Attorneys Joan M. Lebow, J.D. Melinda S. Malecki, J.D. Elizabeth A. Birt, J.D. Martin A. Blumenthal,    C.P.A, J.D. Trelisha M. Brown, M.S.,    J.D. Glen D. Crick, J.D. Linda L. McCarty, J.D. Lynn S. McGivern, J.D.,    LL.M Suzanne E. Ritzler J.D., C.P.A. Geraldine S. Stroka, R.N.,    M.S.N., J.D. Martin D. Tasch, J.D. Barbara A. Weiner, J.D.

Suzanne E. Ritzler, J.D., C.P.A.

Ms. Ritzler is a business counselor with fifteen years of corporate and law firm experience. Prior to joining Lebow and Malecki, L.L.C., Ms. Ritzler served as General Counsel for a $500 million privately-held manufacturing company. In this role, Ms. Ritzler managed all aspects of the legal function for the company's U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, including: structuring and developing standardized policies and agreements; negotiating and completing acquisitions and divestitures; drafting and negotiating sales, purchase, employment, lease and other agreements; directing employment, environmental and safety compliance; providing employee training; and overseeing risk management. As the company's first General Counsel, Ms. Ritzler also developed and maintained the corporate structure and served as the corporate secretary of several subsidiaries, supervised outside counsel and participated as a member of the executive management team in all aspects of the business.

Previously, Ms. Ritzler was an associate in the Corporate Law Department at Seyfarth Shaw and, prior to that, at Kirkland & Ellis, both in Chicago. As a corporate law associate, Ms. Ritzler handled a variety of transactional and general corporate work, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and general corporate counseling. More specifically, in these positions she negotiated and documented stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, commercial loans, venture capital and other transactions; prepared and reviewed SEC disclosure documents; and served as de facto general counsel for emerging and privately held companies.

Ms. Ritzler received her law degree from the University of Chicago in 1989, and is licensed to practice law in Illinois and California. During law school, she served as a research assistant for the volume "Securities Fraud: Litigating under Rule 10b-5," and completed an externship with the Hon. William A. Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Ms. Ritzler received a B.S. degree in Accountancy with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1986. In conjunction with her degree, Ms. Ritzler also passed the Illinois C.P.A. exam.