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Attorney or Party Name, Address, Telephone & FAX FOR COURT USE ONLY Nos., State Bar No. & Email Address Robyn B. Sokol (State Bar No. 159506) LEECH TISHMAN FUSCALDO & LAMPL, INC. 200 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 300 Pasadena, California 91101 Telephone: (626) 796-4000; Facsimile: (626) 795-6321 E-mail: [email protected]

Debtor(s) appearing without an attorney Attorney for: Jonathan King, Chapter 7 Trustee

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -LOS ANGELES DIVISION DIVISION

In re: CASE NO.: 2:17-bk-21386-SK Jointly Administered with Case No. 2:17-bk-21387-SK ZETTA JET USA, INC., a California CHAPTER: 7 corporation,

NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO Debtor, REQUEST A HEARING ON MOTION ______[LBR 9013-1(o)] ZETTA JET PTE, LTD., a Singaporean corporation, [No hearing unless requested in writing] Debtor(s).

TO THE U.S. TRUSTEE AND ALL PARTIES ENTITLED TO NOTICE, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT:

1. Movant(s) ______,[Proposed] Special Litigation Counsel for Jonathan D. King, Chapter 7 Trustee for Zetta Jet USA, Inc. and Zetta Jet PTE, LTD. filed a motion or application (Motion) entitled ______Application by Jonathan D. King Chapter 7 Trustee, for Order Approving Employment of ______.Leech Tishman as Trustee's Special Litigation Counsel Effective June 16, 2021; Statement of Disinterestedness and Declaration of Chapter 7 Trustee in Support Thereof 2. Movant(s) is requesting that the court grant the Motion without a hearing as provided for in LBR 9013-1(o), unless a party in interest timely files and serves a written opposition to the Motion and requests a hearing.

3. The Motion is based upon the legal and factual grounds set forth in the Motion. (Check appropriate box below): The full Motion is attached to this notice; or The full Motion was filed with the court as docket entry # _____, and a detailed description of the relief sought is attached to this notice.

4. DEADLINE FOR FILING AND SERVING OPPOSITION PAPERS AND REQUEST FOR A HEARING: Pursuant to LBR 9013-1(o), any party who opposes the Motion may request a hearing on the Motion. The deadline to file and serve a written opposition and request for a hearing is 14 days after the date of service of this notice, plus 3 additional days if you were served by mail or pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 5(b)(2)(D) or (F).

This form is optional. It has been approved for use in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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a. If you timely file and serve a written opposition and request for a hearing, movant will file and serve a notice of hearing at least 14 days in advance of the hearing. [LBR 9013-1(o)(4)]

b. If you fail to comply with this deadline:

(1) Movant will file a declaration to indicate: (1) the Motion was properly served, (2) the response period elapsed, and (3) no party filed and served a written opposition and request for a hearing within 14 days after the date of service of the notice [LBR 9013-1(o)(3)]; (2) Movant will lodge an order that the court may use to grant the Motion; and (3) The court may treat your failure as a waiver of your right to oppose the Motion and may grant the Motion without further hearing and notice. [LBR 9013-1(h)]

Respectfully submitted,

Date: June 30, 2021 /s/ Robyn B. Sokol . Signature of Movant or attorney for Movant

Robyn B. Sokol . Printed name of Movant or attorney for Movant

This form is optional. It has been approved for use in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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1 Robyn B. Sokol (State Bar No. 159506) LEECH TISHMAN FUSCALDO & LAMPL, INC. 2 200 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 300 Pasadena, California 91101 3 Telephone: (626) 796-4000; Facsimile: (626) 795-6321 4 E-mail: rsokol@leechtishman. coin

5 [Proposed] Special Litigation Counsel for Jonathan D. King, Chapter 7 Trustee 6 for Zetta Jet USA, Inc. and Zetta Jet PTE, LTD. 7

8 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 LOS ANGELES DIVISION U z 11 In re Case No.: 2:17-bk-21386-SK Jointly Administered with 12 ZETTA JET USA, INC., a California Case No. 2:17-bk-21387-SK corporation, 0‘,3 13 Chapter 7 O Sao Ca Debtor, 0 -t 14 yw APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER • 00. 15 4., APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF zoo LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S • o 16 ZETTA JET PTE, LTD., a Singaporean SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL •z < corporation, 17 EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; H• O STATEMENT OF Debtor. DISINTERESTEDNESS AND U 18 1.4 DECLARATION OF CHAPTER 7 19 TRUSTEE IN SUPPORT THEREOF

20 [11 U.S.C. §§ 327(a) and 330, Fed. R. Bank. P. 2014 and Loc. Bankr. R. 2014-1(b)(1)] 21 [No Hearing Required] 22

23 TO THE HONORABLE SANDRA R. KLEIN, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, 24 THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED 25 PARTIES: 26 Jonathan D. King, solely in his capacity as the duly appointed Chapter 7 Trustee ("Trustee" 27 1 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 4 of 76

1 or "Applicant") of the above-captioned bankruptcy cases of Zetta Jet USA, Inc. ("Zetta USA") and

2 Jet PTE ("Zetta PTE," and collectively "Zetta Jet" or "Debtors"), hereby applies for an order

3 authorizing the employment of Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl ("Leech Tishman") in place of

4 Brutzkus Gubner, as his special litigation counsel effective June 16, 2021, and in support of this

5 application ("Application"), respectfully represents as follows:

6 1. On September 15, 2017, the Debtors initiated the above captioned bankruptcy cases

7 ("Cases") by filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions ("Petitions").

8 2. On December 4, 2017, an Order converting the Cases to Chapter 7 was entered by the

9 Court [Doc. 52], and on December 5, 2017, the Trustee was appointed to serve as the Chapter 7

10 Interim Trustee [Doc. 53], in which position as Trustee he continues to serve.

11 3. Zetta Jet was a private flight operator for international business and luxury travel, ao 12 operating a fleet of Bombardier jets owned and leased by Zetta Jet, employing professional pilots

13 and crews to serve routes domestically across the United States and around the world to A-list ox - o aao,, 14 celebrities and an ultra-wealthy clientele base. ayw o a s 15 4. Zetta USA maintained its main office and hangar in Burbank, California. Zetta PTE, wa Zo o 16 which has its main office in Singapore, is the parent and sole shareholder of Zetta USA, and its .< zod 17 management was located in Burbank, California. Ho x' 18 5. The Trustee believes that it is in the best interest of the estates of Zetta Jet ("Estates")

19 to employ Leech Tishman: (a) to continue with the prosecution and settlement of the pending

20 preference and other related avoidance actions previously filed on behalf of the Estates by Brutzkus

21 Gubner at the direction of the Trustee ("Preference Actions"); (b) analyze proofs of claim and file

22 related objections to proofs of claim, if any, after the Trustee's review; and, (c) in the event

23 objections are filed, counsel will be required to prepare for and attend any hearing on objections as

24 well as draft any and all pleadings relevant thereto, and to engage in necessary discovery and/or

25 settle proofs of claim (all such services collectively, the "Services").

26 6. By this Application, the Trustee seeks authority from this Court to employ Leech

27 Tishman to represent him with respect to the Services on an hourly basis at Leech Tishman's 2 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 5 of 76

1 prevailing hourly rates. A schedule of Leech Tishman's current billing rates for attorneys and

2 paralegals is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by this reference.

3 7. As shown by the biographical information attached as Exhibit 2 hereto and

4 incorporated herein by this reference, Leech Tishman and its professionals are very experienced in

5 insolvency, bankruptcy, and reorganization matters and are well-qualified to represent Applicant.

6 8. Brutzkus Gubner was employed by order of this Court entered on April 4, 2019 to

7 provide services to Zetta PTE related to the analyzing, pursuing and/or settling of the Preference

8 Actions. [Docket No. 112]. Brutzkus Gubner was employed by order of this Court entered on

9 August 8, 2019 to provide services to Zetta USA related to the analyzing, pursuing and/or settling of

10 the Preference Actions. [Docket No. 809]. U z 11 9. Robyn B. Sokol served as lead Special Litigation Counsel for the above captioned aoaM matter while at Brutzkus Gubner. On or about March 11, 2021, Robyn B. Sokol joined Leech allo 12 13 Tishman. Robyn B. Sokol represented the Applicant in the Cases from June 15, 2018 through Ouz o Ca o •-1 .60-t 14 March 10, 2021 as lead counsel on the Preference Actions.

V) co < O 15 10. Leech Tishman understands and agrees to accept employment on grounds that its fees p4 1, 1 Z 16 may be awarded only by application to, and approval by, this Court after notice and a hearing.

tno 17 Leech Tishman seeks employment pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 330. Leech Tishman is familiar with the E-. 18 Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Local Bankruptcy Rules of the

19 Central District of California, and the Guidelines of the United States Trustee, and will comply with

20 them.

21 11. As set forth in the attached Statement of Disinterestedness, Leech Tishman carefully

22 reviewed its files and determined that no conflict exists in connection with this matter, and that as of

23 the date of the Application, to the best of Applicant's knowledge and after consideration of the

24 disclosures in the attached Statement, Applicant believes that Leech Tishman and all of its partners

25 and associates are disinterested persons as that term is defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(14), and neither

26 Leech Tishman nor any partners nor associates of Leech Tishman are connected with Applicant,

27 Debtors, creditors, any other party in interest, his respective attorneys and accountants, the United 3 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISH1V1AN AS TRUSTEES SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 6 of 76

States Trustee, or any person employed in the office of the United States Trustee, nor does Leech

2 Tishman nor its attorneys represent or hold an adverse interest with respect to Debtors, any creditor,

3 or to the Estates.

4 12. Leech Tishman does not represent, and has not represented, any creditor or other

5 party in interest in these Cases. Therefore, to the best of Applicant's knowledge, information and

6 belief, Leech Tishman is a disinterested party in the within Cases as that term is defined by the

7 Bankruptcy Code.

8 13. Applicant is satisfied from the Statement of Disinterestedness that employment of

9 Leech Tishman as Trustee's special litigation counsel would be in the best interest of the Estates.

10 WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that an order be entered authorizing the U z 11 employment of Leech Tishman as of June 16, 2021 pursuant to Sections 327 and 330 of the aM F o 12 Bankruptcy Code, and in accordance with Rule 2014(a) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy - : 13 Procedure and Local Bankruptcy Rule 2014-1(b)(1), on the terms stated herein. oz . 14

cnoar: 15 Dated: Juned,' 2020 J9natht i D. King, Chapter 7 Trustee Z 0. 16

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27 4 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 7 of 76

STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS

2 FOR EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSON

3 UNDER RULE 2014, FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE

4 [The following is provided in conformity with Form No. F2014-1 of the United States

5 Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.]

6 I, Robyn B. Sokol, declare:

7 1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice before all the Courts of the State of

8 California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, as well

9 as the Bankruptcy Courts therein. I am a partner in the law firm of Leech Tishman, the proposed

10 attorneys for Applicant. I am authorized to make this Declaration on behalf of Leech Tishman. All U z 11 capitalized terms used herein are as defined in the foregoing Application. I am an individual over aM;;'' 12 the age of eighteen, and I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below and, if called to - 13 testify, would and could competently testify thereto.

14 2. This declaration is made in support of the foregoing Application by the Trustee to

15 retain Leech Tishman as his special litigation counsel herein as of June 16, 2021. A schedule of z z a 16 Leech Tishman's current hourly billing rates for attorneys and paralegals is attached hereto as z „, 0 a. 17 Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by this reference.

U 18 3. Leech Tishman, its members and associates are well-qualified to represent the Trustee

19 in this matter, as can be seen by Leech Tishman's biographical information, a true and correct copy

20 of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by this reference.

21 4. Leech Tishman understands and agrees to accept employment on grounds that its fees

22 may be awarded only by application to, and approval by, this Court after notice and a hearing. It is

23 contemplated that Leech Tishman will seek compensation and reimbursement of expenses from the

24 Estates based upon its normal and usual hourly billing rates and may seek interim compensation as

25 permitted by 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331.

26 5. Leech Tishman was not paid a monetary retainer.

27 6. To the best of my knowledge, neither I nor Leech Tishman have shared or agreed to 5 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 8 of 76

1 share compensation for representing the Debtors with any other person or entity except among the

2 members of Leech Tishman.

3 7. Leech Tishman carefully reviewed its files and determined that no conflict exists in

4 connection with this matter, and that Leech Tishman neither holds nor represents a claim against the

5 Debtors or their Estates. Leech Tishman regularly checks its files to determine if it holds an interest

6 in or represents any creditor or party in interest with an interest adverse to the Debtors or their

7 Estates. Leech Tishman has determined that it holds no adverse interest to the Debtors or their

8 Estates.

9 8. Leech Tishman utilizes several procedures to determine its relationships, if any, to

10 parties that may have connections to a case. Specifically, Leech Tishman searches its database to z 11 discover relationships and inquires all attorneys in the firm regarding any relationships that exist. ▪am :; 12 To the best of my knowledge and belief, and based on the results of its review, neither I nor Leech

03 13 Tishman hold or represent any interest adverse to the Debtors or their Estates, and Leech Tishman is

o (2 1 r- Q 0 14 a "disinterested person" as that term is defined in Bankruptcy Code § 101(14). o as 15 9. Leech Tishman does not represent, and has not represented, any creditor or other k-r .; Z oZ 16 party in interest in these Cases.

oa 17 10. The following is a complete description of Leech Tishman's connections with the Ho = r4 18 Applicant, Debtors, their creditors, any other party in interest, their respective attorneys and

19 accountants, the United States Trustee, or any person employed in the office of the United States

20 Trustee: None.

21 11. Leech Tishman is not a creditor, an equity security holder or an insider of Zetta Jet.

22 12. Leech Tishman is not and was not an investment banker for any outstanding security

23 of Zetta Jet.

24 13. Leech Tishman is and was not, within three years before the date of the filing of the

25 Petitions herein, an investment banker for a security of Zetta Jet, or an attorney for such an

26 investment banker in connection with the offer, sale or issuance of any security of Zetta Jet.

27 6 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 9 of 76 Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 10 of 76

1 DECLARATION OF JONATHAN D. KING

2 I, JONATHAN D. KING, declare as follows:

3 1. I am over 18 years of age. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this

4 declaration (the "Declaration"), and, if called as a witness, could and would testify competently with

5 respect thereto.

