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Stephen T. Rodd
srodd@abbeyspanier.com

Mr. Rodd received his J.D. degree in 1974 from New York University Law School, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and an Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. The University of Kansas is his undergraduate alma mater, where he received his B.A. degree in 1969. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Second, Fifth and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Mr. Rodd has served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel in numerous cases that have achieved significant benefits on behalf of shareholders including: In re Vivendi Universal, S.A., Sec. Litig., Civil Action No. 02-cv-5571 (HB) (S.D.N.Y.); In re Crazy Eddie Sec. Litig., No. 87 Civ. 0033 (E.D.N.Y.); In re Wedtech Corp. Sec. Litig., No. 86 Civ. 8628 (S.D.N.Y.); and In re BankAmerica Corp. Sec. Litig., MDL No. 1264 (E.D. Mo.).

Mr. Rodd has participated in a conference panel on class action law and procedures sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section of the Paris Bar Association at the invitation of the French consumer organization, Que Choisir. Mr. Rodd has also lectured or served as a panel member in numerous seminars, including the PLI Consumer Financial Services Litigation seminar, the ACI D&O Liability Conference, the NIRI Southwest Regional Conference panel on SEC Regulation and the PLI conference on Hot Securities Issues in a Down Economy.