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Ronald G. White is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where his practice focuses
on white-collar criminal defense, SEC enforcement matters, corporate internal
investigations, and complex civil litigation. Mr. White has been recognized for many
years by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and Best Lawyers in America as a
leading lawyer in the area of white-collar criminal defense.

Mr. White has tried numerous cases in the New York federal courts, and has briefed
and argued many appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit. Between 2011 and 2013, Mr. White served on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York, where he represented indigent criminal defendants on a pro
bono basis.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, he served for 10 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the
Eastern District of New York, including as the Deputy Chief of the Office’s Business and Securities Fraud
Section. Mr. White was twice awarded the U.S. Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Superior
Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

COURT CRIER

Myrna Felder, a matrimonial attorney at both the trial and appellate level, as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Office of the Appellate Defender, was
one of a number of enthusiastic supporters for the creation of the First Monday
in October program, for which she has served as co-chair and court crier since its
inception twenty-nine years ago.

A former Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Courts of
Appellate Jurisdiction, Ms. Felder organized the State Bar’s day-long CLE program
on New York appellate practice and has been a frequent lecturer on appellate
practice for the Appellate Division, First Department; the New York State Bar Association; the American
Bar Association; the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York; and other bar groups. Ms.
Felder serves on the Subcommittee on Appellate Practice of the New York State Office of Court
Administration’s Advisory Committee on Civil Practice, of which she has been a member since 1983, and
authored the chapter, “Special Considerations in Matrimonial Appeals” in Thomas Newman’s New York
Appellate Practice.

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