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Board of Directors

• Victor Preisser

  Chairman of the Board

  Mr. Preisser has extensive experience in business operations and exit strategies. As CEO of FindLaw, he negotiated the sale of the company to West Legal and Technical Publishing. He has served as a senior executive in large companies (Litton, NorthWest Industries, IBP), small (FindLaw, Networked Picture Systems), government (Cabinet level positions, Iowa), and Academia (Resident Professor of Management, University Of The Pacific, Adjunct Professor at Iowa State Univ., Univ. of CA-ext., Golden Gate Univ. and Stanford). As a Partner in the Williams Group, Mr. Preisser authored Peparing Heirs and currently applies his 40 years of experience to family ownership transition issues, focusing upon the development of career paths for family members/heirs. He has an MBA and a BS in Physical Sciences from Stanford University.

• Erez Bustan

  President, CEO and Founder

  Mr. Bustan founded American LegalNet in 1996. Prior to American LegalNet, he founded the American Runner Attorney Service, a company serving law firms in Southern California. In the process of growing American Runner into a multi-million dollar business that served over 300 law firms as clients, Mr. Bustan was able to see the market opportunity to create a “Desktop to Courthouse” workflow solution that encompassed docketing, calendaring, court forms, court rules and electronic filing. He has grown American LegalNet into the leading provider of “Desktop to Courthouse” workflow solutions that enhance workflow, minimize risk and reduce cost.

• Jeffrey Shopoff

  Director

  Mr Shopoff is a Partner with the San Francisco based law firm of Shopoff & Cavallo. Mr. Shopoff has been practicing law since 1970, and has extensive trial experience in almost every type of commercial dispute in California State and Federal court. He specializes in resolving business disputes and is experienced in a wide area of corporate problems, and has represented many closely held corporations. As an investor, Mr. Shopoff has been involved with several venture capital firms and was one of the "angels” who backed the founders of Information Technology Ventures and Infinity Ventures. He is also an investor with Voyager Capital in Seattle and several individual companies. Mr. Shopoff has been an investor in American LegalNet since December, 2000.

• Tim Stanley

  Director

  Mr. Stanley is a programmer, lawyer and CEO of Justia.com, which provides online resources and services to academic institutions, public interest groups and legal professionals. Justia is currently the second highest trafficked commercial legal Website in the United States. Prior to starting Justia, Tim co-founded FindLaw and served at various times as FindLaw's CTO, CEO, Chairman and VP of Products. He is a member of the State Bar of California and was on the Executive Committee of the State Bar's Law Practice Management and Technology Section. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.