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FIRM RESUME

Stutman, Treister & Glatt is the preeminent bankruptcy boutique law firm. For more than 50 years, Stutman, Treister & Glatt has been a leader in the field of business reorganization and restructuring. Other firms may have bankruptcy "departments," or say they do what we do, but no other firm in the country has the depth and experience provided by ST&G's "experts only" bankruptcy professionals.

Unlike many of our competitors, ST&G is not new to the field. Since the firm's founding in 1948, ST&G has practiced exclusively in the area of business bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. Specifically, ST&G's practice is devoted primarily to representing:

Financially troubled businesses, both in and out of court

Buyers and sellers of troubled companies

Creditors' and bondholders' committees

Significant shareholders and equity committees

Hedge funds and other investors in "distressed " debt & securities

Significant secured and unsecured creditors

Plaintiffs and defendants in LBO and bankruptcy-related litigation

ST&G has long been known as an innovator in the field. We have been involved in some of the most complex, nationally-known restructurings, like Enron, as well as other, smaller cases. In fact, many of our successes are achieved for our clients without the need for a chapter 11 case, and thus the client's problems, and our involvement, remain confidential. In every case, however, our team of bankruptcy experts strives to develop unique theories and strategies designed to do just one thing: maximize value for our clients.

Unlike traditional law firms, ST&G does not "layer" its cases with large teams of associates overseen by partners who "administer" many cases concurrently, but have minimal "hands-on" involvement. Because of our attorneys' unparalleled expertise in the field, we staff our cases with fewer, but more experienced, lawyers. As a result, our fees usually end up being significantly less than those charged by our competitors.

The bottom line is this: In the field of bankruptcy law, ST&G's lawyers have experience and expertise that are second to none. Whether involving a small, closely-held company, or a nationally recognized public company, ST&G has what it takes to get the best result, every time.

National Practice

Our practice spans the nation and the business world. Wherever they are located, we provide our clients with smart legal solutions to complex financial problems.

We've represented debtors in restructuring billions of dollars of debt all across the country, from Public Service of New Hampshire, to the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, in Orange County, California. We've represented creditors and committees in virtually every significant bankruptcy court in the country. We've represented hedge funds, and been involved in distressed M&A transactions, in cases from New York to Hawaii.

We bring our knowledge and experience to bear in everything we do. Wherever you are, and whatever you do, ST&G can deliver to you its depth of experience, and unparalleled legal savvy, to help guide you through any bankruptcy-related problem.

Summer Associates

The firm overwhelmingly prefers to hire new associates from those law students who have clerked with the firm after their first or second year of law school. The summer clerkship program is viewed as an important opportunity for the firm and the student to evaluate each other. Accordingly, the firm attempts to expose summer associates to every phase of the firm's practice and their duties are not confined to research and writing. Historically, the summer clerkship program has been extremely successful. Most of the members of the firm were, at one time, participants in the program.

Each year the firm conducts an active interviewing program at several major law schools throughout the country in an effort to recruit and employ a very small number of the most qualified first-year and second-year law students available. Although every student interviewed is given serious consideration, we have found that superior academic achievement, effective communication skills, demonstrated leadership ability, integrity and resourcefulness are important factors in hiring.

All hiring is based solely on a student's predicted ability to function at the level expected of all members of the firm. We have always hired without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age or physical handicap.

Firm Culture

ST&G is widely recognized as one of the premier bankruptcy law boutiques. When local and national publications put together their "Best Lawyers" lists, the attorneys from ST&G are always well-represented, if not over-represented, in the field of bankruptcy. As one such publication stated, "The bankruptcy attorneys in California (particularly the enclave at Stutman, Treister & Glatt) are the best in the country . . . ."