6 2. I am the duly appointed Trustee of Zetta Jet USA, Inc. and Zetta Jet PTE, Ltd., debtors

7 in these chapter 7 cases (together the "Debtors"). I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth

8 below and, if called to testify, I would and could competently testify thereto.

9 3. I submit this Declaration in support of the Chapter 7 Trustee 's Application for an Order

10 Authorizing the Employment of Leech Tishman as Trustee 's Special Litigation Counsel Effective June 0 z 11 16, 2021 (the "Application"),1 to which this Declaration is attached. ao Pk, 12 4. Zetta Jet was a private flight operator for international business and luxury travel, ad o - 13 operating a fleet of Bombardier jets owned and leased by Zetta Jet, employing professional pilots and

14 crews to serve routes domestically across the United States and around the world to A-list celebrities

15 and an ultra-wealthy clientele base. wa z°; < " 16 5. Zetta USA maintained its main office and hangar in Burbank, California. Zetta PTE,

oa 17 which has its main office in Singapore, is the parent and sole shareholder of Zetta USA, and its Ho 18 management was located in Burbank, California.

19 6. Brutzkus Gubner was employed by order of this Court entered on April 4, 2019 to

20 provide services to Zetta PTE related to the analyzing, pursuing and/or settling of the Preference

21 Actions. [Docket No. 112]. Brutzkus Gubner was employed by order of this Court entered on August

22 8, 2019 to provide services to Zetta USA related to the analyzing, pursuing and/or settling of the

23 Preference Actions. [Docket No. 809].

24 7. Ms. Robyn B. Sokol served as lead Special Litigation Counsel for the above captioned

26 1 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such tenris in the 27 Application (as defined below). 1 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 11 of 76

1 matter while at Brutzkus Gubner. On or about March 11, 2021, Ms. Sokol joined Leech Tishman.

2 Ms. Sokol represented the Applicant in the Cases from June 15, 2018 through March 10, 2021 as lead

3 counsel on the Preference Actions. After Ms. Sokol left Brutzkus Gubner, differences of approach

4 arose.

5 8. I desire to retain Ms. Sokol because of the quality of her past services and her

6 familiarity and experience with the Zetta cases. The avoidance actions previously handled by Brutzkus

7 Gubner are winding down and I believe Ms. Sokol will be able to complete such matters on a cost

8 efficient, hourly basis. Ms. Sokol and Leech Tishman shall substitute for Brutzkus Gubner in all

9 respects. 9. In addition, I intend to allocate certain claims administration and objection work to L) 10 z 11 Leech Tishman, which given its lower rates than DLA Piper, could thus be more cost-efficiently ao performed by Leech Tishman. F -o 12

ti .;: 13 Ouzo > ,r40 14 I declare and verify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America U as that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. 15 p 4 ; ;•.; Executed on this ZA'8A- day of June, 2021. z a a o 16 ci)°‘' 17 E. cf Z" 18

19 .TANATHAN D. KING, solely in his capacity as

20 ~flie Trustee of the Debtors

27 2 28 APPLICATION BY JONATHAN D. KING CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE, FOR ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT OF LEECH TISHMAN AS TRUSTEE'S SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2021; STATEMENT OF DISINTERESTEDNESS IN SUPPORT THEREOF Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 12 of 76

Exhibit 1 Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 13 of 76

Our Rates

Partners

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Jessica K. Albert $325.00 Kimberly J. Kisner $410.00 W. Thomas Babbitt $510.00 David W. Lampl $590.00 Jennifer P. Bierly $320.00 Michael D. Lazzara $430.00 Kaylyn Boca $440.00 Frederick C. Leech $475.00 A. Bruce Bowden $480.00 Danton K. Mak $615.00 William F. Bresee $495.00 Patrick R. Malone $395.00 William A. Buck $425.00 Bruce J. McNeil $675.00 Patrick W. Carothers $495.00 Sara A. Mercer $290.00 Alisa N. Carr $430.00 Daniel T. Mongan $495.00 Christopher S. Channel $395.00 Douglas H. Morseburg $575.00

Sally G. Cimini $490.00 Dennette A. Mulvaney $600.00 Jeffrey T. Criswell $300.00 Vincent S. Oleskiewicz $530.00 Richard J. Cromer $400.00 Alicia M. Passerin $410.00 David J. DelFiandra $395.00 Forrest T. Passerin $420.00 Jon E. Evans $440.00 Stefanie L. Pate $340.00 Kenneth C. Foltz $445.00 Cristina E. Perez $495.00

Sandford L. Frey $645.00 Erica M. Pietranton $305.00 Pete A. Fuscaldo $495.00 Wanda R. Pistella $425.00 Christopher A. Gonzalez $495.00 Ivan M. Posey $555.00 Gregory W. Hauswirth $355.00 Douglas L. Rabuzzi $440.00 Heather S. Heidelbaugh $500.00 Matthew D. Rak $395.00 Ryan O. Hemminger $360.00 Fadi K. Rasheed $500.00 Steven D. Irwin $505.00 Michael H. Sampson $450.00 John J. Jacko, III $470.00 Francesca M. Schiavone $325.00 Lisa A. Jones $525.00 James D. Silverman $480.00 Alan M. Kindred $675.00 Shana M. Smith $300.00

© Leech Tishman, 2021. Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is a full-service law firm dedicated to assisting individuals, businesses, and institutions. Leech Tishman offers legal services in alternative dispute resolution, aviation & aerospace, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights, cannabis, construction, corporate, embezzlement & employee theft, employee benefits, employment & labor, energy, environmental, estates & trusts, family law, government relations, immigration, insurance coverage, intellectual property, international legal matters, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Leech Tishman also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Sarasota, and Wilmington, DE. For more information call 626.796.4000 or visit us at www.leechtishman.com.

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Robyn B. Sokol $625.00 Phillip A. Toomey $660.00 John M. Steiner $465.00 Alan G. Towner $460.00 Heather C. Stumpf $365.00 David V. Weicht $500.00 Steven M. Taber $465.00 Eric J. Wu $500.00 Crystal H. Thornton-Illar $355.00 Wesley Yang $595.00 Ted Tishman $320.00 Charles M. Yeomans $300.00

Counsel

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Steven R. Chadwick $440.00 Lisa A. Mantella $335.00 Ryan D. DeMotte $385.00 Leslie J. Messineo $475.00 Alan S. Fellheimer $525.00 Robert A. Orozco $500.00 James F. Hendricks $525.00 James K. Paulick $325.00 Peter L. Holmes $480.00 Jennifer S. Pohlenz $420.00 Kristin A. Lawson $425.00 Robert F. Shultz $430.00

Associates

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Matthew J. Burne $320.00 Leah K. Sell $330.00 Michael R. Chilcot, Jr. $250.00 Luis A. Silva $275.00 Esther J. Choe $280.00 Matthew S. Sutphen $350.00 Ashley N. Crane $250.00 Azin G. Valafar $340.00 Melanie E. Cuddyre $255.00 Brett J. Warren $310.00 Alexander J. Gase $315.00 Julia S. Wu $285.00 Alysia L. Libby $280.00 Daniel P. Yeomans $285.00 Audra E. Phibbs $220.00

Paralegals

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Natalia P. Arango $130.00 Michelle L. English $125.00 Kate E. Comstock $135.00 Georgina (Gina) M. Garcia $130.00 Christopher J. Devine $245.00 Christine J. Graff $125.00

Attorney Name Hourly Rate Attorney Name Hourly Rate

Elena M. Hedderman $125.00 Stephanie M. Porche $130.00 Sheree A. Lee $170.00 Jessica E. Rodriguez $130.00 Lydia C. Moya $125.00 Anne Marie Tufo $195.00 Marilyn C. Paik $175.00 Bonnie L. Wingard $125.00 Amy R. Palmer $230.00

Exhibit 2 Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 17 of 76

Firm Overview

Commitment | Service | Value Expect It.

March 11, 2021

Table of Contents

Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group Page 4

Partners

Patrick W. Carothers Pages 5-6

Sandford L. Frey Pages 7-8

Gregory W. Hauswirth Page 9

David W. Lampl Page 10

Dennette A. Mulvaney Page 11

Robyn B. Sokol Pages 12-13

John M. Steiner Pages 14-15

Crystal H. Thornton-Illar Page 16

Counsel Page 17 Kristin A. Lawson

Associates

Matthew J. Burne Pages 18-19

Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group Pages 20-21

Partners

Jessica K. Albert Page 22

Jennifer P. Bierly Pages 23-24

Alisa N. Carr Pages 25-27

Christopher S. Channel Page 28

Sally Griffith Cimini Pages 29-31

Jeffrey T. Criswell Page 32

Richard Cromer Page 33

Heather S. Heidelbaugh Pages 34-35

Ryan O. Hemminger Page 36

John Jacko, III Pages 37-38

Patrick R. Malone Pages 39

Erica M. Pietranton Page 40

Michael H. Sampson Pages 41-42

David V. Weicht Page 43

Counsel

Ryan D. DeMotte Pages 44-45

Alan S. Fellheimer Pages 46-47

Lisa A. Mantella Pages 48-49

James K. Paulick Pages 50

Associates

Michael R. Chilcot Pages 51-52

Daniel P. Yeomans Page 53

Attorney Rates Pages 54-55

CAPABILITIES

Business Restructuring & Insolvency

Leech Tishman’s Business Restructuring & • Representation of landlords Insolvency Practice Group is well-respected, • Litigating assumption or rejection of unexpired both regionally and nationally, as a major leases • Obtaining payment from debtors-in-possession force in the areas of business bankruptcy and • Representation of bankruptcy trustees creditors’ rights. • Estate administration • Liquidation of assets by auction and private sale In Brief • Prosecution of avoidance actions With over 50 years of combined experience, our seasoned lawyers provide advice and counsel to financial institutions, State Court Receivership and Foreclosure bankruptcy trustees, trade creditors, creditors’ committees, • Seeking appointment of receiver to protect interests of debtors, and purchasers of assets and claims in Chapter 11 lender bankruptcies, state court receiverships, liquidations and other • Representation of receivers insolvency proceedings, as well as out-of-court workouts and restructurings. • Protecting and preserving business property for benefit of creditors Our team of professionals has a solid understanding of the complexities governing bankruptcy and creditors’ rights Turnarounds, Workouts, and Restructurings issues and has represented clients in many local and national • Negotiating, restructuring, and documenting of defaulted high profile cases. loans outside of bankruptcy representing both lenders and debtors Bankruptcy Planning, Proceedings and Litigation Liquidation and Insolvency • Representation of commercial debtors in all facets of the • Winding up business in orderly fashion outside of bankruptcy process bankruptcy in the most advantageous manner possible to • Pre-bankruptcy planning the equity holders, creditors, and employees • Obtaining cash collateral and debtor-in-possession financing • Formulating and obtaining confirmation of plans of reorganization and plans of liquidation • Claims administration and distribution • Representation of creditors’ committees • Successfully blocking motions for relief from stay by secured creditors leading to distributions for unsecured creditors • Aggressively negotiating distributions to the class of unsecured creditors • Prosecuting avoidance actions • Representation of secured creditors • Obtaining relief from stay • Negotiating protections for cash collateral • Negotiating debtor-in-possession financing • Representation of trade creditors • Defending avoidance actions • Filing and obtaining distributions for Section 503(b) (9) claimholders • Securing critical vendor status

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Patrick W. Carothers

Patrick was a regular commentator on the 2009 automobile industry crisis, appearing several times on CNBC.

In addition to bankruptcy matters, Patrick advises domestic and international companies on a wide variety of corporate issues, including entity formation, real estate transactions, asset purchases, general contract review, and compliance with various laws and regulations.

In 2002, Patrick served as law clerk to both U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Morgenstern-Clarren, in the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.

Academics J.D., Duquesne University School of Law B.S. in Business Administration, Robert Morris University

PARTNER Admissions [email protected] Pennsylvania Ohio U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio 412.261.1600 X275 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan U.S. District Court, District of Maryland Patrick W. Carothers is a Partner with Leech Tishman and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (pro hac vice) Chair of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. He is also a member of the Corporate Practice Group. Experience Patrick is based in the Pittsburgh and the Wilmington offices, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP where he routinely represents businesses in various stages of financial restructurings- from out-of-court workouts to Professional Memberships court monitored processes, including Chapter 11 bankruptcy Allegheny County Bar Association (Board Member, reorganizations. Patrick represents clients in bankruptcy Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Council) courts throughout the country, including numerous matters American Bankruptcy Institute in Delaware, New Jersey, Texas, and the Southern District of New York. Professional Accolades Corpus Juris Secundum Award (1998) Patrick is also a member of the Leech Tishman Management Committee. Best Lawyers Best Lawyers Pittsburgh: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Patrick regularly represents unsecured creditor committees Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and handles bankruptcy 2020) litigation matters involving fraudulent transfers, preferential The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor transfers, fraud actions, director and officer liability and Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019, breach of fiduciary duty. He also represents Chapter 7 and 2020) liquidating trustees in bankruptcy cases and litigation.

