ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER NAMED TOP FIVE LITIGATION BOUTIQUE BY THE AMERICAN LAWYER

Graeme Bush concentrates on complex civil and white collar criminal litigation, bringing experience as a business and transactional lawyer to sophisticated business litigation. His experience includes class action and derivative litigation, private securities fraud actions, SEC enforcement actions and investigations, pension litigation by and against plans and plan fiduciaries, complex mass tort bankruptcies, asset retrieval actions, attorney malpractice and disciplinary proceedings, and parallel white collar criminal proceedings. These are some of the cases that Bush has handled:

• successful representation of over 2,500 pension plans in a class action under ERISA to recover fee overcharges concluding in a settlement of over $19 million on behalf of the class
• representation of an African cellular telephone magnate in the resolution of disputes with his U.S. and Egyptian partners and a disappointed prospective Israeli investor
• representation of the founder of Pax Television Networks in connection with a dispute over the terms of NBC’s investment in Pax TV
• representation of one of the founders of a major health care receivables financing company in SEC enforcement and related proceedings
• representation of a major business law firm in connection with the investigation by the Enron Examiner of certain tax transactions in which the firm rendered tax opinions
• representation of the long-time executive director of a prominent DC-based charity in civil and criminal investigations into allegedly improper financial practices
• representation of asbestos victims in a $1.5 billion dollar veil piercing trial that led to a settlement of over $900 million
• advice to hedge funds in connection with special situations involving asbestos bankruptcies and other litigation risk

Mr. Bush has served as outside general counsel to several businesses and businessmen, advising on corporate matters and securities compliance and representing clients in connection with securities filings and business transactions. His business clients have included a specialty finance company in the credit card industry and a company in the early stages of commercial roll-out of smart card and stored value technology.

Mr. Bush clerked for the Honorable Roszel C. Thomsen, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Maryland, and he practiced at Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, for over 21 years. He joined Zuckerman Spaeder in January 1999, where he serves as Chairman of the firm's Executive Committee and Partnership Board.

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