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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND

RESEARCH REPORT

DECEMBER, 2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………………………………………………..PAGE 3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 4

BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE……………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 5 KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S CLIENTS…………………………………………………………………….PAGE 7 PROBLEMATIC LAW FIRM CLIENTS………………………………………………………………...PAGE 13 LAW FIRM’S PRO-BONO WORK…………………………………………………………………PAGE 20 FAMILY VULNERABILITIES…………………………………………………………………………........PAGE 22 LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS………………………………………………………………………………6

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION………………………………………………..Page 28 Family Information Relevant Work History Boards, Associations, Awards & Memberships Licenses Voter Registration Information Personal Finances CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION………………………………………………………………...Page 32 New York City Campaign Contributions New York State Campaign Contributions Federal Campaign Contributions RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION…………………………………………………………….Page 39 14 Devon Road, Larchmont, New York 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, New York

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METHODOLOGY The following report presents an analysis of the record of Kirsten Gillibrand. This book includes details of her career, as well as information regarding her personal and professional interests. The executive summary outlines main themes and research highlights of the report. The main body of the document is divided into sections that provide further explanation of the key issues presented in the executive summary as well as other relevant information. Specific areas of research include online searches, on the ground research collection in New York City Hudson and Albany New York, and extensive Lexis Nexis. Note: Significant effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. Before using this material, please be certain to understand the facts and nuances within the information presented and always double-check the facts to verify your claims.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Born and raised in New York, Kirsten Gillibrand earned an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth University, a Jurist Doctor from the University of Southern California in 1991 and served as a law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Following law school she joined the firm of Davis Polk & Wardell where she worked as an associate for 9 years. After a stint at the Department of Housing and Urban Development she joined the Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a partner in 2001. A product of a political family, Kirsten comes from a long line of major figures in Albany politics. Her grandmother Polly Noonan was the colorful and longtime companion of Albany's legendary mayor Erastus Corning, and a political force in her own right. Gillibrand's father, Douglas Rutnik, is a lawyer and powerful Democratic lobbyist. Her mother, Polly Rutnik is also a major figure in Albany politics. Gillibrand lives in Hudson, New York with her husband Jonathan and son Theodore. Due to her young age and the fact that she has no voting record on issues any attack on Gillibrand will likely focus on one of three things; her family and commitment to the region, her law firm work or something she or her campaign says or does in the course of the election. Kirsten's family could cause her some political headaches. While her relatives have endured individual problems outlined below, the most likely attack she will face is that she is a product of Albany's political machine. The more voters learn about Kirsten family, the more they may not believe that she is a true political outsider, as she claims. And despite her family’s long ties to the region, Kirsten has spent most of her life living in New York City and Westchester County and only moved into the district two years ago – one can assume in preparation for a run to Congress. "When has she ever been interested in our issues?" voters will be coaxed to ask Gillibrand's law firm work is the richest vein of attacks. The two firms she is associated with, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and Davis, Polk & Wardell have represented a number of clients that represent political liabilities. While Kirsten’s name does not appear on many dockets, her law firm's client rosters include big tobacco, oil companies, and a number of white-collar criminals. With no legislative record for her opponents to criticize, Kirsten's work, and the work of the firms that have employed her, will be scrutinized for contradictions. When she discusses environmental stewardship, they will bring up her firm's work for some of the worst environmental offenders such as Exxon Mobil and DuPont. When she talks about health care and wellness, they will point to her firm's work for large pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds. Should she discuss retirement security or corporate responsibility, they will bring up the work her firm did for notorious white-collar criminals such as executives of Tyco and Adelphia Communications.

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BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE 12/9/1966: Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Born 9/1984: Enrolled in Dartmouth University 6/1986-8/1986: Attended Beijing Normal University, China 9/1986-12/1986: Attended Tunghai University through University

of Massachusetts, Taiwan China 8/1988: Enrolled in University of California, Los Angeles 5/1989-8/1989: Shea and Gold, Summer Associate, New York, NY 5/1990-7/1990: Davis, Polk & Wardell, Summer Associate, New

York, NY 7/1990-8/1990: Interned for US Attorney’s Office for the

Southern District of NY, New York, NY 9/1990-12/1990: United Nations Crime Prevention (Intern),

Vienna, Austria 5/1991: Graduated from UCLA with a J.D. 9/1991: Associate, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York, NY 11/8/1991: Notified of passing the Bar which was taken on

July 30-31, 1992 1/22/1992: Admitted to State of New York, Supreme Court,

Appellate Division, Clerked for Judge Miner 9/10/1993: Admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia,

Court of Appeals 10/4/1993: Admitted as Member of District of Columbia Bar 12/13/1993: Admitted to Southern District Court of New York

State 12/13/1993: Admitted to Eastern District Court of New York

State

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4/2000: Worked At HUD 4/7/2001: Married Jonathan Gillibrand 6/2001: Partner, Boise Schiller 10/17/2002: Admitted to Colorado District Court 11/12/2003: Son Theodore Gillibrand Born

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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S CLIENTS The following is a top line review of clients Kirsten represented while at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. A review of records between 2001 and 2005 indicates that Kirsten’s name is only associated with one client– Qwest Communications. However, per conversations with Kirsten and as indicated on her personal financial disclosure form, I’ve investigated work that Boies, Schiller & Flexner may have done for other clients on the list. In cases where Boies, Schiller & Flexner was mentioned, I’ve noted it. In cases where Boies, Schiller & Flexner wasn’t mentioned I’ve noted legal problems those clients were having at the time – please review with the understanding that Kirsten’s firm may not have worked on those specific cases.

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED COMPANY FACING ALLEGATIONS OF FAULTY ACCOUNTING

Qwest Hired Boies Schiller To Investigate Possible Accounting Errors Surrounding Sale Of Fiber-Optic Capacity Swaps. Qwest's board hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner to launch an investigation into Qwest's past accounting. The firms investigation found that potential problems were "not quantitatively or qualitatively material" to Qwest's financial statements and that no changes needed to be made to its previously reported results. [USA Today, 8/18/03] Boies Schiller Found Problems In Just 8% Of The Sales, Found Accounting Deals Sound. Qwest Communications hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner to investigate its controversial fiber-optic capacity sales. Qwest and Boies Schiller determined that just 8 percent of the deals had problems and according to sources familiar with the investigation, Boies, Schiller & Flexner initially found the accounting deals sound. [Denver Post, 9/27/02; Denver Post, 10/4/02] Law Firm Was Advising Qwest When Company Told Board That Internal Probe Found No Problems. Boies, Schiller & Flexner advised Qwest at pivotal meetings when the company's board was told that the internal probe found no problems. [Knight-Ridder, 1/23/03] Six Months After Probe, Company Decided To Reinstate Over $1 Billion In Revenue. Six months after the probe finished, the company fired its chief executive officer and decided to restate more than $1 billion in revenue connected to the deals that it once decided were appropriate. At a congressional hearing, chief financial officer Oren Shaffer said that after reviewing the same deals, he found he could not justify Qwest’s earlier accounting treatment. Qwest announced it will erase or shuffle $ 2.2 billion in revenue from its books for 2000 and 2001 due to improper accounting. Of that figure, $ 1.5 billion came from swaps or sales of fiber-optic strands. [Denver Post, 10/4/02; Denver Post, 3/11/03] DOJ And SEC Investigated Deals. The Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange

Commission began to investigate Qwest, each probing whether Qwest improperly recorded revenues from the fiber-optic deals as immediate gains, even though most of the transactions involved long-term leases. [Denver Post, 10/4/02]

Report Commissioned By Company Who Swapped Assets With Qwest Detailed Faulty Accounting. An investigative report by bankrupt Global Crossing who swapped assets with Qwest, detailed three deals in which the company might have skirted accounting rules. The deals, in which Global Crossing and Qwest swapped assets, included unwritten or otherwise secret agreements that allowed Global Crossing to

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exchange the assets it bought from Qwest for others at a later time. Such 'side letters,' had they been known to Qwest's auditors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, would have invalidated Qwest's method of accounting for the deals, said a former SEC investigator. [Denver Post, 3/11/03] Boies Schiller Said Accounting Associated With Enron Deal Showed No Problems, Proved Inaccurate. Boies Schiller told Qwest that a controversial 2001 network deal with Enron showed no problems based on a preliminary review, said lawyers familiar with the matter and an auditor's meeting notes. But the accounting for the Enron deal -- and dozens of others scrutinized in that probe -- has since been deemed improper by Qwest and added to its proposed restatement. [USA Today, 8/18/03] Gillibrand Listed As Attorney For Quest Communications In Case To Dismiss Class Action Lawsuit. According to a report in Securities Class Action Reporter, Gillbrand was one of the attorneys from Boies, Schiller & Flexner L.L.P representing Quest Communications in their motion to dismiss a class action complaint for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act. [Securities Class Action Reporter, 2/29/04] Plaintiffs Allege Quest Engaged In Faulty Accounting. According to a report in the Securities Class

