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<html><body><font face="Helvetica">I thought this was just fine, and muchtter than what I expected from the snarky News Journal.<br><br>At worst =t was a non-event.<br><br>Good job by Josh to stay on top of this.<br><br>=ent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</font><blockquote><br>------ Original =essage ------<br><br><b>From: </b>Alex Snyder-Mackler<br><b>To: </b>Josh A=corn<br><b>Cc: </b>Ted Kaufman, Hunter Biden, Molly Magarik, Beau Biden, H=llie, Ashley Biden, Eric Schwerin<br><b>Sent: </b>January 13, 2015 at 8:23=AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Grant and Eisenhofer Announcement</blockquote><b=ockquote><html><head></head><body dir="auto"><div>Would be helpful if SG=were more definitive, but all things considered this is about the best as =an be expected. </div><div><br></div><div>Also, no one (besides the u=ual 25 people) cares. I think most people see this as "AG goes to law=firm before running for gov." Doesn't register. <br><br><div=<br></div><div>ASM</div></div><div><br>On Jan 13, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Joshua=Alcorn <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" >josh@beaubiden.com</a>&g=; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div>Here's the article as it a=pears in today's paper. The print edition headline (A1, top story) is =reat: "awaiting gov. run, biden joins firm"</div><div><div class="header-main" style="position: relative; width: 375px; height: 50px;">=div class="login_head" style="position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px= height: 25px; width: 36px; margin-right: 12px; margin-top: 12px; border: =px solid rgb(212, 212, 212); z-index: 12;"><span class="login-link logge=-out" style="background-color: ;"><a href="https://account.delawareonl=ne.com/login/?onSuccessRedirectURL=" style="text-align: start; text-in=ent: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: block; overflow: hidden; height:%px; width: 36px; background-image: ; background-size: 50%; background-po=ition: 50% 50%;" ><span style="background-color: ;">Beau Bi</span><span =tyle="background-color: ;">Jonathan Starkey, The News Journal</span></a>=/span></div></div><div class="padded-container story-image-container" st=le="padding: 0px 20px 20px;"><p class="story-image-text image-cutline =hort-caption" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: ;">B=au Biden has joined the law firm of a prominent Democratic donor after lea=ing office as attorney general last week.</span></p></div><div class="st=ry-body" style="clear: both; overflow: hidden;"><p style="margin: 0px;=padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Former Attorney G=neral Beau Biden didn't waste time finding a job.</span></p><div id=mobileweb-banner_topnewspolitics" class="ad ad-320-50 ad-wrap-none ad-to=" style="clear: both; overflow: hidden; width: 375px; position: relative="><div id="google_ads_iframe_/7103/de-wilmington-mobile-C1052/mobileweb-=anner_top/news/politics_0__container__" style="text-align: start; border= 0pt none; margin: auto;"><span style="background-color: ;">Biden, who l=ft office last week ahead of a planned campaign for governor in 2016, will=work as a lawyer at Grant & Eisenhofer, the law firm run by Stuart Gra=t, a prominent Democratic donor and plaintiffs' lawyer who represents =nstitutional investors in Delaware Chancery Court.</span><span style="ba=kground-color: ;"></span></div></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15p= 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Biden will work in G&E'=s Wilmington offices, the firm announced Monday.</span></p><p style="mar=in: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">"I&9;ve known Stuart and Jay Eisenhofer for many years and have watched as t=eir firm has grown into one of the nation's pre-eminent champions for =nvestors, serving many of the same constituents and causes I worked for as=attorney general," Biden said in a written statement provided by the =irm.</span></p><div class="oembed oembed-delawareonline oembed-type-link=initialized" style="display: inherit; padding: 0px 20px;"><div class="=embed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-delawareonline" style="border=bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(22=, 225, 225);"><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics 14/04/17/beau-biden-will-seek-rd-ag-term/7819377/?from=global&sessionK=y=&autologin=" class="oembed-link-anchor" style="text-decoration: =one; display: block; clear: both;" ><div class="oembed-link-thumbnail" s=yle="float: left; padding: 14px;"><img src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com=-mm-/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558/r00/http/www.gannett-cdn=com/-mm-/8e33503765e28038c36f96a9b46dc5464589988a/c=0-50-534-351&r=x18=3&c200x1800/local/-/media/Wilmington/Wilmington/2014/04/17//1397747998 -biden-to-crop.jpg" style="border: none; max-width: 78px; max-height: =0px; display: block;"></div><p class="oembed-link-title" style="margin= 0px 14px; padding-top: 12px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="back=round-color: ;">DELAWAREONLINE</span></font></p><p class="oembed-link-de=c" style="margin: 0px 14px 14px;"><font color="#000000"><span style=background-color: ;">Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden not running for =e-election</span></font></p><div style="clear: both;"></div></a></div></=iv><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background=color: ;">Biden's political director said the move "doesn't c=ange his intention to run" for the governor's office in two years= Biden, a well-known politician with a high-profile name in Delaware, coul= likely wait until next year to get started on a campaign. He could not be=reached for comment on the new job Monday. "Beau's comment is in =he press release," said Josh Alcorn, Biden's political director.