The firm's practice is fast moving and constantly challenging. Because a debtor's general business and legal problems often become acute when it encounters financial difficulties, members of the firm are required to deal with diverse areas of substantive business law, including bankruptcy, commercial, tax, securities and real property law. Moreover, the "debtor's attorney" must develop a high degree of competence in all skills performed by lawyers, e.g., negotiation, litigation, legal drafting, client relations and, most importantly, understanding the business and financial issues facing our clients. At ST&G, associates are immediately given as much responsibility and independence as they are capable of handling in all of these areas.

The firm places great emphasis on superior academic and professional achievement. Members of the firm have taught on the faculties of the University of Southern California, Loyola, University of Utah, Brigham Young and Arizona State law schools. Many members teach specialized courses sponsored by the American Law Institute/American Bar Association, California Continuing Education of the Bar, and several other organizations. Members of the firm include former law clerks to United States Supreme Court Justices; several former law clerks to federal appeals and district court judges; several former editors and members of law reviews from Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Boalt, Duke, New York University (NYU), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Southern California (USC), University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and University of Maryland; a contributing author of Collier on Bankruptcy; members of the National Bankruptcy Conference and American College of Bankruptcy; a former Chair of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association Section on Business Law; several past Presidents of the Los Angeles Financial Lawyers Conference; and numerous Chairs of State and Los Angeles County Bar Committees (on Debtor/Creditor Relations, UCC, and Bankruptcy).

The firm's outlook on life in the legal profession is progressive and democratic. ST&G is fully committed to its longstanding "lock-step" compensation system, by which all members of the same class receive the same salary and bonus as all other members, in order to maximize collegiality and minimize intra-firm competition. Advancement in the firm is also designed to eliminate intra-firm competition; currently, a qualified associate becomes a principal approximately 5 years after joining the firm, and a senior principal approximately 12 years later.

Because ST&G hires only the most highly qualified and motivated associates (i.e., those who demonstrate clear potential for becoming principals of the firm), it compensates them accordingly. Thus, associates at the firm are paid at rates that are competitive with, and sometimes exceed, those paid by most other leading Los Angeles firms.

In addition to providing competitive fringe benefits, the firm has a long-standing sabbatical program for attorneys who have become principals. Approximately once every five years, each attorney is entitled to a fully paid three-month sabbatical. Attorneys can do whatever they please during their sabbatical. Traditionally, most attorneys spend their sabbaticals traveling or teaching. Those attorneys who join the firm directly out of law school can plan on taking their first sabbatical approximately one year after becoming a principal.

Representative Clients

Debtors:

Applied Magnetics

Barry's Jewelers

Bumble Bee Seafoods

Carter Hawley Hale Stores

Daewoo Motors America

Edwards Theatres Circuit

Falcon Industries

House of Fabrics

Kenetech Windpower

The MacArthur Companies

Mariner Post Acute Network / Mariner Health Group

Maxicare

Orange County, California

The Regent Las Vegas

Restaurant Enterprises Group

Sirius Satellite Radio

Southern California Edison

Thrifty Oil

UHP Healthcare

The Aladdin Casino (creditors committee)

American Restaurant Group (creditors committee)

Azabu Buildings (creditors committee)

Consolidated Freightways (creditors committee)

Del Taco (creditors committee)

Mortgage & Realty Trust (equity committee)

O'Sullivan Industries (creditors committee)

Trump Hotel & Casino Resorts (equity committee)

USA Capital First Trust Deed Fund (equity committee)

Western Water, Inc. (creditors committee)

Apollo Advisors

DDJ Capital

Elliot Management Co.

Harbert Distressed Investment Master Fund

Leucadia National Corp.