Action Reporter, “The plaintiffs alleged the defendants engaged in accounting manipulations of Qwest's financial statements and issued false and misleading statements about Qwest's financial performance during the class period. The plaintiffs claimed these misrepresentations resulted in a fictitious inflation in Qwest's stock price. Qwest's stock price fell from a high of over $50 per share to a low around $7.27 per share at the end of the class period.” [Securities Class Action Reporter, 2/29/04]

GILLIBRAND DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO FROM ALLEGATIONS OF PRICE FIXING

A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up one instance where Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented Philip Morris. Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defended Philip Morris Against Price Fixing Claim. Boies, Schiller & Flexner defended Philip Morris in the case, Williamson Oil Company, Inc. v. Philip Morris Companies. In the lawsuit, Philip Morris was being sued by 1,500 cigarette distributors alleging that major tobacco companies conspired to fix cigarette prices. In 2002 Boies, Schiller won a summary judgment, which dismissed the case against Philip Morris. [The American Lawyer, 2/03] Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defended Philip Morris Against Charges That Company Marketed Lower Tar Cigarettes As Healthier. Boies, Schiller & Flexner defended Philip Morris in class action case accusing the company of allegedly violating Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act ("FDUTPA") by designing, selling and marketing Marlboro Lights and Ultra Lights as being substantially lower in tar and nicotine than regular, or non-light cigarettes. A Florida Judge later decertified the class action suit. [Class Action Law Monitor, 1/31/04]

CLIENT REPRESENTED BY GILLIBRAND’S FIRM GUILTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS, DISCRIMINATION

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A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up a couple non-specific mentions of Boies, Schiller & Flexner representing DuPont. It is unclear from the public record what work Boies, Schiller & Flexner did for DuPont so below is a sampling of legal problems the company has faced over the last four years. TEFLON LAWSUIT DuPont Agreed To Pay $16.5 Million In EPA Settlement. In December, 2005, The DuPont Company agreed to pay $10.25 million in civil fines and fund $6.25 million in research projects to settle allegations that it failed to report pollution and human contamination from perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, a chemical used in Teflon and other products. The Environmental Protection Agency said the fine was the largest administrative civil fine ever obtained for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05] EPA Accused DuPont Of Withholding The Negative Health Effects Of Teflon For Over 20

Years. The EPA alleged that DuPont withheld information for more than 20 years about the health effects of PFOA, also known as C-8, an ingredient found in Teflon. They also accused the company of withholding information about the pollution of water supplies near the company's Washington Works plant near Parkersburg, W.Va. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05]

EPA Accused DuPont Of Withholding Results Indicating That Chemicals Found In Teflon

Could Pass From Pregnant Women To Baby. The EPA said that DuPont withheld test results indicating that the chemical had been found in at least one pregnant worker from the Washington Works plant and had been passed on to her fetus. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05]

DuPont Paid $100 Million To Settle Suit Claiming Company Withheld Info About Human Health Risk Of Teflon. In February, DuPont agreed to pay more than $107 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2001 by Ohio and West Virginia residents who claimed that DuPont intentionally withheld and misrepresented information about the human health threat posed by PFOA. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05] Former DuPont Employee Accused Company Of Covering Up Evidence Of Chemicals Used In Food Packaging Leached Out PFOA. A former DuPont chemical engineer made allegations that DuPont covered up data showing that one of its fluorochemicals used in food packaging was leaking perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), also called C-8, at three times the level set by the FDA. Glenn Evers, who worked at DuPont for 22 years, lost his job in 2002 in what DuPont says was a company restructuring. Evers claimed he was "pushed out of the company" for voicing concerns about the health risks associated with PFOA, and has since filed a wrongful termination lawsuit. [Chemical Week, 11/23/05] FUNGICIDE BENLATE LAWSUITS DuPont Paid More Than $1.9 Billion To Settle Lawsuits Associated With Fungicide Benlate. Since 1985, DuPont has paid more than $1.9 billion in damages and legal costs associated with problems caused by the chemical fungicide, Benlate. The company has also faced racketeering suits charging the company with hiding evidence of problems. As of December, 2005 the company still had 73 cases pending involving Benlate. [Motley Fool, 12/15/05] DuPont Secretly Paid Opposing Lawyers To Resolve Claims Over Fungicide Benlate. DuPont Co. secretly paid opposing lawyers $6.4 million to resolve claims over the fungicide Benlate. The cases sprang from lawsuits blaming Benlate for ruining millions of dollars of ornamental plants, trees and food

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crops. DuPont settled 20 of the cases for $59 million in 1996 and secretly paid $6.4 million to lawyers in Miami who represented the growers. The confidential payment was made public after the growers sued the lawyers and DuPont over the settlement. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/9/03] CONTAMINATION LAWSUITS Mississippi Fisherman Awarded $14 Million For Illness Caused By Contamination From DuPont Plant. In 2005, a jury awarded a Gulf Coast oyster fisherman $14 million for illness he said was caused by contamination from a DuPont Co. titanium dioxide pigment plant. The ruling was one of 2,000 pollution injury lawsuits filed against DuPont alleging contamination. [Greenwire, 9/7/05] Study Showed DuPont Was To Blame For Nickel, Chromium Found In Oysters At St. Louis Bay. In 2005, attorney’s commissioned a study which showed that the DuPont factory was responsible for the high concentrations of nickel and chromium found in St. Louis Bay oysters. The levels of nickel and chromium were high enough to make the consumption of more than one per day unsafe. [Biloxi Sun-Herald , 4/28/05] EPA Alleged DuPont Violated Clean Air Act. In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused DuPont of violating the Clean Air Act with emissions from a plant in New Johnsonville, Tenn. [Bloomberg News, 11/9/04] DuPont Paid $1.1 Million To Settle Clean Air Act Violations. In 2003, DuPont Co. reached a $1.1 million agreement with the federal government, to settle Clean Air Act violations stemming from a 1997 chemical release from a Louisville plant. The company agreed to pay $550,000 in civil penalties and agreed to perform environmental projects worth another $552,000, according to the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency. [Associated Press, 8/1/03] DuPont 1 Of 8 Companies Ordered To Pay $56 Million To Clean Up Stretch Of Indiana River. DuPont was one of eight companies who agreed to pay $56 million to clean up a stretch of the Grand Calumet River polluted with lead, mercury and PCBs. [Associated Press, 8/20/05] Jury Found DuPont Guilty Of Causing Illnesses Of Two Women Who Grew Up Near Polluted Plant. A jury found the DuPont Company guilty of causing illnesses of two women who grew up near the company's shuttered, polluted explosives plant in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. The two women were among about 1,600 past and present residents of Pompton Lakes, who sued DuPont in 1997 over pollution at the old plant. Several months before the suit was filed, in an out-of-court settlement, DuPont paid $38.5 million to 427 residents of a company housing complex next to the plant's 600-acre site. Most of them were employees at the plant, which operated from 1902 to 1994 and produced blasting caps and fuses for military and commercial use. [New York Times, 6/5/02] More Than 100 Famers Sued DuPont, BLM For Crop Damage Caused By Herbicide Oust. More than 100 Idaho farmers and ranchers sued DuPont, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for crop damage allegedly done by the herbicide Oust. The complaints allege more than 100,000 acres in 11 counties were affected by Oust. The chemical allegedly was carried by the wind from burned-off rangeland where the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had the herbicide applied in 1999 and 2000 to prevent the emergence of noxious weeds. [Associated Press, 4/16/02] WHITE COLLAR CRIME LAWSUITS