Super Lawyers Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2013-2020) Pennsylvania Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010-2012)

Publications Carothers, Patrick W. “The Subprime Debacle Continues- The Nature and Scope of Litigation Begins to Reveal Itself.” Communiqué, January 2008. Carothers, Patrick W. “Another Look at the Subprime Lending Industry: New Federal Guidelines, Among Other Proposed Modifications to Federal Law, Attempt to Curtail ‘Risky’ Practices.” Communiqué, August 2007. Carothers, Patrick W. “Subprime Insolvency: Secondary Sources of Recovery, Potential Liability and Possible Opportunities to Buy Debt at Distressed Prices.” Communiqué, July 2007. Carothers, Patrick W. “Understanding Recent Developments in the Subprime Lending Market.” Communiqué, March 2007. Duquesne University Law Review (Research Editor; Member)

Speeches & Presentations “Receivers, Trustees and Examiners,” Allegheny County Bar Association Annual Bankruptcy Symposium, December 2010 “Mitigating Legal Risk in a Recovery Mode,” Financial Executives Technical Workshop, TRA Seminar, April 2010 “Hail Mary’s- Far Out Maneuvers, Tactics and Strategies for Debtors,” 14th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pittsburgh Section, October 2009 “Trying a Case in the Bankruptcy Courts,” Bench-Bar Conference of Allegheny County, June 2009 “Mortgage Modifications and Effect on the Bankruptcy Laws,” Third Circuit Judicial Conference, May 2009 “Big 3 Bankruptcy - Big Problems for Auto Dealers: Presentation to Auto Dealers in the Tri-State Area (PA, WV and Ohio),”January 2009 “The Collision of the Automotive Plastics Industry with Bankruptcy,” Allegheny Bar Association Annual Bankruptcy Symposium, November 2008

Community Involvement EssayPrepPlus (Bar Review Company) (President) MicroMash Bar Study Group (Student Tutor) Mother’s Hope

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Sandford L. Frey

unsecured creditors. Sandy also recently confirmed a plan of reorganization for a number of car wash Chapter 11 cases filed in both the Central and Eastern Districts of California. Over the course of his career, Sandy has represented clients in a number of significant real estate-related reorganizations, including reorganization due to real estate insolvencies; the reorganization of a financial services company that owned shopping and retail centers located in the San Fernando Valley and Las Vegas, Nevada; the reorganization of a strip mall in Encino, California; and the reorganization of a historic Beaux Arts building in downtown Los Angeles. Sandy also succeeded in resolving a hotly contested lease dispute for a holding company of a renowned entertainment and dance venue located in downtown Los Angeles, resulting in a highly successful reorganization of its affairs.

Sandy and his partner were lead Creditors’ Committee counsel in a Chapter 11 case of a private equity and asset PARTNER management firm based in Los Angeles, California. The matter was related to a real estate investment with $650 million in [email protected] unsecured debt.

626.796.4000 During his career, Sandy has represented clients in the 200 SOUTH LOS ROBLES AVENUE, SUITE 300 automotive, entertainment, food and beverage, hospitality, PASADENA, CA 91101 real estate, retail, and telecommunications industries, as well as religious organizations including the International Sandford L. Frey (“Sandy”) is a Partner with Leech Tishman Society of Krishna Consciousness and Chabad of Westwood. and a member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Sandy’s past representations include serving as counsel for Practice Group. Based in the Pasadena office, Sandy focuses the Debtor in numerous retail Chapter 11 cases, including his practice on bankruptcy-related legal matters including out- a 21-store mini-department store chain; a 41-store chain of-court workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations, bankruptcy, retailer and licensor of dynamic trade names; a large tile insolvency and lending, real estate, general corporate and and brick retailer; a retail mall and banquet facility; various transactional matters and wine law. shopping malls, hotels, and entertainment venues; a retail jewelry store chain; and a number of upper-and middle- Sandy has over 30 years of experience representing debtors, market cellular telephone retailers. lenders, purchasers, creditors and borrowers in and out of Chapter 11 matters, as well as in business and lending Sandy is Vice President and Legal Advisor to Vinomatica. In transactions and loan workouts. He has very diverse addition, Sandy currently serves on the Executive Board of experience in business and business reorganizations, not only the North American Sommelier Association and serves as the in the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, organization’s legal advisor. Sandy also has a number of wine but throughout the United States. Sandy often represents certifications, including a Certified Sommelier (WSA/NASA); borrowers in negotiating and documenting new financing, Certified Specialist of Italian Wine (AIS/NASA); Certified DIP loans and takeout financing. Specialist of American Wine (NASA); Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) -- Society of Wine Educators; and Master of Sandy frequently represents purchasers of assets in Chapter Sangiovese (NASA). Sandy completed and successfully passed 11. He recently represented a well-known mortgage the Wine Education and Management program at UCLA. He lender in its efforts to negotiate and confirm a consensual is now a frequent guest lecturer on a number of wine topics, orderly liquidation plan, which was highly successful and particularly for Piemonte, Italy. has already resulted in very significant distribution to

Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Sandy was a Partner at Creim Macias Koenig & Frey LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm focused on business bankruptcy, business commercial transactions, and litigation. Sandy served as Judicial Clerk to the Hon. James R. Dooley, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.

Academics J.D., University of West Los Angeles School of Law B.A., California State University at Northridge

Admissions U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court, Northern District of California U.S. District Court, Southern District of California California

Professional Memberships Los Angeles County Bar Association State Bar of California Financial Lawyers Conference (Member, Bankruptcy Forum) Los Angeles Venture Association (Member) Central District of California (Past Member, Bankruptcy Local Rules Committee, 1988) North American Sommelier Association (“NASA”) (Counselor/ Legal Advisor; Executive Board Member) Vinomatica (Vice President, Legal Advisor)

Publications “Trust Me or Trustee? The Requirements for Appointment of a Trustee or Examiner under 11 U.S.C. §1104,” 17,” California Bankruptcy Journal 34 (author) “Acquisitions through Chapter 11, The Good 11, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Author) Frequent speaker on wines of Piemonte and Burgundy, UCLA Extension

Professional Accolades Award for Outstanding Legal Journalism (Recipient) Top Attorneys, Pasadena Magazine (2021) Lawyers of Distinction (2019)

Certifications and Designations Certified Sommelier (WSA/NASA) Certified Specialist of Italian Wine (AIS/NASA) Certified Specialist of American Wine (NASA) Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW), Society of Wine Educators Master of Sangiovese (NASA)

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Gregory W. Hauswirth

and implement eSourcing programs, and during his tenure was honored with the Ariba Excellence Award from Ariba’s Consulting Group. During this time, Greg earned his Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) designation from the Institute for Supply Management (I.S.M.).

Academics J.D., cum laude, Duquesne University School of Law B.S. in Industrial Management, Carnegie Mellon University

Admissions Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, District of Delaware U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania PARTNER [email protected] Experience Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP 302.332.7181 Ariba, Inc. (formerly FreeMarkets, Inc.) 1007 N. ORANGE STREET, FOURTH FLOOR WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Professional Memberships American Bankruptcy Institute Delaware State Bar Association Gregory W. Hauswirth is a partner at Leech Tishman and is a New Jersey State Bar Association member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Pennsylvania Bar Association Group. He is based in the firm’s Wilmington and Pittsburgh The Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court offices. Greg represents businesses in various stages of Allegheny County Bar Association financial restructurings - from out-of-court workouts and Carnegie Mellon Alumni Association wind-downs to court monitored processes, including Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations.

Greg also represents secured creditors and trade creditors in bankruptcy and state court insolvency proceedings, and regularly represents clients in bankruptcy litigation matters involving fraudulent and preferential transfers.

In 2007, Greg served as a judicial extern to The Honorable Jeffery A. Deller of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

From 1999 through 2006, Greg was employed by Ariba, Inc. (formerly FreeMarkets, Inc.), as a Manager in Ariba’s Strategic Sourcing Consulting Group, where he was responsible for designing and deploying enterprise wide sourcing solutions to support Global 1000 organizations. Greg worked closely with various clients across a range of industries to develop

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David W. Lampl

Admissions Pennsylvania Florida Maryland U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Executive Counsel and Former Chair of Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section) American Bankruptcy Institute (Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee)

Professional Accolades Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation

PARTNER Martindale-Hubbell Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated Attorney [email protected] Best Lawyers The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2011-2020); Litigation – Bankruptcy (2011-2020) 412.261.1600 X200 The Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Bankruptcy (2019), Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Best Lawyers Pennsylvania (2018-2020) Best Lawyers Pittsburgh, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor David W. Lampl is a Partner and a member of the Business Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2015-2020), Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. David is based Litigation- Bankruptcy (2011-2020) in the Pittsburgh office, where he is highly regarded for the major role he has played in numerous local and national high Super Lawyers profile cases involving Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers court restructurings. Over the course of his career, David Magazine (2006- 2019) has served as lead counsel on behalf of banks, creditors’ Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, committees and debtor companies in a wide variety of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2009) complex bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2008) David has served on the faculty of many continuing education seminars on all areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights Publications law sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the University of Pittsburgh Law Review Allegheny County Bar Association. During law school, he was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Community Involvement Pittsburgh Chapter, Turnaround Management Association Academics The Cordoza Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh School of Law United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh B.A., Brandeis University

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Dennette A. Mulvaney

Prior to joining the firm, Dennette was a Partner at Bisno Mulvaney, LLLP, a Los Angeles based firm where she focused on representing lenders, owners and investors in commercial and real estate transactions, business litigation and bankruptcy.

Academics J.D., University of Arizona School of Law B.S. in Management Information Systems, University of Arizona

Admissions California Arizona (Inactive Status) Nevada U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California) PARTNER U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Arizona [email protected] U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Nevada

626.706.4000 Professional Memberships State Bar of California 200 SOUTH LOS ROBLES AVENUE, SUITE 300 State Bar of Arizona PASADENA, CA 91101 State Bar of Nevada

Dennette Mulvaney is a Partner with Leech Tishman, and a Professional Accolades member of the firm’s Business Restructuring & Insolvency Top Attorneys, Pasadena Magazine (2021) and Real Estate Practice Groups. Based in Leech Tishman’s Pasadena office, Dennette focuses her practice on all aspects of debtor/creditor law, representing financial institutions and Licenses Real Estate Broker (California and Washington) other creditors, private businesses and individuals.

Dennette’s practice includes financial restructuring and bankruptcy, secured transactions (real and personal property), commercial transactions and real estate matters. Dennette has considerable experience in the Bankruptcy Courts representing debtors, creditors and Bankruptcy trustees.

In addition, Dennette is a licensed real estate broker in California and Washington. Her real estate experience includes documenting loans, representing parties to sale transactions, negotiation, review and preparation of commercial leasing agreements, and real estate litigation, including judicial foreclosure, receivership and enforcement of guaranty agreements. Dennette has extensive loan workout experience, including, restructuring and documentation of modification, forbearance and settlement agreements.

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Robyn B. Sokol

trustees, secured and unsecured creditors. She has successfully defended preference actions filed against various entities including a national insurance company, publication house, manufacturers and a shipping company. As part of Robyn’s comprehensive bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice, she represents Chapter 7 and 11 debtors, and counsels mid-sized corporations and individual debtor clients in reorganizations.

Robyn served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California for the Honorable Robin Riblet; and as a Judicial Law Clerk (floating position) for Judges Ahart, Lax, Lasarow, March and Zurzolo.

Academics J.D., Boston University School of Law B.S. in Finance and Real Estate, cum laude, University of Colorado, Boulder PARTNER [email protected] Admissions California U.S. District Court, Northern District of California U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California U.S. District Court, Southern District of California 626.796.4000 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 200 SOUTH LOS ROBLES AVENUE, SUITE 300 U.S. Supreme Court PASADENA, CA 91101 Experience Robyn Sokol is a Partner with Leech Tishman, and a member Brutzkus Gubner of the firm’s Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Robinson Diamant & Wolkowitz Group. Based in Leech Tishman’s Pasadena office, Robyn focuses her practice on business reorganizations, creditors’ Professional Memberships rights and bankruptcy law, and all related transactions and State Bar of California litigation. Los Angeles County Bar Association American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West Advisory Robyn has served as lead counsel in scores of trials, Board (Member; Program Chair) evidentiary hearings and motions in bankruptcy, and other, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (Former Member, Board of courts throughout the United States. Her work includes Directors, 2016-2019) negotiating, drafting, analyzing and reviewing loan documents; real and personal property leases; purchase agreements; and Professional Accolades licensing agreements. Robyn represents businesses in the Best Lawyers manufacturing, marketing, retail, entertainment, finance, golf, The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor hospitality, insurance, real estate, shipping, and healthcare Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2018-2021); industries. Litigation - Bankruptcy (2018-2021)

Robyn regularly represents financial institutions, Super Lawyers corporations, creditors’ committees, Chapter 7 and 11 Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers (2016-2021)

Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, Top 100: Southern California Super Lawyers (2016) Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, Southern California Super Lawyer (2014-2021)

Publications “Why Media Companies and Celebrities ‘Go Broke,’” Forbes (July 25, 2016)

Speeches and Presentations “Appealing Positions: Everything You Need to Know About Appeals,” American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Battleground West (March 2017) Crossfire Panel, American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West (Co-Chair and Panelist, 2019; Co-Chair and Producer, 2021)

Community Involvement Voter Protection Legal Team

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John M. Steiner

John was lead debtor’s counsel in the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Pittsburgh’s professional soccer team, and its stadium, Highmark Stadium. Recently, John and his firm were selected to represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Somerset Regional Water Resources, LLC and Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and selected as local counsel to represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the R.E. Gas Development, LLC (“Rex Energy”) bankruptcy case.

John’s experience includes: • Bankruptcy Planning, Proceedings and Litigation • Representation of commercial debtors in all facets of the bankruptcy process • Representation of creditors’ committees • Representation of secured creditors • Representation of trade creditors CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER • Representation of landlords [email protected] • Representation of bankruptcy trustees • Representation of buyers in bankruptcy asset sales and related transactions • Prosecution and defense of numerous adversary 412.261.1600 X254 proceedings, both simple and complex, including but not 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE limited to, avoidance actions, discharge, claims resolution, secured status and asset recovery PITTSBURGH, PA 15219

John Steiner is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Chief Collection Operating Officer of the firm, where he oversees the • Assisted numerous creditors in collection of both secured administrative departments including finance, IT, HR and and unsecured debts, judgments, and other claims through Marketing. John is based in the Pittsburgh office. He is a both state and federal execution proceedings, including member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Article 9 sales and mortgage foreclosures Group, where he served as Co-Chair for many years. State Court Receivership John is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee. • Seeking appointment of receiver to protect interests of lender John is a regular lecturer on various bankruptcy and creditors’ • Representation of receivers rights law matters. John represents and provides advice and • Protecting and preserving business property for benefit of counsel to creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, lenders, bankruptcy trustees and purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 creditors bankruptcies, state court receiverships and other insolvency proceedings. John also represents and provides advice to Turnarounds, Workouts, and Restructurings both debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts and • Negotiating, restructuring and documenting of defaulted restructurings. Over the course of his career, John has loans outside of bankruptcy representing both lenders and represented and assisted numerous creditors in the collection debtors of debts from the filing of actions to obtain judgment, to enforcement and execution.

