Speaker Biographies

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Susan L. Bickley Partner, Blank Rome LLP SBickley@BlankRome.com 713.228.6620

Susan Bickley has 30 years of civil trial and appellate experience in employment litigation for private and public employers, litigation on behalf of local governments and public officials, the defense of claims against law firms and lawyers, and in litigation involving commercial and business disputes. She represents a diverse range of clients including publicly held corporations, smaller companies, and start-ups, as well as public entities and their officials.

Ms. Bickley is also a member of Blank Rome’s Partner Board, Trade Secret Protection, Employee Defection, and Unfair Competition initiative, the Firm’s Distribution Committee, Strategic Plan Committee, and Strategic Plan Implementation Committee, and leader of the Firm’s employment practice in the Houston office. She has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers®.

Kevin J. Bruno Partner, Blank Rome LLP 212.885.5580 (New York), 609.750.2994 (Princeton) KBruno@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, INSURANCE COVERAGE PRACTICE GROUP

Kevin J. Bruno has more than 25 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, concentrating his practice in insurance recovery and counseling matters in multiple lines of insurance coverage, environmental counseling and litigation, and mass tort litigation.

Mr. Bruno is recognized in Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in both environmental and insurance litigation. Mr. Bruno was also selected to the BTI Client Service All-Stars, a listing of 113 attorneys based on interviews of more than 250 in-house corporate counsel at large and Fortune 100 companies, and has received numerous other recogni-tions.

Lisa Campisi Partner, Blank Rome LLP 212.885.5378 LCampisi@BlankRome.com

Lisa M. Campisi has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance coverage industry, and focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation, transactions, and counseling. She also has extensive experience in all insurance-re-lated areas in the representation of policyholders.

Ms. Campisi counsels clients on a variety of types of insurance coverage. Her practice also includes providing

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insurance consulting and advice on underwriting, claims handling, and other risk management issues. Her extensive experience applies to both domestic and foreign markets. She has wide-ranging experience in providing insurance diligence, consultation, and advice in connection with various mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings, as well as in the placement and negotiation of transactional-related coverage. She has been retained as an insurance expert, advisor, and consultant for a broad array of clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, Fortune 100 companies, and financial services firms (including broker dealers).

Lisa Casey Spaniel Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5337 Casey@BlankRome.com

Lisa Casey Spaniel concentrates her legal practice in intellectual property matters, namely acquisition and sale of public and private entities with respect to intellectual property and other intangible assets; software, technology, copyright, patent, trademark and other intellectual property licenses and agreements, including development, design, implementation, integration, hosting, software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and other cloud-related agreements, as well as maintenance and support, service level, disaster recovery and source code escrow agreements; outsourcing and supply agreements; data aggregation and privacy issues; web site development and related marketing, and promotions law.

Ms. Casey Spaniel is Vice-Chair of the Intellectual Property and Technology Group and Chair of the Blank Rome Women’s Forum.

Scott F. Cooper Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5487 Cooper@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE GROUP

Scott Cooper’s practice involves litigation and counseling businesses and government entities. He leads the Firm’s Labor and Employment group. He is a member of the Firm’s Partner Board and is a founder of the Trade Secret Protection, Employee Defection, and Unfair Competition initiative. He draws upon a unique blend of courtroom experience, work for members of the judiciary, and political and civic involvement in advising clients.

Mr. Cooper is a nationally recognized trial attorney in complex disputes in federal and state courts and before various government agencies. He has appeared in more than two dozen state and federal courts, and is a member of the Bar of numerous courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He also has negotiated business agreements and collective bargaining agreements. He has a diverse client base, representing large publicly traded corporations, start-ups, partnerships, and government entities. Mr. Cooper is the former President/Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and a current Member of Temple University’s Board of Trustees and President of its Alumni Association. Mr. Cooper is rated by Chambers & Partners as one of the nation’s top labor and employment attorneys and has consistently received the coveted A/V rating by Martindale for superior lawyering and ethics.

