New York City Campaign Finance Board Appointment

Business Wire, May 19, 2000

Legal, Political & Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000

Dale C. Christensen, Jr., a partner at the New York law firm of Seward & Kissel LLP, has been appointed by Peter F. Vallone, Speaker, The Council of The City of New York, to fill a vacant position on the New York City Campaign Finance Board. Mr. Christensen will serve on the board for the remainder of a five-year term that expires on March 31, 2004.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board ("Board" or "CFB") is included in the New York City Charter as a result of a ballot proposition approved by New York City voters in November 1988. The Board is an independent, nonpartisan agency. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J., President of Fordham University, is Chair of the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

Mr. Christensen has practiced law at Seward & Kissel LLP since 1979. His primary responsibilities include providing litigation services to a broad range of clients including litigation involving banking and commercial disputes, insurance coverage, products liability, environmental, real estate and employment disputes.

Mr. Christensen received an A.B. degree cum laude with High Distinction in his Major of International Relations - Rufus Choate Scholar from Dartmouth College in 1969, a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs in 1971, and a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1976, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

Mr. Christensen is a Director and Past President of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association and the Seafarers and International House, Inc. He is also a Trustee of Lutheran Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center Health Systems, Inc. in New York.