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Group Shareholders Asked SEC To Investigate Whether DuPont Executives Hid Financially Relevant Info. The DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value coalition, a group of company shareholders, asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether executives at DuPont Co hid financially relevant information from investors. The group said it is was calling on the SEC "to compel company executives to disclose data that would forewarn investors about potentially costly health, safety and legal liabilities at plants that use or produce perfluorooctanoic acid." [MarketWatch, 5/24/05] DuPont Dow Elastomers Pled guilty To Price Fixing. In 2005, DuPont Dow Elastomers agreed to plead guilty and pay $84 million to settle claims that it conspired to fix prices. DuPont Dow Elastomers, which was formed in 1996, was accused of trying to eliminate competition by participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices of synthetic rubber from August 1999 until April 2002. [Courier Journal, 1/20/05] DuPont Paid $44.4 Million To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Company Monopolized Blood Thinning Drug Market. DuPont Co paid $44.5 million to settle consumer lawsuits claiming the company tried to monopolize the market for blood-thinning drugs. More than a dozen suits were filed against DuPont, alleging the firm violated federal antitrust laws by trying to block approval of a less-costly generic version of a blood thinning drug. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/10/02] DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS Woman Awarded $1.29M For Alleged Discrimination While Working At DuPont. Laura Barrios, a 56-year-old woman who said she was the victim of discrimination because of her disability while working for the DuPont chemical plant in LaPlace, Louisiana was awarded $1.29 million by a jury in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. Barrios sued DuPont through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the American Disabilities Act of 1990 after she was forced to take permanent disability retirement in 1999. [Times-Picayune, 10/28/04] Labor Union Accused DuPont Of Labor Law Violations. The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union accused DuPont Company of labor law violations. The union said the company has bargained in bad faith, opposes the right of workers to unionize and is in violation of the U.N.'s Global Compact, which DuPont signed in 2001. As a result, it wanted the company removed from the Compact. [News Journal, 1/22/04]

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED CLIENT SUING FOR ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS

A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up the following instances where Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented YES Networks. Boies Schiller Represented YES Network After Cablevision Balked On Deal To Distribute Games To Subscribers. In Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network, LLC v. Cablevision Systems Corporation, Boies Schiller represented the YES network, which owned the rights to broadcast Yankees games. In 2001 the network filed suit after Cablevision balked on a deal to distribute Yankees games to Cablevision's 3 million subscribers. [The American Lawyer, 2/03] Boies Schiller Represented YES Network In Antitrust Suit They Filed Against Cablevision. Boies , Schiller & Flexner represented YES Network in lawsuit they filed against Cablevision alleging antitrust

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violations. A Manhattan federal judge allowed the case to proceed but said YES failed to adequately allege the existence of a conspiracy. [Entertainment Litigation Reporter, 10/31/02]

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED AVIATION WORKERS RIGHT’S FOUNDATION IN LAWSUIT

Boise Schiller Represented Aviation Workers Right’s Foundation In Lawsuit Charging ALPA Lied Over TWA-APA Conflict Of Interest. The Aviation Workers' Rights Foundation retained Boies Schiller to file a complaint with the National Mediation Board charging that the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) was actively trying to recruit pilots from American's Allied Pilots Association into ALPA membership while representing TWA pilots in its seniority integration battle with APA. Edgar James, general counsel for APA, called the claim "frivolous." Alan Vickery, an attorney for Boies, Schiller & Flexner, New York, which represented the foundation, said the filing "responds to ALPA's assertion in its file before the NMB that it did not spend any money in the year 2000 trying to organize American Airlines pilots who belong to APA." He said the letter "brings to NMB additional documentary evidence, which appears to squarely contradict" ALPA's assertions that it had adequately represented TWA pilots. [Aviation Daily, 2/19/02] Gillibrand Had Some Involvement In This Case.

Court Info: Allied Pilots Assn v. Bensel, et al Court United States District Court Northern District Of Texas Case Name Allied Pilots Assn v. Bensel, et al Plaintiff Allied Pilots Association Defendant American Airlines Inc Docket Case Number 4:02cv149 Filing Date: 2/15/2002 Nature Of Suit: 740 Railway Labor Act Defendant’s Attorneys Gillibrand, Kirsten E [COR LD NTC] (Others listed include Vickery) Source: Lexis Nexis Court Link

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GILLIBRAND’S LAW FIRM’S CLIENTS The following details potential problem cases that Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and Davis, Polk & Wardell worked while Kirsten was an employee. The law firm’s client roster includes big tobacco, oil companies, and some of the most famous white collar criminals. With no legislative record for her opponents to criticize, Kirsten's work, and the work of the firms that have employed her, will be scrutinized for contradictions. Essentially, anytime she outlines legislative priorities, the opposition is likely to comb the record searching for corporate cases in which her law firms were on the wrong side of those very same issues.

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO IN SUIT OVER ADDICTIVENESS OF NICOTINE Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Philip Morris In DOI Investigation Alleging Executives Lied To Congress About The Addictive Qualities Of Nicotine. Davis Polk & Wardell acted as the chief outside counsel to Philip Morris while the company was under investigation by the Justice Department, which alleged tobacco executives perjured themselves before Congress about addictive qualities of nicotine and concealed from investors material information about health dangers of their product. According to the Legal Times, the Davis Polk & Wardell lawyer heading up the Philip Morris defense was Robert Fiske. [Legal Times, 1/20/97] Davis Polk & Wardell Represented RJ Reynolds Tobacco To Cover Industry Liability For Tobacco. Davis Polk & Wardell attorney Arthur Golden represented RJ Reynolds Tobacco in landmark tobacco liability case. RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris negotiated on behalf of other major US Tobacco companies with the Department of Justice to cover industry liability for tobacco. Under the agreement liability limits would be granted to tobacco companies in return for advertising curbs and an enormous payment that could total $300 billion over the next 25 years [American Health Line, 4/16/97] Two Lawyers From Davis Polk & Wardell Registered To Lobby For RJR Tobacco. In 1997 two lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardell, Arthur Golden and D. Scott Wise registered to lobby for RJR Nabisco Inc a parent company of RJ Reynolds Tobacco. [Palm Beach Daily Business Review, 1/2/98] Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Nabisco In Sale To Philip Morris. In 2000, Davis Polk & Wardell represented Nabisco in negotiations with Philip Morris when they purchased the company for $14.9 billion. [Daily News, 6/25/00] Settlement Talks Between Tobacco Industry And State Prosecutors Took Place At Davis Polk & Wardell Offices. Talks between state prosecutors and the tobacco industry for a settlement of the lawsuits by 29 states over the recovery of smoking-related Medicaid costs took place at the law offices of Davis Polk & Wardell. [APX News, 5/22/1997] Davis Polk & Wardell Lawyers Strongly Tied To Tobacco Industry. As reported in the American

Lawyer, two partners at Davis Polk & Wardell had strong ties to the tobacco industry. Arthur Golden a partner at Davis Polk & Wardell represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Robert Fiske, Jr., negotiated on behalf of Philip Morris Companies. RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris took the lead in settlement talks on behalf of the industry as a whole. Davis Polk &Wardell has strong ties to RJR Nabisco, the parent company of R.J. Reynolds. A Davis Polk & Wardell partner, Steven Goldstone,

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was hired as RJ Reynolds general counsel in February 1995 and went on to become CEO and chairman. Fiske has represented Philip Morris in the Justice Department's investigation of allegations that tobacco executives perjured themselves before Congress and withheld material information from investors. The American Lawyer, 6/1997]

Agreement Called For Major Cigarette Manufacturers To Pay $15 Billion A Year For 25 Years To Settle Suits. The agreement reached between state prosecutors and tobacco companies called for major cigarette manufacturers to pay roughly $15 billion a year for the next 25 years to settle suits brought by 39 states and Puerto Rico seeking compensation for smoking-related Medicaid claims. It also provided for new industry-financed anti-smoking programs and restrictions on cigarette advertising and marketing. In return, the tobacco companies would win immunity from most lawsuits and freedom from punitive damage awards for past behavior. [New New York Times, 9/4/1997] Liberals, Opponents Of Tobacco Industry Objected To Tobacco Agreement. Liberals and

longtime opponents of the tobacco industry objected to the agreement as generous to the industry, and Republican leaders in Congress resented the plan's intrusion on legislative prerogative. [New York Times, 9/4/1997]

Davis Polk & Wardell Reaped Millions In Sale Of RJR International Tobacco Business. Merger experts believed Davis Polk & Wardell made millions off the $8 billion sale of RJR Nabisco’s international tobacco business. [New York Times, 3/10/1999] Davis Polk & Wardell Charged RJR About $500 An Hour, Reaping Millions From Tobacco

