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JAMES ALTERBAUM is a senior partner in the Corporate and Securities Department of the New York law firm of Moses & Singer LLP. Mr. Alterbaum has more than 30 years of experience in corporate, securities, commercial and computer law, and has a background in accounting and finance. A dynamic speaker and prolific author, he has appeared on CNBC's Money Talk and Today's Business, has written numerous trade articles and has been interviewed by several publications, including The New York Times, Long Island Business News and Entrepreneur magazine. Mr. Alterbaum currently serves on the Portfolio Advisory Board of the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia University's School of Business and lectures regularly to Columbia's MBAs. He is a recipient of the University's Mentor of the Year award. Mr. Alterbaum earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. degree from Yale University. WILLIAM CORNACHIO is a partner with Rivkin Radler LLP, in the firm's Corporate & Commercial and Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use practice groups. He focuses his practice on general corporate matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, loan and equity financings, real estate finance and other commercial lending. Mr. Cornachio counsels a number of middle market level companies which have business operations or real estate interests on Long Island. He has handled a variety of complex corporate transactions. Mr. Cornachio earned his B.A. degree from Colgate University and his J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the Commercial and Industrial Brokers Society (CIBS) and the American (Business and Banking Law Committee) and New York State (Business and Banking Law Committee) bar associations. PAUL MARQUEZ is a principal with Sigma Valuation Consulting, Inc. He is also a certified public accountant in New York and Delaware. Mr. Marquez is a seasoned valuation professional and non-practicing attorney; focusing on business appraisal, forensic valuation and accounting; commercial litigation; economic damages; and intellectual property. He has testified in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration and medication hearings. Mr. Marquez earned his B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and his J.D. degree from Delaware Law School of Widener University. He is a frequent speaker and writer and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the New York State Society of CPAs. Mr. Marquez is also a member of the American and New York State bar associations, as well as the American Society of Appraisers, and the Institute of Business Appraisers. JOHN L. MISCIONE is the managing director with the New York office of Duff & Phelps, LLC, in 2005 as part of the merger with Valuemetrics, Inc. Mr. Miscione manages the New York financial advisory business unit of Duff & Phelps, LLC. As a financial advisor and investment banker, he specializes in structuring and negotiating leveraged ESOPs; management buyouts and recapitalization transactions; and arranging debt and mezzanine capital to finance the transactions. Mr. Miscione is an expert in using the sub-chapter S ESOP structure to complete acquisitions. He also has significant experience in issuing fairness opinions for public corporations and ESOP trustees and has advised on issues of solvency and equity allocations in leveraged transactions and mergers and acquisitions. As a valuation advisor, Mr. Miscione has given valuation opinions for gift, estate, corporate compliance, executive compensation and dispute resolution purposes. He is nationally recognized as an expert on ownership transition and private company finance and speaks regularly on a wide range of topics, including leveraged ESOPs, the debt capital markets for private companies, valuing closely held businesses and exit alternatives for private business owners. Mr. Miscione is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Turnaround Management Association, the ESOP Association, the Board of Directors of the National Center for Employee Ownership and the New York Institute of Credit. He is a registered representative and holds the Series 7 and 63 licenses. Mr. Miscione has also served as a consultant to financial institutions on client development and risk management. He holds a B.A. degree in psychology from John Hopkins University; M.A. degree in psychology from the University of Virginia; and an MBA degree in finance and business strategy from New York University. JAMES A. PRESTIANO is a member of The Law Offices of James A. Prestiano, P.C. Mr. Prestiano practices in the areas of securities law, business law, corporate law, commercial litigation, buying and selling of businesses, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, SEC enforcement proceedings, FINRA enforcement proceedings, securities arbitration, securities fraud and real estate. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from St. John's University and his J.D. degree from St. John's University School of Law. Mr. Prestiano is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Business Law Section and Commercial and Federal Litigation Section); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and the Association of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni.
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