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EXHIBIT D PAUL S. BROWN, Associate, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, 2001, California, 2005, Illinois.

Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Microbiology, 1998); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2001) cum laude. Mr. Browns practice is focused on intellectual property-related transactions. Mr. Brown also has experience in patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity and contract litigation. Mr. Brown represents clients in intellectual property matters involving many subjects, including video games, casino games, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, life sciences and other technical areas. MARC J. CARMEL, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A, 1994; M.Acc., 1994); Harvard University (J.D., 2000). Mr. Carmels practice focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring workouts and his major recent client representations include UAL Corporation, Trans World Airlines and Harnischfeger Industries. Before attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Carmel practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. He co-authored the articles, Fiduciary Duties & the Zone of Insolvency, regarding the fiduciary duties of officers and directors in a financially troubled corporation, Recharacterization from Debt to Equity: Do Bankruptcy Courts Have the Power?, and What Standard Should Be Used To Determine Compensation?

ERIK W. CHALUT, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1996); University of Michigan (J.D., 1999). Mr. Chalut represents debtors in all aspects of chapter 11. He has also represented secured and unsecured creditors in connection with their relationship with debtors, in and out of bankruptcy.

RICHARD M. CIERI, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1981, Ohio; 2004, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1978); University of Michigan (J.D., 1981). Mr. Cieri plays a key role in many of the countrys largest chapter 11 cases and business restructuring matters. He is an internationally recognized authority in domestic and cross-border restructurings and in corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters. Mr. Cieris practice involves representing debtors (including portfolio and privately held companies), creditors committees and secured creditors in restructurings and bankruptcies; advising the boards of directors of financially troubled companies; providing advice in connection with legacy liability and environmental, retiree, pension tort and product liability claims facing a debtor and technology and intellectual property issues; structuring of secured and commercial transactions (including advice related to fraudulent conveyance, corporate spin-offs and related securities issues); and the acquisition of and lending to financially troubled companies.

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Mr. Cieri is recognized as one of the countrys outstanding restructuring lawyers by numerous leading publications including Turnarounds & Workouts; the K&A Restructuring Register of Americas Top 100 Restructuring Professionals; The Best Lawyers in America; The Guide to the Worlds Leading Financial Law Firms; Chambers USA, Americas Leading Lawyers for Business 2005; Global Counsel Handbooks: Restructuring and Insolvency 2004/05; and The Guide to the Worlds Leading Insolvency Lawyers. His distinguished career was profiled in an article by the Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review in March 2005 and he is the recipient of numerous other published honors. Mr. Cieri is also a member of the American College of Bankruptcy Lawyers.

DAVID L. EATON, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1978, Illinois. University of Michigan (B.A., 1974); University of Illinois (J.D., 1978).

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Mr. Eaton concentrates his practice in the representation of debtors, financial institutions, unsecured creditors and committees, in workout and bankruptcy planning, negotiation and litigation. He also represents purchasers of financially troubled companies. He is the author of several articles, including Acquiring an Insolvent Business and Trouble With The Syndicate: Avoiding Disputes Over Syndicated Loan Documents and Participation Agreements.

MICHAEL G. FATALL, Partner, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, Illinois, 1997. Education: University of Kansas (B.A. 1991); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1997). Mr. Fatall was a partner in K&Es intellectual property practice in Chicago.

AMANDA NICOLE FELTMAN, Associate, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., Psychology, 2002) cum laude; Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2005) magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Ms. Feltman is a litigation associate in K&Es Chicago office.