Settlement Suit. In December 1997, D. Scott Wise, a partner at New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee that he billed RJ Reynolds about $500 an hour. As reported in The American Lawyer, “The disclosure, which came during a hearing on limiting plaintiff’s attorneys' fees in tobacco settlements, raised some lawmakers' eyebrows. Wise's rate is revealing: Assuming a 2,200-hour annual workload, a single lawyer billing $500 an hour would bring in $1.1 million a year in fees. That's only one lawyer of the battalions dispatched to tobacco work around the country.” [The American Lawyer, 5/1998]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM WORKED FOR BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By Aetna When They Purchased US Healthcare Inc. Davis Polk & Wardell represented Aetna Life and Casualty Co. when they acquired U.S. Healthcare Inc. in an $8.8 billion deal that would create the nation's largest medical benefits company. [New York Law Journal, 4/4/1996] Davis Polk & Wardell Hired By CVS When It Purchased Arbor Drugs Inc. Davis Polk & Wardell was retained by CVS corp. when they purchased Arbor Drugs Inc. for $1.48 billion. With the purchase of Arbor Drugs, CVS corp. became the country’s largest drugstore chain. [New York Law Journal, 2/19/1998] Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By Pharmaceutical Company Zeneca In Merger With Astra AB. Davis Polk & Wardell was retained by Zeneca Group PLC when they merged with Astra AB of Sweden valued at about $ 35 billion. The new company, which was to be called AstraZeneca, became the world's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company. [New York Law Journal, 12/17/1998]

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Davis Polk & Wardell Represented AstraZeneca In Merger with Novartis AG. Davis Polk & Wardell represented AstraZeneca PLC, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company in their $15 billion merger with Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, creating Syngenta, the world's largest producer of pesticides. [New York Law Journal, 12/16/1999]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG OIL AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Exxon Mobile After Large Oil Spill In New Jersey. Davis Polk & Wardell represented Exxon Mobile after a 567,000-gallon oil spill into the Arthur Kill, New Jersey. Robert Fiske of New York's Davis & Polk headed the legal team. The deal eventually reached between Exxon and New Jersey provided that Exxon plead guilty to a one-count federal misdemeanor, and pay a fine of more than $10 million. The deal also stipulated that no indictments could be sought by New York state or New Jersey state prosecutors; and no action be taken against the four Exxon officials under investigation. [New Jersey Law Journal, 1/24/91]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED FIRM ACCUSED OF VIOLATING BANKING LAW Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By First American After They Were Accused Of Violating US Banking Law. Robert B. Friske, an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardell was part of a legal team defending First American, which was under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney, the U.S. Justice Department, and the Federal Reserve Board for possible violations of banking and money-laundering laws. [American Banker, 6/6/91] Two Top Executives From First American Represented By Davis Polk & Wardell. Robert Fiske,

an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardell, was a member of the legal team representing Clark M. Clifford and Robert A. Altman, two top executives of First American. Clifford and Altman resigned from First American after they faced numerous investigations and regulatory inquiries which would cost them millions of dollars in legal fees. [Washington Post, 8/15/91]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM REPRESENTED REAL ESTATE MAGNATE ACCUSED OF BILKING THOUSANDS FROM INVESTORS Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Former General Development Corp. Exec. Accused Of Bilking Thousands Of Investors. Davis Polk & Wardell represented David Brown the former chairman of General Development Corp., a Miami real estate giant who was accused of bilking thousands of investors in the Northeast by a combination of high-pressure sales and fraudulent appraisals. [New Jersey Law Journal, 11/14/91] General Development Executives Later Acquitted Of All Charges. In 1996, the 11th U.S. Circuit

Court of Appeals reversed the fraud convictions of four former executives of Miami's General Development Corp. (GDC) and dismissed their cases. GDC, which plead guilty to conspiracy after filing for bankruptcy in 1990, had been accused of committing one of Florida's largest real estate swindles by deliberately misleading thousands of customers about local market values. Davis Polk & Wardell attorney Carey Richard Dunne represented the GDC chair David Brown. [National Law Journal, 4/29/1996]

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GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED NYC COMPTROLLER AGAINST CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALLEGATIONS Davis Polk & Wardell Represented NYC Comptroller Accused Of Violating Conflict Of Interest Laws. New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman hired lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardell to represent both her and her campaign as city investigators looked into conflict of interest allegations surrounding the selection of an underwriter for city bond deals. The inquiry by the New York City Department of Investigation emerged in May, following reports that Holtzman's office had recommended the appointment of Fleet Securities as a co-manager of city bond sales after the firm's corporate affiliate, Fleet Bank, made a $450,000 loan to Holtzman's failed campaign for the U.S. Senate in August 1992. [Bond Buyer, 7/8/93]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES CHARGED WITH MILLIONS IN INVESTOR FRAUD Prudential Co. Retained Davis Polk & Wardell After SEC Charged Company With Improperly Selling Limited Partnerships In 1980’s. Prudential, the Wall Street subsidiary of the Prudential Insurance Co., hired Gary Lynch of Davis Polk & Wardell to represent them in negotiations with the SEC. State securities regulators and the SEC were investigating whether Prudential executives and brokers committed fraud in selling the partnerships to hundreds of thousands of individual investors in the 1980s. The investigation encompassed dozens of partnership programs, including Prudential's biggest, the Energy Income Funds, which took in $1.45 billion from 137,000 investors. Few of the partnerships earned any money for investors, and overall the program was believed to have resulted in between $1 billion and $3 billion in losses. [Los Angeles Times, 7/20/93] Prudential Later Agreed To Pay Penalties, Restitution Totaling $371 Million. Prudential

Securities Incorporated agreed to pay penalties and restitution totaling $371 million to settle federal civil charges of improperly selling limited partnerships in the 1980s. The settlement came a week after Prudential announced that it had agreed to pay $120 million to settle a separate class action brought by 137,000 investors in oil and gas partnerships. [The American Lawyer, 12/93]

Spitzer Sued Former AIG Executives On Charges Of Manipulating Financial Statements To Bolster Companies Results. In May, 2005, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued American International Group (AIG), Maurice R. Greenberg, the former AIG Chairman and Chief executive and Howard I Smith, AIG’s firmer chief cinancial officer accusing them of manipulating financial statements to bolster the company's results and misleading regulators and investors. David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented the men. [New York Times, 11/26/05] Greenberg Also Faces Investigations By Federal Prosecutors, SEC. Maurice R. Greenberg, the

former AIG Chairman and Chief executive, who built A.I.G. into a global giant in commercial and life insurance over four decades, was the subject of two criminal investigations by federal prosecutors as well as a civil investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Justice Department was looking at whether Greenberg intended to mask A.I.G.'s true financial condition. [New York Times, 11/26/05]

Boies Schiller Represented Former Enron CFO. Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented Andrew Fastow, Enron's former chief financial officer who told investigators that he was not responsible for

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signing off on the accounts for the controversial private partnerships that brought the company down. [Financial Times, 3/20/02]

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANY CHARGED WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS Davis Polk & Wardell Represented ICI Explosives Who Settled Suit With Thermex Energy In Anti-Trust Case. Davis Polk & Wardell represented ICI Explosives USA, Inc., in an antitrust lawsuit. The company was forced to pay Thermex Energy Corporation nearly $490 million in an antitrust case and ICI Explosives settled the suit for $36 million. Just three days before the settlement, ICI Explosives also pleaded guilty to one Sherman Act violation and agreed to pay a $10 million fine. [The American Lawyer, 10/1995]

GILLIBRAND’S LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES WHOSE PRINCIPALS WERE GUILTY OF STEALING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

Boies Schiller Hired By Tyco For Internal Investigation. Boies, Schiller & Flexner was hired by Tyco to launch an internal investigation into the company. Their report contained most striking details of executive malfeasance and possessed evidence of executives taking unreported interest-free loans for a variety of undocumented personal uses. The report also detailed abuses of the company's relocation program and bonuses--related to the initial public offering of TyCom and the sale of ADT's automotive business--used to forgive loans. [Forbes, 9/18/02] Law Firm Hired After Improper $20 Million Fee Paid To Member Of Tyco Board. David Boies'

law firm, Boies, Schiller and Flexner, was hired by the Tyco board of directors to investigate after an improper $20 million fee was paid to Frank E. Walsh Jr., then a member of the Tyco board. The results of Boies' probe led to charges against Walsh, Swartz and Kozlowski. [Associated Press, 2/27/04]

