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<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="5"><b><font size="3" color="#990000">Summary
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#660000"><a name="intlcom"></a><b><font size="3" color="#990000">International
Commercial Practice</font></b></font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Design and implementation
of the legal aspects of a Latin American expansion program by a U.S.
office equipment and business machine manufacturer. This included work
with the General Counsel to draft prototype distribution agreements,
selection and supervision of local counsel to ensure compliance with
local law, structuring of subsidiary operations, overseas trademark
protection, resolution of customs and other issues related to export
sales, and arrangements for legal services for the client's in-country
personnel.<br>
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</font></li>
<li> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Design and implementation
of the legal aspects of a global expansion program in by a U.S. trucking
company as it offered door-to-door foreign transportation services from
the United States and Canada to consignees throughout the world. This
included work with Corporate Counsel to select and supervise local counsel
to ensure compliance with and to minimize liability under local law,
drafting and negotiation of agency and representation agreements with
local companies to act on behalf of the client overseas, advice on intercorporate
issues where the client's foreign affiliates served as local agents,
assistance with establishing foreign subsidiaries, and advice on related
corporate matters. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Drafting and negotiation
of agreements with foreign governments to provide customs inspection
services at foreign points of entry in developing countries. This involved
unique issues relating to protection of the client's interests from
arbitrary action by the local governments, and ensuring payment by the
governments for services and equipment provided under the contracts.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Design and implementation
of the legal aspects of a marketing program for novelty products exported
to the United States by a Hong Kong manufacturer. This involved formation
of a limited liability company in the United States, drafting of a sales
representative agreement, distribution agreement, consulting and employment
agreements, and extensive tax planning to minimize U.S. taxation of
the Hong Kong company and its U.S. affiliate. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Due diligence
and documentation of the U.S. and Russian law aspects of the acquisition
by a Swiss corporation's Russian subsidiary of shares of a U.S. company
involved in Russian petroleum exploration. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of a major league baseball team in negotiating and acquiring land in
the Dominican Republic for purposes of building a training facility,
and assistance to the team as it resolved issues relating to contracts
with and signing bonuses for local players. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assistance to
a U.S. telecommunications company as it sought approval to deliver satellite
based Internet and related services into a developing country with inadequate
ground-based communications infrastructure. This involved dealing with
issues that were questioned by the local military, access to shared
network resources, allocation of frequencies, interconnection of public
and private networks, and related matters. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of a U.S. company in contract negotiations and alternative dispute resolution
proceedings relating to the installation of energy-saving equipment
and retrofits at Russian mining operations. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of a U.S. oil company in applying for and negotiating a concession (license)
for offshore petroleum exploration and development in the Dominican
Republic. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of U.S. manufacturer with foreign sales through Latin American distributors
concerning establishment of an offshore foreign sales corporation to
reduce U.S. income taxes on export sales. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Development of
corporate policies on compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act and U.S. Antiboycott Regulations for a client with local agents
in or dealing with Islamic countries, and presentation to management
and the board of directors. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assistance to
a foreign bank on how to qualify as an eligible foreign custodian under
U.S. securities laws. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice and analysis
to clients on utilization of offshore facilities to maximize confidentiality
and minimize taxes for business operations. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice to a U.S.
exporter of business products on U.S. antitrust laws and European Community
competition laws as applied to supply and distribution arrangements.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Negotiation of
joint venture and license agreements for a U.S telecommunications company
to provide cellular telephone service in Portugal. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice to a U.S.
based international air cargo carrier on planning its foreign operations
and its utilization of its own foreign affiliates as local agents in
ways that minimize local and U.S. taxes.<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Negotiation of
terms of acquisition of Latin American hotels by a U.S. corporation
with nationwide hotel operations, and preparation of documents and agreements
necessary to implement the transaction.</font></li>
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<p></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#660000"><a name="ecom"></a><b><font size="3" color="#990000">e-Commerce
and Cyberlaw Matters</font></b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Advice to a U.S.
