EDITORIAL REVIEW

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Ajamie is well positioned to help financial fraud victims, having obtained the first- and third-largest securities arbitration awards in history: $429M against a PaineWebber broker and $14.5M against Prudential Securities.





VISITOR RATINGS (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best)

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WALLACE SHOWMAN , Principal
relationship: We are colleagues and have worked together on many matters. (Several broker arbitrationsNASD Enforcement matterSecurities litigation matters) rates/fees: n/a comments: Tom is a natural leader. He knows how to marshal the abilities of a variety of people with different talents to achieve successful results. He is also a brilliant litigator and trial lawyer. He exercises impeccable judgment in his litigation strategy and in his dealings with clients and adversaries. His first concern is always doing right by his clients. He is also a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him.		service 10 expertise 10 quality 10 overall 10 recommend? yes

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JAMES ROTHENBERG , Sole practioner
relationship: Expert Witness in a securities arbitration (NYSE Arbitration, Sahni v. Prudential Group et al) rates/fees: None comments: In a very difficult and time consuming arbitration lasting over 2 years, Mr. Ajamie very skillfully represented the claimants and was successful in obtaining one of the largest awards in the NYSE forum that at conclusion exceeded with interest over fifteen million dollars.		service 10 expertise 10 quality 10 overall 10 recommend? yes

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Managing Partner
Ajamie LLP
Pennzoil Place - South Tower
711 Louisiana, Suite 2150
Houston, Texas 77002
713 860 1600 telephone
713 860 1699 facsimile
tajamie@ajamie.com

Named one of the top lawyers in the United States, Tom Ajamie has successfully represented clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters for more than 20 years. His work includes groundbreaking securities and financial cases, international cross-border litigation, business contract disputes and employment issues. He has traveled the world extensively working on legal matters in countries as diverse as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Switzerland, France, England, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela. Mr. Ajamie has handled a number of high-profile cases, including representing companies, pension funds and shareholders seeking to recover losses in stock fraud cases, and corporations and officers and directors being sued in securities matters.

Mr. Ajamie has been recognized by numerous legal publications and directories, and was recently honored as one of the nation’s 500 leading lawyers by Lawdragon, as well as that publication’s “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation.” Mr. Ajamie has been named one of Houston's Top Lawyers (H Texas magazine), and has been selected by Texas Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in Texas for four years running. The Martindale-Hubbell law directory, which ranks the legal ability of lawyers, gave Mr. Ajamie an AV rating. He is also a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, whose membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements – less than 1% of U.S. attorneys.

Mr. Ajamie co-authored the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men, a fascinating look at financial fraudsters, their schemes, and their victims. Mr. Ajamie has appeared on major television and radio news outlets, including ABC, CNN, CNBC, FOX, NPR and BBC, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, American Lawyer, InvestmentNews, Bloomberg, Forbes, Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek and Texas Lawyer, among others. His work on behalf of investors in the Bre-X gold scandal is featured in the book Fools’ Gold: the Making of a Global Market Fraud, by Brian Hutchinson.

The Ajamie Foundation was created by Mr. Ajamie as a way of promoting tolerance and equality among our youth. The foundation offers scholarships to students who display respect and support diversity initiatives in our society, without regard to race, religion, creed, skin color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. The foundation currently finances student scholarships at Arizona State University. Mr. Ajamie is a Patron Council Premier Benefactor of the Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization that supports independent films and theater programs.

Representative Matters

• Won a $112,119,005 jury verdict after a three-week trial in a case brought under civil RICO against defendants who conspired to extort money from our corporate client and tamper with trial witnesses. (American Lawyer article, Lawdragon article)
• Co-counsel in an ERISA class action alleging that plan fiduciaries breached their duties of loyalty and prudence by selecting and maintaining inappropriate Putnum mutual funds for the defendant company's 401(k) plan.
• Involved in the Chrysler, General Motors, Lehman Brothers and ASARCO bankruptcy proceedings. (CNBC interview)
• Recovered a multi-million dollar "clawback" for our Fortune 100 client in a case where the client's executive employees were hired away by a competitor. The departing executives had signed agreements in which they promised to pay back restricted stock and stock option awards that they received if they went to work for a competitor.
• Conducted several internal investigations for a Fortune 100 company.
• Won a $14.5 million arbitration award on behalf of a New York family against Prudential Equity Group. The award was obtained following 84 hearing sessions at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Wall Street Journal stated that this award was the third largest in the United States. (Wall Street Journal article)
• Represented the Mexican subsidiary of an international corporation in the illegal arrests of the corporation’s employees in Mexico following a dispute concerning an alleged breach of contract. The representation involved complex cross-border matters in the U.S. and Mexico.
• Settled a lawsuit against two insurance agents, six insurance companies and a law firm for $7.29 million after four days of trial in Galveston state court. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants negligently advised a 90-year-old widow and her 65-year-old son to sell their Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. stock and use the proceeds to purchase life insurance and annuities as part of an "estate tax plan." (VerdictSearch article)
• Won a $429.5 million arbitration award against a former PaineWebber broker. The Wall Street Journal noted that the award is the largest in United States history. One of the brokers involved in the fraud was convicted and served six and a half years in federal prison. (Wall Street Journal article)
• Won an eight-figure settlement on behalf of several investors defrauded of over $100 million by one of the United States' largest national brokerage firms.
• Successfully represented a pension fund in a lawsuit against a New York hedge fund after the hedge fund lost 30% of the funds with which it was entrusted. (Wall Street Journal article)
• In the Enron litigation, represented one of the insurance companies that provided directors and officers insurance coverage.
• Represented a Hong Kong businessman concerning a dispute over the mishandling of his investments with Goldman Sachs.
• Represented an Illinois-based utility company in litigation against distressed bondholders seeking recovery following an $80 million bond default for an electric power facility located outside of Chicago. At the time, this was the "eighth largest municipal bond default in the history of the municipal market," according to the Bond Investors Association.
• Won a dismissal of all claims against a major utility company in connection with the Panhandle interstate gas pipeline system in an antitrust lawsuit alleging conspiracy to monopolize, tying and a group boycott.
• Litigated an agreement to affiliate a client's television stations with the WB Television Network. Secured a favorable settlement, including the sale of the client's Houston station for $95 million — an "incredibly high" price, according to Variety.
• Won the dismissal of 21 consolidated class action lawsuits filed in federal court against former officers of a NYSE-listed client alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5.
• Successfully defended the second largest funeral and cemetery services company against a $4 billion hostile takeover bid by SCI, that industry's largest company. The case involved securities, tort and antitrust litigation.

