Subject: Re: Catch Up
From: "Ian McConnel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "jim smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 11:30:16 -0500

Hunter/Beau:

 I am going to work on a concept overview for The Biden Law Group, but here
are the wave tops, and wanted to get your initial impressions and thoughts.

*Structure:*

My view is that we would be wise to affiliate with Grant &  Eisenhofer from
the start.  Stuart has a strong interest in Beau and creating a lasting
relationship.  Moreover, his established pipeline of plaintiff's work would
likely be a strong referral source.  Finally, his practice is national in
scope and will provide a strong platform for us to develop our practice
going forward.  In addition, I think we should consider including an
additional partner, and my suggestion is that we should speak to Matt
Lintner.  Matt. was a partner at SNR Denton in California and a partner at
Morris James here in Delaware.  In addition, he was of counsel at Potter
Anderson.  He went to Dartmouth undergrad and Stanford Law.  He spent 5
years litigating environmental suits for the California AG's office and
most recently has headed up Beau's consumer fraud division. He is
independently wealthy and would likely not need a significant base salary
to start, and is very, very bright.  Bottom line, I think he would be a big
asset to our firm and would be excited to build a practice with us.

Our firm would have three main areas of focus 1) local asbestos litigation
referrals; 2) public interest plaintiff suits  and 3) government affairs
and corporate internal investigations.

*Practice Area 1 - Asbestos Litigation *

Asbestos litigation will provide "bread and butter" work to establish a
consistent stream of revenue for the firm.  We would likely need one
associates/paralegal to assist with the case load.

*Practice Area 2  - Public Interest Plaintiff Suits*

The second area could be done on a contingency basis.  Delaware does not
have a strong local plaintiffs bar and there is a gap in qui tam
enforcement at the state level.  Acting as a relator law firm, we would
search out and develop medicaid fraud case against long term healthcare
facilities that are not providing full value for their medicaid dollar.  In
addition, we can look to act as local counsel for out-of-state plaintiffs
firms. Dan Miller (former MFCU Director for Beau) is a partner at Berger
Montague and may be a referal source -
http://www.bergermontague.com/attorneys/daniel-r-miller.  Finally, the
State is week on ADA compliance, civil rights enforcement and environmental
suits.  We could build cases oriented towards filing these gaps in the
bar.  I think Matt Lintner would be particularly helpful in this area given
his background and experience.

*Practice Area 3 - Government Consulting and Internal Investigations*

This practice area will be built on our experience and strong reputation in
financial enforcement and multi-state cases.  We would use our collective
networks to offer our services to Fortune 500 companies to serve as outside
consultants either on retainer or on a specific case to provide internal
reviews and recommendations; facilitate discussion with regulatory
agencies, and otherwise provide advice and counsel on government relations.
Strong contacts for possible referral/collaboration would be Bernie Nash,
JB Kelly (Dickstein Shapiro), Nick Gess (Bingham), Divonne Smoyer (Reed
Smith), Louie Freeh/Tom Gallagher (Pepper), and Jack Dodds (Morgan Lewis).
Potential Clients - AstraZeneca (Steven Mohr), Reybold Group (Jerry
Heisler), Corporation Service Company (George Massih), Capital One (Jim
Kelly), Bank of America (Rob Habgood), Comcast, BPG (Rob Bucciini), DuPont
(Michael Clark), University of Delaware  & Johnson & Johnson, etc..

Do you want to set up a time to speak further about this?

Let me know,

Ian

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> You free btw 3-4 today?
>
> RHB
> 202.333.1880
>
> On Nov 24, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Ian McConnel <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Either is good.  Whatever makes the most sense.  Just let me know day and
> time and I will make sure I am freed up.  Talk soon,  Ian
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes- how about Wednesday sometime or Friday- I'll be with Beau and Dad so
>> may be a good time to have us all on the phone.
>>
>> RHB
>> 202.333.1880
>>
>> > On Nov 24, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Ian McConnel <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey Hunter:
>> >
>> > Do you want to set a time to connect over the holidays to chat?
>> >
>> > Hope all is well,
>> >
>> > Ian
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ian McConnel
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>
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> --
> Ian McConnel
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Ian McConne