Liquidation and Insolvency • Winding up business in orderly fashion outside of bankruptcy in the most advantageous manner possible to the equity holders, creditors, and employees

Academics J.D., Duquesne University School of Law B.S., magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh

Admissions and Pro Hac Vice Pennsylvania U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Rhode Island U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Montana

Professional Memberships Allegheny County Bar Association (Bankruptcy Law Section) Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald Bankruptcy Inns of Court Turnaround Management Association

Professional Accolades Best Lawyers The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, (2018-2020); Litigation-Bankruptcy (2019, 2020) Best Lawyers Pennsylvania (2018-2020): Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, (2018-2020); Litigation-Bankruptcy (2020) Best Lawyers Pittsburgh, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2018-2020); Litigation-Bankruptcy (2020)

Super Lawyers Pennsylvania Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2006, 2007)

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Crystal H. Thornton-Illar

practice on representing consumer debtors and assisting a chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy-related litigation.

Academics J.D., high distinction, Ohio Northern University College of Law B.A., cum laude, Salem College

Admissions Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

Experience Zebley, Mehalov & White, P.C.

Professional Memberships Pennsylvania Bar Association PARTNER Allegheny County Bar Association [email protected] International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation 412.261.1600 X231 National Association of Women Lawyers 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Publications Crystal H. Thornton-Illar is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Ohio Northern Law Review (Lead Articles Research Editor) a member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. Crystal is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office, where she focuses her practice on both commercial and consumer bankruptcy matters.

Over the course of her career, Crystal has represented commercial debtors, secured creditors, landlords, and trustees in both chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. She has also represented creditors’ committees. Crystal is experienced in both prosecuting and defending preference and fraudulent transfer actions. She has also assisted various commercial clients in achieving out of court workouts with creditors alleviating the need for a bankruptcy proceeding.

In addition to being well-versed in commercial bankruptcy matters, Crystal has extensive experience in representing individual debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings. Crystal has assisted numerous individuals in obtaining a fresh financial start by way of a bankruptcy discharge. Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Crystal was an associate at Zebley Mehalov & White, where she focused her

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Kristin A. Lawson

trademark infringement, unfair competition, tortuous interference, ERISA, corporate governance, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, products liability and negligence. In addition, Kristin has also routinely counseled corporate clients on other diverse business issues relating to insurance coverage, non-competition covenants, antitrust, defamation, trade libel, trademark and copyright right, acquisitions, leasing, financing and commercial transactions.

Academics J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law B.S. in Finance, The Pennsylvania State University

Admissions Pennsylvania U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

COUNSEL Experience [email protected] Kelly Hayden, LLC Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (now K&L Gates LLP) 412.261.1600 X212 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Publications LDRC 50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law (1995- PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 1996 and 1996-1997) 1996 MBA Legal Issues Seminar Kristin Anders Lawson is Counsel in Leech Tishman’s Business Banking Law Journal (Volume 128) Restructuring & Insolvency and Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. She is based in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Kristin is well-versed in bankruptcy & Reported Cases creditors’ rights issues and in a variety of employment, media, Lukes v. Department of Public Welfare, 976 A.2d 609 (Pa. healthcare and corporate litigation matters. Cmwlth 2009) Bartlett v. Bradford Publishing, Inc., 885 A.2d 562 (Pa. Super. In terms of Kristin’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights 2005) experience, a significant portion of her practice has included DeMary v. DeMary v. Latrobe Printing & Publ’g Co., 27 Med. L. representing creditors, debtors and creditors’ committees in Rptr. 1760 (Pa. C.P. Westmoreland Co. 1999) a wide variety of bankruptcy and collection matters, including Latrobe Printing & Publ’g Co., 26 Med. L. Rptr. 2409 (Pa. C.P. bank financing and workouts, foreclosure and receivership Westmoreland Co. 1998) actions, confession of judgment proceedings, landlord/tenant litigation, bankruptcy claims litigation, DIP financing, cash collateral orders, disclosure statement and plan confirmation issues, relief from automatic stay, assumption and rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases and preference and fraudulent transfer litigation.

Regarding Kristin’s involvement with business and litigation matters, she has represented corporate, institutional, and individual clients on a range of issues relating to media, privacy, First Amendment, public access, healthcare,

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Matthew J. Burne

in sales and marketing for a large broad-line foodservice distributor assisting customers with menu development and costing; and he also prepared contracts, seasonal pricing bids and managed accounts receivables for independent restaurants, franchises, large institutions and concessionaires. Prior to that Matt worked as a chef in multiple establishments and country clubs throughout Pennsylvania. Matt has parlayed his prior career in the foodservice and food distribution industries into representing food distributors in various legal matters including collection and credit management.

Academics LL.M. in Bankruptcy, St. John’s University School of Law J.D., Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law The Culinary Institute of America B.S. in Food Marketing, Saint Joseph’s University

ASSOCIATE Admissions [email protected] Pennsylvania New York 412.261.1600 New Jersey 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Experience Legal Experience Matthew J. Burne is an Associate with Leech Tishman and a Tucker Arensberg, P.C. member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Group. Matt is based in the Pittsburgh office. McDonnell Crowley, LLC Matt’s practice focuses on representing clients in commercial Non-Legal Experience transactions, restructuring and bankruptcy matters. He Maines Paper and Foodservice, Inc. also represents food distributors in collection and credit management. Professional Memberships Matt’s legal career includes serving as a law clerk to the Hon. National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, NextGen Thomas P. Agresti in the Bankruptcy Court for the Western 2018 District of Pennsylvania. He also practiced in New Jersey Allegheny County Bar Association (Board Member, representing Chapter 7 Trustees, Chapter 11 Trustees and Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section; Member, creditors in various bankruptcy matters. During law school, Banking and Corporate Law Section; Member, Committee Matt served as judicial intern to the Hon. Arthur B. Briskman for Exempt Organizations) and Hon. Karen S. Jennemann in the Bankruptcy Court for Judith K. Fitzgerald Bankruptcy Inns of Court (Member) the Middle District of Florida and the Hon. Sean H. Lane in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Publications “Third Circuit Review,” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (April Matt also has extensive knowledge and experience in the 2017) foodservice industry. He holds a degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated on the “Are Loss Mitigation Programs Still Relevant: One Court’s Dean’s List. Prior to pursuing his legal career, Matt worked Story,” ABI Journal (March 2017)

“Amending Exemptions in a Re-Opened Case,” 24 Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice Art. 2 (April 2015)

“From Mo-Town to Bildisco: Rejecting Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Cases,” Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 243 (2015)

“The Effect of Franchisor Bankruptcy on Executory Supply Contracts,” 18 Barry Law Review 191 (Fall 2012)

Speeches & Presentations Financial Literacy Outreach Program, Allegheny County Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section “Non-Profit Bankruptcies for Non-Profits,” Allegheny County Bar Association, Committee for Exempt Organizations (September 2019) “Debate on Recovery of College Tuition Payments by Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees,” Judith K. Fitzgerald Bankruptcy Inns of Court and Delaware Bankruptcy Inns of Court (April 2019) Panel on “Issues in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Non-Profit Organizations,” Allegheny County Bar Association Bankruptcy Symposium (2018) Panel on “Exemptions for Personal Injury Cases in Individual Bankruptcy,” Allegheny County Bar Association Bankruptcy Symposium (2017)

Community Involvement Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (Voluntary Chef, Red Door Program)

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Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Leech Tishman’s Litigation & Alternative • Construction litigation Dispute Resolution Practice Group is comprised • Mechanics’ liens of attorneys with years of experience • Davis Bacon • Prevailing wage trying cases in the courtroom and before • Contract disputes administrative bodies and arbitration panels. • Corporate governance and shareholder litigation Our litigators are recognized in Best Lawyers • Declaratory judgment and are members of the Academy of Trial • Election law Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America. • Embezzlement Our lawyers are quoted in national broadcasts • Employment litigation and publications. • Estate administration and guardianship litigation • False Claims Act case Leech Tishman trial attorneys are focused and trained to • Fraud/misrepresentation respond to the inquiries of judges with accuracy, clarity • Healthcare litigation and brevity. Our team has experience in handling a variety • Hemp of complex commercial litigation matters locally, nationally and internationally, for companies ranging from emerging • Insurance coverage enterprises to multi-national corporations in a wide range • Insurer bad faith litigation of industry sectors. We understand the time, effort and cost • Intellectual property litigation involved in litigation, and we work, when possible, through • Patent, trademark, and copyright infringement engagement in active negotiation with the opposing party or • Markman hearings through alternative dispute resolution proceedings. • Temporary restraining orders • Preliminary injunctions Our attorneys have a wealth of trial experience at the local, • Product seizures state, federal and appellate level. Our attorneys have argued • Protective orders before the Supreme Court of the United States, as well • Expert witness testimony as numerous state and federal appellate courts, including • Product surveys every appellate court in Pennsylvania. Members of our Litigation team have held clerkships in the Supreme Court of • Economic analysis Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, U.S. Courts • Hearings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of Appeal and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. (PTAB) and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Services • Media litigation Our Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice • Municipal law litigation Group has the experience and skill to assist clients with the • Oil and gas litigation following types of litigation • Open records matters/Sunshine Act litigation • Personal injury litigation • Antitrust claims • Premises Liability • Alternative Dispute Resolution • Product liability • Bankruptcy Matters: Adversary Proceedings • Real estate related litigation • Business dissolution/successor liability • ADA Title III defense • Business ownership disputes • Representation of commercial and residential • Cannabis landlords • Class actions • Private and public housing, including PUC and Fair • Commercial disparagement, libel, and slander Housing litigation • Commercial property disputes • Mortgage foreclosures and deficiency judgment prosecution

• Zoning and land use • Property tax assessment appeals • Property tax exemption applications and appeals, including PURTA and CCRC properties • PILOT agreements • Condemnation • Quiet title • Religious liberty litigation • Requests for injunctive relief • Restrictive covenants and non-competes • Securities arbitration • Tax disputes with the IRS and state agencies • Tax audits • Tax appeals • Tax collection • Toxic torts • Tax litigation • Third-party subpoenas • Trade secret disputes • Unfair competition • White-collar criminal defense

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Jessica K. Albert

Academics J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law B.S. in Crime, Law and Justice with high distinction, The Pennsylvania State University

Admissions Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Professional Memberships Pennsylvania Bar Association Allegheny County Bar Association (2019-2020 Chair of the Women in the Law Division) (2015-2016 Secretary of the Women in the Law Division)

Professional Accolades PARTNER Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Western [email protected] PA) (2013)

Super Lawyers Pennsylvania Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2019, 2020) 412.261.1600 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Community Involvement PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (Membership Committee, Picklesburgh Merchandise Committee) Jessica K. Albert is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a March of Dimes March for Babies Executive Leadership member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Team Practice Group. Jessica is based in the Pittsburgh office.

Jessica’s practice focuses mainly on litigating state, federal, and agency cases, including complex civil litigation covering a broad range of legal matters such as ADA Title III class actions, civil rights, construction defects, breach of contract issues, negligence, fraud and insurance coverage. She is also well-versed in employment litigation. Jessica regularly counsels clients regarding risk exposure, including OSHA compliance and litigates contested OSHA citations.

Jessica started her career with Leech Tishman as a law clerk while she attended law school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. During law school, Jessica served as a Topics Editor for the Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law, was the recipient of a Dean’s Scholarship and an Edward/Cordelia Sell Scholarship and won a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Family Law.

© Leech Tishman, 2020. Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is a full-service law firm dedicated to assisting individuals, businesses, and institutions. Leech Tishman offers legal services in alternative dispute resolution, aviation & aerospace, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights, cannabis, construction, corporate, embezzlement & employee theft, employee benefits, employment & labor, energy, environmental, estates & trusts, family law, government relations, immigration, insurance coverage, intellectual property, international legal matters, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Leech Tishman also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Sarasota, and Wilmington, DE. For more information call 626.796.4000 or visit us at www.leechtishman.com.

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Jennifer P. Bierly

Jennifer has practiced law in Pennsylvania since 1999, having spent a portion of that time serving the citizens of Centre County, PA as an Assistant District Attorney. While serving as an Assistant District Attorney, Jennifer prosecuted a variety of cases, including matters involving white collar theft crimes. She is also a former law clerk to Senior Judge Charles C. Brown, Jr., former President Judge of the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.

Academics J.D., The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Order of the Barristers B.A. in Urban Affairs, summa cum laude, The Virginia Polytechnic University and State University Leadership Centre County (Graduate)

Admissions PARTNER Pennsylvania Arizona [email protected] Experience Babst Calland Law Office of Jennifer P. Bierly 814.954.5904 Centre County, PA (Assistant District Attorney) 112 W. FOSTER AVENUE, SUITE 301 Senior Judge Charles C. Brown, Jr. (Law Clerk) STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801 Professional Memberships American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section) Jennifer P. Bierly is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member of the Family Law member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Former Member Family Law Section Council, The Practice Group, and the Family Law Group. Jennifer is based Women in the Profession Commission) in the State College office, and focuses her practice in the Arizona Bar Association area of family law, representing clients in courts across the Centre County Bar Association (Member, Domestic Relations Commonwealth. Section) Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Vice Chair, Domestic On a daily basis, Jennifer helps clients during some of the Relations Procedural Rules Committee) most difficult times in their lives, assisting them with their legal needs in divorce, custody, support, protection from Professional Accolades abuse, adoption and guardianship matters. She also has a Pennsylvania Rising Stars, Philadelphia Magazine (2008) wealth of experience in representing high-net worth clients Top 100 People in Business, The Pennsylvania Business throughout Pennsylvania in complex family law and financial Central (2006) matters. Top Four under Forty, The Pennsylvania Business Central (2006) Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Jennifer was a partner with Outstanding Community Service by an Attorney Award, State Babst Calland and also represented clients in her own Centre College Area Jaycees County, PA law firm, where she assisted individuals with a wide range of family law and litigation matters, including defending white collar crimes.

© Leech Tishman, 2020. Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is a full-service law firm dedicated to assisting individuals, businesses, and institutions. Leech Tishman offers legal services in alternative dispute resolution, aviation & aerospace, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights, cannabis, construction, corporate, embezzlement & employee theft, employee benefits, employment & labor, energy, environmental, estates & trusts, family law, government relations, immigration, insurance coverage, intellectual property, international legal matters, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Leech Tishman also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Sarasota, and Wilmington, DE. For more information call 626.796.4000 or visit us at www.leechtishman.com.

