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CH
ICA
GO
LAW
BU
LLET
IN.C
OM
Sett
lem
ent
Ash
e cr
edit
ed
the
atto
rney
s re
pres
enti
ng B
okel
man
and
Uni
ted
Van
Lin
es f
or w
orki
ng to
avo
id t
he
adde
d ex
pens
e an
d de
lay
for
his
clie
nt
by
adm
itti
ng
liabi
lity
and
agre
eing
to
med
iate
bef
ore
a la
w-
Afr
ica
anot
her
gove
rnm
ent
initi
ativ
e he
ho
pes
to w
ork
wit
h in
his
new
role
: Po
wer
Afr
ica.
Ann
ounc
ed b
y th
e W
hite
Hou
se in
Jun
e, t
he p
rogr
am
hope
s to
do
uble
ac
cess
to
el
ec
tric
ity
in
sub-
Sah
aran
A
fric
a,
whe
re m
ore
than
two-
thir
ds o
f the
po
pula
tion
lives
w
itho
ut
it.
The
E
xpor
t-Im
port
Ban
k ha
s pl
edge
d su
ppor
t to
that
pro
gram
. S
ub-S
ahar
an A
fric
a w
ill r
equi
re
mor
e th
an $
300
billi
on i
n in
vest
m
ent
to
achi
eve
univ
ersa
l el
ec
tric
ity
acce
ss b
y 20
30, a
ccor
ding
to
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l E
nerg
y A
genc
y.
Ach
ievi
ng t
hat w
ould
pro
vide
ele
ctr
icit
y to
the
600
mill
ion
peop
le
· tha
t O
'Bri
en
said
ar
e cu
rren
tly
with
out p
ower
ther
e.
"The
se a
re p
eopl
e th
at l
ive
by
cand
lelig
ht s
till,
whi
ch i
n to
day'
s da
y an
d ti
me
you
just
sha
ke y
our
head
and
say
, 'T
hat
real
ly c
an't
be.'
" O
'Bri
en s
aid.
"B
ut it
is."
O
'Bri
en
has
been
in
volv
ed
in
thre
e re
new
able
en
ergy
tra
nsac
tio
ns i
n S
outh
Afr
ica
that
so
far
Aw
ards
G
elpi
sai
d pr
ovid
ing
lega
l re
pre
sent
atio
n to
peo
ple
who
can
not
affo
rd t
o hi
re c
ouns
el "
is t
he m
ost
impo
rtan
t th
ing
that
any
law
yer
can
do."
The
ben
efits
of
pro
bono
and
pu
blic
inte
rest
wor
k ex
tend
bey
ond
the
clie
nt b
eing
rep
rese
nted
, G
elpi
sa
id.
He
said
suc
h w
ork
allo
ws
youn
g la
wye
rs to
get
litig
atio
n ex
peri
ence
an
d th
eir
olde
r co
lleag
ues
to k
eep
up w
ith th
eir
skill
s.
suit
was
eve
r fil
ed.
"Rig
ht a
way
now
, she
'll b
e ab
le to
m
ake
up f
or t
hat
loss
of
inco
me
with
out
wai
ting,
'' A
she
said
. "T
his
is h
ow it
's su
ppos
ed to
wor
k.
"I'm
stil
l a
belie
ver
that
if
the
part
ies
get
toge
ther
an
d th
ey're
re
ason
able
and
logi
cal a
nd fa
ir, y
ou
can
reso
lve
case
s be
fore
or
shor
tly
afte
r fili
ng s
uit."
rank
as
som
e of
the
larg
est e
nerg
y de
als
in th
e co
ntin
ent.
