MICHAEL E. CURAN
Born New York, New York, December 2, 1931; admitted to bar, 1964, New York; 1965, U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court.

EDUCATION: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1958); Fordham University (LL.B., 1963).

EMPLOYMENT: Law Offices of Michael E. Curan, Principal, 1998-present; Curan & Troy, P.C., Principal, 1993-1998; Michael E. Curan & Associates, Principal, 1990-1993; Curan, Fader & Friedman, Senior Partner, 1988-1990; Michael E. Curan & Associates, Principal, 1984-1988; Conway, Farrell, Maloney, Stern, O'Connor & Duignan, Senior Litigation Counsel, 1980-1984.

LECTURER: Visiting Professor, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc., Medicine and Law Series, 1983-present.

RELATED INSURANCE EMPLOYMENT: Executive Director and General Counsel, New York State Insurance Brokers Association, 1979-1990; First Deputy Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department, 1975-1979; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Manager, National Litigation Section, 1969-1975; Haight, Gardner, Poor and Havens, Senior Litigation Attorney, 1963-1969.

INSURANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES: Chairman and Executive Director, Insurance Federation of New York, 1980-1985, Member/Director 1985-present. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1975-present.

MEMBER: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Administrative Law Committee, 1979-1982; Defense Association of New York; American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association.

MEDIATOR: Voluntary mediator for the Better Business Bureau.

KEITH J. AHLERS
Born Bronx, New York, January 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984 State of New York; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

EDUCATION: New York University (B.A. cum laude 1980); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1983).

MEMBER: American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyer Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Legislative Committee); New York State Bar Association; Westchester County Bar Association; White Plains Bar Association; Defense Research Institute, Chairman, Ethics Committee. Founder and President, The Breadwinners Foundation, Inc; Board Member, Periwinkle Productions.

STEVEN ROSS MITLITZKY
Born Brooklyn, New York, June 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; 1992, Connecticut, New York, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania; 1994 U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

EDUCATION: New York University (B.A., 1979); Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (J.D., 1990). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law.

AUTHOR: "Changes to Improve Nomination Process", New York Law Journal, October 17, 1991.

LANGUAGES: Spanish and French.

ROBERT J. EISEN
Born New York, New York May 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998 State of New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1999 State of New York.

EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (B.A. 1993); New York Law School (J.D. 1998)

MEMBER: Westchester County Bar Association, Queens County Bar Association.

ADAM A. SHAPIRO
Born Bronx, New York, September 15, 1977; admitted to New York State Bar, 2003.

EDUCATION: Ithaca College (B.S. Cum Laude 1999); Boston University School of Law (J.D. Cum Laude 2002).

Presently on military leave.

WILLIAM F. COSTELLO
Born New York City 1946, admitted to New York State Bar 1975; admitted to the United States District Courts for Southern and Eastern District of New York 1978.

EDUCATION: Fordham University (B.A. 1969); Fordham Law School (J.D. 1974).

MEMBERSHIP: New York State Bar Association.