Thompson Hine Partner Appointed to Hedge Fund Association Board

Business Wire, March 12, 2008

Richard Heller Selected to Serve on 2008 HFA Board of Directors

NEW YORK -- Richard Heller, a partner with the law firm Thompson Hine LLP, has been appointed to serve on the Hedge Fund Association 2008 board of directors. The Hedge Fund Association is an international not-for-profit association of hedge fund managers, service providers and investors formed to unite the hedge fund industry and increase awareness of the advantages and opportunities in hedge funds. Mr. Heller was selected by industry peers to represent hedge fund service providers. In this role, he will contribute his time and experience to help connect, promote and grow the association.

Mr. Heller, a member of Thompson Hine's Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group, focuses his practice on securities matters. His experience includes formation of private offerings including hedge fund offering documents and exhibits and related securities filings; forming and registering broker-dealers with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and providing ongoing compliance advice for broker-dealers; preparing documents and filings with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for public offerings, 8-K and 13-D submissions; forming investment advisers and rendering ongoing compliance advice; providing state securities and "Blue Sky" advice to a number of national law firms; and defending registered representatives before the FINRA.

Mr. Heller has served three times on the SEC's Business Forum on Small Capital Formation, which has published recommendations to the White House.

Mr. Heller earned his J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978 and his B.A., with distinction in American Studies - History, from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1974. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Society of Compliance Professionals. Mr. Heller is admitted to practice in the state of New York.

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