Madison Capital

Ranch Capital
PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS OF

STUTMAN, TREISTER & GLATT

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

ROBERT A. GREENFIELD, born Los Angeles, California, May 28, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1963); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1966). Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Lines v. Frederick: The Effect of Bankruptcy on a Bankrupt's Accrued Vacation Pay and Other Forms of Deferred Compensation," 47 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 67, 1971; "Alternatives to Bankruptcy for the Business Debtor," 51 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 135, 1975; "The Bankruptcy Code and the Article 9 Secured Creditor," The Business Lawyer, April, 1979; "The National Bankruptcy Conference's Position on the Court System Under the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 and Suggestions for Rules Promulgation," 23 Harv. J. on Legis. 357, 1986. Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola University School of Law, 1978-1983. Member, 1974; Chair, Committee on Courts and Bankruptcy Administration, 1983, National Bankruptcy Conference. Member: Los Angeles County (Editor, Bankruptcy Law Matters, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Digest, 1973-1975; Member: Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, 1967) and American (Member: Subcommittee on Secured Transaction, Section of Business Law, 1974-1984; Member: Joint Task Force on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process, Section of Business Law and Section of Litigation, 1989) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Uniform Commercial Code, 1977-1979; Business Law Section); Member: Leadership Subcommittee of the Long Range Plan Implementation Committee of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California; Member: Financial Lawyers Conference (1967; Past President); Member: Board of Trustees of the Center for Law in the Public Interest, 1979-1992 (Past Chairman); Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1995; Member: Advisory Board, Friends of the Graphic Arts at UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, 1995. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

CHARLES D. AXELROD, born New York, N.Y., June 19, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, California. Education: Colgate University, (B.A., magna cum laude, 1963); Duke University (J.D., 1966). Fraternities: Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1965-1966. Member, Practicing Law Institute's Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Advisory Committee, 1992-. Panelist, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, "Thailand's New Bankruptcy Laws Viewed Through the Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc. Case, Panel Moderator, ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting, "Benefits of Creditors' Committee Membership", 2000, Panelist, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, "Cross-Border Bankruptcy Cases-Impact of Proposed Chapter 15", 2000. Panelist, Fifth Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West of American Bankruptcy Institute, 1997 Faculty Member, Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institute, 1995. Guest Lecturer, Financial Executives Institute, 1992. Faculty Member, "Bankruptcy: Is It The Best Way Out", Prentice Hall Twelfth Annual Institute and Acquisitions and Takeovers, 1990. Recording Secretary of the UCC Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of California, 1977-1980. Member, Board of Governors, 1974-1979, 1981-, Treasurer, 1995-2005, Secretary and Treasurer, 1975-1980 and Vice-President, 1980, President, 1981, Financial Lawyers Conference. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Sections on: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy) and American (Member, Section on Business Law, Committee on Business Bankruptcy, Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Committees and Subcommittee on Trust Indentures and Claims Trading), Pacific Rim Insolvency Working Group. Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Chairman, Committee on Bankruptcy Specialization, Business Law Section, 1978-1979); Practicing Law Institute (Faculty Member, Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy, 1977).

THEODORE B. STOLMAN, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania; 1972, California. Education: Villanova University (B.S., Ex., 1963); Villanova University (LL.B., 1966) and George Washington University. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C., 1967-1971. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) and American Bar Associations (Member, Business Law Section); The State Bar of California.

ISAAC M. PACHULSKI, born Los Angeles, California, August 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1974). Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Sears Prize, 1972 and 1973; Fay Diploma, 1974, Harvard University. Member, Harvard Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: "Levy v. Cohen: Another Pitfall for Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings," 53 Los Angeles Bar Journal 278, 1977; "The Cram Down and Valuation Under Chapter 11 of The Bankruptcy Code," 58 N.C.L. Review, 925, 1981, National Bankruptcy Conference (Vice Chair, Chapter 11 Committee, 2004-present). Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Board of Editors, California State Bar Journal, 1978). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

