David W. Lowden is a special counsel with a practice in the fields of corporate, securities and commercial law, representing both public and private companies and investors.

Mr. Lowden has represented entities engaged in the production or marketing of a range of products including consumer electronics; office and computer supplies; pharmaceuticals; chemicals and flavors; plastics; and automobiles.

He also has expertise in the laws and regulations affecting nonprofit organizations, including museums and other charities, and has taken an active role in the firm�s Public Service Project in counseling tax-exempts.

Memberships

The Craftsman Farms Foundation, Inc.: Trustee, 1989-1999; Chairman of the Board, 1991-1994; Trustee Emeritus, 1999; American Friends of Arts & Crafts in Chipping Campden, Inc.: Trustee and Secretary, 2004-; TOUCH Foundation, Inc.: Secretary, 2005-Association of the Bar of the City of New York: Member, Art Law Committee, 1979-1984, 1986-1989 (Chair); Nonprofit Organizations Committee, 1989-1992; Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, 1984-1986; Young Lawyers Committee, 1978-1981

Activities

Contributing Author, Real Estate Investment Trusts, with Theodore S. Lynn and Micah Bloomfield, Thomson/West Securities Law Series, (including the chapters on Securities Laws Applicable to REITs and Corporate Governance of REITs); Author,

Nonprofits� Dissolution Dilemma: April Changes Simplify Process (about 2006 revisions to the New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law dissolution provisions), New York Law Journal, May 22, 2006; Chair and Presenter, Issues for New York Nonprofit Organizations, Lorman Education Services, January 2006 and (planned) January 2007

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1975

Education

J.D., Duke University, 1974

B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 1971