Community Involvement Centre County Outstanding Young Woman Program, Inc. (Past President of the Board of Directors) Central Pennsylvania Golden Retriever Rescue (Member) Lock Haven University (Former Adjunct Professor, Criminal Law and Procedure) The Pennsylvania State University Continuing Education Department (Former Adjunct Professor, Business Writing) Working K-9 Association of Central Pennsylvania (Member, Pro Bono Service Provider)

© Leech Tishman, 2020. Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is a full-service law firm dedicated to assisting individuals, businesses, and institutions. Leech Tishman offers legal services in alternative dispute resolution, aviation & aerospace, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights, cannabis, construction, corporate, embezzlement & employee theft, employee benefits, employment & labor, energy, environmental, estates & trusts, family law, government relations, immigration, insurance coverage, intellectual property, international legal matters, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Leech Tishman also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Sarasota, and Wilmington, DE. For more information call 626.796.4000 or visit us at www.leechtishman.com.

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Alisa N. Carr

foreclosures, construction, eminent domain, receiverships, easements, quiet title, ejectment, boundary disputes, title insurance and title claims.

Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) Title III Counseling and Defense • Representation of public accommodations in preventive counseling and defense of ADA Title III architectural barrier, website, mobile application and auxiliary aid actions. Representative clients include:

• Consumer electronics companies • Convenience stores • E-commerce companies • Financial institutions • International, national and regional restaurants • Online education providers PARTNER • Property management companies [email protected] • Real estate brokerage firms • REITS and shopping mall owners 412.261.1600 X218 • Retail companies (clothing, shoes, furniture, general 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE merchandise, luxury goods) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 • Analysis and resolution of pre-litigation demand letters, Alisa N. Carr is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member EOV’s and pre-litigation claim notices, preventing of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution and Real litigation. Estate Practice Groups, as well as the Energy Group. She is based in the Pittsburgh office. • Collaboration with a network of engineers, architects and ADA professionals to review public accommodations, Alisa is both an experienced litigator and a real estate including websites and physical properties, to implement transaction lawyer with a track record of successful results for clients. Alisa focuses her practice on litigation, arbitration and strategies to identify and reduce the risk of access mediation before federal and state courts and administrative litigation. and regulatory agencies with an emphasis on real estate, ADA Title III and FHA defense, land use and, representation of • Developing policies, procedures, best practices and commercial and residential landlords. checklists to address ADA compliance for use in: • Due diligence during acquisition of a public Alisa has assisted clients with a broad range of issues, accommodation including: • Risk management and litigation avoidance • Operations and building maintenance Litigation • Managing obligations between commercial landlords • Obtaining successful settlements, verdicts or summary and tenants disposition in actions asserting breach of contract, • Construction and remodeling negligence, fraud, premises liability, declaratory judgment, insurance coverage, agency, zoning, land use, landlord/ tenant, ADA Title III, commercial and residential mortgage

• On-site training, seminars, webinars and presentations Academics addressing clients’ industry/property specific accessibility J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1989) concerns. B.A., Miami University (1986)

Representations of Commercial and Residential Landlords Admissions • Lease preparation, management of tenant issues, Fair Pennsylvania Housing Act and ADA Title III defense. U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit • Working with property managers, staff and property U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit owners to establish and implement internal procedures U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and policies to minimize financial risks and promote FHA U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit compliance. U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania • Arbitration, mediation and trial of claims regarding tenant Various state and federal courts pro hac vice eviction and possession, including unpaid rent, property damage, breach of lease terms, on site criminal activity, Professional Memberships hazardous activities, unauthorized pets, comfort animals Allegheny County Bar Association and abandonment of property. International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Pennsylvania (and National) Apartment Association • Defense of property owners with respect to claims Third Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association asserted by tenants and third parties in both civil and Women in Energy criminal courts, health departments, the Public Utility Commission and before City and County housing agencies Recent Publications & Presentations regarding eviction, security deposits, personal property, • “Understanding Your Client’s Liability Under Title III of unfair trade practices, utilities, inhabitability, access, The Americans with Disabilities Act and The Unruh Act,” discrimination and retaliation. Western San Bernadino County Bar Association Bar Bulletin, December 2020 (Co-Authors: Alisa N. Carr and Alan M. • Attendance at grievance conferences for owners of public Kindred) housing. • ADA Title III Strategies all Landlords and Tenants Need to Know; ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (Author/ Real Estate and Energy Speaker, 2019) • Representation of exploration and production companies, • I missed What? The Ongoing Saga of ADA Challenges mineral management organizations and landowners in and Claims; ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference oil and gas lease preparation and negotiation, surface (Author/Speaker, 2018) use agreements, pipeline rights of way, easements and • Making the ADA Accessible for Landlords and Tenants; compensation for structures ancillary to operations and ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (Author/ transportation, landowner relations, title review and the Speaker, 2017) acquisition, assignment and transfer of mineral interests • Fundamentals of the Fair Housing Act for Property and leases, disputes concerning access to leased land, Managers and Leasing Agents (Author/Speaker, 2019) injunctions, easements and rights of way, title defense, • “Does Your Business Have a Legal Obligation to Accept title claims, surface coal permits, subsurface oil and gas Customers with Emotional Support (Comfort) Animals? ownership rights, DOGA Petitions, surface and subsurface (Author, 2019) title review. • Why Your Website Needs to be ADA Compliant; Texas Association of Realtors Annual Conference; Florida • Negotiation, preparation and review of leases, permanent Association of Realtors Annual Conference (Author/ and construction easements, rights of way, deeds and Speaker, 2017) assignments. • “District Court Concludes Plaintiffs Have Met Their Preliminary Burden That a Website Is A Place of Public • Representation of property owners in assessment appeals, Accommodation,” Leech Tishman Client Alert (Author, 2017) PILOT Agreements, PURTA and property tax exemption • “New Website Accessibility Lawsuits Filed in Pittsburgh As hearings. Courts Offer Conflicting Analysis” (Author, 2017) • ADA Accessibility in the Built Environment (Author/ Speaker, 2016)

• ADA Title III and the Fair Housing Act; a review of recent case law; PA Continuing Legal Education seminar (Speaker/ Author, 2016) • Is Your Website ADA Compliant?; National Association of Realtors, Mid-Year and Annual Legislative Conferences (Author/Speaker, 2016) and LTFL client webinar • “Does your Parking Lot Pose a Risk to Your Business? A Primer on ADA’s Revised Accessibility Requirements,” Foodservice East, September 15, 2016 (Author) • “Real estate firms face legal challenges over websites’ ADA compliance,” May 11, 2016, Chicago Tribune article by Kenneth R. Harney (Interviewed and quoted) • “Advocates for the disabled find fault in many realty websites,” May 11, 2016, Washington Post article by Kenneth R. Harney (Interviewed and quoted) • Pipeline Easements and Rights of Way; Kinetic seminar (Speaker, 2015) • Oil and Gas Interests, Assets and Issues for Family Lawyers; Seminar, Allegheny County Bar Association (Author/Speaker, 2015) • Fundamentals of Horizontal Fracking and Land Use Issues; client in-house seminar (2015) • Various client alerts concerning the Fair Housing Act, service animals, comfort animals and management of tenants • Various client alerts concerning ADA Title III litigation and risk analysis • Various client alerts concerning oil and gas development, easements and property ownership

Community Involvement Boardlink - Duquesne University Non-Profit Institute (Providing free legal services to local non-profits) Community College of Allegheny County (Guest Teacher) CORO - Women in Leadership, Graduate Class XII Duquesne University Non - Profit Leadership Academy; Graduate Executive Service Corps of Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Cultural Trust - Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater (Member, Advisory Board of Directors) Pittsburgh Public Schools Magnet School Program (Guest Speaker) United Way (Member, Grant Assessment Team) University of Pittsburgh School of Law Moot Court (Judge)

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Christopher S. Channel

Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Chris was a shareholder at Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, P.C.

Academics J.D., Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College

Admissions Pennsylvania West Virginia U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Experience PARTNER Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, P.C. [email protected] Professional Memberships American Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association The West Virginia State Bar Allegheny County Bar Association (Chair-Elect (former 412.261.1600 X238 Secretary and Executive Committee member), Civil 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Litigation Council) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Professional Accolades Christopher S. Channel is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Pennsylvania Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution (2005-2008, 2010-2017) Practice Group. Chris is based in the Pittsburgh office and is an experienced trial lawyer who has defended industrial Publications manufacturers and business owners in claims involving Channel, Christopher S., “The Twisted Path of the Music allegations of toxic substances, defective products, premises File-Sharing Litigation: The Cases That Have Shaped the liability and negligence. Litigation and the RIAA’s Litigation Strategy,” Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, Vol. 16, Number 10, During the course of his career, Chris has represented October 2004. members of the natural resources industries in matters impacting their business. He regularly represents parties in Speeches & Presentations protecting their intellectual property through trademarks, Allegheny County Bar Association copyrights, trade secrets and covenants not-to-compete and Carnegie Mellon University, Current Issues in Cyber Law has experience in alternative dispute resolution. Community Involvement Chris works diligently to understand the client’s business University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Adjunct Professor) goals and works in close communication with his clients to develop the most effective litigation strategy.

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Sally Griffith Cimini

Award in recognition and appreciation for her pioneering efforts to develop and enhance mediation throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is a Board member and the past president of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania (MCWP), and for many years chaired the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s state-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Sally initiated MCWP’s bi-monthly mediation education roundtable program and pioneered its annual Conflict Resolution Day program. For many years, she has served as a planner of the Allegheny Bar Association’s annual Kaplan Lecture on Conflict Resolution.

Sally was trained in mediation at the Harvard School of Law, and she has mediated hundreds, if not thousands, of cases over the past 21 years. She regularly serves as a mediator, arbitrator and early neutral evaluator for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is also a panel mediator PARTNER on the UPMC Intermediation Panel. Sally has served as a [email protected] contract mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, American Arbitration Association (AAA) and as a member of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. Private parties regularly request that Sally privately mediate disputes outside of formal administrative or court processes. 412.261.1600 X270 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Sally is often asked by organizations to conduct private PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 internal conflict resolution involving internal disputes between employees, managers, executives and/or Sally Griffith Cimini is a Partner with Leech Tishman and departments. The Association for Conflict Resolution member of the Employment & Labor Practice Group. She conferred Advanced Workplace Practitioner Status on is also a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Sally based upon the depth and breadth of her experience Resolution where she leads the Alternative Dispute resolving employee/employer disputes. As a former human Resolution Team. Sally is based in the Pittsburgh office, and is resource professional, she has the unique ability to balance highly regarded for her experience in the areas of alternative practical business considerations with legal considerations dispute resolution and employment and labor law. while addressing workplace conflict.

Sally is a former Management Committee member and A Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, former Chair of the Employment & Labor Group, where she Sally has over 34 years of experience devoted exclusively demonstrated her strong leadership skills as a well-respected to counseling and litigating on behalf of private and consensus builder and collaborator. public sector employers in all aspects of the employment relationship, from hiring through termination. She Sally is well-known in the field of alternative dispute regularly advises clients on employment discrimination resolution, particularly as a mediator, arbitrator and early issues workplace and sexual harassment, disability neutral evaluator, and has been lauded by members of the accommodation, Family & Medical Leave Act compliance, bar for her work in the field of alternative dispute resolution. employee handbooks, human resource policies and practices, She was named Pittsburgh Mediator of the Year in 2016 wage and hour issues, use of temporary/leased/contract and 2018. In May 2014, the Pennsylvania Bar Association employees and independent contractors, performance awarded her its annual Sir Francis Bacon Dispute Resolution appraisals, workplace investigations, drug and alcohol testing,

PITTSBURGH, PA | CHICAGO, IL | LOS ANGELES, CA | NEW YORK, NY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | SARASOTA, FL | WILMINGTON, DE LEECHTISHMAN.COM2929 LAX - EL SEGUNDO | PASADENA | UPLAND Case 2:17-bk-21386-SK Doc 1535 Filed 06/30/21 Entered 06/30/21 16:54:40 Desc Main Document Page 46 of 76 workplace privacy issues, disciplinary action and termination, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit reductions in force, employment at-will/wrongful discharge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit alternative dispute resolution, union avoidance, employment U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit agreements, restrictive covenants and confidentiality U.S. District Court, Pennsylvania agreements, severance agreements, waivers and releases, and U.S. District Court, West Virginia unemployment compensation claims. U.S. District Court, Indiana U.S. District Court, New York Sally routinely represents employers in employment discrimination litigation before the federal and state courts, Experience as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Ohio Civil Polito & Smock, PC Rights Commission, and City of Pittsburgh Commission Buchanan Ingersoll, PC (now Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC on Human Relations. She also represents employers in all Duquesne Light Company (In-House Employment and Labor aspects of labor relations, including collective bargaining, Counsel) grievances, arbitration and National Labor Relations Board Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott & Mannino, P.C. and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board proceedings. Sally Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Law Clerk) has extensive experience with wage and hour practice before the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division. Professional Memberships American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Sally was a shareholder and Section; Section of Dispute Resolution) associate at various prominent law firms in Pittsburgh. During Pennsylvania Bar Association (Former Chair and Vice Chair, the course of her career, she has practiced employment ADR Committee; Member, Labor and Employment and labor law in both private practice and as in-house Section; Member, Women in the Profession employment counsel for a major electric utility in Pittsburgh. Commission) Her work has always focused on employment and labor Allegheny County Bar Association (Council Member, Labor matters, prior to, while attending and since graduating and Employment Law Section; Member, ADR Committee; from law school. While attending law school, Sally worked Member, Women in the Law Division Model Policy as a personnel specialist at Union Switch and Signal and Committee) also spent time as a law clerk for the Pennsylvania Human Allegheny County Personnel Board (Member) Relations Commission. She has held numerous leadership and Association for Conflict Resolution board positions in professional human resource organizations College of Labor & Employment Lawyers (Fellow) and was a co-founder of Tri-State Society for Human Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania (Board Member, Resources Management. Past President; Former Program Chair) Sally has published numerous articles on alternative dispute Pennsylvania Council of Mediators resolution, employment law and is a regular speaker on Pittsburgh Human Resources Association (Former Board mediation, employment, labor law and human resources Member; Former Newsletter Editor; Former Membership issues for bar association and human resource groups. She Chairperson) been a speaker and moderator with panels of mediators and Society of Human Resource Management judges for the U.S. District Court for the Western District Tri-State Society for Human Resources Management of Pennsylvania, the Academy of Trial Lawyers, Federal Bar (Founding Member; Board Member; Former President) Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute and MCWP’s Conflict Resolution Day programs. She is a Course Planner for and, for Professional Accolades over 20 years, has served on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Martindale-Hubbell Bar Institute’s Employment Law Institute and other PBI Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated employment and alternative dispute resolution programs. Attorney Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Academics Lawyers J.D., Duquesne University School of Law Certificate in Personnel & Industrial Relations, University of Best Lawyers Pittsburgh The Best Lawyers in America: Mediation (2010-2020), B.A. in Speech Communication & Theatre and Journalism/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (2015-2017), Litigation- Public Relations, Duquesne University Labor and Employment (2011-2020), Employment Law- Management (2011-2020) Admissions The Best Lawyers in America: Women in the Law Edition: Pennsylvania Mediation (2016-2020) West Virginia Best Lawyers Pennsylvania (2019, 2020) Ohio (Inactive Status) Best Lawyers Pittsburgh Mediator of the Year (2018; 2016) U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Best Lawyers Pittsburgh, Mediation (2010-2020), Alternative Dispute Resolution (2015-2017), Litigation- Labor and Employment (2011-2020), Employment Law- Management (2011-2020)

Super Lawyers Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, Top 50 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2009-2011) Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2005, 2007-2020) Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers (2009-2011)

Pennsylvania Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award (2014)

ADR Training Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania Training Advanced Mediation Training, Center for Dispute Resolution (2000, 2004, 2015) Mediation Workshop, Harvard Law School (1999) Conflict Resolution and Mediation Training, Pittsburgh Mediation Center (1998) AAA Employment Arbitration I & II Training Programs ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Mediation Training

Certifications and Designations Certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Human Resources Certification Institute Advanced Workplace Practitioner Status, Association for Conflict Resolution

Publications List of speaking engagements/published articles available upon request.