2002: SEC Filed Formal Charges Against Tyco. During 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission began an investigation of Tyco's top executives. As investigations continued it was uncovered that Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco's former CEO; Mark Swartz, Tyco's former CFO; and Mark Belnick, the company's chief legal officer, had taken over $170 million in loans from Tyco without receiving appropriate approval from Tyco's compensation committee and notifying shareholders. For the most part these loans were taken with low to no interest. Many of them were offset as bonuses without open approval. Kozlowski and Swartz also sold seven and a half million shares of Tyco stock for $430 million without telling investors. Formal charges were made by the SEC September 12, 2002. [Securitiesfraudfyi.com] Boies Schiller Represented Tyco While It Sued Chief Legal Officer For Fraud. Tyco, through the

law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, begins the process of suing Mark Belnick, the company's chief legal officer for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. Belnick maintained that he acted with integrity as Tyco's chief legal officer. [Securitiesfraudfyi.com]

Adelphia Forced To Seek Bankruptcy After Disclosing Company’s Founder And Son Had Taken $3 Billion. Cable TV company Adelphia sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002, soon after

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disclosing that the company's founder, John Rigas, and his son, Timothy, had borrowed almost $3 billion from the company for their own use. Boies Schiller Conducted Internal Investigation At Adelphia While They Were Facing Charges

From SEC. Boies Schiller conducted an internal investigation at Adelphia and worked alongside other firms on subsequent litigation for the company, which was then facing civil charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the possibility of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

Adelphia Settled With Government In 2005 For $715 Million. From 2002 to 2004, Boies Schiller,

whose representation was led by partner Philip Korologos, received bankruptcy court approval for almost $30 million in legal fees. Adelphia and the Rigases settled with the government in April for $715 million, a lower figure than the $1 billion the government originally requested.

GILLIBRAND’S FIRM ACCUSED OF NUMEROUS ETHICS VIOLATIONS Boies’s Children Owned Large Stake In Companies Where Boies Schiller Often Steered Clients. Attorney David Boies’ children owned a one-third stake in an expert-witness and research company to which his law firm steered clients. Boies Schiller guided clients to companies without disclosing family stakes in the firms, generating millions of dollars in income and potential returns for his children including document-management firm Amici, copying firm Echelon and Legal & Scientific Group. William F. Duker, Mr. Boies's friend, a former associate who served prison time for overbilling the federal government for legal services, held stakes in both Amici and LSAG. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05] Substantial Portion Of LSAG’s Revenue Came From Boies Schiller. A "substantial portion" of

LSAG's more than $2 million in revenue in 1999 and 2000 came from referrals from Boies, Schiller & Flexner and according to the Wall Street Journal, a holding company partly owned by four of Mr. Boies's children received about $200,000 in profit and consulting fees from LSAG in 1999 and 2000, the documents show. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]

Adelphia Asked Boies Schiller To Resign After Learning Amici Was Partially Owned By Boies Children. Adelphia asked Boies Schiller to resign as its special counsel after learning that Amici was partly owned by Mr. Boies's children. Adelphia, now in bankruptcy proceedings, hired Amici on Boies Schiller's advice, and paid the company more than $7 million in fees. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05] Lawyers Say Adelphia May Seek Return Of More Than $20 Million In Fees. Now, Adelphia and

its creditors' committee plan to investigate Boies Schiller's failure to disclose its Amici ties. Lawyers say Adelphia may seek the return of some of the more than $20 million in fees that it paid Boies Schiller, along with some of the $7 million paid to Amici. Boies Schiller's lead Adelphia attorney, Philip Korologos, says any such claims would have no merit. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]

DuPont Used Amici On Firm’s Recommendation. Besides Adelphia, no clients have publicly defected from Boies Schiller because of its vendor ties. Some consider the potential conflicts minor. DuPont Co., which hired Boies Schiller in environmental litigation and used Amici on the firms' recommendation, said it was initially concerned about the Boies ties. But it concluded that Amici was comparable to its competitors in quality and price. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]

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David Boies Accused Of Ethics Violations. In 2004, The Florida Supreme Court dismissed an ethics complaint against David Boies, who was charged with violating Florida Bar rules by paying more than $400,000 to help his law firm's chief financial officer pursue a contract dispute in Palm Beach Circuit Court. According to the complaint, Boies' firm, Boies Schiller & Flexner, not only represented the chief financial officer for free, but paid more than $250,000 to other law firms who worked on the case. [Miami Daily Business Review, 5/21/04] EEOC Found Sex Discrimination At Boies' Law Firm. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, investigating a case involving a Connecticut woman that was settled out of court, found that David Boies' law firm discriminated against women in wages and working conditions. The EEOC found Boies, Schiller & Flexner maintained a two-tier system of compensation--one for lawyers on the partnership track, one for the others--"which is not applied uniformly, resulting in discrimination against a class of female associate attorneys." [Connecticut Law Tribune, 8/18/03] Boies Schiller Settled With Two Women On Discrimination Charges. As reported in the Daily News, “Powerhouse lawyer David Boies and his law firm, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, reached a settlement yesterday with two women who'd sued the firm on a charge of sex discrimination. Bonnie Porter and Rachel Baird claimed in Federal District Court that female lawyers in Boies' Westchester office were paid less than men and have had virtually no chance of becoming partners in the firm. Boies, whose clients have included Al Gore, and his partners will pay Porter and Baird $37,000 each, plus $50,000 in legal fees to settle the case.” [Daily News, 4/25/02]

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PRO-BONO WORK The campaign may want to point to the large amount of pro-bono work that Kirsten’s firms worked on. The following are some highlights of this work.

PRO-BONO CASES Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Retrial Of African American Accused Of Murder Whose Original Lawyer Was Defective. In 1991, Davis Polk & Wardell took on the pro-bono retrial case of Aden Harrison Jr. Harrison was originally tried for murder in March 1986 in Atlanta and a judge agreed to reopen the case after it was determined that his 83-year-old lawyer, James Venable, slept a "good deal" of the time. Additionally, Harrison didn’t know at the time that his lawyer was a former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Confirming the allegation, his former lawyer said, "I've been in the Klan since 1923, when it was over 10 million strong." The lawyer also added that he was an imperial wizard for 15 to 20 years. [ABA Journal, 2/91] Davis Polk & Wardell Participated In Program To Help Brooklyn District Attorney Get Through Backlog Of Narcotics Cases. Davis Polk & Wardell was one of the firms that participated in a program to help the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office cut the backlog of appeals stemming from the rise in narcotics prosecutions. [New York Law Journal, 5/7/91] Davis Polk & Wardell Filed Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Problems In NYC’s Preschool Special Ed Program. Davis Polk & Wardell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund and Advocates for Children accusing the New York City's preschool special education of unnecessary delays in evaluating and placing children in programs they needed, putting the children at risk of grave and irreparable harm and violating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). [PR Newswire, 3/21/1994] Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Tenants Group Seeking Modified Eviction Procedures For Drug Dealers. In 1993, Davis Polk represented tenants group, the Interim Council of Presidents, which joined forces with the Housing Authority and sought to modify the eviction procedure for drug dealers. Arguing that the time required to remove the drug traffickers was "handicapping" its mandate to provide safe housing, the Housing Authority requested that the order be changed to apply the "Bawdy House Law" under the city's real estate code to the dealers. Under the law, tenants accused of using their property to "further an illegal trade or business" were subjected to a summary procedure which could lead to eviction in as soon as 40 days. [New York Law Journal, 4/22/1996] Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Six Tenants Who’s Home Was Damaged By A Fire. Working with MYF Legal Services, Davis Polk & Wardell represented six tenants living on the Lower East Side whose home had been damaged by a fire. After the fire the Department of Buildings issued an order requiring the tenants to vacate the premises until the building was declared safe. The tenants were forced to find other living arrangements--not an easy thing to do in New York City, especially for poor people. Because the landlord failed to commence repairs to the premises, the tenants started an action in Housing Court and in the fall of 1995, Davis Polk & Wardell agreed to represent six of the tenants in court proceedings against the building owners. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/97]

