Jones Day

Lisa Stater has a broad range of experience in the corporate area, with an emphasis on securities, including principally the representation of issuers in the public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as securities compliance and other counseling for companies with publicly traded securities. In her representation of public companies, she has handled numerous complex securities transactions such as exchange offers, tender offers, going private transactions, mergers and recapitalizations, as well as primary and secondary equity and debt offerings. Lisa also has an extensive background in private placements, including 144A offerings. She also handles securities issues for private technology companies.

Elaine Wallace works in San Francisco as an attorney with Jones Day. As a Board Member, she uses her legal skills to improve the well being of children and families.

Phil Curtis joined Matteson Partners in 2002 as a partner in the firm. Executive search is a natural outgrowth of his many years of experience in business and law. Curtis has served as an executive for both private and public companies, including president of a closely-held real estate investment corporation; executive vice president of a national engineering consulting firm; and executive vice president of a $1 billion NYSE Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). He also has worked with national real estate developers Cousins Properties Incorporated, AIG Baker, and Taylor & Mathis. Curtis' career in law includes his tenure as an Associate Attorney for White & Case, the world's fourth largest law firm, and for Jones Day, formerly known as Hansell & Post, the then largest law firm in Atlanta. He is a member of the Georgia and New York Bars, the Old War Horse Lawyers Club and the Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Curtis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. A native of Long Island, New York, and raised in the Midwest, he has been a resident of Atlanta since 1974.