JOHN F. HARTMANN, Partner, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., 1984); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 1987). Mr. Hartmann is a litigation partner concentrating in shareholder, antitrust and commercial litigation. A former federal prosecutor and an experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Hartmann also handles white collar criminal matters and internal investigations. In addition to representing issuers, auditors and directors and officers in a wide variety of securities fraud cases, including several large matters arising out of accounting irregularities, Mr. Hartmann has litigated large antitrust and consumer fraud class actions, insurance coverage cases and other large commercial disputes. He has also represented numerous clients in connection with SEC and government

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inquiries regarding securities, antitrust, health care and environmental matters, and has conducted internal investigations for management, boards of directors and special committees. Mr. Hartmann was mentioned in the article, "Big Suits: Conseco Bankruptcy" from the March 2003 issue of The American Lawyer. STEPHEN E. HESSLER, Associate, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2001, Michigan; 2004, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1995); University of Michigan (J.D., 2001). Mr. Hessler is an associate in the litigation practice of K&Es Washington office. He co-authored the article, Its Time to Lengthen Strides in Tort Reform, which appeared in the August 31, 2004 issue of Investors Business Daily.

AMY HIJJAWI, Associate-Of Counsel, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1986); Loyola University (J.D., 1989). Ms. Hijjawi was formerly a partner in the law firm of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman in Chicago, Illinois, concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Ms. Hijjawi has acted as counsel for borrowers and debtors-in-possession engaged in businesses including health care and other management service organizations, telecommunications, manufacturing and retail distribution. Ms. Hijjawi also represents secured lenders, individual creditors, creditors committees and trustees in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings/litigation and practices in all areas of general commercial litigation, including contract, real estate, tax, fraud and insurance coverage. She has substantial trial experience, particularly in the area of financial fraud and is a member of the federal trial bar. Ms. Hijjawi has successfully argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois. She is also admitted to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court.

VICKI V. HOOD, Partner, Employee Benefits. Admitted to Bar, 1977, Illinois; 1991 New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1974); Northwestern University (M.M., 1977); Northwestern University (J.D., 1977). Ms. Hood is the partner in charge of Kirklands employee benefits group. Her practice focuses on the employee and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions, bankruptcy and workout situations. Ms. Hood also has extensive experience in advising venture capital, real estate and leveraged buyout funds regarding the Department of Labor plan asset rules, advising investment managers regarding ERISA fiduciary rules with respect to incentive compensation, prohibited transactions and other compliance issues, and counseling internal employee benefits committees on their ERISA fiduciary duties and responsibilities. Ms. Hoods practice includes the representation of some of the largest private retirement funds in the world for purposes of benefit design, compliance and, most significantly, direct private market investments.

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ALEXANDRA S. KELLY, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2003, California. Education: College of New Jersey (B.A., 2000); University of Southern California (J.D., 2003). Ms. Kellys practice focuses on protecting and advancing the financial interests of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in the various transactional and litigation-related aspects of the debtor-creditor relationship. Her primary focus is representing and assisting large chapter 11 debtors through many aspects of the restructuring process.

GREGG KIRCHHOEFER, Partner, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Saint Louis University School of Commerce and Finance (B.S.C., 1972); Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1982) cum laude. Building on work experience in the computer industry, Mr. Kirchhoefers practice is focused on transactional and counseling matters primarily involving computer, telecommunications, biotechnology, other technology and intellectual property, corporate and commercial issues. Mr. Kirchhoefer is responsible for the Firms intellectual property/technology transactions practice group in Chicago. Transaction and counseling matters for which Mr. Kirchhoefer has been responsible include: outsourcing (business process, information technology, applications processing and ASP) and facilities management agreements; telecommunications agreements (including tariffed and nontariffed voice, data, video and network management services); Internet, e-commerce and EDI agreements; strategic alliance, joint venture, consortium and teaming agreements; system development, software licensing and other computer-related agreements of all types; biotechnology, biogenetics, pharmaceutical and medical device agreements; technology transfer, research and development and licensing agreements; entertainment, publishing and new media agreements; bankruptcy-remote and tax-driven intellectual property holding entity mechanisms; intellectual asset-management programs; protection of technology, software and databases; and product development, manufacturing, franchising and distribution arrangements, all across a broad spectrum of businesses, technologies and intellectual property rights. In addition, Mr. Kirchhoefer works closely with the Firms corporate, venture capital/private equity and tax attorneys on mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and venture capital/private equity transactions and securities offerings.

DARYLL MARSHALL, Partner, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Temple University (B.B.A., 1996); Boston University (J.D., 1999). Mr. Marshall has a range of experience representing corporate and private equity clients in structuring financing agreements with lenders and providing advice with respect to mergers and acquisitions.

