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              <p align="center"><b><font color="#800000">HAROLD M. HOFFMAN</font></b></p>
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                Born: New York, NY, May 23, 1953</p>
                <p align="left"><b><font color="#800000">Admissions</font></b></p>
                <p align="left">New York Bar; New Jersey Bar; United States
                Court of Appeals for the Second, Third and Seventh Circuits;
                United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern
                Districts of New York, United States District Court for the
                District of New Jersey; United States District Court for the
                Northern District of Illinois [Chicago]</p>
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                <p align="left"><b><font color="#800000">Practice Area</font></b></p>
                <p align="left">Complex Commercial Litigation, International
                Litigation.&nbsp;</p>
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                <p align="left"><strong><font color="#800000">Office
                Locations</font></strong></p>
                <p align="left">New York<br>
                New Jersey<br>
                Florida</p>
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                <p align="left"><strong><font color="#800000">Reported
                Decisions</font></strong></p>
                <p align="left"><em>Methode Electronics v. Adam Technologies</em>,&nbsp;<span class="ResultSubListItem">371
                F.3d 923, 7th Cir.(Ill.), Jun 14, 2004 -- Applicability of Rule
                11 Sanctions for Attorney Misconduct</span></p>
                <p align="left"><span class="ResultSubListItem"><em>Rosenfeld
                v. Zerneck</em>, 4 Misc.3d 193, 776 N.Y.S.2d 458, (New York
                Supreme Court)&nbsp; May 04, 2004 -- Can New York real estate be
                sold by e-mail</span></p>
                <p align="left"><span class="ResultSubListItem"><em>Kent Park
                Realty v. Lasertone Corp.</em>, 3 Misc.3d 28, 779 N.Y.S.2d 324,
                (N.Y.Sup.App.Term) Mar 26, 2004 -- effectiveness of predicate
                notice in commercial real estate eviction proceedings</span></p>
                <p align="left"><span class="ResultSubListItem"><em>Ronbet
                366 LLC v. Tobias</em>, 309 A.D.2d 602, 766 N.Y.S.2d 834 (N.Y.
                App. Div.&nbsp;1 Dept.) Oct 16, 2003 -- Unilateral mistake in
                preparation of personal guarantee</span></p>
                <p align="left"><span class="ResultSubListItem"><em>Morgenthow
                &amp; Latham v. Bank of New York, </em>305 A.D.2d 74, 760
                N.Y.S.2d 438, 2003&nbsp;(N.Y. App. Div.&nbsp;1 Dept.)&nbsp; May
                20, 2003 -- Reasonable reliance upon bank misrepresentations</span></p>
                <p align="left"><em>United States of America v. 1993 Bentley
                Coupe</em>,&nbsp;986 F. Supp. 893 (D.N.J. 1998) --
                inter-relationship of federal drug-trafficking forfeiture
                statutes and state real property law</p>
                <p align="left"><em>Manchester Fund v. First American Title
                Insurance Co., </em><span class="ResultSubListItem">332
                N.J.Super. 336, 753 A.2d 740, (N.J.Super)&nbsp;Oct 22, 1999 --
                insured's reasonable expectations in title insurance policy</span></p>
                <p align="left"><em>Manchester Fund Ltd. v. Reynoso</em>,
                A-1678-97T3 (N.J.Super) December 28, 1998 -- interpretation of
                tax lien foreclosure statutes</p>
                <p align="left"><em>Interlink Metals and Chemicals Inc. v.
                Kazdan</em>, 222 A.D.2d 55 (N.Y. App. Div.&nbsp;1 Dept.)&nbsp;1996,
                Methodes of serving process abroad under&nbsp;Hague Convention</p>
                <p align="left"><b><font color="#800000">Press</font></b></p>
                <p align="left"><strong><a href="http://www.russianlaw.org/030.htm" target="_blank"><small>USA
                TODAY: Russian bank clients sue BoNY Depositors claim New York
                bank knew about fraud. By James Kim Fri., Oct. 8, 1999</small></a></strong></p>
                <p align="left"><a href="http://www.russianlaw.org/mn-aces.htm" target="_blank"><strong><small>MOSCOW
                NEWS: Who get the aces and the kings? <i><font face="Times New Roman Cyr">By
                Emily TOPOL, March 2000</font></i></small></strong></a></p>
                <p align="left"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><a href="http://www.russianlaw.org/bloomberg011602.htm" target="_blank"><span>BLOOMBERG:
                Bank of New York Suit Over Inkombank May Go Forward, Judge
                SaysBy David Voreacos, New York, Jan. 16, 2002</span></a></font></strong></p>
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