Donald S. Burris was elected to our Board of Directors in June 2001. Mr. Burris is the senior principal in the firm of Burris & Schoenberg, LLP, an AV-rated West Coast based law firm with a national and international practice. Mr. Burris served as editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal and as a law clerk to the Honorable James R. Browning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and has taught at the Georgetown Law Center, Loyola University School of Law, and the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. Mr. Burris also served with distinction as a Special Counsel for the United States Senate Watergate Committee. Mr. Burris brings to the Company thirty-one years of experience as a successful businessman and business litigation attorney who has counseled clients from both a business and legal perspective. |