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Mr. Barnes has been a partner at the law firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP since 1992. He is also secretary of American Shared Hospital Services (AMEX: AMS), where he has served on the audit committee and compensation committee of the board of directors. Mr. Barnes was also a Director of FFCA from 1994 until its sale to GECC in 2001. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association and a member of the following committees: the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, the State Regulation of Securities Committee, and the Futures Regulation Committee. In addition to a general transactional and securities practice, Mr. Barnes was appointed and served as the Commissioner of Corporations for the State of California from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the California Senate Commission on Corporate Governance, Shareholder Rights and Securities Transactions from 1986 to 1991. From 1979 to 1988, he was a senior partner of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips and served as Chairman of its Corporate and Securities Department. Mr. Barnes was a partner at Wyman Bautzer Kutchel & Silbert from January 1989 until its dissolution in March 1991 and a partner of Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman from March 1991 to January 1992. Mr. Barnes received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1953 and his law degree from the UCLA Law School in 1959. | 