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Davis Polk Joined Non Profit Groups In Landmark Suit Challenging City’s Welfare Program. In 1996, The Welfare Law Center, The Legal Aid Society of New York and the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell sued New York City on behalf of all single parents on welfare. They claimed that the city, under former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, steered nearly all welfare recipients into a work program instead of allowing them to pursue education or job training. The class action suit, called Davila vs. Eggleston was settled, and as part of the settlement New York City welfare recipients can no longer be forced to leave an education program or be denied the right to enroll without a valid assessment showing that the program is not appropriate for them. [National Organization for Women: NYC Agrees to Education for Welfare Recipients, 8/22/03; New York Law Journal, 5/2/97] Firm Took On Co-Counsel Role In Second Major Class Action Suit Addressing Inequities In City’s Workfare Program. As reported in New York Law Journal, Davis Polk & Wardell took on the role of co-counsel in a second major class action to address alleged inequities in the administration of the city's workfare program. Bruckman v. Giuliani challenged the City's practice of paying welfare recipients who were fulfilling New York City's Work Experience Program (WEP) assignments at below the prevailing or minimum wage. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/1997] Davis Polk & Wardell Worked With Queens Legal Clinic To Set Up Pro Se Divorce Clinic For Low Income Women. Davis Polk & Wardell joined forces with the Queens Legal Services to establish a Pro Se Divorce Clinic for low-income women. The clinic was designed to help low income women who had been victims of domestic abuse. According to Florence Roberts, director of the Family Law Unit at Queens Legal Services, 80 percent of the women served so far by the clinic were exposed to domestic violence. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/1997] Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Families First - A Non Profit Organization Fighting Eviction. Davis Polk & Wardell represented Families First, a non profit organization providing day care and other services that was fighting eviction from its city-owned building. The Giuliani Administration was pressing its plan to evict several community programs from a Brooklyn building to make way for a homeless shelter. [New York Times, 1/20/1999] Davis Polk & Wardell Filed Suit On Behalf Of NYCLA Seeking To Raise Fees Paid To Lawyers Representing Poor Defendants. Davis Polk & Wardell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the New York County Lawyers' Association challenging the State's system for compensating lawyers assigned to represent poor defendants in criminal cases and litigants in Family Court. The complaint was at least the second filed with the aim of raising fees paid lawyers which hadn’t been raised since 1986. [New York Law Journal, 2/22/2000]

Boies Schiller Worked On Case Accusing Alcohol Manufacturers Of Targeting Under-Age Drinkers. Seven manufacturers of alcoholic drinks were sued in the United States over claims that they deliberately targeted under-age drinkers. The case was brought by Ayman R. Hakki, a resident of Washington DC, through the law firms of Straus & Boies and Boies, Schiller & Flexner, which sought class-action status for it. Their claim alleges a "long-running, sophisticated and deceptive scheme by certain . .. manufacturers to market alcoholic beverages to children and other under-age consumers". [St Louis Post Dispatch, 12/19/03]

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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S FAMILY Kirsten Gillibrand has politics in her blood—literally. Her grandmother, Polly Noonan, was the colorful and longtime companion of Albany’s legendary mayor Erastus Corning, and a political force in her own right. Her relationship with Corning has been the source of much speculation. Noonan was a staple of the old Albany Democratic Machine, who once supported a former criminal in a council race. Gillibrand’s father, Douglas Rutnik, was a lawyer and powerful Democratic lobbyist in Albany and he lived with girlfriend Zenia Mucha, a top aide to Republican Governor George Pataki. Rutnik was criticized for possible conflict of interests after companies for which he lobbied received lucrative government contracts. Gillibrand’s mother, Polly Rutnik, was also a major figure in Albany politics.

GRANDMOTHER POLLY NOONAN: CONFIDANTE OF MAYOR ERASTUS CORNING Democratic “Icon” Confidante of Legendary Albany Mayor. According to the Times Union, Democratic icon Dorothea “Polly” Noonan was the founder of the Albany County Democratic Women’s Club and confidante of legendary Albany mayor Erastus Corning 2nd. [The Times Union, 11/16/05] Noonan’s Relationship with Mayor Complex And Never Fully Understood. According to William Kennedy, who authored the book “O Albany,” Polly Noonan’s closeness to former Albany mayor Erastus Corning was “a mythical story, never fully understood from the inside…Polly was a singular figure, and her connection to Erastus was both public and very private. He was extremely close to her children and spent a great deal of time with that family.” [Times Union, 11/15/03] Noonan and Corning Were Nearly Inseparable. Polly Noonan was Mayor Erastus Corning nearly inseparable companion from the time both were in their 20’s, according to the NewYork Times. Noonan remained married and lived with her husband, but Corning spent more evenings at their house than his own. At his death, he bequeathed his insurance business not to his son and daughter but to the children of the Noonan’s. [New York Times, 2/8/98] Chemistry Between The Two Developed Immediately. According to the Times Union, there was an immediate chemistry between Noonan and Corning. Although both were married, gossip started almost immediately linking the two. [The Times Union, 11/4/97] Noonan: A Good Friend of The Mayor. When Judge Martin Schenk was campaigning for ward leader and knocked on Noonan’s door, he was introduced to Noonan as a friend of the mayor’s. “Out of the clear blue, Polly said, ‘I’m a good friend of Mayor Corning, too. A very good friend,’” Schenck said. [The Times Union, 11/4/97] Noonan Denied Affair. Polly Noonan said she could have worked in City Hall but refused, saying she didn’t want to add fuel to the rumor that she and Mayor Corning were lovers. “It wasn’t true,” Noonan said. “I wasn’t interested in him in that way. I never thought you could do that and still be businesslike. Besides, if I had done that, I’d be a hell of a lot richer than I am now. [The Times Union, 12/8/96] Mayor’s Grandson: Polly Noonan Caused Tension Between Mayor And Son. “When I look through family photo albums, I’m struck that you’ll never find my uncle (Erastus III) smiling after the age of 6 or

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so,” said Erastus Christopher Dudley, the mayor’s grandson. “I know my uncle is an unhappy person. I would guess there were a lot of causes for the mutual separation between father and son, from being sent off to boarding school to Polly Noonan. The evidence is clear. It’s just difficult inferring cause and effect.” [The Times Union, 11/3/97]

Member of the Albany Democratic Political Machine Noonan A “Matriarch of The Albany Democratic Machine.” According to the Times Union, Polly Noonan was “tart-tongued, big hearted and iron willed.” [The Times Union, 12/28/03] Noonan Handled Patronage for Political Machine. Described by many as Mayor Corning’s most influential confidante, Noonan handled patronage and political campaigns, handing out jobs that were the lifeblood of the old Democratic machine. [The Times Union, 8/22/01] Noonan Denied Existence of Albany Political Machine. When the Albany political machine was referred to at a debate in 1998, Polly Noonan stood up and denounced the reference. “There’s no machine,” Noonan said. “There never was a machine, because Erastus Corning and Dan O’Connell cared about the people. A machine doesn’t have a heart—our organization did. I’m not dead yet, so be careful.” [The Times Union, 11/15/03]

Supported Criminal in Council Race 2001: Noonan Supported Criminal in Council Race. In 2001, Polly Noonan supported Jim Coyne, an ultimate party insider, whose wheeling and dealing as county executive landed him in federal prison. In 1992, he was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in connection with a $30,000 check he received from an architect seeking work on the construction of the Pepsi Arena. [The Times Union, 9/7/01] Noonan Contributed $125 to Coyne. Polly Noonan gave Coyne a $125 donation. [The Times Union, 8/17/01]

FATHER DOUGLAS RUTNIK: ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO FORMER TOP PATAKI AIDE Douglas Rutnik Linked to Former Top Pataki Aide. Politically connected Albany lawyer-lobbyist Douglas Rutnik was long romantically linked with former top D’Amato and Pataki aide Zenia Mucha, a say political adviser and potent fund-raising force. [The Times Union, 10/7/05, Roll Call, 9/21/05] Rutnik Had 13 Year Romance with Mucha. Zenia Mucha, who resigned as George Pataki’s senior policy adviser to become senior vice president for communications at the ABC Broadcast Group, had a 13-year romance with Douglas P. Rutnik, an Albany lawyer and Democrat. “He’s an upstate Democrat,” she said. “He’s a keeper.”[New York Times, 12/22/00]

Possible Conflict of Interest? New York Observer Called $95 Million MTA Deal Involving Rutnik “Suspicious.” New York Observer reporter Andrea Bernstein wrote about the MTA awarding a $95 million contract to

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conglomerate Lockheed Martin. Bernstein’s story pointed out that the firm’s lobbyist was Albany lawyer Doug Rutnik, the live-in love interest of the governor’s top aide, Zenia Mucha. Bernstein termed this “suspicious.” According to the Times Union, the company paid Rutnik about $240,000 over the past years. [The Times Union, 6/30/98] Rutnik Employed to Lobby MTA for UBS and Morgan Stanley. Disclosure forms filed by UBS Financial Services stated that Douglas Rutnik, employed at a fee of $5,000 a month, plus bonuses, helped it win MTA business. Beginning in 2003, he was employed by Morgan Stanley at $10,000 a month, plus bonuses, according to disclosure forms. Mr. Rutnik, who did not respond to a request for comment, was solidly grounded in both political parties. He was a frequent hunting companion of the late Erastus Corning, the mayor of Albany for 42 years and was also the companion of Zenia Mucha, the former director of communications for Governor Pataki. [New York Times, 12/7/04] Rutnik Took $115,000 from Lockheed over Two Years. According to the New York Times, Lockheed Martin paid Douglas Rutnik, its registered lobbyist in Albany, $115,000. Ron Meder, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin, said Rutnik was not involved in the efforts to win the MTA data processing contract for Lockheed Martin Integrated Business Solutions. [New York Times, 5/22/97]

