THOMPSON WIGDOR & GILLY LLP

Douglas H. Wigdor is a founding partner of Thompson Wigdor & Gilly LLP. As a former Federal Law Clerk in the Eastern District of New York, Assistant District Attorney and senior lawyer at one of the nation's largest and most prominent management-side labor and employment law firms, he has extensive trial experience in both state and federal court having successfully tried numerous cases in both venues. Two peer review studies, The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, have recognized Mr. Wigdor as one of the nation's leading labor and employment lawyers. Mr. Wigdor has also received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell indicating that his peers rank him as one of the preeminent lawyers in the labor and employment field.

Mr. Wigdor's handling of numerous high profile cases has resulted in frequent appearances on national television and being quoted in world-wide publications. Mr. Wigdor has been interviewed on Nightline, Good Morning America, CNN American Morning, Your World with Neil Cavuto and many other television shows including regular appearances on CNBC, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News. Mr. Wigdor is frequently quoted as a legal expert in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Daily Telegraph, London Independent, USA Today, New York Post, Daily News, EuroMoney and DerSpiegel.

Mr. Wigdor is also a lecturer, editor and author of articles on employment and criminal related subjects, having been quoted frequently in the New York Law Journal, presenting lectures to various Bar Associations and publishing articles in numerous journals. Mr. Wigdor has the rare qualification to practice law in both the U.S. and U.K. as a qualified solicitor in England and Wales. Mr. Wigdor's practice focuses on the litigation and counseling of individuals and companies in connection with a wide array of employment issues, criminal matters and international issues.

Since founding Thompson Wigdor & Gilly LLP, Mr. Wigdor has had the privilege to represent hundreds of management side employers and high level employees. Some of Mr. Wigdor's more notable representations of employees and executives has included:

• individual women in an alleged gender discrimination class action complaint against Dresdner Kleinwort;
• the former Tour Manager of 'NSYNC' in a lawsuit against 'NSYNC';
• numerous investment bankers against their Wall Street employers and in conjunction with negotiating employment and severance agreements;
• several employees in claims of race discrimination against Radianz, Reuters and Equant; and
• a marketing expert in an age discrimination case against a hedge fund.

On the management side, Mr. Wigdor has represented:

• a large cell-phone company in a purported class action brought by the EEOC;
• one of the largest investment banks in South America in defending a purported claim of sexual harassment;
• a world-wide express delivery service in several claims of discrimination;
• a number of firms in the financial services and public relations industry in claims of discrimination and violations of the wage and hour laws; and
• a famous New York City restaurant in an investigation conducted by the New York Attorney General's Labor Department.

Mr. Wigdor has never lost a jury trial or binding arbitration. Some of his recent successes include being the lead trial lawyer in the Eastern District of New York in a disability discrimination case against Wal-Mart that resulted in a $7.5 million verdict — one of the largest verdicts ever in a single plaintiff case under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Wigdor also won an approximate $8 million verdict in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the former Editor-in-Chief of the Source Magazine who was retaliated against after she complained of gender discrimination. Mr. Wigdor also secured the complete acquittal, after trial, of a Hollywood Video Store manager faced with a 25 count indictment and 135 years in prison. Additionally, Mr. Wigdor won an arbitration before the NASD on behalf of three senior traders on Wall Street whose employer committed fraud and breach of contract.

Mr. Wigdor had the honor of serving as a Federal Law Clerk to United States District Judge Arthur D. Spatt and was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, New York where he investigated, prosecuted and tried hundreds of criminal matters ranging from robberies and burglaries to complex schemes to defraud. Mr. Wigdor was rapidly promoted to the Complex Litigation Bureau where he both litigated and supervised the litigation of white collar — complex financial crimes, including organized crime, bank fraud, insurance fraud, tax evasion, identity theft and elder abuse. Because of the breadth of his criminal litigation experience, Mr. Wigdor was appointed under the Federal Criminal Justice Act to serve a three year term, in the Eastern District of New York, as a criminal defense lawyer in selected criminal cases.

Prior to founding Thompson Wigdor & Gilly LLP, Mr. Wigdor was a senior lawyer in the Labor and Employment Section of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP where he litigated cases on behalf of Fortune 500 clients on issues relating to a broad range of U.S. and U.K. labor and employment matters. While at Morgan Lewis, Mr. Wigdor headed the international labor and employment practice; regularly performed sexual harassment prevention and diversity training, including training to television commentators and financial executives; and acted as co-counsel in the successful defense of one of the nation's leading defense industry contractors accused of age discrimination before a jury trial in federal court.

Based upon Mr. Wigdor's expertise in labor and employment law, he was appointed to the Arbitration Panel of the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Wigdor has also held legal positions at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Senate, the Washington, D.C. Corporation Counsel and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Wigdor received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, cum laude, where he was a member of the Varsity Tennis Team; a Masters Degree from Oxford University in England; and his Juris Doctor from Catholic University School of Law in Washington, D.C., graduating in the top of his class. Mr. Wigdor was a Senior Staff Member on the Catholic University Law Review and an Editor of the Oxford International Review. While at Oxford, Mr. Wigdor received a coveted "Full-Blue," was a member of the Vincent's Club and was the President of his College Student Body. Mr. Wigdor is an active alum at Washington University, Catholic University and Oxford, hosting annual events at his offices for all three and as a member of the Washington University Alumni and Parent Admissions Program.

Mr. Wigdor is an active and philanthropic member of his community. Mr. Wigdor is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Kew Forest School and serves on the legal committee of the Forest Hills Gardens Association. He is also an active member of the Forest Hills Men's Club, the Oxford & Cambridge University Club in London and the West Side Tennis Club. For the last several years, Mr. Wigdor has had the privilege of managing a baseball team in the Forest Hills Little League and coaching a basketball team at the Forest Hills YMHA. Mr. Wigdor is a former member of the Governing Committee of the Oxonian Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing heads of state to address its members. In addition, Mr. Wigdor was selected as a member in both the Alexander Hamilton and Theodore Roosevelt Inns of Court wherein he worked together with other selected lawyers and state and federal judges in the analysis of current legal issues.

Mr. Wigdor is admitted to practice in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and the United Kingdom. Mr. Wigdor is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York and has represented clients in matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the American Arbitration Association, the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Workers' Compensation Board. Mr. Wigdor is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Suffolk County Bar Association.