<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Gotham Friends</span></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please welcome Bill Samuels to Gotham</span></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <!--StartFragment--></span><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bill is a Partner at Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, leading the firm\u2019s Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Bill provides advice and counsel to clients with </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">regard to obtaining, protecting, and commercializing intellectual property in the U.S. and around the world.</span></p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; 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letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">With his clients coming from a wide variety of industries and ranging from start-up companies to multinational corporations </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and funds, Bill tailors his recommendations and client options in a manner that fits each client\u2019s needs.</span></p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bill handles all aspects of domestic and international IP matters, including trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">copyright, patent, and IP enforcement and defense, including Internet and domain name matters, software, Web 3.0, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">fashion, consumer goods, fintech, cannabis, and more.</span></p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; 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text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When Bill is not working, he<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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