Giuliani Assailed Deal. In the face of fierce criticism from Mayor Rudolph W. Guiliani and a host of New York City and union officials, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced yesterday that it would delay a vote on a $95 million contract for data processing with Lockheed Martin, a company barred from city contracts because of its involvement in previous corruption scandals. “As you should be aware, this information technology contract, which has a major impact on the city, is proposed to be awarded to a firm with which the city has concluded it will not do business,” Giuliani wrote to MTA chairman E. Virgil Conway. [New York Times, 5/22/97] Lockheed Retained Rutnik for $5,000 Per Month. The state Department of Social Services awarded a $50 million contract to Lockheed Martin Information Management Services to continue child-support processing, despite complaints about the company’s performance in California. Lockheed Martin IMS retained local lawyer Douglas P. Rutnik as its $5,000 a month lobbyist. [The Times Union, 7/11/97] Rutnik’s Job Was to Utilize Knowledge And Expertise. According to the New York Observer, Rutnik’s nifty new position was to “utilize his knowledge, expertise and independent judgment in providing assistance and representation in the development of business opportunities for Children and Family Services, Transportation Systems and Services, and Welfare Reform lines of business in the state of New York.” [The Times Union, 5/26/97]

Legal Issues Rutnik Named As Co-Defendant in Lawsuit. A lawsuit filed against Albany businessman Joseph O’Hara alleged that he defrauded a local company and several wealthy members through racketeering schemes. The suit claimed O’Hara embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from Douglas Rutnik and another associate. The suit also claimed Rutnik knowingly benefited from O’Hara’s fraudulent activity. “This lawsuit is ludicrous and totally without merit,” Rutnik said in a statement. [The Times Union, 8/25/05] Rutnik Lost Money in Controversial Land Venture. In 1992, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno removed himself from the board of directors of First Grafton Corp., the company run by influential lobbyist James Featherstonhaugh. Even though Featherstonhaugh subsequently sold parcels of land to the

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senator’s son, the senator’s son’s new girlfriend, the senator’s son’s snow-mobilizing friends, the wife of the senator’s thoroughbred horse-racing friend and the son of the Republican supervisor in the town of Grafton, the lobbyist insisted he never was steered to any buyer by Sen. Bruno. Featherstonhaugh said he and Albany lawyer Douglas Rutnik invested cash in the venture some years before Sen. Bruno, his brother, and a businessman joined it. “Rutnik and I lost maybe less than $100,000,” Featherstonhaugh said. [The Times Union, 6/23/05] Fleet Named Rutniks As Defendants in Foreclosure. According to the Times Union, Fleet Bank raised the stakes in its effort to collect $1.08 million from a real estate partnership by starting a foreclosure action against a downtown office building. Fleet claimed that 74 State Street Associates failed to comply with terms and conditions of its debt obligations in a suit filed in state Supreme Court in Albany. In addition to the partnership, Fleet named Albany attorneys Douglas P. Rutnik and Polly N. Rutnik as defendants. Fleet claimed they, along with to others, guaranteed the loan. [The Times Union, 5/23/96]

MOTHER POLLY RUTNIK: ALBANY POLITICAL FIGURE Rutnik Sought State Senate Seat. Polly Rutnik was one of 13 hopefuls who submitted a letter seeking the Albany County Democratic Committee’s endorsement for the state senate. [The Times Union, 4/26/94] Rutnik Considered Potential Candidate for City Court Post. Polly Rutnik, who flirted with a bid for state Senate, was an early name considered a potential contender for a position on the City Court, a plum that Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings alone could fill. [The Times Union, 8/12/94] City Court Candidate Asked Rutnik to Remove Attack Ads from Air. Saying ads running against him were “scurrilous and reprehensible and not truthful,” City Court candidate Tom Keefe held a news conference and said he told attorney Polly Rutnik, who was listed as treasurer of the Committee for Judicial Integrity, which sponsored the ad, he wanted a retraction and an apology. He said Rutnik told him she would take it up with the committee. [The Times Union, 9/4/02]

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NEWS CLIPS ON GILLIBRAND

ELECTION NEWS Cook Political Report Said For The First Time Since He Was Elected Sweeney Has A Serious Race. 'For the first time since he was elected, he has a race that he has to pay attention to,' said Amy Walter, House editor of the Washington-based Cook Political Report, which analyzes congressional races. [Bloomberg News, 11/23/05] Bloomberg News: “Sweeney Is Among About A Dozen Republicans… May Face Closer Races Next Year Than They Have In The Past.” Bloomberg News, "Political analysts and activists say Sweeney is among about a dozen Republicans, mostly from states that went Democratic in 2004, who may face closer races next year than they have in the past. Those elections are a key reason that House Republican leaders are having a tougher time holding their party together." [Bloomberg News, 11/23/05] Gillibrand Pledged To Fight Sweeney’s Social Security, His Record In The House And Iraq War. Gillibrand said she intended to go after Congressman Sweeney on his record in the House, on Social Security and the Republican Party's failure to provide a strategic vision for the war in the Iraq. [Times-Union, 11/16/05]

Family

Grandmother Gillibrand Endorsed By Saratoga County Democrats, Says She’ll Follow In Grandmothers Footsteps. Upon being endorsed by the Saratoga County Democrats, Gillibrand pledged to follow in her Grandmother – a former Albany political icon’s footsteps. "As a 10-year-old girl, I would listen to my grandmother discuss issues and she made a lasting impression on me," Gillibrand said of her grandmother, Dorothea "Polly" Noonan, founder of the Albany County Democratic Women's Club and confidante of legendary Albany Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd. [Times-Union, 11/16/05]

Father Gillibrand’s Father Politically Connected Albany Lawyer, Romantically Linked To Top Pataki Aide. Kirsten Gillibrand’s father, Douglas Rutnik is a politically connected Albany lawyer-lobbyist who has long been romantically linked with former top Pataki aide Zenia Mucha, a savvy political adviser and potent fund-raising force. [Times-Union, 10/7/05] Douglas Rutnick Implicated In Lawsuit Against Former Owner Of Albany Sports Team. Douglas Rutnick was named as a codefendant in a lawsuit alleging Albany businessman Joe O’Hara, the former owner of an Albany sports team acted unlawfully as an attorney for Nxiym Corp. and used the position to acquire $317,000 in payments and $2 million in loans from them between 2003 and 2005. The lawsuit claimed Rutnick knowingly benefited from O’Hara’s fraudulent activities. [Times-Union, 9/13/05]

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POSITIVE QUOTES ON GILLIBRAND Saratoga County Democratic Chair Called Gillibrand An “Incredible Individual.” "We wanted to get a head start. She's an incredible individual who promises to raise the money it's going to take," County Democratic Chairman Larry Bulman said. [Times-Union, 11/16/05] DCCC Called Gillibrand An “Excellent Candidate.” "We're very excited" about Gillibrand, said Sarah Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "She's an excellent candidate." [Roll Call, 9/21/05]

NEGATIVE QUOTES ON GILLIBRAND Gillibrand Vulnerable To Charges She Is A “Carpetbagger” As reported in Roll Call, “Gillibrand may find herself vulnerable to the charge that she is a carpetbag-ger, having lived and practiced law for the past several years in New York City. But she grew up in the 20th district, recently moved to the town of Hudson, and transferred to her law firm's Albany office.” [Roll Call, 9/21/05]

