SPEAKER BIOS
JOHN E. GRAF
Mr. Graf practices in the civil litigation area, where he focuses on business and commercial litigation. John also handles cases in the areas of personal injury, workers' compensation and labor and employment. He has represented both corporate and individual clients including those in the computer and high-technology field and also clients involved in a variety of matters in the area of employment law. He has both prosecuted and defended lawsuits based on breaches of employment contracts, restrictive employment covenants, and theft of trade secrets and confidential information.

John is a 1986 graduate of Georgetown University and a 1990 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. At the University of Pittsburgh, he was Head Notes and Comments Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, and saw his case Comment, "Patrick v Burgett: Has the Death Knell Rung for the State Action Doctrine in Peer Review Antitrust Suits?" published in the Review. Prior to joining the law firm of Tucker and Arensberg, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Sylvia Rambo, Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennslvania. John is a member of both the Pennsylvania and Illinois bars, and is admitted to practice before the US District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylania and the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

G. ASHLEY "ASH" WOOLRIDGE
Mr. Woolrdige is a member of the Business and Estates Group with an emphasis on both business and professional corporations. His business clients tend to be owned by one or a few successful individuals. His role is to not only to provide legal services, but to also be part businessman and to serve as a confidant to his clients. He and his clients have a history of long term relations which commence with the formation of the business entity and incorporate his ability to recognize and resolve ongoing business prolems in a practical, cost-effective manner. His clients are in a multitude of industries, including: charitable fundraising, coal, computer consulting, construction, engineering, food brokerage, insurance, printing, real estate, and personal services (including accounting, advertising, and medical/pharmaceutical). Business succession, estate planning, and wealth transfer comprise another significant portion of his practice, all done with the careful consideration for tax savings for the client.

In addition, Mr. Woolridge advises clients on all phases of real estate, from the routine purchase or sale of residential property, to the planning, negotiating, financing and development of commercial/ industrial projects.

Ash graduated from the College of William & Mary and the University of Tulsa College of Law. He came to Pittsburgh and worked in the Trust Department of Mellon Bank, N.A. for two years. He then joined the predecessor law firm of Finkel, Lefkowitz, Ostrow & Woolridge. Ash became a shareholder in Tucker Arensberg, P.C. through the November 1989 merger of the two firms.

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