Dipu A. Doshi Partner, Blank Rome LLP 202.420.2604 DDoshi@BlankRome.com

Dipu Doshi has experience in all aspects of patent law in various technological fields, including chemical, pharma-ceutical, and biologics. Mr. Doshi’s practice focuses on resolving legal disputes between parties in both district courts and the Patent & Trademark Office.

His practice encompasses all facets of intellectual property law, with a concentration in patent litigation, due dili-gence, client counseling, and patent prosecution.

Ariel S. Glasner Senior Associate, Blank Rome LLP 202.772.5963 AGlasner@BlankRome.com

Ariel Glasner concentrates his practice in white collar defense and investigations matters. He has extensive expe-rience in assisting and counseling clients on issues related to financial and health care fraud, public corruption, environmental crimes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), internal company investigations and professional ethics sanctions.

Brooke T. Iley Partner, Blank Rome LLP 202.772.5816 Iley@BlankRome.com

VICE CHAIR, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE GROUP

Brooke Iley provides corporate counseling and litigation advice in the areas of employment law and traditional labor. Through proactive training and thoughtful auditing of employment policies, Ms. Iley is successful in limiting employers’ exposure to legal actions. She advises clients nationally on a variety of matters including legislative and regulatory developments impacting Employers, best practices for corporate governance and risk management, internal audits and litigation avoidance, litigation on behalf of employers involving discrimination, harassment, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, wage claims, and restrictive covenants, union avoidance, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration, and executive employment agreements, restrictive covenants, and protection of corporate assets.

Evan Lechtman Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5367 Lechtman@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, GENERAL LITIGATION PRACTICE GROUP

Evan Lechtman is a partner in Blank Rome’s commercial litigation practice group and co-chair of its class action defense team. Mr. Lechtman routinely represents a wide array of public and private companies in federal and state courts throughout the country in class actions involving securities fraud, consumer protection, RICO, deceptive trade practices and breach of contract.

Mr. Lechtman has represented corporations, officers, directors, audit and special committees of boards of directors, and financial institutions and advisors in all aspects of securities and shareholder litigation. He has significant expe-rience in arbitrations and mediations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) as well as other self-regulatory organizations. Mr. Lechtman also represents real estate firms in connection with their development, use and management of commercial real estate.

James R. Murray Partner, Blank Rome LLP 202.420.3409 JMurray@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, INSURANCE COVERAGE PRACTICE GROUP

Jim Murray leads Blank Rome’s policyholder-only insurance coverage practice, formerly the insurance practice of Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Mr. Murray assisted his clients in securing more than $400 million in insurance recoveries in the last two years alone, and well over one billion dollars in the last decade on matters involving almost every line of insurance. In 2013 and 2011, Law360 named him an MVP in Insurance Coverage, making him one of only two insurance coverage attorneys to ever receive this recognition twice. In Chambers USA, commentators have credited him with “as much start-to-finish trial experience as any coverage lawyer out there” and with “the ability to earn immediate respect in the courtroom.” In a Law360 interview, a former adversary representing AIG singled out Mr.

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Murray as “a litigator he feared facing in court,” telling the publication, “Jim is a savvy trial lawyer capable of quickly and effectively adjusting his presentation during trial.”

Mr. Murray is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, which is composed of the best of the trial bar and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in America. He is a member of the College’s District of Columbia Committee as well as a member of its national standing committee on the Rules of Evidence. He is also a Fellow of the the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel and is listed in the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” for the District of Columbia (Civil). He has litigated cases in 24 states for top-tier corporate clients, as well as represented individuals and an array of religious institutions and governmental entities.

