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Bruce S. Bennett, Esq.

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Bruce S. Bennett, Esq.

Bruce S. Bennett is a partner with Jones Day in Los Angeles and is global head of its Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice. He has represented debtors, creditors and business ac- quirers in many of the largest U.S. corporate reorganization cases in the fields of retail, gaming, media, telecommunications, heavy industry, aviation, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, energy, banking and computer technology. He recently acted as co-lead counsel for the City of Detroit in its historic chapter 9 debt-adjustment case and as counsel for major creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Caesars Entertainment Operating Corp., Energy Future Holdings and General Motors, and in out- of-court restructuring matters for iHeart and Puerto Rico. Prior to joining Jones Day, Mr. Bennett was lead lawyer for the Los Angeles Dodgers on their $2 billion acquisition by Magic Johnson and other partners. He also was lead debtor's counsel in the country's second largest municipal bank-         ruptcy (County of Orange, Calif.), which commenced following a $1.7 billion loss in county invest- ment pools. Related litigation resulted in the recovery of more than $870 million for the county. Other large debtor-side representations include Ameriquest Mortgage Co., First Capital Holdings, Hawaiian Airlines, L.A. Gear, LTV, SmartTalk TeleServices, Tucson Electric Power and Weststar Cinemas. He has also successfully resolved many large bankruptcy cases for lenders, noteholders and equity-interest owners, including Adelphia Communications, Enron, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Green Valley Ranch, Hawaii Medical Centers, Lehman Brothers, Olympia & York, Travelport, Tribune Company and Verso. Mr. Bennett is a member of the American College of Bankruptcy, the Financial Lawyers Conference, and the board of trustees and executive committee of Good Samari- tan Hospital, Los Angeles. He received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics magna cum laude in 1979 from Brown University and his J.D. cum laude in 1982 from Harvard University.