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Mr. Knight is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law. His 33 year career includes serving as General Counsel of a trade association of Mayors and other elected officials in his home state of Indiana where he coordinated the legislative agenda and functioned as chief lobbyist for his constituency. Mr. Knight also was an elected official, serving two four-year terms as a Municipal Judge. Mr. Knight was also General Counsel and Assistant to the President of a technology start up company where he coordinated international sales, including the negotiation of trade agreements with The Israeli Ministry of Defense. His international trade background also includes working with Japanese, French and Belgian business interests. As Claim Counsel for Aetna Property and Casualty Company Mr. Knight managed a staff that included over 200 attorneys in 24 offices involved in the defense of approximately 18,000 lawsuits . Mr. Knight has completed the NASD General Securities Representative Series 7 and 63 examinations. He is a graduate of the National Institute For Trial Advocacy sponsored by Notre Dame University School of Law, is Martindale Hubbell "AV" rated , and has established litigation precedents in state and federal court systems. His complex commercial litigation background includes issues involving breach of fiduciary obligation in a Sarbanes Oxley context, fraud in an after-the-fact substitution of warrant call triggering event language in a prospectus already on file with the SEC, defense of an investment advisor involving suitability issues in the context of the purchase of bonds by a Section 144 buyer, and a patent royalty dispute. | 