Howard Gutman has served as our Special Advisor since April 5, 2007. Although he is not serving as an attorney for the Company, Mr. Gutman has been a lawyer in Washington D.C. for twenty-five years. Mr. Gutman, rejoined Williams & Connolly in October 1986 and became a Partner in 1988. He remains a partner at the firm today (although the firm has no role with the Company), where he is a business litigator. From May 1985-October 1986, he was Special Assistant to the Director William H. Webster of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. From October 1982 to May 1985, Mr. Gutman was an associate at the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Mr. Gutman has been active in Democratic politics for 20 years having served as an advisor to candidates for President, Governor, and Congress. He assisted the gore campaign in Florida in 2000. Mr. Gutman, since 1983, has been an Associate Editor of Litigation Magazine and an active participant in the ABA's Litigation Section. He has also appeared on several episodes of the HBO series "K Street.
Mr. Gutman was graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in 1977 and from the Harvard Law School, Magna Cum Laude in 1980. From September 1980-September 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Irving L. Goldberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From September 1981-September 1982, Mr. Gutman served as Law Clerk to The Honorable Potter Stewart,(retd), United States Supreme Court. |