GARY E. KLAUSNER, born Baltimore, Maryland, October 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Maryland; 1976, California; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1971; J.D. with honors, 1974). Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Staff Member, University of Maryland Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: "Section 1111(b) Look Before You Leap," Bankruptcy Study Group Journal, 1986. Co-Author: "Chapter 11-The Bank of Last Resort," The Business Lawyer, November 1989, Vol. 45, No. 1; "The New Bankruptcy Rules," 4 Bankruptcy Study Group Journal, 1987. Adjunct Professor of Law Southwestern, University School of Law, 1982-1986. Member: Century City (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, 1984-), Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, 1985-; Vice-Chair, Bankruptcy Committee, 1988-) and American (Member, Section on Business Law; Chairman, Task Force on the Economics of Chapter 11 practice; Chair, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Crimes, Fraud and Abuse) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; Financial Lawyers Conference (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1986, 1987-; Secretary, 1990; Vice President, 1991; President, 1992); Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-; Secretary, 2001; Program Chair, 2002; Vice President, 2003; President, 2004).

JEFFREY H. DAVIDSON, born Brookline, Massachusetts, April 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chairman, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1987-1988, Secretary, 1986-1987, Executive Committee, 1985-; Chairman, Bankruptcy Committee, 1984-1986, Member, 1983-; Member, Nominating Committee for County Bar Trustees and Officers, 1988), Federal Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section, 1990) and American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law; Business Bankruptcy Committee; UCC Committee); The State Bar of California (Chairman, UCC Committee, 1986-1987; Vice Chairman, UCC Committee, 1985-1986; Member, UCC Committee, Business Law Section, 1984-1987, 1992-1995, and 1999-; Member, 1987-1990 and Treasurer, 1989-1990, Executive Committee, Business Law Section); Member, Bench/Bar Committee on Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Central District of California; Financial Lawyers Conference (Vice President, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2005-2006; Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1991, 2001-2004; Executive Committee, 1990-1991, 2004--); American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Business Reorganization Committee, Healthcare Committee, and Uniform Commercial Code Committee). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

GEORGE C. WEBSTER II, born Evanston, Illinois, January 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz and University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with highest honors, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Law Clerk to the Honorable Adrian J. Duplantier, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978-1979. Adjunct Professor of Law, Bankruptcy, University of Southern California School of Law 2001, 2003-present. Adjunct Professor of Law, Bankruptcy, Loyola University School of Law 1984, 2000, 2001. Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Collateral Control Decisions in Chapter Cases-Clear Rules v. Judicial Discretion," 51 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 197, 1977; "The Utility of Section 366 of the Bankruptcy Code," 19 Beverly Hills Law Journal 15, 1985. Member: The State Bar of California (Member, Debtor/Creditor Relations Committee, 1984-1987); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section Executive Committee, Chair, 2005-2006, Member, 1999; Bankruptcy Committee Chair, 2001-2002, Bankruptcy Committee Secretary, 1998-1999); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

STEPHAN M. RAY, born Los Angeles, California, July 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley and University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Stanford University (J.D., 1979). Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1977-1978 and Associate Editor, 1978-1979, Stanford Law Review. Lecturer, University of Southern California Law School, Corporate Reorganization, 1989 to present, Bankruptcy, 2000. Lecturer, Stanford Law School, Business Reorganizations, 2002. Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola University Law School, Bankruptcy, 1984. Managing Editor, Annual Review of Recent Developments and Legislation of Interest to California Business Lawyers, Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, 1991-1992. Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1995-1996, 1999-present. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Committee on Law School Education, 1981-1982) and American (Member, Sections on Litigation and Business Law) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee, 1981-1984; Member, Education Committee, Business Law Section, 1990-1995; Member, Executive Committee, Business Law Section, 1995-1998).