technology company on issues, problems, and differences from U.S. practice
in drafting software license agreements for use in the European Community.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of a U.S. software developer as it developed its marketing and distribution
channels, including drafting of its VAR, OEM, and software development
agreements.<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice on ownership
of software developed overseas and the effect of that country's laws
on ownership and other intellectual property rights. This included the
need for remedial action to ensure ownership rights. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice and drafting
of key components of a Confidential Offering Memorandum and Subscription
Agreement utilized by an e-business to raise private capital to fund
its operations. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice to a website
development company on drafting its prototype development agreements,
guidance on maintaining ownership of its created works, and assistance
in negotiating website development agreements with clients. This involved
issues relating to ownership of web content and design software, as
well as web hosting services, site maintenance, and the ISP's responsibilities.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assistance to
a U.S. company with foreign operations concerning its domain name registration,
and protection of the name and other intellectual property rights in
countries where the client has or anticipates operations. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice on website
privacy policy issues and jurisdictional questions arising from the
interactive functions of a website. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Internal due diligence
review of a company's ownership of its intellectual property rights,
its principal asset, in connection with preparing the company for acquisition
negotiations. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Review of strategic,
software, and hosting partnership relationships for a B2B software provider.
</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p>
<p></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><font color="#660000" size="2"><a name="edorg"></a></font></font><font color="#990000">Nonprofit
and Exempt Organizations Practice</font></b></font></p>
<p></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#990000"><i>	</i><b>Educational
Organizations</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#990000"><font size="2">
</font></font> </p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">General representation
of a � 501(c)(3) consortium of universities with respect to maintenance
of tax-exempt status; unrelated business taxable income; guidance to
management and the board on fiduciary duties, responsibilities, and
corporate governance issues; drafting and review of agreements; and
work on general corporate matters. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Drafted and negotiated
technical assistance and university development agreements with counterpart
organizations such as the leading university in the Peoples Republic
of China, a foundation controlled by the royal family of Qatar, an association
of private universities in Indonesia, and the principal university system
in Malaysia. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Reviewed, drafted,
and negotiated agreements with a major U.S. publishing company, a multinational
telecommunications company with an international educational division,
and an association of national financial institutions to provide educational
courses and materials to Asian universities and students. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Negotiated with
the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic and U.S. banks for the purchase
and conversion of private U.S. dollar denominated Dominican debt into
local currency at a favorable exchange rate to create an endowment for
a local Dominican foundation to fund local undergraduate agricultural
education as part of a U.S. university project. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Designed legal
and tax aspects of a corporate sponsorship program to fund a technology
and computer training program in China where participating corporations
would be able to obtain exposure in the Chinese market with tax-deductible
contributions. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Obtained a favorable
private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service with respect
to establishment of the for-profit subsidiary of the nonprofit parent.
Incorporated and organized the subsidiary, and developed legal aspects
of intercorporate operating policies. Created and implemented a plan
for joint operations to allow commercial profit-making programs to be
carried out using the good will and existing world-wide recognition
of the parent corporation's members without adverse income tax consequences
to the parent. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Drafted prototype
membership (franchise) agreements for participation by foreign universities
in a global distance education network to provide American-style education
overseas through modern telecommunications technology. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Developed and
designed a legal structure to enable an Asian government to utilize
tax deductible contributions made in the United States to fund a graduate
level training program for its students in the United States. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Designed and created
a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for a select group of management
in order to ensure retention of key executives without adverse income
tax consequences to the corporation or the executives. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Ongoing monitoring
and oversight over corporate activities, including drafting of necessary
agreements to ensure international protection of university logos and
marks, and copyrights on textbooks and other course materials. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Ongoing monitoring
and oversight of the parent exempt organization and for-profit subsidiary
with respect to corporate activities to insure income tax compliance
and maximization of tax benefits. </font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
</font></p>
<p></p>
<p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><i>	</i><font color="#660000"><b><font size="3" color="#990000">Religious
Organizations</font></b></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">General representation
of a major U.S. religious denomination in connection with religious,
