ROBERT E. MARGULIES, ESO,

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1 ROBERT E. MARGULIES, ESO, Robert E. Margulies is the Managing Principal in the law finn of Margulies Wind, P.A. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey (J 975), New York (1980), Massachusetts (1977), the United States Supreme Court and the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals. He maintains a full service law practice with concentration on litigation, commercial matters, personal injury, civil rights, employment and discrimination, insurance, products liability and Appellate practice. He has tried numerous civil, chancery, probate, family and criminal cases and has participated in at least twenty cases with published opinions. He has also developed an active mediation and arbitration practice. Since 1995 he has presided over a thousand cases in a variety of areas from class actions, to condominium disputes, employment/discrimination, personal injury and commercial claims. He is the managing member of The Resolution Group, a high level Alternative Dispute Resolution practice. He received accreditation as a Mediator from the prestigious, London based, Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in A member of the American and New Jersey State Bar Associations, Mr. Margulies is a past President of the Hudson County Bar Association, a fonner Master of the Hudson American Inn of Court, a fonner Master of the Family Law American Inn of Court and Executive Director and past President of the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution. He serves on both the Supreme Court of New Jersey Arbitration Advisory Committee and the Supreme Court Complementary Dispute Resolution Committee, serving as Chair of the Civil Sub-Committee. Mr. Margulies fonnerly Chaired the NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section and Executive Committee of the State Bar General Council, as well as a past President of the Association of County Bar Presidents. He served for 7 years on the Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee of the State Bar. He is on the roster of the American Arbitration Association, the Superior Court of New Jersey as a mediator. He serves as a Mediator Mentor and Co-Chairs the Facilitating Committee for Mediation by appointment of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Margulies received the Boskey Award as ADR Practitioner of the Year in In 2006 the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education presented him with their Distinguished Service Award. He has been the principal lecturer for N.J. ICLE in the areas of Mediation and Arbitration for more than a decade. He received the Jeydel Award in for ADR Excellence from the Garibaldi Inn of Court. He has been recognized by the independent rating organizations as a Super Lawyer, Best Lawyer in America and the New York Area's Best Lawyers in Alternative Dispute Resolution and has consistently maintained an A V rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Recently, he taught negotiation at Peking University in Beijing for EMBA students and taught Advanced Mediation as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall Law School. He will teach negotiations at Rutgers Law as an Adjunct Professor this tenn. He serves on the Board of Liberty Health, which operates Jersey City Medical Center and is currently Vice Chair. Mr. Margulies received his A.B. degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Anny as a 1" Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps from 1968 to 1971, with a tour of duty in VietNam.

2 ROBERTE.MARGULffiS MARGULffiS WIND A Professional Corporation Harborside Plaza 10, 3 Second Street Jersey City, New Jersey (201) (201) I0 (Fax) rem@mwhlawfirm.com Education: Duke University Durham, North Carolina A.B Suffolk University Law School Boston, Massachusetts J.D [lstlt. U.S. Army, M.S.C ] Admissions to Bar: 1975 New Jersey, U.S.D.C. and Third Circuit Court of Appeals Massachusetts 1980 New York 1982 United States Supreme Court 1984 United States Tax Court 1989 Second Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y. & E.D.N.Y First and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Faculty Presentations: Brigadier-Margulies Bar Review Course Appellate Practice Seminar, N ew Jersey State Bar Association Banking Law and DRS/ ADR in Financial and Commercial Transactions - sponsored by NJSBA Banking and DRS - 2 hours - October 14, Moderator and participant ADR and Insurance Law - sponsored by ICLE and the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance - October 16, Moderator and participant in Medical Malpractice Panel Representing Your Client in the Statewide Civil Mediation Program - Two, 4 hour sessions in June and July of2001, sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick, N.J. Hot Tips in Tort Law VII , sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick, N.J.

3 Representing the Family Business Enterprise: An Interdisciplinary Approach sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick, N.J. New Jersey Judicial College - Mediation Tools for Judges /99 - Panel Member New Jersey Judicial College - How the Civil Mediation Program Can Help You Effectively Manage Your Calendar Panel Member New Jersey Judicial College - Mechanics of Mediation /03 Panel Member New Jersey Judicial College - Mediation for Equity and Probate Judges - 11/26/03 Computer Technology Seminar Differentiated Civil Case Management, Is "1984" coming in Hot Tips in Tort Law, NJSBA ADR Day to present - sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick New Jersey Judicial College and 2003 Basic Mediation - Civil and Family Training - Principal Lecturer - 2 courses per year, 1999 to present; hours - sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick, N.J. Advanced Mediation Training - Lecturer - Sponsored by ICLE, New Brunswick, N.J. - 2 courses per year, 4 hour courses, 2000 to present Representing Family Business Enterprises Judicial Administration Forum Statewide Arbitration Conference Peking University, Beijing, China - taught negotiation for EMBA students and 2007 Seton Hall University - Adjunct Professor T.V. Appearances: Co-Anchor "Legalities" - cable TV law related talk show CNN appearance as President, ACBP, re: Megan's Law

4 Current Professional Seminar and Workshop Experience Attendance at Courses: Basic Mediation Training hours - Sponsored by the New Jersey Supreme Court Strauss Institute for Conflict Resolution - August, hours - Sponsored by Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California Masters ForurolMediation training - Sponsored by the Strauss Institute for Conflict Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California - 12 hours - October, th Annual Conference for Mediators and Arbitrators: Dialogue and Diversity - August 22-25, Orlando, Florida - attendee; sponsored by Florida State Dispute Resolution Center ADR By the Bay - Sponsored by the ABA and DRS - April 8, 2000, San Francisco, California American Bar Association - Collaboration in the Capital - Power of ADR - Washington, D.C. April 26, 2001 Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR, London) June, 2011 (4 days) Professional Memberships and Activities: present Hudson County Bar Association (Trustee) ( , 1995) present Hudson County Bar Association, Co-Chairman, Civil Practice Committee and present Hudson County Bar Association, Officer Hudson County Bar Association, President 1989 Chairman, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Portrait and Courthouse Naming New Jersey State Bar Association, Delegate New Jersey State Bar Association, Committee on Civil Case Management Lawyer Delegate, Third Circuit Judicial Conference present Member, Mediation Advisory Committee present Member, Supreme Court Arbitration Advisory Committee Member, Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution present Vicinage CDR Liaison Hudson Inn of Court, Master Justice Marie 1. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Master, Co-Founder, Past President and Executive Director Family Law Inn of Court, Master Hudson Vicinage Committee on Minority Concerns, Member

5 present Association of County Bar Presidents, President, Treasurer ( ) Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, NJSBA (Vice-Chair 2003) Unlawful Practice Committee, NJSBA Chair, Executive Committee of General Council, NJSBA Court Appointed Mediator American Bar Association Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators present American Arbitration Association - Arbitrator Recognition: 2003 Professor James B. Boskey ADR Practitioner of the Year Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section 2006 Institute for Continuing Legal Education Distinguished Service Award 2011 CEDR Mediator Accreditation The Best Lawyers in America New Jersey Super Lawyers Martindale Hubbel rated A V Member of the American Bar Foundation Fellows Other Voluntary Organizations: Vice-Chairman of the Board, Liberty Health Systems, Inc. (includes Jersey City Medical Center)