Human Resources Executive

JOEL K. BEDOL

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Norwalk, CT *6854

203-***-****

E-mail: *******@*********.***

EXPERIENCE

SY KATZ PRODUCE, INC, Boone, NC April 2005 -present

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel (based in Connecticut)

Consultant (April 2005-February 2006)

Managed turnaround efforts and responsible for all operations including finance, accounting and legal

of wholesale fresh produce shipper and broker

CONSULTANT TO SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. March 2004-March 2005

(Successor company to Remington Products Company, LLC)

Managed international trademark litigation

REMINGTON PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC, Bridgeport, CT January 2000-October 2003

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

• Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer of a $400 million, Vestar Capital Partners LBO-

portfolio, developer, manufacturer, importer and marketer of consumer shaving, grooming, and

personal care products. Responsibilities include antitrust, acquisitions, capital markets, contracts,

corporate policy-making, employment, executive compensation, intellectual property, international,

litigation, SEC, and secured lending. Counseled senior management on all aspects of corporate

strategy. Member of Executive Committee. Highlights include:

• International Trademark Litigation: Manage European-wide trademark litigation against

principal global competitor, successfully breaking an intellectual property monopoly

• Government Investigation: Lead response to Consumer Product Safety Commission inquiries

and recall

• IP Program: Counsel engineering and marketing staff on worldwide IP issues; develop

worldwide intellectual property compliance program; counseled on patent and trademark matters

• Licensing: Negotiated and implemented technology and trademark licensing agreements,

including agreements with Walt Disney & Co., Mattel Co. and DuPont Corporation.

• Secured Lending: Negotiate and implement $110 million asset-based borrowing facility

• Capital Markets: Lead private placement of subordinated debt and related public exchange offer

• Sarbanes Oxley: Research and implement Sarbanes Oxley compliance program

• Ethics Policy: Develop and implement worldwide Code of Business Conduct

• Human Resources and Employee Benefits: Led the Human Resources group temporarily;

negotiated and implemented various executive and other compensation programs

NINE WEST GROUP INC., White Plains, NY 1992-1999

Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

• Reported directly to the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of $2 billion New

York Stock Exchange-traded designer, manufacturer, importer and marketer of footwear and

accessories distributing through over 2,000 wholesale accounts and 1,000 company-owned stores.

Counseled senior management on all aspects of corporate strategy. Highlights include:

• Created Legal Department: Created and led a team of six attorneys and four paralegals handling

SEC and New York Stock Exchange compliance, capital markets transactions, antitrust,

contracts, acquisitions and dispositions, international, labor and employment, real estate,

intellectual property and secured lending matters; saved over $3 million per year

• Public Offerings: Managed the initial public offering and four succeeding offerings; successfully

completed each according to business time frames

• Major Acquisition: Lead a team of senior executives and outside counsel in negotiating and

consummating purchase of a major competitor, which doubled the company’s revenues

• Debt Repurchase: Conceived and implemented repurchase of outstanding debt securities;

generated income statement “pick up” of $5 million and annualized interest expense savings of

$.08 per share

• International Joint Ventures: Negotiated joint ventures and acquisitions for expansion into

international markets, contributing to the company’s successful international expansion

• Government Investigations: Led a team of senior executives and coordinated corporate staff and

outside attorneys in major investigations by the SEC and United States Customs Service into

financial practices, achieving complete exoneration of the company on all issues

• Licensing: Negotiated and implemented licensing agreements (licensing in and licensing out),

including licenses for brand extensions of “Nine West” and other trademarks

• Antitrust: Counseled senior executives and divisional management on law of vertical price fixing

and appropriate business conduct. Facilitated acquisition of the company by receiving favorable

review by outside Wall Street law firm despite pending governmental investigations and lawsuits

• Executive Compensation: Analyzed financial, economic, and tax aspects of golden parachute

program for senior executives; counseled top management on compensation issues

• Board of Directors Relations: Managed adversaries on the Board of Directors and senior

management in resolving conflict and taking corporate action including sale of the company

• Human Resources and Employee Benefits: Led the Human Resources group temporarily;

negotiated and implemented various executive and other compensation programs

GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN, St. Louis, MO 1987-1992

• Partner in corporate department of this major St. Louis law firm. Represented diverse public

companies in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and

SEC and NYSE matters

BRYAN CAVE, St. Louis, MO 1985-1987

• Senior associate in securities law in home office of this international law firm

CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD, Cleveland, OH 1980-1985

• Senior associate in securities law in this major Cleveland law firm

BARKAN & ROBON, Toledo, OH 1979-1980

• Associate for corporate tax, estate planning, and numerous merger and acquisition transactions

OHIO DIVISION OF SECURITIES 1978-1979

• Staff Attorney reviewing registration statements filed in connection with capital markets transactions

EDUCATION

LL.M. New York University School of Law 1978 (specialization in federal tax and corporate finance)

J.D. University of Toledo College of Law 1977

B.S., Bus. Admin. Bowling Green State University 1973

ADMISSIONS

Ohio Bar, 1977; Missouri Bar, 1985; New York Bar, 2000; Connecticut Bar, 2003

PUBLICATIONS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PRO BONO ACTIVITIES

Co-author with Ronald C. Stansbury, “Interests in Employee Benefit Plans as Securities: Daniel and

Beyond,” Securities Regulation Law Journal, Fall 1980 (noted as “recommended reading” by the

National Law Journal).

Speaker, Legal Strategies for Pan European Brand Enforcement, London, January 2004

Volunteer, The Pro Bono Partnership. Performed volunteer legal services for not-for-profit

entities in New York State and Connecticut (June 1999 to December 1999)

Special Master, State of Connecticut Superior Court (Fairfield/Bridgeport and

Norwalk/Stamford Divisions). Mediation of litigated disputes (January 2005 to present).

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