John F. Halbleib Equestrian Estates, 27 West 115th Street, Lemont, Illinois 60439 Cell: 630.674.2100  Business: 630.257.2238  Fax:  630.257.7860 Email:  JohnHalbleib@JohnFHalbleib.com     Skills, Attributes & Work Ethic Effective leader, executive, and lawyer known for his creativity and unfailing success Team oriented professional known for his commitment to his teammates’ development and success Hard-working professional known for his healthy work ethic Caring professional known for willingness to address community and other public need   Areas of Experience Achieving success in connection with challenging traditional, as well as first of their kind projects that set new precedent Practice of law, technology, Internet, alternative fuel and hybrid technology, writing, pro bono, and civic activities Leadership, mentoring, coaching, and development of teammates   Education MBA Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University M.M., Distinguished Scholar, Beta Gamma Sigma JD Northwestern University School of Law J.D. BS Lebanon Valley College Magna Cum Laude   Milton Hershey School 3rd in Class      Recent Experience1 – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP:2 Chicago, February 1996 to December 2006: Partner 1996; Director 2002   Partner:  Practice of Law3 – which evolved to include practice as a partner in the prestigious global law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (Mayer Brown) in banking, finance, capital markets, structured finance, securities and corporate matters representing the largest and most sophisticated investment and commercial banks, rating agencies and other structured finance industry participants.   Director:  Delivered substantially greater value from Mayer Brown’s ever-increasing investment in technology – During the integration of practice areas, industry groups, departments and offices following the precedent setting cross-Atlantic merger of Mayer Brown & Platt and Rowe and Maw, achieved the following results:    ·                     created an efficient, effective, motivated and happier team of professionals, ·                     substantially improved product and performance, ·                     tripled productivity (with less than 14% increase in personnel), ·                     two-thirds of the team achieved career advances, ·                    created collaborative, trusting relationships with lawyers and non-lawyers throughout Mayer Brown’s diverse professionals and cultures, ·                    delivered more effective, consistently applied strategy, which resulted in extraordinary performance improvement with a minimum of doubling and as much as 22 times the prior performance of others before the creation of our team, ·                    received unsolicited, extraordinary accolades from third parties, partners and clients (including statements from independent thirds parties like “Having seen a lot of the firm’s marketing efforts, the web site stuff far outclasses anything else they do” which is telling given that our team was independent of marketing), and ·                     increased Mayer Brown’s market share by 8%, revenue by $72,000,000 and profits by $29,500,000.   Pro Bono – Achieved the impossible for children living in poverty.  As the first recipient of Mayer Brown’s annual pro bono award given in recognition of outstanding pro bono achievements, this distinguished honor was earned in connection with representation of the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association in its quest to return the Milton Hershey School Trust4 to its Deed of Trust mandated child saving, children’s home mission.  This pro bono representation resulted in (i)      the defeat of a cy pres petition designed to (a) add a new, competing purpose to the Trust and (b) make a gift to a third party of over 1,000 acres of land, as well as (ii)    fundamental reform through (a) reconstitution of the Trust’s Board of Managers and (b) a change in the President of the Milton Hershey School to a highly regarded, qualified graduate of the School, who was a member of our reform team.   During each of 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, worked an average of between 1,800 and 2,000 hours per year on this pro bono matter, which when added to the time worked on other law practice and partner responsibilities totaled more than 4,000 hours per year in each of these four years.     Environmental – Founding Member of NetGain Technologies, LLC The business of NetGain Technologies, LLC includes hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicle design.  It developed a patent pending electric assist system to enhance fuel economy of, and reduce pollutants from, internal combustion engine vehicles.  In late January 2007, NetGain performed dynamometer tests on its electric assist system.  These dynamometer test results for its electric assist system (installed on a delivery truck) validate efficiency gain (and commensurate pollution reductions) upwards to 30% with a 10% dynamometer imposed load factor.   Awards/Honors – ·         Loyola Public Interest Law Convocation, Testimonial in recognition of his commitment to the public interest through his pro-bono activities and for his exemplary service as a member of the legal profession, Loyola University Chicago, School of Law ·         Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP’s annual award given in recognition of outstanding pro bono achievements ·         Alumni Service Award for Outstanding Service to the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association ·         Northwestern University – Beta Gamma Sigma   ·         Lebanon Valley College – Phi Alpha Epsilon, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Pi Gamma Mu, Track-4 years (Captain-2 years, MVP-2 years), Football-2 years, Outstanding Athletes of America   Publications – Securitization of Financial Assets, Chapter 14 Certain Corporate Law Aspects of Establishing a Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose Corporation, Aspen Law & Business, 1996 (2nd Ed.) Milton S. Hershey – “His Deeds are His Monument, His Life is Our Inspiration,” Halbleib, 2004 Hershey – Ideal Community for Orphans, AuthorHouse, 2005   Public Speaking – Guest lecturer (e.g., Loyola University Chicago, School of Law, University of Pittsburg Law School, Derry Township Historical Society).     Civic – Worked with Lemont Sertoma, Equestrian Estates Homeowners Association, Equestrian Woods Homeowners Association, and other not-for-profit entities (in connection with their formation, tax qualification, and other matters).     [1]  Employment – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, February 1996 through December 2006: Partner, 1996; Director, 2002 • Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, 1995-1996: Partner • Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, 1987-1995: Partner, 1994 [2]   Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the largest law practices in the world, with more than 1,400 lawyers in seven U.S. and six European cities. [3]   Admitted – Illinois • Louisiana (Inactive) • Pennsylvania (Inactive) [4]   The Milton Hershey School Trust is the largest of its kind with an endowment in excess of $8,000,000,000.