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ALN 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. Mr. Preisser 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 highly successful 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 firsthand the market opportunity to create a Desktop to Courthouse application and started providing a national electronic forms database, as well as identifying the tremendous potential of e-filing and e-dockets. Mr. Bustan subsequently sold American Runner to focus fully on American LegalNet. American LegalNet is the #1 Desktop to Courthouse Workflow solution provider, which enhances workflow, minimizes risk and reduces cost.

Eli Eisenberg
Acting CFO and Director

Mr. Eisenbery has over 30 years of experience in the financial and business management of entrepreneurial companies. As founder and CEO of Straight Line Management™, he specializes in providing financial expertise and mentoring to high-potential early stage companies, helping them to increase profitability, secure funding, evaluate and capitalize on opportunities, streamline financial operations, and get the financial side of the business under control. Since launching his Straight Line Management consulting company in 1991, he has served as a trusted advisor to more than 60 early-stage companies, both traditional and web based, across a variety of industries including software and game companies, high and low tech manufacturing companies, wholesale distribution companies, product and services companies and non-profit organizations. Prior to starting Straight Line Management he served as Chief Financial Officer for three high technology companies, served in senior financial and operational management positions (including VP of Finance and VP of Operations) in several other high growth companies, and established, ran and sold his own successful consumer products company. He received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and became a CPA in California is 1978. He is also a Fellow of the Larta Institute, where he conducts workshops and mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs. Mr. Eisenberg has been with ALN since 2000.

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.