reduced costs by over $2 million/year.

· Changed investments ownership structure, which yielded $2.3 million in tax-free earnings.

· Reorganized client investment in South Africa which yielded a $935,000 tax-free dividend to the U.S. parent without any negative effect on operations.

· Negotiated and drafted multiple technology transfer agreements, which expanded clients' revenue stream, as well as opened new opportunities for sales of its products.

· Negotiated and implemented the building of the first post-1989 privately commissioned gas pipeline in a Balkan country, which resulted in cost efficiencies of over $5 million.

International antitrust, FCPA, OECD and Sarbanes- Oxley Act compliance

· Developed compliance procedures on international antitrust, export controls, anti-boycott rules, WTO, NAFTA, foreign procurement practices and trade barriers.

· Designed and implemented contract management, corporate governance procedures and FCPA compliance programs, including seminars to senior management as well as operating personnel.

· Drafted, and counseled the implementation of global HR manuals and compliance functions for several clients, in the U.S. and internationally.

Domestic and international commercial transactions

· Negotiated numerous commercial purchasing and sales transactions, in more than forty countries.

· Designed and implemented complex sales and purchasing policies, including drafting the related documentation (e.g. Purchase Orders, Acknowledgement Receipts, Warranty Terms, etc.), including web-based solutions.

Commercial and consumer litigation

· Led client's domestic and/or international litigation function.

· Developed and implemented complex ADR programs, and participated in mediations, arbitrations, etc.

· Litigated product liability cases in over thirty domestic jurisdictions, and five international jurisdictions.

· Litigated multiple commercial disputes with suppliers, customers, governments, etc.

· Drafted and argued appellate briefs, and prepared brief and supported counsel in the appeal of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Past President, Iowa Society of Int'l Law and Affairs

· Past Chair, American Bar Association International TIPS Committee

· Past Program Chair, ABA TIPS and Business Law Sections

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Legal 500 US, 2009 edition

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "The Granting and Suspension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to Non-market Economy States: Policy and Consequences," 25 Harv. Int'l L.J. 329 (1984)

· Author, "The Japanese Industrial Policy Complex: An Appropriate Legal Model for the United States?" 11 Brooklyn Int'l L.J. 239 (1985)

· Author, "Third World Agricultural Development: A Proposal," 19 N.Y.U. Int'l L. & Pol. 63 (1986)

· Author, "International Contractual Developments in Product Liability," 371 PLI/Lit 175 (1989)

Speeches

· Speaker and moderator for several programs of the ABA, PLI Institute, and others

Miscellaneous

· Organizer of the ABA Global Product Liability Conference in Paris, France (1990)

Member: American Bar Association (Member, TIPS and Business Law Sections; Past Chair, International TIPS Committee); Iowa Society of International Law and Affairs (Past President).

(Also at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Office). Languages: French and Romanian. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Global; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change.Email: Eric C. Rose

ASSOCIATES

Robert D. Brannon (Associate) born Conroe, Texas, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S., cum laude, 2002); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005) Articles Editor, Texas Tech Law Review; Texas Tech University (M.S., 2005).

Robert Brannon focuses his practice on commercial real estate matters and represents purchasers, developers and sellers in the acquisition, development and disposition of industrial facilities, office buildings, healthcare facilities and retail centers. In addition, he represents lenders and borrowers in mortgage lending transactions, and landlords and tenants in the negotiation of commercial leases.

Areas of Concentration

· Real Estate

· Development

· Acquisitions

· Financing

· Leasing

· Sales

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

· Member, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity

Awards & Recognition

· Order of the Coif

· Texas Tech University School of Law Regents Scholar

Practice Areas: Real Estate; Energy & Natural Resources.Email: Robert D. Brannon

Paul J. Brown (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1998); Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (M.P.A., Public Affairs, 1998).

Paul J. Brown focuses his practice on antitrust and commercial litigation. Paul also works and consults on a variety of labor and employment matters, including discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits, lawsuits under the Americans with Disability Act, litigation under various federal labor statutes and regulations.

