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Profile Title: Of Counsel Location: New York Telephone: 212.594.5300 or 800.320.5081Fax:212.868.1229 Admitted: New York, 1965 Education: B.A., Harvard University, 1954 cum laude, with honors M.B.A., Rutgers University, Newark, 1959 LL.B., New York Law School, 1965 summa cum laude, valedictorian Mr. Specthrie graduated from Harvard College cum laude in 1954 having majored in Economics. After four years as a deck officer in the United States Coast Guard, he received a Master of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Rutgers University in 1959, graduating first in his class. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York and practiced accounting for several years with a major auditing firm. He was graduated from New York Law School in 1965, summa cum laude, where he was first in his class and valedictorian. He has served on the faculty of New York Law School, and has lectured on "Accountants� Liability" for the Practising Law Institute. He has been engaged in the full-time practice of law since 1965 and has specialized in federal securities law litigation for the past several years. Mr. Specthrie was lead counsel in In re Viatron, MDL 138 (D. Mass.), where aggregate settlements exceeding $15 million were obtained after several months of trial and a jury verdict on liability. | 