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Ira H. Raphaelson has served as Vice President and General Counsel since February 2006. Mr. Raphaelson is the chief legal officer of the Company and, among other responsibilities, provides legal advice to the compliance function. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Raphaelson was a partner in the Washington D.C. office of the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP where he was a member of the firm’s global enforcement defense practice and litigator for 10 years. He is a nationally recognized author and lecturer on corporate governance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He was also a litigator at Shaw Pittman LLP, served as Special Counsel for Financial Institutions, a position with respect to which he was appointed by the first President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 1991, and he served as a state and federal prosecutor in Chicago for 13 years where he was also U.S. Attorney.
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