In a
com
bine
d de
al w
orth
$58
6 m
illio
n,
O'B
rien
ad
vise
d th
e de
ve
lope
r of
two
75 m
egaw
att
sola
r pa
nel
proj
ects
in
S
outh
A
fric
a,
know
n as
the
Let
sats
i an
d L
esed
i so
lar
proj
ects
. T
hat
fina
ncin
g cl
osed
in N
ovem
ber
2012
. A
nd l
ast
year
, in
a p
roje
ct t
hat
Goo
gle
inve
sted
$1
2 m
illio
n in
, O
'Brie
n ad
vise
d in
a 9
6 m
egaw
att
sola
r de
al k
now
n as
Jas
per
in S
outh
M
ica.
Goo
gle
said
the
pla
nt c
ould
po
wer
30,
000
hom
es in
the
coun
try.
All
thre
e of
thos
e de
als
invo
lved
a
U.S
.-bas
ed p
roje
ct d
evel
oper
-a
Cal
ifor
nia
com
pany
cal
led
Sola
rR
eser
ve -
that
bri
ngs
the
tech
no
logy
and
exp
erti
se t
o th
e po
wer
pl
ant.
Fro
m th
e pe
rspe
ctiv
e of
the
Ex
port
-Im
port
Ban
k, w
hich
has
goa
ls
of in
crea
sing
jobs
and
exp
orts
for
U
.S. c
ompa
nies
, pro
ject
s lik
e th
ose
wou
ld m
ake
sens
e, O
'Bri
en s
aid.
T
he b
ank,
kno
wn
as E
x-1m
Ban
k,
has
man
y pr
oduc
ts.
But
O'B
rien
sa
id i
t pr
imar
ily
mak
es l
oans
to
fore
ign
com
pani
es
with
th
e re
qu
irem
ent
they
use
the
mon
ey t
o
dley
, A
ustin
LL
P; U
.S.
Mag
istr
ate
Judg
e G
eral
dine
Soa
t Bro
wn.
•
Tim
othy
J.
Bar
ron,
Ben
jam
in
J. B
radf
ord
and
H.
Ash
ley
Chi
of
Jenn
er &
Blo
ck L
LP
and
Mic
hael
S
kope
ts,
form
erly
of
th
at f
irm
; U
.S.
Dis
tric
t Ju
dge
Edm
ond
E.
Cha
ng.
• Jo
seph
R S
chm
idt
and
Meg
an
K.
McG
rath
of
Taf
t, S
tett
iniu
s &
H
ollis
ter
LLP;
Cha
ng.
• D
avid
J.
Phili
ps o
f Ph
ilips
&
Phili
ps
Ltd
.; U
.S.
Dis
tric
t Ju
dge
Tho
mas
M. D
urki
n.
• Je
ffre
y J.
Sco
laro
of D
aley
, Mo
han,
Gro
ble
P.C.
; Cas
tillo
. •
Phill
ip S
. Ree
d of
Pat
zik Fr~m k
Bok
elm
an
was
re
pres
ente
d at
m
edia
tion
by L
ew R
.C.
Bri
cker
, a
part
ner
at S
mith
Am
unds
en L
LC,
and
Uni
ted
Van
L
ines
w
as
rep
rese
nted
by
John
J. L
affe
y, a
sha
re
hold
er
at
Why
te,
Hir
schb
oeck
, D
udek
S.C
. in
Milw
auke
e.
Laf
fey
defe
rred
co
mm
ent
to
Uni
ted
Van
Lin
es' c
orpo
rate
ow
ner,
Uni
Gro
up I
nc.
purc
hase
U.S
. goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces.
"T
he b
ank
is v
ery
muc
h lo
okin
g fo
r co
nstr
ucto
rs o
f po
wer
pla
nts
and
deve
lope
rs
of
pow
er
plan
ts
who
will
dev
elop
pow
er p
lant
s in
A
fric
a us
ing
U.S
. go
ods
and
ser
vice
s,"
O'B
rien
sai
d.
"One
way
in
whi
ch w
e ca
n en
co
urag
e ex
port
s of
U.S
. goo
ds a
nd
serv
ices
is
to
have
re
lati
onsh
ips
with
U
.S.
deve
lope
rs.