JEFFREY C. KRAUSE, born Gardena, California, May 16, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: California State University at Northridge and University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1977); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1980). Member: Order of the Coif; UCLA Law Review, 1979-1980. Contributing Author: "California Real Property Financing: Bankruptcy and Secured Real Property Transactions," CEB, 1989; Steinberg, Bankruptcy Litigation, 1989; "The Bias of the Courts Against Single Asset Real Estate Cases is Creating Bad Law in the Area of Classification," 22 Cal. Bankr. J. 45, 1994; "Treatment of Prepetition Retainers," 17 Cal. Bankr. J. 153, 1989; "United States Trustee Guidelines Regarding Prepetition Retainers," 18 Cal. Bankr. J. 135, 1990. Consultant, Bernhardt, California Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice (2d ed. 1989 CEB). Author of educational materials on Bankruptcy Appellate Practice, Motion Practice Before Bankruptcy Appellate Panels and Fiduciary Duties Of Counsel For The Debtor In Possession. Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California School of Law, 1994-2000, Loyola School of Law, 1987 and 1988; Participant, Federal Judicial Center Program for Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Appointees. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former Member of Executive Committee of Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy and Past Chair of the Debtor Assistance Project); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Litigation and Business Law; Past Chair of the Debtor-Creditor Committee of the Litigation Section); California Bar Association (Former Member, UCC Committee and Debtor-Creditor Committee of the Business Law Section); Financial Lawyers' Conference (Member of the Board of Governors); Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (Former President); and California Bankruptcy Forum, (Former Director and Co-Chair for 1999 Annual Meeting). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy

ERIC D. GOLDBERG, born New York, New York, March 16, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: Cornell University (B.S., with Honors, 1987); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: The State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section); Federal Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) ; Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (Director).

EVE H. KARASIK, born Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with High Honors, 1984); University of Southern California (J.D. 1991); Member, Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, University of Southern California Computer Law and Major Tax Planning Journals. Author, "A Normative Analysis Of Disclosure, Privacy, And Computers: The State Cases," 10 Computer/L.J. 603, 1990. Member: Los Angeles County (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) and American Bar Association (Business Law Section); The State Bar of California (Business Law Section, Insolvency Law Committee) ; Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.

SCOTT H. YUN, born Seoul, Korea, April 23, 1971; admitted to Bar, 1996, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Southern California (J.D., 1996); Law Clerk to the Honorable Ernest M. Robles, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, 1996-1997; Extern to the Honorable Barry Russell, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, 1994. Member: The State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and Financial Lawyers Conference. Languages: Korean. Author: "Recent Bankruptcy Cases on Lien Stripping in Chapter 13 Cases", Chicago Title Foreclosure Journal. Member: The State Bar of California and American Bar Association.

ERIC D. WINSTON, born Los Angeles, California, October 1, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court Eastern, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A. High Honors 1995); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D. 1998). Managing Editor, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to the Honorable William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1998-1999. Extern to the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1997. Co-Author, "State Defiance of Bankruptcy Law", 52 Vand. L. Rev. 1527 (1999); "Sizing Up The 'Cap' Commercial Lease Rejection Claims In Bankruptcy," 27 Cal. Bankr. J. 209 (2004). Member: The State Bar of California, American Bar Association, and Los Angeles County Bar Association.

CHRISTINE M. PAJAK, born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 31, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., High Honors, 1995); Stanford Law School (J.D., Honors, 2001). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: The Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Prize. Member: The State Bar of California, American Bar Association and American Law Institute.

H. ALEXANDER FISCH, born Oxnard, California, August 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., honors, 1997), University of California, Los Angeles (J.D. 2002). Member, Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002-2003. Member: The State Bar of California and American Bar Association.

WHITMAN L. HOLT, born Montana City, Montana, November 18, 1979. Admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Bates College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute, the State Bar of California and Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.

GABRIEL I. GLAZER, born Phoenix, Arizona, December 21, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Arizona (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Southern California (J.D., cum laude, 2006). University of Southern California Law Review. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute, the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.

