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Andrew Radding Telephone: 410-539-5195 Email: ARadding@AdelbergRudow.com

Andrew Radding is a member in the Baltimore law firm of Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC. Mr. Radding served as Assistant Counsel, U. S. House of Representatives, Select Committee on Crime (1969-1972) and Assistant U. S Attorney, Maryland (1972-1977). While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for Maryland, he prosecuted complex conspiracy and related substantive charges in Federal Court. He focuses his practice on complex commercial, civil and domestic litigation, white collar criminal defense and representation of professionals in federal and state courts.

Mr. Radding's practice is varied and extensive. He participates in mostly extended, complex, document intensive cases and the representation of professionals. Among Mr. Radding's most notable cases are:

Representation of members of a state commission appointed by the Governor of Maryland, in which the state legislature sought to improperly terminate their positions. Mr. Radding represented the commissioners and the commission and in a ruling by the state's highest court obtained a ruling that the legislature's actions was illegal and unconstitutional. Schisler, et al v. State, 394 Md. 519, 907 A.2d 175 (2006)

Representation of the Plaintiffs', as the lead local counsel, in a class action against Royal Ahold, an international corporation, in a securities class action case. The Plaintiff's settled for $1.1 billion one of the largest such settlements in history. In re: Royal Ahold N.V. Securities and ERISA Litigation, 461 F.Supp.2nd 383 (2006)

Representation of a party in the case at trial and the Fourth Circuit, Court of Appeals setting of standards of fair use copyright law in the federal courts in the Fourth Circuit. Bond v. Blum, 317 F.3rd 385 (2003)

Mr. Radding is the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the U. S. Attorney's Alumni Society of Maryland (1979-present). He was the Chairman of the Bicentennial Celebration Committee of U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1988-1990). He served as a Member of the Judicial Selection Committee, U. S. District Court vacancy (1986); Admission Qualifications Committee, U. S. District Court (1986-1988) and was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the State Administrative Board of Elections (1995-1996); the Mayor of Baltimore appointed Mr. Radding to the Executive Board of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council in 2001.

His extensive memberships in professional organizations include the Bar Association of Baltimore City; (Judicial Selection Committee, Chairman 1996-1997, 2002-present); Ethics Committee; Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) Member Board of Directors 1987 -1992; Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland (Member: Inquiry and Peer Review Panels) and Faculty Member for the Professionalism Course required of all new Admittees to Maryland Bar. Mr. Radding was elected to the Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors for 2005 - 2007. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association's Committee on Continuing Legal Education and is Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Program Committee. Mr. Radding was the moderator of a panel of judges and lawyers at the 2007 Maryland State Bar Association annual meeting on a discussion of E-discovery.

Mr. Radding resides in Baltimore County with his wife, Bonnie.

Areas of Practice: Litigation Group White Collar Defense Group Arbitration and Mediation Group Tax Group Intellectual Property Group Bar Admissions: New York, 1968 Maryland, 1977 District of Columbia, 1977 Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit U.S. District Court U.S. Tax Court Education: J. D., Boston University, 1968 B.B.A., Baruch School of the City College of the City University of New York, 1965 Awards: Elected to Who's Who in American Law in 1996 and in each subsequent edition 2007 Baltimore Legal Elite, Smart CEO Magazine 2007 Maryland Super Lawyers, Baltimore Magazine

Professional and Civic Involvement: Elected Member, Executive Council of the Bar Association of Baltimore City Chair, United States Attorney's (Maryland) Alumni Association Member, Federal Bar Association (President, Baltimore Chapter 1987-88) Member, American Bar Association Member, Maryland State Bar Association (Board of Governors) Member, Baltimore County Bar Association Member, The District of Columbia Bar Member, New York State Bar Association Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The Maryland Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member, Equal Justice Council of the Legal Aid Bureau Member, Barristers, A Law Club of Judges and Litigators Adjunct Faculty of the University of Baltimore School of Law for twenty years