William B. Freeman Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5406 Phone: 213-488-7269 Fax: 213-629-1033 Email: bill.freeman@pillsburylaw.com Web: www.pillsburylaw.com

Member: Business & Finance Group Host: Los Angeles Group 2 Professional Service: Attorney

BUSINESS BIO: Practices Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation Industries Travel, Leisure & Hospitality Consumer & Retail Mr. Freeman practices in the area of creditors' rights. His principal areas of emphasis include all aspects of bankruptcy law, negotiating and drafting commercial credit and collateral agreements for institutional clients in a problem loan or work-out context, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Freeman provides creditors' rights advice and services for domestic and foreign banks, indenture trustees, investment funds, bondholders, distressed debt investors, insurance companies and trade creditors. Mr. Freeman also represents official and unofficial unsecured creditors' committees and bondholders’ committees in major bankruptcy cases throughout United States. Mr. Freeman also represents real estate developers, funds and real estate equity interests in connection with the acquisition and disposition of distressed real estate both within and outside of formal reorganization proceedings. Mr. Freeman also represents clients in the acquisition of assets, claims and/or equity in connection with Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Freeman’s services involve, among other things, loan workouts in an out of bankruptcy proceedings, obtaining relief from the automatic stay on behalf of secured creditors, negotiating and documenting debtor-in-possession financing, negotiating consensual plans of reorganization, successfully objecting to confirmation of debtor-proposed plans of reorganization, preparation and confirmation of creditor plans of reorganization, objecting to the discharge and/or dischargeability of debts in bankruptcy proceedings, negotiating with and litigating against third-party creditors, landlords and litigants in bankruptcy proceedings, and obtaining pre-judgment writs of attachment, appointment of receivers, non-judicial foreclosure and judicial foreclosure of real and personal property collateral. In addition, Mr. Freeman provides counsel to institutional and individual trade creditors concerning credit documentation, collection, reclamation and other credit issues. PERSONAL BIO: Education J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1988 B.A. University of Michigan, 1985 Affiliations Admitted to practice: State of California Member of: Los Angeles County Bar Association Financial Lawyers Conference American Bar Association Firm Publications Buying And Selling Claims In Bankruptcy: Maximizing Returns, 01-Dec-1998