FRED C. FATHE, born March 10, 1952, Canton, Ohio. Undergraduate education, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio; B.A. (Magna Cum Laude), Chemistry and Physics, 1974. Graduate education, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; J.D. (Magna Cum Laude), Order of the Coif, 1977. Admitted to practice in Ohio (inactive at present), November 4, 1977. Admitted to practice in Arizona, October 17, 1981. Admitted to practice in the United States District Court, District of Arizona, October 26, 1981.

Member: Real Property and Business Law Sections of the State Bar of Arizona. Member: Real Property Section of American Bar Association. Past-Member: Business Law Section Council, Arizona State Bar; Past-Chair, Real Property Section, Arizona State Bar; Past-Chair, Business Law Section; Past-Member, Arizona State Bar; Subcommittee on Corporate, Banking, and Business Law Section, State Bar of Arizona, on Legal Opinions. Past Program and Speaker Chairman - Phoenix area, Real Property Section, State Bar of Arizona and Seminar Speaker at both State Bar and private real property legal educational seminars. Mr. Fathe is a frequent lecturer at legal educational programs held both in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.

Mr. Fathe has practiced extensively in the areas of real estate transactional practice; banking (primarily real estate and corporate finance); corporate acquisitions; and the Uniform Commercial Code. He is a Certified Specialist, Real Property Law, State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, and has been named in the publication The Best Lawyers in America as a leading real estate practitioner from 1997 and through 2003.

Mr. Fathe has been actively involved with real property acquisition and development, including acquisition and sales of both unimproved and improved property; real property master and development planning; major leasing transactions; real property financing transactions; and advising banks and other institutions (both Arizona and out-of-state) regarding structuring of Arizona real property lending transactions and foreclosures and modifications thereof.