Areas of Concentration

· Commercial Litigation

· Antitrust Litigation

· Labor & Employment Law and Litigation

· Discrimination, sexual harassment, ADA

Professional & Community Involvement

· Volunteer Attorney, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program

· Member, Board of Directors, Justice for Children, 2003-2004

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, Worked with The Honorable Nancy F. Atlas on cases spanning the entire civil and criminal docket, August 2000-August 2002

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust & Trade Regulation.Email: Paul J. Brown

Gina A. Carias (Associate) admitted to bar, 1992, Venezuela; 2007, New York. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela, (J.D., 1992); University of Notre Dame Law School (LL.M., 1995); London Law Center, London, England.

Gina Carias focuses on Global Business Immigration. Specifically she is dedicated to obtaining business visas, work authorizations and residence permits for international personnel. Gina works with a carefully selected group of attorneys world-wide to provide specialized immigration assistance to U.S. and foreign companies. She advises and develops global immigration strategies for multi-national companies that facilitate seamless global operations. Gina regularly monitors changes in international immigration legislation in order to provide clients with up-to-date comprehensive advice for the transfer of employees. She also assists corporations in selecting the most cost-efficient and expeditious means for the transfer of employees and their dependents. Gina has experience in transfers to Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Gina practiced Global Immigration with an international immigration firm in New York.

Areas of Concentration

· Global Business Immigration

(Also at McLean, VA Office). Practice Areas: Business Immigration & Compliance.Email: Gina A. Carias

Audrey Chang (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Liberal Arts, French, with highest honors, 2002) Phi Beta Kappa; The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2006) Texas International Law Journal.

Audrey M. Chang is developing a practice in all areas of commercial finance, with a focus on corporate finance, energy and banking transactions. In addition, Ms. Chang has experience in representing lenders in real estate construction and development loan transactions, low-income housing tax credit transactions and structured finance transactions.

Areas of Concentration

· Corporate & Securities

· Structured Finance

· Energy Finance

Significant Representations

· Representation of national and regional financial institutions in connection with various construction loans, permanent loans and acquisition loans.

· Representation of partnership in the refinancing of a $225 million senior secured credit facility and of a $750 million senior secured credit facility.

· Representation of corporate trustees, custodians and portfolio administrators in connection with structured finance transactions and derivative debt products, which include collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, and swap agreements.

· Representation of companies in the purchase and sale of office buildings within the Houston area.

· Representation of corporate clients in connection with real estate aspects of corporate acquisitions and mergers.

· Representation of lender in connection with $3 million yacht acquisition and financing.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association

· Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

· Member, Asian American Bar Association of Houston

- Vice President of Membership

· Board Member, Houston Children's Chorus

· Member, Greater Houston Partnership

- Asia, Austrailia and Oceania Regional Trade Market

Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Languages: Chinese (Mandarin); French. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Energy & Natural Resources.Email: Audrey Chang

Mark G. Chretien (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1995); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2002) Articles Editor, Houston Law Review; Houston Law Review Award - Most outstanding law review paper in the area of general litigation; President, Black Law Students Association.

Mark G. Chretien's practice is concentrated in the areas of acquisition, maintenance and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Mark's practice also involves transactional matters including negotiating and drafting of licensing and other intellectual property related agreements and conducting of intellectual property due diligence investigations.

Before entering law school, Mark obtained work experience in the field of petrochemical processing and participated in the startup and commissioning of an ethylene production facility in south Louisiana.

Areas of Concentration

· Patent, trademark and copyright prosecution

· Domain name protection, transfers and disputes

· Intellectual property licensing

· Intellectual property due diligence and audits

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association

· Member, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association

Awards & Recognition

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Rising Star, 2007, 2009

· Leadership Houston, Class of 2007-2008

· Houston Young Lawyers Association, Leadership Academy Class, 2004-2005

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· The Question of Availability: Grain Processing Corp. v. American Maize-Products Co., 38 Hous. L. Rev. 1489 (2002).

Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association.