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DIANA S. MORAN, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2002, New York. Education: George Mason University (B.A., 1996); Harvard University (J.D., 2001). Ms. Saliceti Morans practice focuses on representation of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in transactional and litigation-related engagements.

JOSHUA J. RABINOWITZ, Associate, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., History, 1997) cum laude; departmental honors; University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2000) with Honors. Mr. Rabinovitz is an associate in the litigation practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rabinovitz was a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, where he handled a broad range of federal litigation nationwide.

VICKIE REZNIK, Partner, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2000, New York. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1996) summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; New York University School of Law (J.D., 1999) cum laude. Vickie Reznik is a partner in K&Es litigation practice in New York.

RAY C. SCHROCK, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1994); IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1998). Mr. Schrock has extensive experience in complex corporate restructurings, representing debtors and creditors in all aspects of insolvency practice. He has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, creditors committees, and other interested parties in in-court and out-of-court restructurings and other insolvency-related situations. Mr. Schrock also has negotiated and documented numerous distressed financing arrangements for borrowers and lenders, including debtor-in-possession credit facilities, secured and unsecured single bank and syndicated credit facilities, as well as bonding and securitization arrangements.

JUSTIN K. SCHWARTZ, Associate, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (A.B., Philosophy, 1979) cum laude; University of Cambridge (M.Phil., History & Philosophy of Science, 1982) Honors; University of Michigan (Ph.D., Philosophy & Political Science, 1989); Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1998) summa cum laude and Order of the Coif. Mr. Schwartz specializes in commercial litigation, mainly in antitrust and white collar criminal defense as well as class action and other complex litigation. Practicing in both state and federal court at the trial and appellate levels, he has represented major tobacco and real estate firms in private antitrust actions, advised and defended a large municipal client in a civil rights matter,

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handled a novel Sarbarnes-Oxley whistleblower matter for a significant chemical manufacturer, appealed administrative decisions on behalf of significant private individual clients, and defended utilities and agricultural producers in state and local government investigations, as well as being involved in the procedural aspects of a mass toxic torts case against a major oil corporation. He has done pro bono work in post-conviction defense and in a city school desegregation case.

JENNIFER M. SELENDY, Partner, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 1996, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., International Relations, 1990) magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; Oxford University, England (M.Phil., International Relations, 1992) Marshall Scholar 1990-92; Harvard Law School (J.D., 1995) cum laude. Jennifer Selendy is a partner in the New York office with substantial litigation and arbitration experience. Ms. Selendys practice involves all aspects of trial and appellate practice in a wide variety of substantive areas including, securities and shareholder litigation, complex commercial contracts, employment, environmental/mass tort, intellectual property, defamation, trade secrets, and capital markets disputes.

JESSE SHELEY, Associate, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., Political Science, 1999) High Distinction; Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs (M.P.A., International Affairs, 2003); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2003) cum laude. Mr. Sheley is an associate in K&Es corporate practice in Chicago.

ROBERT URBAND, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2005, New York. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., Accounting, 2001); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Mr. Urbands practice focuses on protecting and advancing the financial interests of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in the various transactional and litigation-related aspects of the debtor-creditor relationship.

PAUL WIERBICKI, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., Economics & Political Science, 2002) summa cum laude; NYU Stern School of Business (Advance Business Certificate, 2005); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Paul Wierbicki is an associate in K&Es restructuring group in Chicago.

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SCOTT R. ZEMNICK, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1998); IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2001). Mr. Zemnick has a broad range of experience in representing large, corporate debtors in all aspects of their chapter 11 cases, including advising clients on the impact of a chapter 11 filing on business operations, drafting debtor-in-possession financing pleadings, drafting pleadings in connection with section 363 asset sales, drafting and implementing plans of reorganization and accompanying disclosure statements, prosecuting and negotiating preference actions and claim objections, and enforcing the automatic stay. Mr. Zemnick has also represented unsecured creditors in connection with preference actions and automatic stay and executory contract matters.

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