Carlos F. Ortiz Partner, Blank Rome LLP 609.750.2641 (Princeton), 212.885.5122 (New York) COrtiz@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE AND INVESTIGATIONS PRACTICE GROUP

Carlos F. Ortiz is a seasoned trial lawyer with significant white collar defense and investigations experience. He uses his prominent fifteen-year background as a federal prosecutor to assist clients with matters relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), allegations of fraud against government agencies and financial institutions, anti-trust, securities and healthcare fraud, as well as high-risk tax controversies. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, he served as Deputy and Acting Chief of the Criminal Division, where he supervised eight criminal litigation units, overseeing the work of approximately 80 Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Mr. Ortiz has a keen understanding of the complexities and nuances involved when corporations and financial institutions need to conduct internal investigations, address issues of corporate governance, or face civil regulatory and criminal exposure. His practice includes advising corporations and their boards of directors and committees in connection with corporate governance and compliance matters.

Grant S. Palmer Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5578 Palmer@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, LITIGATION DEPARTMENT

Grant S. Palmer chairs Blank Rome’s Litigation Department. He is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with a proven track record of developing unique strategies and solutions to achieve favorable results on behalf of clients. He represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of areas, including defense of class actions and consumer class actions, cybersecurity, construction, corporate and shareholder litigation, employment, restrictive covenants, bad faith, insurance coverage, RICO, patent and intellectual property, fraud, unfair trade practices, personal injury, products liability, and trade secrets. Mr. Palmer has conducted numerous corporate internal investigations and has significant experience with document and record retention issues and programs.

Mr. Palmer serves on Blank Rome’s Executive Committee and is also the chair of Blank Rome’s Pro Bono Committee.

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Timothy D. Pecsenye Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5619 Pecsenye@BlankRome.com

Timothy Pecsenye concentrates his practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation. He serves a wide range of clients in areas including:

n domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling

n copyright registration and service mark applications

n prosecution of trademark and service mark applications

n internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues

n preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements

n domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how

n inter partes practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Pecsenye was a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trade-mark and copyright research firm based out of New York City.

Mr. Pecsenye has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Jason E. Reisman Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5598 JReisman@BlankRome.com

Jason E. Reisman concentrates his practice on all aspects of labor relations and employment law, with a particular focus on wage and hour matters, including providing training and guidance on overtime and exemption issues, han-dling Department of Labor audits, and defending collective and class action litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and similar state statutes. He is a member of the Wage & Hour Defense Institute.

Mr. Reisman has extensive experience in equal employment opportunity matters, including harassment, discrim-ination and retaliation claims, in federal and state courts as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and similar state and local agencies. He also possesses in-depth experience with union collective bar-gaining negotiations and handles representation case and unfair labor practice case proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. Additionally, he regularly assists his clients in the preparation and litigation of executive employment/severance agreements, including non-competition and other restrictive covenants.

Jeremy A. Rist Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5361 Rist@BlankRome.com

Jeremy Rist’s practice focuses on the resolution of disputes related to business transactions - including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures - ongoing business relationships, commercial controversies implicating constitutional rights and unconstitutional state action, corporate governance, securities regulation, and antitrust law. He also has a robust practice counseling clients in the antitrust aspects of transactional activity, including mergers and acquisitions, the formation of joint ventures, joint development agreements, licensing arrangements, and the exchange of information among competitors and within vertical associations.

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William H. Roberts Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5632 Roberts@BlankRome.com

William Roberts serves as General Counsel of Blank Rome LLP and concentrates his practice in the field of antitrust litigation and counseling, and complex commercial litigation, including class actions, trials and appeals in federal and state courts principally in the following areas: antitrust litigation and counseling, international cartel litigation, defa-mation and First Amendment issues, and professional responsibility and legal malpractice.

Daniel Rhynhart Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5371 Rhynhart@BlankRome.com

Daniel Rhynhart provides strategic counsel to executives in a variety of industries, including software and technology, telecommunications, financial services, banking, and real estate.

Mr. Rhynhart is chair of the Commercial Litigation practice group, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as National Tier 1 and Philadelphia Tier 1 in its “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2015.

