THE PARTNERS
BIOGRAPHIES

Marc H. Pullman, Esq.

-Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois (1969)
Juris Doctor, DePaul College of Law (1973)

-Former Positions: Counsel to the Chairman of Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. (currently affiliated with Unilever Corporation, NYSE); Assistant General Counsel, Liquid Carbonic Corporation (currently a division of Praxair Corporation, NYSE); Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois.

-Professional Organizations: Mr. Pullman has been active in a variety of business and professional organizations, including the Midwest Entrepreneurs Forum (Business Plan Committee); the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce (“Angel Team” advisor and speaker at Small Business Expo); the Business Valuation Association (member and speaker); Network Professionals, Inc. (past president, Chicago Chapter); Anti-Defamation League (Mid-West Regional Board, Committee Co-Chair and Speakers’ Bureau); the Chicago Bar Association; the Illinois Bar Association and American Corporate Counsel Association.; College of Lake County ( Instructor at business workshops).

Michael Gotkin, Esq.

-Education: Bachelor of Science: Columbia University (1964)
Juris Doctor: Vanderbilt University (1967)

-Admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions: State of Illinois; State of Tennessee; the District of Columbia; and the United States Supreme Court.

-Former Positions: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Farley Foods, USA (now affiliated with Kraft Foods); Chief Litigation Counsel, KFC Corporation (Kentucky Fried Chicken), now affiliated with Tricon Global Corp.; Partner, Mosley and Gotkin, Nashville, Tennessee; Trademark and Antitrust counsel, World Headquarters, H.J. Heinz Company; Trial Attorney, Bureau of Restraint of Trade of the Federal Trade Commission.

-Professional Organizations: Mr. Gotkin is a Past President and current member of the Board of Directors o of the American Corporate Counsel Association, Chicago Chapter; a member of the Board of Directors of the Candy Production Club of Chicago; Past President the Skokie, Illinois Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Antitrust and Intellectual Property sections of the American Bar Association; and a member of the Illinois Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the D.C. Bar Association, and the Tennessee Bar Association.