<=span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="back=round-color: ;">Biden declined to be interviewed.</span></p><p style="ma=gin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">First eted attorney general in 2006, Biden, who served two four-year terms, hasclined repeated requests for interviews and has been conspicuously absen= from the public since health problems in August 2013, when Biden had surg=ry to remove a small lesion from his brain at a Texas cancer center.</span=</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="backgroun=-color: ;">In an interview, Grant said Biden's work for the firm would=build on his work as Attorney General targeting banking practices that led=to the financial crisis, and fighting for consumer protections.</span></p>=p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-col=r: ;">During his time as the state's top law enforcement officer, Bide= secured more than $185 million for Delaware in settlements with financial=institutions over conduct that contributed to the financial crisis, accord=ng to the Department of Justice.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; paddin=: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">The settlements include E million from Bank of America and nearly $20 million from JP Morgan Chas=. The JP Morgan money is being used to pay for affordable housing programs= the mortgage enforcement fund and to compensate public entities that suff=red losses because of investments in mortgage securities. A new plan from =ttorney General Matt Denn to place more police on foot patrols in high cri=e areas of Wilmington also might be funded by settlement money.</span></p>=p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-col=r: ;">"He's really a perfect fit for our practice," Grant sa=d. "It fits in both in his skill set and his core beliefs.</span></p>=p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-col=r: ;">Grant said in a written statement that the firm's clients will &=uot;benefit enormously" from Biden's addition.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">L=nding at Grant's firm, either during a break from politics or as a mor= permanent home, is no accident for Biden.</span></p><p style="margin: 0=x; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Grant is a pro=inent Wilmington plaintiffs' lawyer in Delaware Chancery Court, the he=alded business venue. His firm represents institutional shareholders in co=porate governance cases and mergers and acquisition challenges. G&E al=o represents whistleblowers in false claims cases seeking redress for alle fraud against government programs.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; ping: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Last year, Biden=;s Department of Justice joined Grant & Eisenhofer in a whistleblower =ase in Superior Court alleging that a number of highi-profile corporationsted improperly to withhold millions in abandoned property from the state=in the form of unused gift cards.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; paddi=g: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Grant has close connect=ons to Democratic politics here and in Washington. He helped raise money f=r Gov. Jack Markell's campaigns in 2008 and 2012 and is a close ally o= the governor.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><sp=n style="background-color: ;">He also <a class="story-link" href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/05/13/marke=l-denn-fundraiser/9037859/" title="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/f=rststatepolitics/2014/05/13/markell-denn-fundraiser/9037859/" style="tex=-decoration: none;" >helped bankroll</a> Matt Denn's successful c=mpaign for attorney general and, in March, hosted a fundraiser for then-U.=. Sen. Mary Landrieu, of Louisiana, at his Greenville home.</span></p><p s=yle="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: =">Markell, Beau Biden and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons were among the <a cla=s="story-link" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1095571-l=ndrieu-fundraiser.html" title="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1571-landrieu-fundraiser.html" style="text-decoration: none;" >event=;s hosts</a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><spa= style="background-color: ;">Grant is a friend and significant donor to =he Bidens. Grant bundled between $200,000 and $500,000 for the re-electionmpaign of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Beau'= father, in 2012, according to the <a class="story-link" href="ht=ps://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php" title="https://www.opensec=ets.org/pres12/bundlers.php" style="text-decoration: none;" >Center for =esponsive Politics</a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 2=px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Grant wrote a $10,000 check to Be=u Biden's political action committee, Beau PAC, in August, and gave an=ther $10,000 to a political action committee backing Denn in October. Gran= said he had "no indication" whether Biden intended to follow th=ough with plans to seek the governor's office in two years. "If B=au decides to run, G&E's loss will be Delaware's gain," G=ant said. "Until he makes a formal decision and files the necessary p=pers, he can change his mind. He can do whatever."