Mr. Rhynhart is ranked as a leader in the field of commercial litigation by Chambers USA, and is applauded for “establishing a fine reputation for his litigation practice.” He is praised for his ability to “handle and discredit hostile witnesses,” and clients say “he is very strong in court, very comfortable on his feet, and does a great job for his client” as well as “good at highlighting weaknesses in the other side’s arguments.”

Frederick G. “Gus” Sandstrom Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5679 Sandstrom@BlankRome.com

Gus Sandstrom concentrates his practice in employment, ERISA and labor litigation and counseling. He has expe-rience in all aspects of litigation, including case management, discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, oral argument, trials, appeals and settlement. Mr. Sandstrom also regularly defends employers against claims filed with the EEOC and state anti-discrimination agencies.

Mr. Sandstrom’s extensive counseling experience includes advising employers on a wide-range of labor and employ-ment law compliance matters and litigation avoidance strategies.

Jeffrey K. Sherwood Partner, Blank Rome LLP 202.420.3602 JSherwood@BlankRome.com

CHAIR, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE GROUP

Jeffrey Sherwood is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with extensive experience as lead counsel in a wide variety of intellectual property matters. Mr. Sherwood focuses his practice on patent infringement and intellectual property litigation, and his casework encompasses diverse areas of engineering, science and technology, and Internet technol-ogies, among many other areas.

He has extensive experience as first-chair trial counsel, including in cases related to patent infringement involving the electrical arts, telecommunications, chemical arts, computer and Internet applications, textile manufacture, and other areas of technology. He also has successfully concluded numerous cases involving trade secret and technology litigation, consumer class action, and toxic tort, mass tort, and other tort litigation.

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Amy E. Wagner Vice President Global Product Insurance & Risk Management, Ryder System, Inc. 305.500.4269 amy_wagner@ryder.com

In October 2012, Ms. Wagner re-joined Ryder as the vice president, global products-insurance and risk management leading a team of over 70 insurance and risk management professionals in the procurement of insurance, handling of liability and Workers’ Compensation claims and the extension of the Company’s lease and rental insurance pro-grams. Her team is responsible for the identification and development of risk management programs and strategies to effectively protect the Company’s assets and revenues from loss. This is accomplished through the identification of loss exposures and the implementation of efficient and economical risk retention, risk transfer and risk control techniques.

Prior to re-joining Ryder, Ms. Wagner served as vice president of finance and investor relations (20011 – 2012) at Brightstar Corp. where she was part of the senior leadership team responsible for readying the company for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Prior to Brightstar, Ms. Wagner held the position of senior vice president of global communi-cations and investor relations (2006 – 2011) at Burger King Corp. where she played an integral role in the company’s IPO and multiple secondary offerings. In addition to her investor relations responsibilities, Ms. Wagner oversaw all global public relations, franchisee relations, consumer relations, events planning and employee communications for the company. Prior to Burger King, Ms. Wagner spent 16 years at Ryder where she held positions of increas-ing responsibility including senior financial analyst in supply chain finance, financial consultant in compensation, manager of supply chain pricing and planning, senior manager of international finance, director of planning, group director of investor relations, and vice president of risk management.

Ms. Wagner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Public Affairs and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in international business and finance, both earned at Florida International University. She and her husband, Polo Pomares and their two sons, Enzo and Paolo reside in Miami, FL.

Larry R. “Buzz” Wood, Jr. Partner, Blank Rome LLP 215.569.5659 LWood@BlankRome.com

Larry (Buzz) Wood represents clients in litigation matters, with extensive experience litigating cases in the following areas:

n business issues, including breach of contract, breach of representations and warranties in M&A transactions, fraud and other business torts

n intellectual property issues, including misappropriation of trade secrets and non-compete andnon-solicit agreements

n employment issues, including discrimination and wrongful termination

n shareholder issues, including minority shareholder oppression

Mr. Wood also has particular experience representing clients in class and collective action matters, as well as coun-seling and representing clients through the appellate process.