John E. Nolan — Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Mr. John E. Nolan is a Partner in the Washington D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Mr. Nolan has been engaged in the practice of law since 1956. Mr. Nolan served as a Law Clerk for Justice Clark, Supreme Court of the United States. In 1950, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Marines and was a rifle platoon leader in the First Marines in Korea in 1951. He was discharged as a captain in 1954. In 1956, Mr. Nolan joined the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. In 1963 and 1964, he was the Administrative Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and thereafter returned to Steptoe & Johnson. Mr. Nolan has appeared before the Supreme Court to argue cases ranging from constitutional issues of absolute presidential immunity to questions of punitive damages and preemption under the Federal pension statute ERISA. He has also served as counsel for Chrysler Corporation and Ford Motor Company in major environmental cases, for Alyeska in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline case and for the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Nolan is a Mediator and Arbitrator of major business disputes. Mr. Nolan has been Independent Director of LenovoEMC, Limited since 2001. He serves as Honorary Trustee of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Mr. Nolan served as a Director of Hooper Holmes Inc. from 1971 to March 2005. Mr. Nolan served as a Director of Prime Computer and Iomega Corp. from 1993 to 1999. He is on the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and serves as a mediator for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Mr. Nolan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1950 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1955.