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px;"><span style="background-color: ;">Ad Grant, "I expect that he will be in the office regularly and will practicing law and doing great things. We're very excited to have h=m."</span></p><div class="oembed oembed-delawareonline oembed-type-=ink initialized" style="display: inherit; padding: 0px 20px;"><div class="oembed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-delawareonline" style="bor-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rg=(225, 225, 225);"><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/loca=/2014/04/24/delaware-joins-suit-alleging-gift-card-scheme/8127943/?from=lobal&sessionKey=&autologin=" class="oembed-link-anchor" style="te=t-decoration: none; display: block; clear: both;" ><div class="oembed-li=k-thumbnail" style="float: left; padding: 14px;"><img src="http://www.=annett-cdn.com/-mm-/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558/r00/http/=ww.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/31f8b4087be0ba44eac85207eca69fb5ddf136d1/c=0-152000-1840&r=x1803&c200x1800/local/-/media/Wilmington/2014/04/24/7285231.jpg" style="border: none; max-width: 78px; max-height: 60px; displa=: block;"></div><p class="oembed-link-title" style="margin: 0px 14px; ding-top: 12px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color= ;">DELAWAREONLINE</span></font></p><p class="oembed-link-desc" style=margin: 0px 14px 14px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-=olor: ;">Delaware joins suit alleging gift-card scheme</span></font></p><d=v style="clear: both;"></div></a></div></div><p style="margin: 0px; pa=ding: 15px 20px;"><i style="background-color: ;">Contact Jonathan Starke= at <a href="tel:(302) 983-6756" style="text-decoration: none;" >02) 983-6756</a>, on Twitter @jwstarkey or at <a href="mailto:jstarkey@=elawareonline.co" >jstarkey@delawareonline.co</a></i></p></div><div class="footer-container"><div class="up-next padded-container" style="padd=ng: 0px 20px;"><font color="#000000" style="text-decoration: none; bac=ground-color: ;"><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime 15/01/12/serious-shooting-bear/21665665/" class="next-article-link" st=le="text-decoration: none; background-color: ;" ><span class="next-hea=line">Two dead in Bear shooting</span><span class="hlist-content hlist-t=mestamp timestamp-skin" style="display: block; padding-top: 8px;">8 hour= ago</span></a></font></div><br></div><br><div>/ja</div><div>302-598-1885 ll)</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone, which is responsible for an= typos. </div><div><br>On Jan 12, 2015, at 10:41 AM, <a href="mailt=:tedkaufman@comcast.net" >tedkaufman@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br><br></div><=lockquote><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; color: # 000"><div>TOTALLY agree - With all the c*** that the news journal has wr=tten over the last year - Beau's number in the october university of D= poll were incredibly good, and essentially the same as their last poll in 13.<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;fo=t-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helveti=a,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Hunter Biden" =lt;<a href="mailto:hbiden@rosemontseneca.com" >hbiden@rosemontseneca.com=/a>><br><b>To: </b>"Molly Magarik" <<a href="mailto:moll=.magarik@gmail.com" >molly.magarik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"J=shua Alcorn" <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" >josh@beaubide=.com</a>>, "Ted Kaufman" <<a href="mailto:tedkaufman@com=ast.net" >tedkaufman@comcast.net</a>>, "Beau Biden" <<a hr=f="mailto:261penn@gmail.com" >261penn@gmail.com</a>>, "Hallie&qu=t; <<a href="mailto:halliebiden@gmail.com" >halliebiden@gmail.com</a>=gt;, "Ashley Biden" <<a href="mailto:abiden@dcjustice.org" iden@dcjustice.org</a>>, "Eric Schwerin" <<a href="mai=to:eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com" >eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com</a>>, &q=ot;Snyder-MacklerAlex" <<a href="mailto:smacklera@gmail.com" >sm=cklera@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, January 12, 2015 10:15:38=AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Grant and Eisenhofer Announcement<br><div><br></=iv><div>Remember one thing- it wouldn't matter if he wrote that Beau d=cided to join a cult of devil worshipers- the only people it matters to ar= the 10 people that read the paper- half of whom work for the paper.