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Harvey Linder

Harve Linder began his legal career as a labor and arbitration attorney for U.S. Steel ("USS") in Pittsburgh, PA. He held a number of increasingly responsible legal and human resources positions for USS, culminating in his transfer to Atlanta, GA, as the Director of Human Resources for the USS Agri-Chemical Division in 1984. In 1986, when the division was sold in a leveraged buy-out, Mr. Linder was elected Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of the new company, LaRoche Industries Inc. He was responsible for all legal, human resources, environmental, and asset redeployment matters for the corporation. In this executive capacity, he served as the chief negotiator on a variety of international and domestic joint ventures and acquisitions. Later in his career, Mr. Linder was elected and served in very similar positions for SED International, Inc. and MJCCA, Inc.

In addition to his inside corporate practice, Mr. Linder has been in private practice, focusing as an arbitrator and a mediator in a variety of areas, particularly complex business transactions, class action, employment, securities (NASD and NYSE), and commercial disputes.

He takes pride in having successfully navigated through the myriad of inherent differences between Americans and other cultures, while understanding the dynamics of the transactional process in a variety of business venues. He feels just as comfortable in the Board Room as on a production line.

Admitted: 1975, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania;

2003, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia;

1979, Supreme Court of the United States.

Law School : Duquesne University, J.D. 1975

College: Duquesne University, B.A., 1971

Member: American Corporate Counsel Association; American Bar Association (Section on Employment, Section on Business); Georgia Bar Association (Section on Employment, Section on Business); Allegheny County Bar Association; Georgia Council of Dispute Resolution; Industrial Relations Research Association.

Biography: President, Psi Chi, 1969-71; President, Student Bar Association, 1974-1975; Director, Duquesne University Law School Alumni Association, 1980-1984; President of the Agri-Chemical Industrial Relations Association, 1988-1990; Duquesne University Alumni Association; Boards of Directors/Officer Positions: Numerous Non-profit and Community Organizations, 1991 - Present.

Public Speaking/Publications:

Panelist: Accountability and Corporate Governance in the Non-Profit World, JCCA Biennial Convention, May, 2006
Professor: "Law and Ethics", Tichon High School, 2001-2003
Lecturer: American Iron and Steel Institute's Steel Fellow Program, 1977-1984
Lecturer: "Labor Relations in the Steel Industry," Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration, April 6 and 24, 1983, and March 31, 1982.
Panelist: "Crisis in the Steel Industry," sponsored by the Lehigh University Center for Economic Education, October 27, 1982.
Executive Consultant: Project Business Program of Junior Achievement, 1978-1983.
Article: "The Law and Science Fiction," 7 JURIS 14 (May, 1974).

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1949.