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Jeffrey T. Criswell

Academics J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law B.A. in Corporate Communications, Elon University

Experience Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP Cipriani & Werner, P.C.

Professional Memberships Allegheny County Bar Association PARTNER Publications [email protected] “The Continued Fallout From the Uber Data Breach and What It Means for PA,” The Legal Intelligencer (April 11, 2018) 412.261.1600 “Counseling Clients in the Aftermath of the Uber Data 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Breach,” The Legal Intelligencer (February 8, 2018) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business

Jeffrey T. Criswell is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Jeff is based in the Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice on general civil litigation with experience in the areas of municipal liability, civil rights, and premises liability. He is also a member of the Insurance Coverage Practice Group.

Jeff has experience representing municipalities, corporations, and insurers in matters involving civil rights, municipal liability, premises liability, motor vehicle liability, contract disputes, subrogation, and professional errors and omissions. He regularly advocates for clients in state and federal courts, including serving as the first-chair attorney in jury trials.

Jeff also provides clients with legal counseling on issues related to cybersecurity, including risk assessment and best practices for avoiding a potential breach. He has presented on cybersecurity issues on several occasions to the insurance and legal industries.

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Richard J. Cromer

Professional Memberships Allegheny County Bar Association

Publications “Ex Post Facto Laws; Impairment of Contracts.” The Pennsylvania Constitution: A Treatise on Individual Rights and Liberties, Chapter 20 “Emerging Issues in State Constitutional Law: Search and Seizure Decisions,” Search and Seizure Law Report

Community Involvement Bridge the Gap (Instructor) South Versailles Township (Solicitor)

PARTNER [email protected]

412.261.1600 x224 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE PITTSBURGH, PA 15219

Richard J. Cromer is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Rich is based in the Pittsburgh office.

Academics J.D., cum laude, Duquesne University School of Law B.A., University of Pittsburgh

Admissions Pennsylvania Ohio U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

© Leech Tishman, 2020. Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is a full-service law firm dedicated to assisting individuals, businesses, and institutions. Leech Tishman offers legal services in alternative dispute resolution, aviation & aerospace, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights, construction, corporate, embezzlement & employee theft, employee benefits, employment & labor, energy, environmental, estates & trusts, family law, government relations, immigration, intellectual property, international legal matters, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Leech Tishman also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Sarasota, and Wilmington, DE. For more information call 626.796.4000 or visit us at www.leechtishman.com.

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Heather S. Heidelbaugh

Academics J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law B.A. in Economics and Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

Admissions Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Missouri Illinois

Professional Memberships Allegheny County Bar Association (Past President, Young Lawyers Section; Past Chair, Civil Litigation Section; Past Editor, Civil Litigation Newsletter) Allegheny County Bar Foundation (Fellow) Academy of Trial Lawyers PARTNER Diversity Law Institute (Member, Board of Directors) [email protected] Republican National Lawyers Association (Former Co- Chair) Trial Law Institute

Professional Accolades Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Allegheny County Bar Association Pro Bono Award (First Recipient) Allegheny Health Network Woman of Achievement (2015) Republican National Lawyers Association Betty Murphy 412.261.1600 X247 Award (2015) 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE University of Missouri School of Law, Notable Alumni PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Litigation Counsel of America Heather S. Heidelbaugh is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Senior Fellow a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Past Co-Chair, Board of Directors Practice Group. An experienced trial lawyer, Heather is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office and has handled a wide Martindale-Hubbell variety of litigation matters for businesses and individuals. Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Heather focuses her practice on all types of litigation. She is Attorney a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America, a national legal honorary society. Best Lawyers The Best Lawyers in America: Government Relations Practice Heather is a well-known public commentator on issues (2020) related to politics, law and elections. She appears frequently Best Lawyers Pennsylvania (2020) on local television and radio regarding public affairs in Best Lawyers Pittsburgh, Government Relations Practice Pittsburgh, and has been quoted by a number of national and (2020) local television shows and publications. Heather also served on the Allegheny County Council as an At-Large Member.

Super Lawyers House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rights and Civil Liberties Magazine (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010-2020) Inns of Court Pittsburgh Chapter National Business Institute Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Business Litigation, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine Corporate Counsel Edition (2008, 2010, 2014) Top 50 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2015-2016) Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2015-2016)

Publications Heidelbaugh, Heather S. “Protecting the Integrity of the Polling Place: A Constitutional Defense of Poll Watcher Statutes,” Harvard Journal on Legislation, Logan S. Fisher & James D. Miller, Volume 46, Number 1, Winter 2009. Author, “Product Liability for Off Label Use of Drugs or Medical Devices – Pennsylvania,” State by State Survey of the Law Regarding Potential Liability for off Label Use of Drugs or Medical Devices, ABA Section of Litigation, 1999.

Media Appearances/Quoted By: ABC World News Tonight ABC Local/WTAE American Spectator CNN The Detroit News Fox News (The Factor with Bill O’Reilly) Investor’s Business Daily KDKA Radio/KDKA-TV KQV Newsradio 1410 AM The National Law Journal NBC Local/WPXI The New York Times Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) / NightTalk The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Politico The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post The Washington Times WESA-FM WQED (Former Panelist on “4802” for 9 years)

Community Involvement Allegheny County Council (At-Large Member, 2012-2015) Allegheny Institute (Ex-Officio Board Member) Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor (Transition Team Member)

Speeches & Presentations American Conference Institute, Food Regulation and Litigation American Corporate Counsel Association Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Harvard Law School

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Ryan O. Hemminger

Ryan’s practice also involves estate litigation, with a focus on orphan’s court litigation. His diverse commercial litigation portfolio also includes involvement in intellectual property litigation, such as trademark infringement and trade secret matters, insurance coverage litigation involving errors/ omissions and breach of fiduciary duty and civil rights cases involving first amendment retaliation.

Ryan’s background includes significant experience in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. He has argued before the Third and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts in Pennsylvania and Texas, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County.

Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Ryan served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy and Judge Maureen Lally-Green of the PA Superior Court. PATRNER [email protected] Academics J.D., Duquesne University School of Law B.A., , Bethany College 412.261.1600 X210 cum laude 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Admissions PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Ryan Hemminger is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Practice Group. Ryan is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois office. U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas Pennsylvania He is an experienced litigator and civil trial lawyer and has handled a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters for businesses and individuals, across a range of Professional Memberships Federal Bar Association industries. Pennsylvania Bar Association Allegheny County Bar Association Over the course of his career, Ryan has successfully litigated many types of complex commercial cases. He has a vast amount of experience with corporate litigation Publications matters, including breach of contract, fraud, negligence 2006 Cumulative Supplement to The Pennsylvania Constitution: and declaratory judgment issues. Ryan is regularly involved A Treatise on Rights and Liberties (Editor) in employment litigation matters, including discrimination Protecting Your Content: Survey of the Law of Copyright, defense claims and non-compete agreements. Ryan also prepared for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, handles bankruptcy and collection-related legal matters, 2011 including chapter 7 litigation, adversary proceedings and preference actions. In addition, he has experience Community Involvement representing general and sub-contractors in construction Bethany College Alumni Council (Member) litigation matters involving mechanics’ liens, construction Elizabeth-Forward School District (Member, Board of School defects and contract/payment disputes. Directors) Elizabeth-Forward Youth Athletics (Volunteer Coach)

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John J. Jacko, III

Act trademark infringement and false advertising claims, copyright infringement, and unfair competition. John has defended and prosecuted negligence claims involving Phase I Environmental Site Assessment consultants and dealt with matters concerning restrictive covenant enforcement, franchise encroachment, and the Truth-in-Lending-Act.

Academics J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1992 B.B.A. in Finance, The George Washington University, 1989

Admissions Pennsylvania New Jersey New York U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit PARTNER U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania [email protected] U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District Court, District of Colorado 267.938.4562 1417 LOCUST STREET, 3RD FLOOR Professional Memberships PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation; Member, Forum on Franchising) John J. Jacko, III is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Employment & Labor and Litigation & Experience Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. John is based Fellheimer & Eichen LLP and prior Big Law experience in the Philadelphia office, where he represents clients in the areas of business and commercial litigation, banking and Professional Accolades creditor’s rights law, and consultant negligence. Martindale-Hubbell John is well-versed in a wide range of employment litigation Martindale Hubbell Distinguished Rating matters encompassing confidentiality and non-competition agreements, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Super Lawyers the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Fair Labor Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Standards Act. Magazine (2015-2020) Pennsylvania Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine On the banking and creditors’ rights side, John has (2005, 2006) represented various creditors, franchisors, manufacturers, and Phase I Environmental Site Assessment consultants as Publications both plaintiff and defense counsel in intellectual property, The Potential Impact Of The Arbitration Fairness Act Of RICO, asset recovery, and sophisticated commercial landlord/ 2007,” in Inside Supply Management, Vol. 19, No. 3 (March tenant disputes. On behalf of franchisors and corporate 2008) clients, he has successfully litigated issues involving Lanham

“The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007: Are the Days of Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Numbered?,” in LJN’s Franchising Business & Law Alert®, Vol. 14, No. 1 (October 2007) “Third Circuit Decides That Waiver Of A Contractual Right To Arbitrate Based On Litigation Conduct Is Presumptively An Issue For The Court,” in ABA Forum on Franchising’s The Franchise Lawyer, Vol. 11, No. 1 (September 2007) “Uncle Sam Offers Small Law Offices More Reason to Promote Employment and Workplace Access,” in Aspen Publishers Of Counsel, Vol. 25, No. 12 (December 2006) “Honesty Is Fundamentally the Best Policy,” in LJN’s Franchising Business & Law Alert®,Vol. 13, No. 2 (November 2006) “Federal Tax Incentives for Small Business,” in ALM’s Employment Law Strategist®, Vol. 14, No. 6 (October 2006) “Tax Incentives Encourage Businesses to Give Hand to the Disabled,” in Tax Incentives Alert, Vol. 5, No. 10 (October 2006) “Access to SBA Contracts,” in LJN’s Franchising Business & Law Alert®, Vol. 12, No. 11 (August 2006) “Are Mortgage Loan Transactions Really Subject to Private Actions Under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law?” 76 Penn BQ 171 (2005) “Accounts Receivable, Varying Approaches to Reducing a Company’s Risk,” Smart Business Philadelphia (November 2005) Contributing author to The Fair Labor Standards Act published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.; the 1995 and 1996 annual reports of the ABA’s FLSA Subcommittee; and a supplemental chapter of Occupational Safety and Health Law “Know Your Employment Rights Under the ADA” in the Silent News, 1996

Seminars & Presentations PBI CLE Program re Advanced Piercing the Corporate Veil, September 2018 (Co-Presenter)

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Patrick R. Malone

On the energy side, Patrick focuses his practice on energy and utility matters. Patrick regularly represents public utility clients in proceedings before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Academics J.D., Northwestern University School of Law B.A. in Psychology, University of Notre Dame

Admissions Pennsylvania Illinois U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Experience Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, P.C. PARTNER Grippo & Elden LLC [email protected] Professional Memberships 412.261.1600 X230 American Bar Association 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Bar Leadership Initiative Class) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Pittsburgh Leadership Development Initiative Patrick R. Malone is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a Seventh Circuit Jury Program member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, where he also serves on the Insurance Coverage team. He is also a member of the Corporate Practice Group, where he serves on the Government Relations Team. Pat is also involved with the firm’s Energy Industry Group. He is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice on a wide range of commercial matters, including complex commercial, tort, construction and energy litigation.

As part of the Litigation Practice Group, Patrick routinely handles a broad variety of commercial disputes. Patrick has represented numerous clients in construction disputes, oil and gas matters, fraud matters, insurance coverage disputes, restrictive covenant litigation, premises liability claims, and product defect claims as well as other commercial matters. Patrick has practiced in state and federal court, as well as in arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. In addition to litigating numerous matters, Patrick works with governmental entities to revise procurement policies and procedures and works with other clients to draft and negotiate various business agreements, drawing upon insights gained through litigation of such matters.

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Erica M. Pietranton

regulatory, employment, and contract law issues, as well as representing clients in administrative and regulatory matters before various government and administrative agencies. Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Erica was an associate of a mid-sized regional law firm and also served as Associate

General Counsel of a publicly traded gaming corporation in the Pittsburgh area.