<br><d=v><br></div>RHB<div>202.333.1880</div></div><div><br>On Jan 12, 2015, at 9# AM, Molly Magarik <<a href="mailto:molly.magarik@gmail.com" >molly=magarik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><br></div></div><blockquote><div>=div dir="ltr"><div><div>Unoriginal and predictable spin on their part, b=t helpful that they used the full quotes in the initial cut. They're m=re reminders of the great work Beau did as AG. <br><div><br></div>Let'= make sure we're clear about what needs to be filed and when to the pu=lic integrity commission, including the exact timing of when someone becom=s a candidate in their eyes, so that we're tracking any salary, expens=s, etc. that may have to be reported in the future. <br><div><br></div></d=v>Congrats, Beau and Hallie! I'm sure you're excited about the nex= chapter, and it looks like it will be a great one. <br><div><br></div></d=v>MM<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br=<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Joshua Alcorn =span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" >josh@beaubiden=com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="ma=gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="=ord-wrap:break-word">Here’s Starkey’s first run at the story:<=iv><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"><b>Bea= Biden joins Dem donor's law firm</b></div><div style="font-family:C=libri;font-size:15px"> </div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-s=ze:15px">Former Attorney General Beau Biden, who left office after two fou=-year terms last week with plans to run for governor in 2016, has already =anded a gig in the private sector. Biden is joining Grant & Eisenhofer= the law firm run by Stuart Grant, the prominent Democratic donor and plai=tiffs' lawyer.</div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">=nbsp;</div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">Biden will wo=k in G&E's Wilmington offices.</div><div style="font-family:Cali=ri;font-size:15px"> </div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-sizepx">"I've known Stuart and Jay Eisenhofer for many years and ha=e watched as their firm has grown into one of the nation's preeminent =hampions for investors, serving many of the same constituents and causes I=worked for as attorney general," Biden said in a written statement pr=vided by the firm.</div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">=nbsp;</div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">It's uncl=ar what the new job means for Biden's stated plans to run for Delaware=#39;s highest office in 2016. Biden has declined repeated requests for int=rviews and has been conspicuously absent from the public since health prob=ems in 2013. Grant said in a written statement that the firm's clients=will "benefit enormously" from addition of Biden.</div><div styl="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"> </div><div style="font-fam=ly:Calibri;font-size:15px">"Beau was at the forefront of legal action= brought nationally against shady mortgage issuance that caused the collap=e of the U.S. housing market," Grant said. "And he pursued major=ratings agencies, financial institutions, insurance companies and other pa=ties for their own misconduct with borrowers and investors. Given our longvocacy on behalf of shareholders and investors damaged by corporate frau= and malfeasance, Beau's successful record of service, enforcement and=tangible results align perfectly with those of our firm."</div><div s=yle="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"> </div><div style="font-=amily:Calibri;font-size:15px">Grant's firm had business before the Att=rney General's office while Biden was in charge, including a whistle-b=ower lawsuit that could result in a significant payday for the firm.</div>=div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"><br></div><div> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font=variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal=text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:no=mal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div>Joshua Alcorn</div><div><a=href="tel:302%2F295.8340" >302/295.8340</a> (office)</div><div><a href="tel:302%2F598.1885" >302/598.1885</a> (cell)</div><div><a href="mailt=:josh@beaubiden.com" >josh@beaubiden.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br=<div><br></div> </div> <br><div><blockquote><div><div class="h5"><div>On Jan 12, 2015, at 7:30 A=, Joshua Alcorn <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" >josh@beaubiden.=om</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div st=le="word-wrap:break-word">Hi folks - I’ve attached the press relea=e announcing Beau’s joining of Grant & Eisenhofer. It will go ou= today, around 9 am. Jon Starkey, from the News Journal, will get a 10 min=te heads up. Beau has a quote in the release, and that’s the only co=ment we’ll have. Stuart Grant will be available this morning to talk=with reporters who may have questions - Stuart’s focus will be on th= firms growing Whistle Blower practice, something he hopes Beau will help =uild. <div>If you have any questions for me, give me a call. Thanks,<=div><div>Josh</div><div> </div></div></div></div><span><BB Final R=lease - 010715.doc></span><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br>=div><br></div><div> <div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;f=nt-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webk=t-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing=0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div>Joshua Alcorn</div><div><a href="tel:302%95.8340" >302/295.8340</a> (office)</div><div><a href="tel:302%2F598.1" >302/598.1885</a> (cell)</div><div><a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.co=" >josh@beaubiden.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div><br></div> </div> <br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div=<br></div> </div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></bl=ckquote></body></html></blockquote></body></htm
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