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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Ian McConnel <irmcconnel@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 <hbiden@rosemontseneca.com>
> wrote:
>> You free btw 3-4 today?
>>
>> RHB
>> 202.333.1880
>>
>> On Nov 24, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Ian McConnel <irmcconnel@gmail.com> 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 <hbiden@rosemontseneca.com>
>> 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 <irmcconnel@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hey Hunter:
>>> >
>>> > Do you want to set a time to connect over the holidays to chat?
>>> >
>>> > Hope all is well,
>>> >
>>> > Ian
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Ian McConnel
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian McConnel
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> Ian McConn