Academics J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, Bethany College

Admissions U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia Pennsylvania West Virginia PARTNER [email protected] Experience Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP MTR Gaming Group, Inc. The Honorable Joy Flowers Conti

Professional Memberships 412.261.1600 Allegheny County Bar Association (Chair, LGBT Rights 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Committee) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Allegheny County Bar Foundation (Young Lawyer Fellow)

Erica M. Pietranton is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation & Professional Accolades Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, where she also serves on the firm’s Insurance Coverage Team. She is Best Lawyers based in the Pittsburgh office. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers Magazine (2021) Erica focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters for both businesses and individuals. She has prior experience Publications advocating for clients with respect to a wide variety of legal University of Pittsburgh School of Law Journal of Law and issues, including: contract and other business disputes, Commerce covenants not to compete and trade secret claims, defamation and related causes of action, property damage, chemical exposure and toxic torts, and premises liability. Erica regularly advocates for clients in federal and state courts.

Erica’s experience includes defending and asserting claims through all stages of litigation, including jury trial. She also has extensive experience providing legal counsel to officers and directors of companies to ensure compliance with applicable

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Michael H. Sampson

submission, documentation, and resolution), a significant portion of his practice is dedicated to litigating coverage claims against insurance companies and/or third-party claims administrators.

Mike also regularly advises U.S. and international cannabis- related businesses, as well as ancillary businesses servicing the U.S. cannabis industry. He frequently helps clients in the state-compliant medical and adult-use cannabis, as well as the CBD and hemp markets, comply with U.S. federal law (in particular, the federal Controlled Substances Act), understand the potential for aiding-and-abetting liability, navigate the conflict between federal and state laws, adhere to applicable state regulations, and protect their contractual rights. Bridging his insurance coverage and cannabis law practices, Mike also routinely assists cannabis dispensaries, REITs, and other cannabis-related businesses with various insurance coverage and risk management matters. PARTNER Representing policyholders, as well as other clients, Mike [email protected] regularly appears in federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country. He was part of a team that 412.261.1600 obtained in 2017 what was understood to be, at least at 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE that time, the largest bad-faith verdict against an insurance PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 company in Pennsylvania. In addition to insurer bad-faith, Mike has successfully litigated insurance-coverage issues as Michael H. Sampson is a Partner with Leech Tishman and diverse as trigger of coverage, other-insurance clauses, and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Alternative Dispute application of the “employer’s liability” exclusion. Resolution Practice Group, where he serves as leader of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Team. He is also helps lead Leech Mike also has unique experience working with and Tishman’s Cannabis Industry Group. Mike is based in the representing Old Order Amish families across the United Pittsburgh office, where he represents diverse clients in a States. In that regard, he has advised Amish individuals variety of complex civil and commercial litigation and other denied U.S. permanent resident status due to their religious matters across the country. beliefs and has litigated against the U.S. government to resolve these complicated disputes. For his pro bono work Mike focuses his insurance coverage practice on assisting on Old Order Amish and other matters, Mike has received policyholders across various industries to address and significant national and local media attention. resolve complicated insurance coverage matters relating to commercial general liability policies, property insurance, A detailed list of Mike’s representative experience is management liability coverages, and many other types of available here. insurance, such as cyber liability, hull and marine liability, specie insurance, and pollution liability insurance. He has Academics helped policyholders address insurance coverage matters J.D. with honors, University of Chicago Law School involving a wide range of subjects, including toxic torts, B.A. with high distinction in Government, University of hurricane damage, COVID-19, fire, shootings, boat damage, Virginia and personal health care. Admissions While Mike routinely counsels clients at various stages Pennsylvania on a wide range of insurance coverage matters (including New York policy review, placement, and procurement, as well as claim

District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, District of Columbia U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee

Experience Reed Smith LLP Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C. Anti-Defamation League, Legal Affairs Department

Professional Accolades Reed Smith LLP Sean Halpin Award, Honorable Mention (2009, 2019)

Community Involvement Congregation Dor Hadash (Member-at-Large, Board of Directors)

Representative Publications A detailed list of Mike’s publications is available here.

Representative Seminars & Presentations A detailed list of Mike’s seminars and presentations is available here.

Press Mentions A detailed list of Mike’s press mentions is available here.

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David V. Weicht

Appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

Academics J.D., The University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1992 B.A., cum laude, Georgetown University, 1989

Admissions Pennsylvania U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Professional Memberships Pennsylvania Bar Association PARTNER Allegheny County Bar Association [email protected] Diversity Law Institute Barrister, Order of Veritas Advocate, Order of Certus Trial Law Institute

Professional Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating 412.261.1600 X216 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Super Lawyers Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2006, 2007, 2011-2020) Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Magazine (2008) David V. Weicht is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Chair of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Dave is based in the Pittsburgh office, where he Litigation Counsel of America Fellow handles a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters as an experienced litigator and across a wide range of industries for over 20 years. Community Involvement Allegheny Youth Development (Member, Board of Directors; David’s practice includes representation of both businesses Former Chairperson) and individuals in disputes involving complex contract issues, corporate ownership, business acquisitions, oil and gas, bankruptcy, estates and trusts, insurance coverage, real estate and civil rights.

In addition to trial experience, David has significant experience in state and federal appellate courts. He has briefed and argued appeals before the Third Circuit Court of

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Ryan D. DeMotte

international law firm. Some of Ryan’s representative experience includes the following:

Commercial litigation/arbitration experience: • Corporate counsel for international commercial contractor, handling litigation, contract negotiation, and general business matters related to complex commercial construction projects • Lead counsel for general commercial contractor, representing firm in litigation and providing general contract and business advice • Lead arbitration counsel for general commercial contractor concerning contract dispute over construction of medical facility • Trial counsel for an electrical contractor in a lawsuit involving breach-of-contract and Pennsylvania Contractor COUNSEL and Subcontractor Payment Act claims concerning the [email protected] renovation of a country club and restaurant. The case was tried to a jury verdict in favor of the contractor in the 412.261.1600 Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County. 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE • Lead arbitration counsel for an owner in an American PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Arbitration Association hearing concerning defective electrical products in the construction of a large metals Ryan D. DeMotte is Counsel with Leech Tishman and a recycling plant. member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, • Lead counsel for an industrial heating vendor in a $2 where he serves on the Alternative Dispute Resolution million contract and mechanic’s lien dispute related to and Insurance Coverage teams. He is also a member of construction of a solar power plant. the Corporate Practice Group, where he serves on the Construction team. Ryan is based in the Pittsburgh office. • Counsel to an international EPC consortium in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of a $515 million Ryan is a commercial litigation and business attorney, power and desalination plant project in the Middle East representing clients in a broad range of commercial disputes • Counsel for an owner in a contract dispute concerning and providing strategic legal advice on general business a defective engineering design in the construction of a and contract issues. Ryan represents clients ranging $400 million metals recycling plant. from individuals and small businesses to multinational • Counsel to a US-based civil contractor in connection corporations. with claims against a highway authority relating to the construction of new $250 million toll road. Ryan has served as lead counsel in state and federal court as • Lead trial counsel for a fitness center in a commercial well as commercial arbitrations on a variety of legal issues. lease dispute with a landlord. After an evidentiary During the course of his career, he has represented hearing, the trial court denied the landlord’s petition for clients in connection with large commercial, industrial, a preliminary injunction to eject the fitness center. The and infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. and Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the trial court’s ruling internationally. Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Ryan practiced on appeal. at a mid-sized law firm and spent over 10 years at a large

• Counsel to an international EPC contractor in connection Academics with claims related to the construction of a large J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, University of petrochemical project in the Middle East. Pittsburgh School of Law • Counsel to an EPC consortium in connection with claims B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Grove City College related to the construction of an industrial chemical plant The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army in India. • Counsel to a Caribbean food processor in negotiations Admissions with a manufacturer over defective engines installed in a U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania processing facility. • Counsel for financial services company in a federal lawsuit concerning ERISA, breach of fiduciary duty, and securities Experience Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Stotler LLC laws. K&L Gates LLP • Counsel for logistics and transportation company in U.S. Army Reserve litigation to enforce non-compete agreements against former executives. Professional Memberships • Lead counsel for local parks management group in American Bar Association commercial lease and construction litigation. Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Construction Section) General business/contract experience: U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania • Lead counsel for accounting and finance software firm, (Neutral) coordinating team of lawyers to provide advice on a range of issues, including intellectual property, employment, and Publications contract negotiation “When the Contract Isn’t the Contract: Statutory and • Lead counsel for facilities management firm, providing Public Policy Limitations on Construction Contracts,” advice concerning real estate and general business Under Construction, The Newsletter of The ABA Forum on Construction Law, Volume 20, No. 1, August 17, 2018 matters • Counsel to a residential real estate developer “Here’s a Tip: There Are Several Ways Contracts Can Help You for drafting and negotiation of construction contracts Avoid Delays In Design Approval,” Co-Author with Richard and related services contracts in connection with the F. Paciaroni, Construction Today, November/December construction of a $30 million apartment complex. 2014 • Counsel to a healthcare services company in the negotiation of construction contracts and leases related to Antitrust Healthcare Chronicle the development of new laboratory space. • Counsel to a local sculptor in contract negotiations with University of Pittsburgh Law Review government authorities over the placement of a large public art project. Community Involvement Community Swim Club of O’Hara Township Bankruptcy-related experience: Lauri Ann West Community Center Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church • Counsel for multinational corporation in numerous Fox Chapel Youth Basketball liquidation proceedings with international solvent and insolvent insurers concerning coverage for toxic tort losses. • Counsel for metals company in an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court concerning UCC and breach-of-contract claims.

Civil experience: • Lead trial counsel for a Pennsylvania prisoner in a Sec. 1983 federal civil rights case.

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Alan S. Fellheimer

and enable his clients to focus their full attention on moving forward with their businesses and their lives.

Beyond his day-to-day practice, Alan has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and at Temple’s University’s Beasley School of Law in the areas of debtors’ rights and creditors’ remedies, bankruptcy and its alternatives, corporate reorganization, the Uniform Commercial Code, and representation of small and medium- sized businesses.

Alan currently serves as a member of Temple University President’s Advisory Board, a trustee of the Temple University Law Foundation, and as a member of the Gratz College Board of Directors and Governor’s Executive Committee. Alan is also a director of Hill International, an NYSE-listed infrastructure project management company.

COUNSEL Alan’s background includes serving as Owner, Chairman and [email protected] CEO of the Pennsylvania Business Bank, a Pennsylvania-chartered bank (1998-2008). He was also CEO and Chairman of Equimark Corp., a New York Stock Exchange- listed federally chartered bank holding company (1985-1991).

Academics 215.253.6630 J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law 1417 LOCUST STREET, 3RD FLOOR B.A. in Liberal Arts and History, Temple University PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 Admissions Pennsylvania Alan S. Fellheimer is Counsel with Leech Tishman and a New Jersey member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution New York Practice Group. Alan is based in the Philadelphia office, where U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit he focuses his practice on commercial litigation and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit transactional matters that arise from it, including corporate U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit workouts and debt restructuring. U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Alan handles a range of matters involving regulatory U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania compliance for banks and other financial institutions, defends U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania clients facing white-collar criminal charges, and applies his U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey negotiation and litigation skills to complicated family law U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York issues. U.S. District Court, Western District of New York U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Whether the challenge is a thorny bank-borrower dispute, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York an urgent trade secret theft matter or a complex fraud case, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado Alan brings his exceptional problem-solving techniques to the U.S. Federal Court of Claims representation of every client. U.S. Tax Court Despite being a fearless presence in the courtroom, Alan excels at crafting unique, creative solutions to resolve disputes

Experience Fellheimer & Eichen LLP (Founding Partner) Hill International (Chairman of the Independent Directors; Chairman of the Compensation Committee; Member of the Audit Committee) Pennsylvania Business Bank (Chairman & CEO) Equibank (Chairman & CEO)

Professional Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Reviewed Rating

Community Involvement Gratz College (Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee)

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Lisa A. Mantella

obstruction of justice, embezzlement, and ethics act violations. Lisa was designated as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney following the federal adoption of an investigation with which she was involved. She worked with detectives in providing legal counsel during complex criminal investigations, including cases involving elected and public officials and high-profile matters. Lisa served as a legal advisor to the Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury in multiple investigations involving individuals and organizations including a hospital and public schools. She was also designated by the District Attorney to handle wiretap matters and assisted law enforcement in obtaining evidence using consensual and nonconsensual wiretaps.

Academics J.D., Duquesne University School of Law B.S.B.A. in Finance, cum laude, Duquesne University B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, Duquesne University COUNSEL [email protected] Admissions Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania 412.261.1600 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE Professional Memberships PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Allegheny County Bar Association (Council Member, Women in the Law Division; Criminal Litigation Section) Lisa A. Mantella is Counsel in Leech Tishman’s Litigation Allegheny County Bar Foundation (Fellow) & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, where Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers she serves on the White Collar Criminal Defense & Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Pittsburgh Government Investigations Team. Lisa is based in Leech Chapter Tishman’s Pittsburgh office where she focuses her practice Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (Member) on government enforcement, internal investigations, criminal defense and corporate compliance. Community Involvement Lisa’s practice includes the representation of individuals Duquesne University School of Law (Adjunct Instructor, and organizations in law enforcement and regulatory 2012-2015) investigations and criminal defense matters. Lisa has YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh (Member, Board of Directors, experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of 2019-present) a public corporation, private business, government entities Duquesne University Law Alumni Association (Member) and nonprofit organizations. She also offers counsel on the Criminal Justice Act Panel, U.S. District of Western implementation of ethics and compliance programs and is Pennsylvania (Member) well-versed in representing clients under investigation by state and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Lisa has tried dozens of jury trials and numerous bench trials.

Before joining Leech Tishman, Lisa served as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County for over 10 years. During that time, she prosecuted white collar criminal cases involving fraud, corruption, bribery, money laundering,

Presentations Protecting Your Municipality from Public Corruption, Communications & Ethics Workshop, Local Government Academy Newly Elected Officials Course, February 15, 2020 Ethical Considerations when Negotiating Plea Agreements, Presenter, West LegalEdCenter (Live Online Conference), September 13, 2019 Introduction to Grand Jury Practice, Speaker, Allegheny County Bar Association (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), February 8, 2019 Criminal Justice Reform: Where Are We…Where Are We Going?, Panel Speaker, Allegheny County Bar Association (Seven Springs, Pennsylvania), June 14, 2019

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James K. Paulick

Academics J.D., cum laude, Duquesne University School of Law B.S. in Computer Science, Wheeling Jesuit University

Admissions U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Experience Law Office of James K. Paulick The Lindsay Law Firm PPG Industries, Inc.

