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R. Steven Kestner

R. Steven Kestner has served as national Executive Partner of Baker & Hostetler LLP since 2004. In his role as Executive Partner, Mr. Kestner serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and chairs all meetings of the Policy Committee, which is the governing body of the firm. Since joining Baker Hostetler in 1979, he has served in several management positions, including Policy Committee Member and Chair of the firm’s National Business Practice Group, while developing an active legal practice focusing primarily on transactions, financings and securities law.

Mr. Kestner advises and represents clients in the areas of domestic and foreign mergers and acquisitions, and he regularly works with public and private companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and emerging companies in obtaining venture capital financing.

Mr. Kestner’s securities law work has included registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to both debt and equity financings and annual and periodic reports and proxy statements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. He works closely with NYSE and NASDAQ companies.

Mr. Kestner serves on the Board of Directors of Preformed Line Products Company (NASDAQ: PLPC). Preformed Line Products designs and manufactures products and systems for the energy, telecommunications and cable industries worldwide.

Mr. Kestner has been named one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers by Chambers USA since 2005, and he was elected to The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation in January 2008. His community work in Cleveland includes serving on the Board of Trustees for The Cleveland Museum of Art (2004 to present, including serving as Chairman beginning in 2011), the Board of Regents for St. Ignatius High School (2005 to 2010), Member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Cleveland Partnership (2006 to present), Member of the Executive Campaign Cabinet of the United Way (2007 to present), as well as Co-Chair of the United Way’s Philanthropist Society (2008 to present).