SENIOR OF COUNSEL

GEORGE M. TREISTER, born Oxnard, California, September 5, 1923; admitted to bar, 1950, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1943); Yale University (LL.B., 1949). Fraternities: Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk for Honorable Phil S. Gibson, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court, 1949-1950. Law Clerk for Justice Hugo L. Black, U.S. Supreme Court, 1950-1951. Instructor in Law: University of Southern California Law School, 1955; Stanford Law School, 1977-1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California, 1951-1953. Deputy Attorney General, State of California, 1953. Member, 1958; Vice Chairman, 1971-1984, National Bankruptcy Conference. Member, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1963-1976. Member: Los Angeles County (Chairperson, Judicial Appointments Committee, 1976-1977) and American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section); The State Bar of California; American Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

HERMAN L. GLATT, born New York, N.Y., May 3, 1929; admitted to bar, 1953, District of Columbia; 1954, California. Education: Franklin & Marshall College and University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1950); Harvard University (LL.D., 1953). Lecturer, Southern California School of Law "Creditors Rights," 1957-1958. Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola University School of Law "Corporate Reorganization," 1975-1983. Member, National Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1964. Editor, Bankruptcy Study Group Bulletin, 1964. Chairman, Bankruptcy Study Group, 1966-1967. Member: Los Angeles County and American (Member, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1973; Chairperson, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1981-1985; Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee, 1970-1972). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy.

TONY CASTANARES, born Los Angeles, California, June 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with honors, 1966) and University of California at Davis (M.A., 1967); New York University (J.D., 1970). Fraternity: Phi Sigma Alpha, Root-Tilden Scholar. Member, New York University Law Review, 1968-1970. Author: Comment, "Rowland v. Christian," 44 New York University Law Review 426 (1968); "Foreclosures in Bankruptcy: Are they Fraudulent Conveyances?," 21 Idaho L. Rev. 517 (1985). Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola University School of Law, 1976 to 1984. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, 1979-1981 and Secretary, 1980-1981, Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy; Executive Committee, Barristers, 1973-1974; Executive Committee, Los Angeles Delegation to State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1980-1984) and American Bar Association; The State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Disadvantaged Persons and the Law, 1973-1976; Chairperson, Committee on Human Rights, 1976-1977; Member, Committee on Law School Education, 1977-1979).

MARETA C. HAMRE, born Fort Collins, Colorado, November 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D. 1990). Recipient, John Harvard Scholarship. Recipient, Elizabeth Carey Aggasiz Award. Editor, University of California Law Review, 1989-1990. Officer, Moot Court Board. Member: The State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section, Chair, Education Committee, Business Law Section, 1999-2000); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section).