corporate, nonprofit, and governance issues; advice to the national,
diocesan, and parish organizations on hierarchical issues, including
property rights; and litigation oversight on matters with national implications.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Implementing a
continuing review of local parish deeds, bylaws, articles of incorporation,
and other corporate documents to maximize uniformity and consistency
with national church policies concerning organizational structure. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Reviewed insurance
coverage and requirements at the national, diocesan, and parish levels
as to the potential liabilities and losses at each level of organization.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advised on the
creation and implementation of the denominational health and benefit
plan for clergy and staff. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Developed Safety
and Liability Guidelines For Youth which were adopted and implemented
nationwide in all church activities in which clergy, staff, and church
employees and volunteers interact with young people. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Formed a nonprofit
corporation affiliated with the religious denomination to provide adoption
placement services for Russian children in the United States, and planned
legal aspects of operations <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Provided legal
advice to the denominational investment committee with respect to committee
structure, confidentiality, and investment guidelines and restrictions.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Coordinated with
and assisted local counsel in California, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
in litigation or disputes based on clergy sexual misconduct. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Coordinated with
and assisted local counsel in litigation and disputes with dissident
or potentially dissident church groups in Georgia, Pennsylvania, New
York and Connecticut about national affiliation and property rights.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Provide continuing
advice to the national church body as it regularly receives requests
to participate, as amicus curiae, in briefs on religious freedom and
related issues filed by other parties in the Supreme Court of the United
States and the lower federal courts. </font></li>
</ul>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#660000"><a name="govreg"></a><font size="3"><b><font color="#990000">Governmental
and Regulatory Matters</font></b></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Represented an
electric utility trade association in a Congressional investigation
of the safety of nuclear power generation facilities by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. Worked to minimize the impact of investigation
upon the client in the final report by the Congressional Committee investigating
the matter. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assistance to
U.S. exporters to obtain working capital financing, and political and
commercial risk insurance through the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation as those clients developed programs to
increase foreign sales. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Negotiated a recompetition
for a U.S. Government contract where the contracting agency did not
follow procurement guidelines and improperly disqualified client's best
and final offer. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Recovery of substantial
costs beyond expectations pursuant to a claim in a termination for convenience
of a government contract matter. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Negotiated a substantial
recovery from the U.S. Customs Service on behalf of a client who purchased
damaged good at a government auction of confiscated property. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Successfully resolved
on favorable terms, without publicity, threatened False Claims Act litigation
by the U.S. Department of Justice in a government contract matter. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Representation
of Latin American cargo carriers before the Department of Transportation
and Federal Aviation Administration to obtain licenses or exemptions
authorizing cargo service between Latin American countries and the United
States, and to ensure compliance with U.S. aviation safety requirements.
<br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assistance with
registration of trademarks and copyrights with the Patent and Trademark
Office and the Register of Copyrights. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Assisted a U.S.
company in obtaining a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the U.S. Treasury Department to engage in otherwise prohibited activities
in a country subject to U.S. economic and trade sanctions. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Advice to political
committees during audits by the Federal Election Commission. Provided
testimony before the FEC in rule-making proceedings on regulatory changes.
This work also includes preparation and filing of periodic disclosure
reports for political committees. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Drafted proposed
amendments to regulations affecting the savings and loan industry, and
advocated the same to regulatory agencies. This work included developing
Congressional support for the amendments. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Maintained relationships
with U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who represent
the eight states and ten districts in which the members of a university
consortium represented by the firm are located. Work involves briefings
on consortium programs, periodic visits, and creation of opportunities
for Members to participate in and receive recognition in connection
with consortium activities. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Arranged and facilitated
meeting with the Vice President of the United States and a delegation
of foreign educators seeking advice and assistance from the U.S. Government
on local university development programs, and implemented continuing
follow-up. <br>
<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Created and coordinated
a lobbying group, and solicited corporate members, to support favorable
amendments to Caribbean Basin Initiative legislation. Work included
testimony before the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means
Committee, drafting amendments to legislation, and presenting arguments
for changes. </font></li>
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