John F. Ballard
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Professional Experience
Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC
Partner, May 2008-November 2012
Corporate and Securities Law
General corporate and securities law practice; including negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business
agreements; stock and asset acquisitions; private placement syndications; private placements of debt and
equity issues; SEC compliance for registered mutual funds and investment advisors; Schedule 13D filings;
Stock Option Plan advice and implementation.
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Partner, July 1998-March 2008
Corporate and Securities Law
General corporate and securities law practice; including negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business
agreements; stock and asset acquisitions; private placement syndications in equipment leasing and other
industries; private placements of debt and equity issues; SEC compliance for registered mutual funds and
investment advisors; Schedule 13D filings; Stock Option Plan advice and implementation; Delaware
reincorporation advice and implementation.
Buckley King & Bluso
Of Counsel, January 1996-July 1998
Corporate and Securities Law
General corporate and securities law practice including negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of business
agreements; private placement syndications in equipment leasing, finance and restaurant industries,
substantial work to SEC registration of IPO company on Form SB-1; private resale transactions in restricted
public company securities.
Goodman Weiss Miller
Partner, July 1986-December 1995
Associate, January 1986-July 1986
Corporate and Securities Law
Extensive experience representing public companies in securities and general corporate areas; SEC
compliance, including Form S-3 and S-8 Registration Statements, Regulation S offerings, proxy statements,
Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q periodic reports; negotiation and drafting of acquisition and divestiture
agreements, credit agreements, technology license agreements, employment and severance agreements.
All aspects of securities and corporate law practice representing large, medium and small companies,
partnerships and limited liability entities; private placement memorandums and related Blue Sky and
syndication documents; federal, state and foreign Blue Sky law compliance.
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• sale of $1 billion privately held domestic pharmaceutical company to strategic buyer.
• sale of domestic public company to publicly held Australian holding company, including drafting and
negotiation of acquisition agreements, merger proxy statement and related SEC compliance matters, obtaining of
antitrust approvals from Department of Justice.
• SEC registered offering of $40 Million of debentures through major New York underwriting syndicate.
• Sale of privately held computer retailer to public company strategic buyer in registered stock for stock merger
transaction.
• Stock for stock acquisition of privately held Canadian software company by U.S. public company.
Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz
Partner, December 1985
Associate, November 1978-November 1985
Corporate and Securities Law
General corporate and securities law practice; negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business
agreements; private placement syndications in real estate, oil and gas, hotel and restaurant industries; SEC
compliance for public company client.
Education
J.D. 1978, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Law Review, Associate Editor, 1976
B.A. 1969, Harvard University, magna cum laude
Honors Thesis, summa cum laude
Harvard National Scholar, undergraduate and graduate, 1965-72
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