KASTURI BAGCHI is a shareholder who received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with honors from UCLA in 1992 and subsequently was awarded her Juris Doctor degree with honors from Tulane University School of Law in 1995. While at law school, Ms. Bagchi was a managing editor of the Tulane University School of Law Environmental Journal where she published an article entitled "Application of the Rule of Lenity: The Specter of the Midnight Dumper Returns." 8 TUL.ENVTL. L.J. 265 (1995). Upon her graduation from Tulane, she clerked for the Honorable William Albrecht and the Honorable Harry K. Seybolt of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Warren County. She concentrates her practice in the firm's commercial lending group ( asset based and real estate based), lending workout group (on behalf of lenders and borrowers), and real estate practice groups. Ms. Bagchi is a regular contributing writer and editor of Real e-State, a Quarterly Electronic Newsletter for Real Estate which is published by the firm and is one of the co-chairs of the firm's annual Real Estate Symposium Committee. She recently co-wrote an article entitled "With (Extra) Due Diligence, It Can Be a Buyer's Market for Real Estate-Related Business Notes, Michigan Lawyer's Weekly, April 21, 2008. Ms. Bagchi is admitted to the Bars of New Jersey, Pennsylvania (inactive), California and Michigan. She is an active member of the Bharatiya Temple in Troy, Michigan and currently serves as the Events Committee Chair and Secretary for TIE 2009.

Education

• TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New Orleans, Louisiana, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1995
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at L.A., Los Angeles, California, B.A., 1992

Professional Memberships

• STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN
• STATE BAR OF NEW JERSEY
• STATE BAR OF PENNSYLVANIA
• STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA