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JAMES E. ABRAHAM is the sole practitioner at the Law Office of James E. Abraham in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also was one of the founders of the Law Firm of Doepken Keevican & Weiss, also in Pittsburgh, where he served as a director, CFO and chair of the tax and employee benefit department. Additionally, Mr. Abraham serves as the "family lawyer" for several families, where he oversees such diverse areas as asset acquisitions and divestitures, asset protection, stock market investment and estate planning. He has held adjunct professorships in the MBA program at Point Park University and the Masters of Taxation program at Robert Morris University. In the latter position, which lasted 15 years, Mr. Abraham taught courses in employee and pension benefits and nonprofit organizations. He is a frequent lecturer for the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Abraham has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for several years. He is a former treasurer of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and recently completed a nine-year term as chair of the board of its taxable subsidiary, ACBA Services, Inc. He has also been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates. Mr. Abraham is a member of the American Bar Association, where he serves on the Employee Benefits Committee and the Teaching Taxation Committee. He is also a member of the Allegheny Tax Society and the Pittsburgh Tax Club. WARREN J. ARCHER is a attorney with the Pittsburgh office of Morella & Associates, where his main areas of practice are with the firm's corporate department. His practice concentrates in the areas of corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and complex business transactions. Mr. Archer's experience includes, counseling start-up businesses, forming corporations, limited liability companies and joint ventures, and helping the new businesses obtain financing. He also counsels businesses on general legal matters and compliance with the securities laws. Mr. Archer's clients have ranged in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and he earned his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Archer is a member of the American Bar Association (member, The Federal Regulation of Securities Committee) and the Allegheny County Bar Association. He is an adjunct professor at Duquesne University teaching in the history department. Mr. Archer is involved in various civic organizations and is a board member of the South Hills Interfaith Ministries, a charitable organization. GREGG R. ZEGARELLI is the managing shareholder of the Technology & Entrepreneurial Ventures Law Group, P.C., where he concentrates in corporate and business transactions and intellectual property. His representation includes a dynamic mix of public and privately-held companies and advising on formation and growth strategies, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and licensing of technology and intellectual property. Mr. Zegarelli has personally negotiated significant deals with well-known companies including Coca-Cola, Disney, General Electric, Intel, Mattel, MGM, Microsoft, Sony and Xerox. Mr. Zegarelli has given multiple accredited seminars on business and technology-related issues. He has been interviewed by local and national media regarding a variety of legal issues, and his works have been cited in the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and reprinted in the MacMillan Encyclopedia (Gale Group). He is a member of The District of Columbia Bar, Illinois State and Pennsylvania bar associations. Mr. Zegarelli has presided for more than 100 American Arbitration Association arbitration proceedings, and he regularly practices in the federal court. He received his B.A. degree from Duquesne University and his J.D. degree from Duquesne University School of Law. Mr. Zegarelli is qualified to sit for the C.P.A. examination in Pennsylvania.
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