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This is to RECONFIRM your attendance at:

BCIU Breakfast Roundtable Discussion with

The Honorable Norman L. Eisen
Ambassador of the United States to the Czech Republic
U.S. Embassy Prague

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Date: Friday, January 7, 2011

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Location: 950 F Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20004

Please confirm your receipt of this email.

If for any reason you cannot attend, please contact Ms. Meredith Neiman-Emmert at 202-595-2669 or m-nemmert@bciu.org<mailto:m-nemmert@bciu.org> as soon as possible.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you there.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Norman L. Eisen was appointed the new Ambassador of the United States to the Czech Republic in December 2010. Prior to this role, he served as Special Assistant and Special Counsel to President Barack Obama for Ethics and Government Reform from 2009 to 2010. In this capacity, he helped lead the Administration's initiatives on government ethics, lobbying regulation, open government, financial regulatory reform, and other issues. Ambassador Eisen also served as the Deputy General Counsel to the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team from 2008 to 2009.

Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Ambassador Eisen was a Partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, where he worked from 1991 to 2008. During his time at the firm, he founded their Public Client Practice, representing government entities in a wide array of legal matters.

In 2003, Ambassador Eisen established Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog group dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life. From 1985 to 1988, he served as an Assistant Director at the Los Angeles office of the Anti-Defamation League, a national civil rights organization.

Ambassador Eisen earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1985. He received a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1991.

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Ms. Meredith Neiman-Emmert | Program Officer
Business Council for International Understanding
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW | Suite 416 | Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-595-2669 | Mobile: 917-459-6140 | Facsimile: 202-595-2674
Email: m-nemmert@bciu.org<mailto:m-nemmert@bciu.org>

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