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property & Technology.Email: Mark G. Chretien

Maggie D. Conner (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2001); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2004). Maggie D. Conner Associate connerm@gtlaw.com Direct: 713.374.3576 Direct Fax: 713.374.3505 Houston 1000 Louisiana Street Suite 1700 Houston, TX 77002 T 713.374.3500 F 713.374.3505

Maggie D. Conner's practice focuses on business reorganization, creditors' rights, and commercial litigation. Ms. Conner has experience in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings as well as state trial and appellate courts. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Ms. Conner practiced at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Areas of Concentration

· Business Reorganization

· Creditors' Rights

· Commercial Litigation

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, Houston Bar Association

· Member, Moller/Foltz American Inn of Court

· Member, Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court

Awards & Recognition

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Rising Star, 2009

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, Honorable Jeff Bohm, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas

Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Moller/Foltz American Inn of Court; Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court.

Practice Areas: Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.Email: Maggie D. Conner

Calvin Ding (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Cornell University (B.A., Economics, Government) Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society; Cornell Government Honors Program; University of Minnesota Law School (J.D.) Member of Intellectual Property Moot Court.

Calvin Ding is an associate in Greenberg Traurig's Shanghai and Houston offices. His practice focuses on counseling U.S., European and Chinese entities in international corporate and commercial projects, including transnational mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, corporate restructuring, corporate finance, private equity and insolvency. Calvin also counsels clients on transnational trade and investment matters involving dumping, subsidies, boycott, and CFIUS.

Prior to practicing law, Calvin worked as a research analyst in The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center, interned for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and worked as a loan officer at a Texas based bank.

Areas of Concentration

· Foreign direct investment

· Mergers and acquisitions

· Securities

· International trade and regulation

· General corporate advice

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

· Member, U.S. China Business Council, American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· Calvin Ding and Tony Zhang, A New Welcome for Venture Capital, The China Business Review, July-August 2009

Member: American Bar Association; National Asian Pacific American Bar Association .

(Also at Shanghai, China Office). Languages: Chinese (Mandarin), Fluent; English, Fluent. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Antitrust & Trade Regulation.Email: Calvin Ding

Pamela A. Ferguson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., Human and Organizational Development, cum laude, 2001) "Outstanding Graduate" in Health & Human Services concentration; President, Student Government Association; Vanderbilt University (M.Ed., Human Development Counseling, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007) Articles Editor, Houston Journal of International Law; Lex Award for Scholastic Excellence in Legal Analysis, Research, Communication.

Pamela A. Ferguson is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Pamela concentrates her litigation practice in health care, commercial and complex litigation. She also has experience in international arbitration.

Areas of Concentration

· Commercial and complex litigation

· International litigation and arbitration

· Health and FDA business

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, State Bar of Texas

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association

- Committee Co-chair, Lawyers in the Community

- Law Student Director, 2006

· Member, Houston Vanderbilt Club

· Reunion Committee, Vanderbilt University, 2006

Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Health & FDA Business.Email: Pamela A. Ferguson

Jessica Lee Freedson (Associate) born San Diego, California, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Middle Eastern Studies, 1996) Phi Beta Kappa; Graduated with High University Honors and Departmental Honors; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel: Junior Year Abroad Program; University of Chicago (M.A., Middle Eastern Studies, 1998) Founded and led student organization, MidEast 2000; University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 2002) Member, Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs.

Jessica Lee Freedson's practice focuses on matters involving commercial, environmental, property, and personal injury litigation. Freedson has represented clients in state and federal court and in arbitration proceedings. Her practice also includes advising corporate clients regarding a wide variety of pre-litigation issues, including governmental investigations, internal audits, ADR, risk assessment, mitigation of damages, and document control and retention. Freedson has represented clients in the industries of health care, banking, oil and gas, technology, construction, government, and real estate, among others. Freedson has been recognized as one of the best lawyers under 40 in Houston by H Magazine. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Freedson was an associate at Haynes and Boone, LLP.

Areas of Concentration

· Business litigation

· Real estate litigation

· Commercial and complex litigation

Significant Representations

· Investigation of a national energy company regarding a potential FERC compliance violation;

· Obtaining a judgment in favor of local constructi