The
y m
ay
wel
l be
mor
e lik
ely
to u
se U
.S. g
oods
an
d se
rvic
es in
the
ir p
roje
cts.
" E
x-Im
B
ank
also
w
orks
w
ith
bank
s by
gua
rant
eein
g fi
nanc
ing
they
pro
vide
to
fore
ign
com
pani
es,
with
the
sam
e ca
veat
that
the
mon
ey
be
spen
t on
U.S
. exp
orts
. E:x
:-Im
B
ank
figu
res
its
fina
ncin
g ha
s su
ppo
rted
1.2
mill
ion
U.S
. jo
bs f
rom
fis
cal
year
s 20
09 to
201
3.
In s
ub-S
ahar
an A
fric
a, O
'Bri
en
said
his
mes
sage
is ta
ilor
ed to
com
ba
t per
cept
ions
of a
regi
on ri
fe w
ith
corr
upti
on a
nd b
ribe
ry.
· A
ccor
ding
to
Tra
nspa
renc
y In
te
rnat
iona
l's
Cor
rupt
ion
Perc
ep
tions
Ind
ex, w
hich
ran
ks c
ount
ries
ba
sed
on "
how
cor
rupt
thei
r pub
lic
sect
or is
per
ceiv
ed to
be,
" tw
o of
the
five
mos
t co
rrup
t na
tions
are
lo-
"We
cont
inue
to
be d
eepl
y sa
dde
ned
by
the
loss
of
T
roop
er
Sau
ter:
' sa
id C
arl
Wal
ter,
a U
niG
roup
vic
e pr
esid
ent,
in a
sta
te
men
t. "W
e ar
e pl
ease
d th
at t
he
part
ies
invo
lved
in th
e la
wsu
it w
ere
able
to
rea
ch a
set
tlem
ent."
T
he c
ase
is E
lizab
eth
Saut
er v.
Uni
ted
Van
Line
s L
LC
et a
l, N
o. 1
3 L
146
23.
mka
rlin
sky@
lbpc
.com
cate
d in
the
regi
on.
On
the
177-
coun
try in
dex,
mos
t of
the
sub-
Sah
aran
na
tions
ra
nk
lOO
th o
r be
low
. T
he b
est-
scor
ing
coun
try
in t
he r
egio
n is
Bot
swan
a at
No.
30.
The
U.S
., by
com
pari
son,
is
ran
ked
19th
. B
ut O
'Bri
en s
aid
he
disa
gree
s w
ith
that
pe
rcep
tion.
H
is
expe
ri
ence
s in
the
regi
on h
ave
prov
ed it
to
be,
at
tim
es,
"lite
rally
no
dif
fere
nt"
than
get
ting
a p
ower
pla
nt
built
in th
e U
.S.
The
dic
hoto
my
betw
een
publ
ic
perc
epti
on
and
O'B
rien
's ex
peri
en
ce i
s a
detr
imen
t to
dom
estic
bu
sine
ss,
he s
aid.
Sev
en o
f th
e 10
fa
stes
t-gr
owin
g ec
onom
ies
are
lo
cate
d in
sub
-Sah
aran
Afr
ica,
Ex-
Im
Ban
k sa
ys.
"Fra
nkly
, as
one
loo
ks a
t a
va
riet
y of
oth
er p
arti
cipa
nts
in t
he
Afr
ican
m
arke
t -
part
icul
arly
co
mpa
nies
fr
om
Chi
na
-w
e're
w
ay b
ehin
d,"
O'B
rien
sai
d, r
efer
ri
ng to
Am
eric
an c
ompa
nies
. "I
thi
nk p
eopl
e he
re a
re m
issi
ng
out
on
grea
t in
vest
men
t op
por
tuni
ties
bec
ause
the
y se
e it
in
the
sam
e ol
d w
ay."
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om@
lbpc
.com
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