Memberships and Community

• College of the State Bar of Texas
• International, American, Texas & Houston Bar Associations
• American Association for Justice; Co-Chair, Investment Fraud Committee (2006)
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum - Life Member
• Premier Benefactor, The Sundance Institute
• Board of Trustees, Houston Grand Opera
• Patron, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Boston

Distinctions

• Litigation Star - Commercial (Benchmark Litigation 2011, published by Euromoney/Institutional Investor)
• Texas Super Lawyer (Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006-2010)
• 500 Leading Lawyers in America (Lawdragon, 2008-2010)
• Top Lawyers in Business Litigation (H Texas Magazine, 2008-2010)
• Top 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation (Lawdragon, 2008)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating – An AV certification is a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank the individual to be at the highest level of professional excellence.

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Thomas Ajamie

Biography Title: Managing Partner Firm: Ajamie LLP Law School: University of Notre Dame Graduation: 1985   Notable case(s), past or present (include date if possible): Lerma v. Paine Webber: $429 million award against a Paine Webber broker; confidential settlement against Paine Webber Sahni v. Prudential: $14.5 million award against Prudential Merck v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company et al.: $7.3 million settlement (after 4 days of trial)   Selected clients: Dell Inc., Tyco International, DuPont Areas of Expertise:   Bar Memberships:   Clerkships:   Honors:

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PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS

• Is Wall Street Rigged?
  
  
• "Turning Commercial Litigation into Commerce--The Corporate Legal Department as a Profit Center," ALM's 2nd Annual Litigation Summit (2010).
  
  
• "Thinking Like a Plaintiff," Corporate Counsel's 7th Annual General Counsel Conference West Coast Conference (2009).
  
  
• "Regulation D, TICs, and Unlisted REITS," Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) 18th Annual Meeting (2009).
  
  
• "Doing Ethical Business in Europe: Are You Ready for Multi-Cultural Legal Operations?" Corporate Counsel's 21st Annual General Counsel Conference (2009).
  
  
• "La Seguridad Empresarial - C�mo Evitar que un Pleito de Negocios Resulte en Cargos Criminales" ("Business Security: How to Prevent a Business Dispute from Resulting in Criminal Charges"), American Chamber of Commerce of M�xico: Reuni�n del Comit� de Seguridad (2008).
  
  
• "Surviving and Succeeding Under the Media Spotlight," AEGIS Policyholder Conference Roundtable Program: "Success Through Utilizing AEGIS' Gas & Electric Litigation Services" (2008).
  
  
• "Representing the Hedge Fund Investor," Trial Magazine (2007).
  
  
• "Getting Grandma's Nest Egg Back," The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Business Torts Section Newsletter (2006).
  
  
• "Litigating Insurance Product Claims," The American Association for Justice (AAJ) 2006 Annual Convention.
  
  
• "A Basic Primer on Hedge Funds," AAJ 2006 Annual Convention.
  
  
• "A Mock Arbitration: As Close as You Can Get," Securities Industry Association (SIA)/Wharton Securities Industry Institute 54th Annual Program (2006).
  
  
• "Insurance Industry Issues," Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005).
  
  
• "A Look at the Securities Arbitration Process," ATLA Business Torts Section Newsletter (2005).
  
  
• "Mock Arbitration," SIA/Wharton Securities Industry Institute 53rd Annual Program (2005).
  
  
• "Demonstrative Evidence: Making an Effective Presentation on a Budget," University of Houston Law Foundation, Litigation and Trial Tactics (2004).
  
  
• "Securities Fraud, Market Abuses and Insider Trading," University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Business Litigation (2003).
  
  
• "Securities Fraud and Insider Trading," South Texas College of Law (2003).
  
  
• "Nuevas Responsabilidades Legales de los Fabricantes de Autopartes en el Mercado Norteamericano." Industria Nacional de Autopartes, A.C., XXXIX Reuni�n de Evaluaci�n del Sector Automotor (2003).
  
  
• "Stock Fraud: Evaluating the Case," University of Houston Law Foundation Advanced Business Litigation (2002).
  
  
• "Shareholder Litigation and Officer/Director Liability Post-Sarbanes-Oxley," University of Houston Law Foundation, Representing Corporations in a Changed Legal Environment (2002)