Prior to establishing his own firm in 2005, Lew Goldfarb was a partner in the New York Office of Hogan & Hartson LLP. His practice focused on class action defense and a variety of regulatory areas, including antitrust, consumer protection, financial services and product safety. In October 2007, he became of counsel to the firm of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP in their Morristown, New Jersey office. He continues his settlement practice as Lew Goldfarb, P.A.

Mr. Goldfarb is a former Vice-President and Associate General Counsel for DaimlerChrysler Corporation. He was in charge of the company's class action litigation and was the architect of its highly successful class action defense program. He has authored several articles, lectured frequently and has been quoted widely in business and industry press on strategies for countering abusive class actions. He was also responsible for the DaimlerChrysler's regulatory compliance in the areas of antitrust, advertising, franchising, consumer protection, environmental and motor vehicle safety.

Before joining DaimlerChrysler, Mr. Goldfarb served for 12 years at the Federal Trade Commission, first as a trial attorney, then as assistant director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in charge of the Division of Consumer Financial Services. He also served as the task force director for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board drafting regulations to implement the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

He has had extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution. He was appointed by the United States Trade Representative during the Clinton Administration to serve as an Article 19 arbitrator under the North American Free Trade Agreement. He presided over several arbitration proceedings pursuant to that assignment. He is a certified mediator and has been involved in mediations and arbitrations involving class action and individual product liability claims.

Mr. Goldfarb received his B.A. from New York University and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School. He is a member of the Bars of New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Michigan. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Among Lew Goldfarb's successes in pursuing early resolution are the following:

• Negotiated a global settlement of 12 arbitrations, several seeking class action certification, on behalf of a major franchisor of industrial products involving its franchisees throughout the country;

• Negotiated a nationwide settlement of 18 consumer class actions ending more than a year of costly litigation in 15 different states.

• Negotiated a global resolution involving class action claimants, state attorneys general and federal regulatory authorities involving alleged violations of federal safety standards and state deceptive practice regulations.

•In numerous instances, persuaded representative plaintiffs in class action litigation to accept defendants' customer satisfaction redress in lieu of continuing their class action litigation.

• Mediated pre-trial resolution of a claim by a severely burned passenger claiming defective vehicle design involving the fuel tank.

• In numerous instances, persuaded state and federal enforcement agencies to close government inquiries prior to the commencement of costly, protracted investigations.