Board of Directors James M. Aquilina Stroz Friedberg 1925 Century Park East Suite 1350 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone 310-623-3301 Fax 310-623-3277 [email protected] James Aquilina is Executive Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at Stroz Friedberg. In this role, he contributes to the management of the firm and the handling of its legal affairs. In addition to having responsibility for the Los Angeles office, he supervises numerous digital forensic and electronic discovery assignments for major law firms, government agencies, and corporate management and information systems departments in criminal, civil, regulatory and internal corporate matters. Prior to joining Stroz Friedberg, Mr. Aquilina was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, where he served as a Computer and Telecommunications Coordinator in the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section. He also served as a member of the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force, and as chair of the Computer Intrusion Working Group. He also served in the Major Frauds and Terrorism/ Organized Crime Sections, where he investigated and tried cases. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Mr. Aquilina helped establish and run the legal section of the FBI’s Emergency Operations Center. Before public service, Mr. Aquilina was an associate at the law firm Richards, Spears, Kibbe & Orbe in New York. Mr. Aquilina received his B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was a Richard Erskine Academic Fellow and served as an Articles Editor and Executive Committee Member of the California Law Review. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of California. He serves as an Honorary Council Member on cyber-law issues for the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants, the organization that administers the Certified Ethical Hacker and the Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator certifications to leading security industry professionals worldwide. Revised June 2013 1 Board of Directors E. Jane Arnault-Factor JurEcon, Inc. 21355 Pacific Coast Highway Suite 200 Malibu, CA 90265-5224 Phone 310-589-9838 Fax 310-456-3003 [email protected] www.jurecon.com Jane Arnault-Factor has been President and CEO of JurEcon Inc., Consultants to Counsel and Management since 1981. JurEcon is a consulting firm of twenty-two Ph.D.’s, experts in economics, finance, accounting, statistics, market research, etc. JurEcon provides services in complex valuations, lost profits and damages, economic and financial analysis, and related topics as well as jury research and trial strategy. Ms. Arnault-Factor received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. from Smith College. Ms. Arnault-Factor was formerly a professor of economics at Pomona College, Occidental College, Pitzer College and Rutgers University. Ms. Arnault-Factor serves on the boards of directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, where she chaired the Health Care Committee for twelve years, Delta Dental Plan of California (1991-1997), and has been a long-time member of the Advisory Committee for Blue Shield of California. Her community involvement has included service on several other boards. Ms. Arnault-Factor served as the public member of the State Bar of California’s Committee on Public Responsibility and Conduct. Ms. Arnault-Factor has been a Panelist for California Continuing Education of the Bar on Proving Damages and a panelist for the State Bar of California on Expert Witness Strategy and Tactics. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the L. A. County Bar Association. In addition, she has testified as an expert witness and often serves as project director for larger JurEcon projects involving teams of experts. Revised June 2013 2 Board of Directors Robert C. Aronoff Robert Aronoff, a Professional Corporation 9107 Wilshire Boulevard 8th Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Phone 310-471-7770 Fax 310-943-1400 [email protected] Bob Aronoff specializes in real estate, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, leasing, and landlord tenant law. A native of Ohio, Mr. Aronoff moved, at the age of 12, with his family to Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his J.D. from the University of Denver in 1976 where he was the Senior Editor of the Denver Law Forum. He is the author of several published articles on bankruptcy, litigation and landlord-tenant law. Mr. Aronoff has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court since 1981. He is a Trustee of the Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles. He chairs several committees for the Beverly Hills Bar Association which has given him several awards and has designated him to the Order of Distinguished Attorneys. Mr. Aronoff joined the CRF board in 1995, having actively supported CRF activities since 1977 and having received CRF’s Lawyer of the Year award in 1984. He received it again in 2005, and has chaired CRF’s Education and Program Oversight Committee since 2004. Mr. Aronoff lives in Hermosa Beach where he has been a Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources. He enjoys skiing and travel. He is Founder of the Hermosa Beach Film Festival and President of the Method Fest Film Festival. As a part-time entrepreneur, he introduced Segway Human Transporters to Los Angeles. Revised June 2013 3 Board of Directors Nestor Barrero NBC Universal 100 Universal City Plaza Building 1280-08 Universal City, CA 91608 818-777-3007 Fax 818-866-3862 [email protected] Nestor Barrero is Vice President - Employment Counsel for NBC Universal Studios. He is actively involved in providing preventive legal advice and training for managers, overseeing employment litigation and developing internal policies and procedures affecting the Universal’s workforce in the corporate, studio operations, motion pictures, television, and theme park businesses. Mr. Barrero also advises the Universal Music Group in similar areas of law and operations. He is also responsible for counseling management on all employment legal matters, including executive recruitment, employee relations, planning for employee issues in mergers and acquisitions, implementation of work force reductions, and federal and state legislative issues affecting entertainment industry employers. Prior to joining Universal in 1998, Mr. Barrero was Senior Counsel for Union Bank of California and was associated with the law firms of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea in Los Angeles. He is a member of the California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section and is a frequent speaker and lecturer. He has been an instructor on “Sexual Harassment in the Entertainment Industry” for UCLA Extension and on employment law topics for the Continuing Education of the Bar and the Institute for Corporate Counsel. He is on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Corporate Law Departments Section, and is a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association. Mr. Barrero received his BA in Psychology from UCLA and his JD degree from UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. He has served as President of the California Employment Law Council, an employer association that includes most of California’s largest employers in its membership. He is bilingual in Spanish and is active in community organizations such as the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Latino Lawyers Association and the California Hispanic Corporate Council. Revised June 2013 4 Board of Directors Darin Beffa Kirkland and Ellis LLP 333 South Hope Street Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone 213-680-8264 Fax 213-808-8190 [email protected] Darin Beffa is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. His practice covers commercial contract, business tort, fraud, antitrust, and patent infringement, including complex cases and appeals. In law school, Darin performed clinical work for the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, while also doing work on the board of a student-run business. Darin began his legal education at the University of Michigan Law School, and was selected to join the Michigan Law Review shortly before transferring to Harvard Law School to complete his studies. Before law school, Darin spent time in Washington, D.C., working as an aide to U.S. Representative George R. Nethercutt Jr. Since that time, he has also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge George H. King. Education Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006, cum laude Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Executive Editor Duke University, A.B., Public Policy Studies, 2001 Minors in Physics and Economics Revised June 2013 5 Board of Directors Alan N. Braverman The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521-0922 Phone 818-560-7896 Fax 818-569-5146 [email protected] Alan Braverman is the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company. He was promoted to his current position in October 2003, after being named Executive Vice President and General Counsel in January 2003. He was appointed Secretary in October 2005. In his position, Mr. Braverman is the chief legal officer of the company and oversees its team of attorneys responsible for all aspects of Disney's legal affairs around the world. He reports directly to Bob Iger. Previously, Mr. Braverman was Executive Vice President and General Counsel, ABC Inc., and Deputy General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company. In that capacity, he oversaw the legal affairs of the ABC Broadcast Group, ESPN and Disney/ABC Cable, as well as labor relations.