Bob E. Lehman

Mr. Lehman is in charge of the Firm's broker-dealer, investment adviser, investment partnership, and commercial transaction practice areas.

Mr. Lehman has extensive experience in the formation, organization and representation of broker-dealers, investment advisers, financial planners and issuers. Mr. Lehman is also actively involved in initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private placements, both on behalf of issuers and underwriters.

His other areas of concentration include complex business stock and asset-based transactions, corporate restructurings, and securities regulation.

Mr. Lehman received his Juris Doctor in 1984 from Albany Law School of Union University. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Mr. Lehman has been an active participant in a number of professional organizations related to his area of practice, including:

Chairman, Securities Law Committee, Nassau County Bar Association (1997 - Present) and Vice Chairman (1995-1997).

Chairman, Corporation Law Committee, Nassau County Bar Association (1992 - 1994); Lecturer on the "Purchase and Sale of a Small Business" (Spring, 1991 and Spring, 1995).

Executive Board Member, Securities Law Committee, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division; Vice Chairman (1987 - 1988); 1985-Present.

Guest Speaker, "A Practical Primer on the Restriction Agreement Process," NASD Regulation, Inc., District No. 10 - Small Broker Dealer Conference, July 11, 1996.

Guest Speaker, "The Hiring and Supervision of Registered Representatives," National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. District No. 10 - Small Broker-Dealer Conference, July 20, 1995.

Guest Speaker, "A Practical Primer on the Controversy Surrounding the Use of 'Soft-Dollars' and Payment for Order Flow," Foundation for Accounting Education, September, 1995.

Guest Speaker, "Formation and Organization of Partnerships", New York State Bar Association, April, 1995. Guest Speaker, "Why You Must Be a Registered Investment Adviser" and ARequirements for Investment Advisers@, Long Island Society Advanced Planners Conference, 1992, 1995 and 1997.

Guest Speaker, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants - Broker-dealer Conference, September, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Guest Speaker, National Society of Compliance Professionals, National Meeting, October, 1992.

Editor-in-Chief and contributing author, Securities Law Glossary, a project of the Securities Law Committee, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (1991).

Edited and revised portions of Business Organizations - Securities Regulation, by Edward N. Gadsby; A.A. Sommer, Jr., General Editor, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. (1989).

Member: American, Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations.

Member: Committee on Securities and Exchanges, New York County Lawyers' Association (1985-1990).

Mr. Lehman is a regularly featured speaker at various professional organizational conferences sponsored by, among others, the National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, Inc., the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the National Society of Compliance Professionals, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Strategic Research Institute, the Global Business Research Organization, the Long Island Society of Advanced Planners and the International Association of Financial Planners.