Professional Memberships Pennsylvania Bar Association Allegheny County Bar Association Washington County Bar Association Criminal Justice Act, Western District of Pennsylvania COUNSEL (Panel Member) [email protected] Professional Accolades 412.261.1600 Super Lawyers 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE, 28TH FLOOR Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2019) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Publications James K. Paulick is Counsel with Leech Tishman and a USB Encryption: Protecting Client Confidentiality with member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution TrueCrypt, The Journal of the Allegheny County Bar Practice Group, where he serves on the White Collar Criminal Association, Vol. 13 No. 4 2011 Defense & Government Investigations Team. He is also a member of the Corporate Practice Group, where he co-leads Speaking Engagements the firm’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Team. James is based “Cybersecurity Challenges in the Supply Chain Environment,” in the Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice on Institute for Supply Management (February 2021) criminal defense, litigation, data privacy and cyber security. Wheeling Jesuit University 2014 Research Symposium (Keynote Speaker) James is an experienced trial attorney and is highly-skilled in Cybercrime Law: Electronic Search and Seizure, Security Bsides developing cases from initial client interview to jury verdict Pittsburgh Conference, 2011 with successful results in serious state and federal criminal defense. He is also well-versed in civil litigation areas of practice such as personal injury, estate litigation, consumer protection, data privacy and civil rights.

James also has an extensive 15 year background in Information Technology that included LAN/WAN network design and implementation, cyber security, eDiscovery, and performance troubleshooting of large-scale multitier enterprise applications.

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Michael R. Chilcot, Jr.

family issues began early in Michael’s career. In law school, Michael volunteered and interned with various organizations charged with helping clients involved in family law disputes. This work led to Michael’s recognition and receipt of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Community Service Award. Since that time, Michael has built on this family law foundation with courtroom experience and pride in his ability to help guide people through challenging times.

Being able to predict outcomes, anticipate issues, and quickly adapt to information are skills that Michael brings to his practice. He encourages clients to fully understand their options and combine his guidance with their inner resources to control their own destiny. Michael strongly believes in the power of compassion, which is evident not only in his relationships with his clients, but also in how he spends his time away from the office. Michael continues his lifelong interest in animal welfare as a dedicated Board Member for Centre County PAWS. ASSOCIATE [email protected] Academics J.D., cum laude, University of Pittsburgh School of Law 814.954.5904 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State 112 W. FOSTER AVENUE, SUITE 301 University STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801 Admissions Pennsylvania Michael R. Chilcot, Jr. is an Associate with Leech Tishman U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania and a member of the Family Law and Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. Michael is based in the State College office where he focuses his practice on family Experience McQuaide Blasko, Inc. and collaborative law and real estate law. RobertsMiceli, LLP Maiello, Brungo & Maiello, LLP Michael values helping people make good decisions in the midst of uncertainty. Specializing in family law, Michael counsels his clients in the legal arena, but does so with an Professional Memberships American Bar Association (Member, Section of Family Law) appreciation and understanding for life’s bigger picture. Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section) Michael is known for dedicating the time to get to know his Centre County Bar Association (Member) clients, their goals and their family dynamics so that he can The Wilkinson-Campbell American Inn of Court craft his legal advice to lead to success both inside and beyond the courtroom, and for many years to come. Publications , 2021 Michael maintains a comprehensive family law practice, Lexis Nexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Family Law Edition (Co-Author) focusing on all aspects of domestic relations matters, including “Foremost Under 40,” , 2020 but not limited to divorce, equitable distribution, custody, Pennsylvania Business Central “Legal Custody and Best Interests: Vaccines, Science and the support, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, Law,” , December 2017 (Author) and protection from abuse. Michael has expertise in both Pennsylvania Family Lawyer negotiations that occur outside of the courtroom, and in litigating matters. Dedication to helping people navigate

Speaking Engagements Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 2020 (Editor and Course Planner) Equitable Distribution Update, Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Winter Meeting, 2017 (Author and Presenter)

Community Involvement Bellefonte Area High School Mock Trial Team (Advisor) Central Mountain High School Mock Trial Team (Former Advisor) Centre County PAWS (Member, Board of Directors) Christian Legal Aid (Former Member, Board of Directors) Happy Valley Invitational (Judge) Leadership Centre County (Class of 2018) Penn State Mock Trial Team (Judge)

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Daniel P. Yeomans

Experience Lennon, Miller, O’Connor and Bartosiewicz PLC Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Ionia County Law Clerk to The Honorable Suzanne Kreeger, Chief Judge, Michigan 8th Circuit Court

Community Involvement Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Pittsburgh Affiliate (Volunteer)

ASSOCIATE [email protected]

412.261.1600 X418 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE PITTSBURGH, PA 15219

Daniel P. Yeomans is an Associate with Leech Tishman and a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, where he also serves on the firm’s Insurance Coverage Team. Dan is also a member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. He is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice on civil and bankruptcy-related litigation matters.

Dan represents clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, representing, municipalities, corporations, and individuals in a variety of contract and business disputes in both state and federal courts. Dan also routinely litigates in bankruptcy court on a variety of bankruptcy-related matters.

Academics J.D., University of Michigan Law School B.A. in Political Science, University of Michigan

Admissions Michigan Pennsylvania

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I am over the age of 18 and not a party to this bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding. My business address is: 200 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101.

A true and correct copy of the foregoing document entitled NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A HEARING ON MOTION will be served or was served (a) on the judge in chambers in the form and manner required by [LBR 5005-2(d)]; and (b) in the manner stated below:

1. TO BE SERVED BY THE COURT VIA NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (NEF): Pursuant to controlling General Orders and LBR, the foregoing document will be served by the court via NEF and hyperlink to the document. On June 30, 2021, I checked the CM/ECF docket for this bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding and determined that the following persons are on the Electronic Mail Notice List to receive NEF transmission at the email addresses stated below: John-Patrick M. Fritz Zetta Jet USA, Inc. [email protected] John-Patrick M. Fritz Zetta Jet PTE Ltd. [email protected] Juliet Y. Oh Zetta Jet USA, Inc. [email protected] Ron Bender Zetta Jet PTE Ltd. [email protected] Ron Bender Zetta Jet USA, Inc. [email protected] Jeanne M. Jorgensen Universal Weather & Aviation [email protected] Jeanne M. Jorgensen Universal Fuels, Inc. [email protected] Dawn M. Coulson Scout Aviation II, LLC [email protected] William W. Huckins Ample United Limited [email protected] Michael S. Greger Ample United Limited [email protected] Matthew S. Walker Bombardier Aerospace [email protected] Alan I. Nahmias NEF Request [email protected] Mary H. Rose NEF Request [email protected] Michael D. Breslauer Big Fly LLC [email protected] Stephen F. Biegenzahn NEF Request [email protected] David W. Meadows NEF Request [email protected] Andrew Troop Bombardier Aerospace [email protected] Dare Law U.S. Trustee [email protected] Michael L. Bernstein Li Entities [email protected] Charles A. Malloy Li Entities [email protected] Lisa Hill Fenning Li Entities [email protected] Tiffany M. Ikeda Li Entities [email protected] Michael B. Lubic New Target Investments [email protected] Victor A. Vilaplana ARINC Direct, LLC [email protected] Jeffrey N. Pomerantz Creditor Committee [email protected] Debra I. Grassgreen Creditor Committee [email protected] John W. Lucas Creditor Committee [email protected] Paul Laurin Rolls-Royce Deutschland [email protected] Michael K. McCrory Rolls-Royce Deutschland [email protected] Jonathan Sundheimer Rolls-Royce Deutschland [email protected] Rebecca J. Winthrop CAE SimuFlite, Inc. [email protected] Scott M. Ewing Rust Consulting/Omni Bankruptcy [email protected]; [email protected] Nolan Thomas New Target Investments Limited [email protected]

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This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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2. SERVED BY UNITED STATES MAIL: On (date), I served the following persons and/or entities at the last known addresses in this bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding by placing a true and correct copy thereof in a sealed envelope in the United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, and addressed as follows. Listing the judge here constitutes a declaration that mailing to the judge will be completed no later than 24 hours after the document is filed.

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3. SERVED BY PERSONAL DELIVERY, OVERNIGHT MAIL, FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION OR EMAIL (state method for each person or entity served): Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 5 and/or controlling LBR, on June 30, 2021, I served the following persons and/or entities by personal delivery, overnight mail service, or (for those who consented in writing to such service method), by facsimile transmission and/or email as follows. Listing the judge here constitutes a declaration that personal delivery on, or overnight mail to, the judge will be completed no later than 24 hours after the document is filed.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct.

June 30, 2021 Lydia Moya /s/ Lydia Moya Date Printed Name Signature

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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TO BE SERVED BY THE COURT VIA NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (NEF) (Continued):

Matthew A. Lesnick NEF Request [email protected] Daniel H. Slate NEF Request [email protected] Douglas A. Plazak NEF Request [email protected] Ron Maroko US Trustee [email protected] Kimberly S. Winick Chelsea Jets [email protected] Robert Labate AVIC International Leasing Co. Ltd. [email protected] Alan Watson AVIC International Leasing Co. Ltd. [email protected] Michael McCollum New Jubilee Global Limited [email protected] Blake J. Lindemann NEF Request [email protected] Sabari Mukherjee NEF Request [email protected] Carla V. Minnard NEF Request [email protected] Corey R. Weber NEF Request (Brutzkus Gubner) [email protected]; [email protected] Robyn B. Sokol NEF Request (Brutzkus Gubner) [email protected]; [email protected]

20 Largest Creditors Served via Electronic Mail

Bombardier Aerospace Corporation Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG c/o Matthew S. Walker c/o Paul Laurin Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Andrew Troop c/o Michael K. McCrory Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Jonathan Sundheimer Email: [email protected]

World Fuel Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Universal Fuels, Inc. (UVAir) Attn.: Calvin Chia c/o Jeanne M. Jorgensen [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Rainbow Aviation Limited CAE Simuflite, Inc. Attn.: Benedict Tan c/o Rebecca J. Winthrop [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd Scout Aviation II, LLC c/o Jennifer W. Crastz c/o Dawn M. Coulson [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Universal Weather & Aviation Inc. (UWA) Corporate Jet Support c/o Jeanne M. Jorgensen Attn.: Whitne Keenan Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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Hanergy [Yoda Aviation] Associated Energy Group, LLC (AEG Fuel) Attn.: John Zhang Attn.: Christopher Clementi Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Jack Praetzellis Email: [email protected]

Eurocontrol Wex Bank Attn.: Nancy Coveliers Attn.: Kiran Patel Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Tongda Air Service UVAir European Fuelling Services Ltd Attn.: Fuhua Mansion c/o Jeanne M. Jorgensen [email protected] Email: [email protected]

ARINC Direct Festin Management, SN 1360 LLC, SN 1372 c/o Victor A. Vilaplana LLC Email: [email protected] c/o Daniel J. McCarthy, Esq. c/o Erika L. Morabito Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o James Torrey at Jimmy Jets c/o Brittany J. Nelson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. Attn.: Doris Fuller [email protected]

Aircraft Finance and Aircraft Lease Parties by Electronic Mail

Angus Marine Ventures, Ltd. Jet Support Services (JSSI) c/o Stephen G. Larson c/o Richard Schumacher Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

AVIC International Leasing Co., Ltd. Tony Robbins Attn.: Wayne Wong c/o Alan I. Nahmias Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Robert J. Labate c/o Stephen F. Biegenzahn Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Alan J. Watson Email: [email protected]

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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Big Fly LLC Attorneys for Ample United Limited c/o Michael D. Breslauer c/o William W. Huckins Email: [email protected] [email protected] c/o Michael S. Greger [email protected]

TVPX ARS, Inc. SN 1360, LLC and SN 1372, LLC Attn.: David Wall Attn.: James Torrey at Jimmy Jets Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Jet Aviation Attorney for Bombardier Aerospace c/o Sarah R. Borders c/o Matthew S. Walker [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Andrew Troop Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Scout Aviation II, LLC PTJ Associates LLC c/o Dawn M. Coulson Attn.: Stephen Hofer Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Element Financial Corp. ECN Aviation Inc. (f/k/a Element Aviation) Attn.: Michael O’Keefe Attn.: Michael O’Keefe Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Attorneys for Yuntian 3 Leasing Company Attorney for ECN Capital Corp. and ECN Limited and Yuntian 4 Leasing Company Limited Aviation, Inc. (f/k/a Element Aviation, Inc.) Philip S. Warden Cecily A. Dumas Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] M. David Minnick Email: [email protected]

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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Other Requests for Service by Electronic Mail

Attorneys for the Debtors Attorney for the Li Entities c/o John-Patrick M. Fritz c/o Michael L. Bernstein Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Juliet Y. Oh c/o Charles A. Malloy Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Ron Bender c/o Lisa Hill Fenning Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Tiffany M. Ikeda Email: [email protected]

United States Trustee Attorney for Universal Weather & Aviation and Attn.: Dare Law Universal Fuels, Inc. Email: [email protected] c/o Jeanne M. Jorgensen Attn.: Ron Maroko Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Attorneys for ARINC Direct, LLC c/o Paul Laurin c/o Victor A. Vilaplana Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Michael K. McCrory c/o Erika L. Morabito Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] c/o Jonathan Sundheimer c/o Brittany J. Nelson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Advanced Air Management, Inc. Attorney for CAE Simuflite, Inc. Attn.: James Seagrim c/o Rebecca J. Winthrop Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp Bank of Utah, Owner / Trustee Ltd. Attn.: Colleen Schulthies c/o Jennifer W. Crastz Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Export Development Canada WEX Bank Attn.: Jeff Blattman Attn.: Kiran Patel Email: [email protected] [email protected]

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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Hanergy (Yoda Aviation) Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. Attn.: John Zhang Attn.: Doris Fuller Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Corporate Jet Support Attorney for New Jubilee Global Limited Attn.: Whitne Keenan c/o Michael B. McCollum Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C. c/o Michael D. Kibler Email: [email protected]

This form is mandatory. It has been approved for use by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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