RALPH R. MABEY, born Salt lake City, Utah, May 20, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Utah; 1985, New York; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Circuits. Education: University of Utah (B.A., cum laude, 1968); Columbia University (J.D., 1972) Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar 1970. Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1971-1972; J.D. 1972); Law Clerk to Hon. Aldon J. Anderson, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1972-1973; Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah, 1979-1983. Author: "The Evolving Bankruptcy Bench: How Are the 'Units' (28 U.S.C. 151) Faring?," Boston College Law Review, December 2005; "Transnational Insolvency: Cooperation Among the NAFTA Countries" (4 vol.) (as an United States Adviser), The American Law Institute (2003); "Chapter 11: Life After Death" (with Patrick S. Malone), The Utilities Project, Volume 3, 2003; "First Report of the Select Advisory Committee on Business Reorganization" (SABRE) (as a SABRE Member), The Business Lawyer, Volume 57, No. 1, November 2001; "Chapter 11 Reorganization of Utility Companies" (with Patrick S. Malone), Energy Law Journal, Volume 22, No. 2, 2001; "Expanding the Reach of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bankruptcy: The Legal and Practical Bases for the Use of Mediation and Other Forms of ADR" (with Charles J. Tabb and Ira S. Dizengoff), 46 South Carolina Law Review 1259 (1995); "Improving Treatment of Future Claims: The Unfinished Business Left by the Manville Amendments" (with Peter Zisser), 69 The American Bankruptcy Law Journal 487 (1995); "Constitutional Limitations on the Discharge of Future Claims in Bankruptcy" (with Jamie Andra Gavrin), 44 South Carolina Law Review 745 (1993); "Authors' Rights and Bankruptcy: A Roundtable Discussion," (Irwin Karp, chair) 14 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts 189 (1990); "In re Frenville: A Critique by the National Bankruptcy Conference's Committee on Claims and Distributions" (with Annette W. Jarvis), 42 The Business Lawyer 697 (1987). Teaching positions: Adjunct Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney Law School, University of Utah, 2006-present; 1983 to 2006; Senior Lecturer, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; 1981 to 1982; Lecturer, University of Utah, College of Law; 1976-1979; Assistant Professor, Lecturer, University of Utah, College of Business. Member: U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Bankruptcy Rules (1987-1993); National Bankruptcy Conference (Co-Chair, Legislation Committee; Member, Executive Committee; Past Chair, Membership Committee; Past Chair, Individual Debtor Committee; Past Chair, Claims Committee and Future Claims Committee); Core Group Member, American Bar Association Select Advisory Committee on Business Reorganization (SABRE); Past Chair, Bankruptcy Courts Subcommittee, American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee; Member, American Law Institute; Future Claims and Bankruptcy Invitee, Mass Torts Task Force, The U.S. Judicial Conference (former); Adviser, National Bankruptcy Review Commission Working Group on Future Claims (former); American Bar Association Joint Task Force (of the Litigation and Business Law Sections) on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process (former); American Bankruptcy Institute; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; Order of the Coif, J. Reuben Clark Law School (Honorary); Mediator, Arbitrator, or Examiner in cases in Alaska, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington D.C.; Testimony, in 2001, before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, on "The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act." Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy (Chair 2003-2004; President 2001-2003; Board of Directors, 1990-; Past Member, Board of Regents).

OF COUNSEL

MARK S. WALLACE, born Paterson, New Jersey, January 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1977, Arizona; 1991, California. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1976); Columbia University School of Law (J.D. 1977). Fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa. Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Judge William B. Enright, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1977-1979. Author: "Dealing with Individual and Corporate Tax Claim and Litigating with Taxing Authorities in Bankruptcy Court," 57 Major Tax Planning 1100 (2005); "Is A Midstream Abandonment Of Property By A Bankruptcy Trustee Taxable To The Estate?," 77 Journal of Taxation 26 (1992); "Practical Aspects of Representing the Failing Business," 44 Major Tax Planning 400 (1992). Co-author: "Tax Procedure Considerations in Chapter Reorgs.," 20 Taxation for Lawyers 289 (1992), "Reorganizing The Financially-Troubled Taxpayer", 46 Major Tax Planning 800 (1994). Member of Board of Directors of Public Counsel. Adjunct Professor of Law: Loyola Law School, 2001-2007; Arizona State University, 1984-1986 and 1988; Golden Gate University, 1984. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section; Taxation), Beverly Hills (Board of Governors, 1999-2003) and American (Member, Sections of Taxation, Corporate Tax Committee, Section 108 Real Estate and Partnerships Task Force and Business Law) Bar Associations; Chair, Bankruptcy and Workouts Committee of American Bar Association Section of Taxation, 2005-2007; The State Bar of California.

GREGORY K. JONES, born Torrance, California, December 2, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, UCLA Law Review. Recipient: Joseph Bernfeld Writing Competition Award, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 1995. Author: "The Classification and Cram Down Controversy in Single Asset Bankruptcy Cases: A Need for the Repeal of Bankruptcy Code Section 1129(a)(10)," 42 UCLA Law Review 623, 1994. Member: The State Bar of California and American Bar Association.

CAROL CHOW, born Taipei, Taiwan, September 13, 1967. Admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1996, Washington, D.C. (inactive). Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1990); Stanford University (J.D., 1993). Member: The State Bar of California and American Bar Association.