BURTON L. RAIMI
BAR ADMISSIONS:
Florida, District of Columbia, Michigan, United States Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals for the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and D.C. Circuits, U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and the United States Court of Federal Claims.

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:
The Florida Bar; The D.C. Bar; The Michigan Bar (Inactive); American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Banking Law Committee); Florida Bar Association (Business Law Section); Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:
Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

Speaker and panelist for seminars sponsored by the Florida Bankers Association, Florida Community Bankers Association, U.S. League of Savings & Loan Associations, various state savings and loan leagues, the Institute for International Research, the American Bar Association, the New York Law Journal, the American Law Institute and others on subjects such as bank regulation, bank receivership law, mutual fund activities of banks and the Glass-Steagall Act.

Participant in the American Law Institute's drafting of the Federal Securities Code, primarily with regard to the impact of the Code on financial institutions.

Chairman, D.C. Bar's Banking Law Committee.

Listed in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
From 1964 to 1969 Burt was an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in that agency's Appellate Court Section. In that position Burt gained extensive experience in writing briefs and arguing cases before the various U. S. Courts of Appeals. He has argued cases before the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Circuits.

From 1969 to 1972, Burt was in private law practice where he specialized in federal securities law work, representing issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities and broker/dealers.

In 1971 Burt joined the Legal Division of the FDIC as Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the Division's Open Bank section. His first responsibilities included the legal aspects of that agencies responsibilities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In about 1973 Burt was appointed Assistant General Counsel for the Compliance and Enforcement Division where he was responsible for securities matters, consumer law issues and all enforcement proceedings brought by the agency.

In 1975 Burt was promoted to Deputy General Counsel with responsibility for the entire legal division, including the Closed Bank section.

In 1978 Burt re-entered private practice with the law firms of Rosenman and Colin (1978-1986) and Dechert Price and Rhoads (1986-1993). With both firms Burt engaged primarily in a securities law and financial institutions practice.

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