CAMPAIGN FINANCE Gillbrand Took Money From AMERIPAC. As reported in National Journal’s CongressDaily, Gillbrand took money from Rep Steny Hoyer’s PAC, AMERIPAC. [National Journal CongressDaily, 10/25/05] Gillbrand Donated At Least $23,000 In Political Donations To Federal Candidates And Commitees. As reported in Roll Call, “While she has never run for office before, the 39-year-old lawyer is no po-litical neophyte. She has been active in Democratic campaigns for years and has been a regular donor to Democratic candidates and causes. According to the Web site PoliticalMoneyLine.com, Gillibrand has made at least $23,000 in political donations to federal candidates and committees since the 2002 election cycle.” [Roll Call, 9/21/05] While Overjoyed About Moseley Braun’s Candidacy For President, Gillibrand Admitted She Didn’t Have A Chance. "I'm so glad you're running -- I think it's a statement in itself," Kirsten Gillibrand, 35, a partner at a law firm, told Ambassador Moseley Braun at a Women's Campaign Fund dinner. "I don't think she has a chance to win," she whispered later, admitting that she would probably pick an-other name in the primary. "I'll probably fund-raise for someone else, but I'll still give her a check." [New York Times, 3/14/03]

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PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

FAMILY INFORMATION Husband: Jonathan Gillibrand, Born: 8/16/1969 Son: Theodore Gillibrand, Born: 11/12/2003 Father: Douglas P. Rutnik, Born: 11/1940 Brother: Douglas Rutnik Jr., Born: 5/1965 Sister: Erin Marie Tschantret, Formerly Erin M. Rutnik, Born: 1/1969 Mother: Polly N. Rutnik, Formerly Polly Noonan, Born: 1/1941 Grandmother: Polly Noonan

RELEVANT WORK HISTORY 5/1989-8/1989: Shea and Gold, Summer Associate, New York, NY 5/1990-7/1990: Davis, Polk & Wardell, Summer Associate, New York, NY 7/1990-8/1990: US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of NY, New York, NY 9/1990-12/1990: United Nations Crime Prevention (Intern), Vienna, Austria 9/1991-2000: Associate, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York, NY 4/2000-2001: Department of Housing and Urban Development 6/2001-Present: Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Albany, NY

BOARDS, ASSOCIATIONS , AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS LAW RELATED American Bar Association New York City Bar Association: Committee on Ethics, Chair, Council of Foreign Affairs Moot Court Honors Program (UCLA School of Law) Brennan Center for Justice (Member of Advisory Board) American Jurisprudence Book Award for Ethics and Professional Responsibility (UCLA School of

Law)

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POLITICAL: Women’s Leadership Forum Network (Chair) Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee New Democratic Network

EDUCATIONAL Commission on Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley Hope for New York Finance Committee SUNY Purchase Council (1999-2002) Rufus Choate Scholar (Dartmouth College) Rockefeller Social Science Grant (Dartmouth College)

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LICENSES Montana Hunting License:

Registered to Kirsten E. Gillibrand 240 E. 39th Street, Apartment 49H, New York, NY [Source: Lexis Nexis]

Car Information:

1993 Jaguar XJS Coupe VIN#: SAJNW5746PC186339 Registration Date: 4/9/2004 Original Title Date: 6/18/2004 Registered to Kirsten and Jonathan Gillibrand

VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION

VOTER HISTORY State ID Number Address Date Voted Registration

Date Party

NY 92025808 1 Noonan LN, Albany, New York 11/1/92 Unknown Democrat NY 92025808 1 Noonan LN, Albany, New York 11/94 10/5/1992 Democrat NY 305053920 44 W 90th St Apt 8, New York, NY Unknown 5/23/2001 Democrat NY 305081897 240 E 39th St Apt 49H, New York, NY 2002 07/03/2001 Democrat DC N/A 425 8th St NW Apt 844, New York,

NY 11/1/00 9/15/2000 Democrat

NY N/A 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, NY General Election 05, 04, 03, Presidential Primary 04**

8/8/2003 Democrat

NY 01045077 14 Devon Road, Larchmont, NY 3/7/2000 Unknown Democrat Please note some of these dates (unless otherwise indicated) are from Lexis Nexis and may not be entirely accurate. The campaign should double check this information, **Obtained from Columbia County Board of Elections Office

FINANCES Assets and Unearned Income

ASSETS & UNEARNED INCOME NAME VALUE, TYPE OF INCOME INCOME 2005 Salomon Smith Barney $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200 Citibank, NY Accounts $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200 Coutts Bank, UK $100,001-$250,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000 ETrade Account, VA $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200 Trust Co Stock $1,001-$15,000 (Dividends) $1-$200 BAE Systems Stock $50,001-$100,000 (Dividends) $1,001-$2,500 Windcrest LLC Stock $15,001-$50,000 (Dividends) Unclear Private Medical Device Co Unclear Unclear Ambient Corp. Stock $1,001-$15,000 (Unclear) Unclear

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Charter Communications $1,001-$15,000 Unclear KB Home, Short Stock Value is Negative Unclear Pulte Home, Short Stock Value is Negative Unclear Research in Motion, Put Options

$1,001-$15,000 (unclear) Unclear

Toll Bros, Put Options $1,001-$15,000 (unclear) $201-$1,000 Nasdaq None $201-$1,000 GM Stock None $201-$1,000 Computer Associates Stock

None $201-$1,000

XLE Index Stock None $201-$1,000 XM Satelite Radio None $201-$1,000 Amazon Stock None Unclear Elong Stock None Unclear Calpine Stock None Unclear Aquila Stock None Unclear Metris Stock None Unclear Net Servicosde Comm. Stock

None Unclear

Alamosa Holdings Stock None Unclear Mercury Interactive Stock None Unclear Newmont Mining Stock None Unclear Primus Telecom Stock None Unclear Quanta Services Stock None Unclear Time Warner Stock None Unclear Wyndhym Stock Unclear Unclear

401K Fidelity Money Markey $100,001-$250,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000 MSIFT CPFX Income $1,001-$15,000 (Dividends) $1-$200 Fidelity Capital Income $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000 Fidelity US Bond Index $15,001 - $50,000 (dividends) $201-$1,000 Fidelity Real Estate Investment

None Unclear

Citibank SEP Pension, Money Market

$1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200

Source: Personal Financial Disclosure Form, Please note – information taken from a copy of the financial disclosure form and some information was unclear

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CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION The following details campaign contributions made by Kirsten to New York City, New York State and Federal candidates.

NEW YORK CITY CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS From 1997-2005, Gillibrand gave $1,400 to candidates running for office in New York City.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, NEW YORK CITY Recipient Date Amount Virginia Fields for Mayor 6/17/05 $50 Eva Moskowitz for Borough President 12/16/02, 4/6/04 $500 William Thompson for Comptroller 2/22/04 $250 David Yassky for City Council 5/14/04 $250 Betsy Gotbaum for Public Advocate 8/6/01 $250 Eva Moskowitz for City Council 10/23/99 $25 Eva Moskowitz for City Council 6/11/97, 10/29/97 $75

TOTAL: $1,400 Source: NYC Campaign Finance Date (1989-2005 data, accessed 12/13/2005)

NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS From 1997-2005, Gillibrand gave $14,930 to candidates running for office in New York State.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, NEW YORK STATE

Recipient Date Amount

Andrew Cuomo For Attorney General, Inc. 7/1/01 500

Women PAC 8/28/01 20



Charlie King 2002 1/7/02 250

Friends Of Liz Krueger 1/10/02 100


Empire State Democratic Initiative Corporation State Pac

1/24/02 45

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Charlie King 2002 4/9/02 250


Charlie King 2002 6/26/02 500


Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, Inc. 8/20/02 250




People For Bing 10/7/02 250

Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/8/02 250


Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/16/02 1,500.00



Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/03 1,000.00

Women Pac 4/29/03 75


Charlie King 2006 5/29/03 250



Spitzer 2006 6/5/03 200


Spitzer 2006 10/2/03 1,000.00

Friends Of David A. Paterson 3/26/04 500





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Nys Democratic Senate Campaign Committee 7/27/04 250



Spitzer 2006 1/10/05 200


Spitzer 2006 5/19/05 1,000.00

O'donnell For New York 7/11/05 200

Charlie King 2006 7/11/05 100


Andrew Cuomo For Attorney General, Inc. 12/10/01 $300


Charlie King 2002 1/7/02 250



Empire State Democratic Initiative Corporation State Pac

1/24/02 45


Charlie King 2002 4/9/02 250


Charlie King 2002 6/26/02 500









Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/16/02 1,500.00


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Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/03 1,000.00

Women Pac 4/29/03 75


Charlie King 2006 5/29/03 250



Spitzer 2006 6/5/03 200


Spitzer 2006 10/2/03 1,000.00









Spitzer 2006 1/10/05 200


Spitzer 2006 5/19/05 1,000.00

O'donnell For New York 7/11/05 200

Charlie King 2006 7/11/05 100


TOTAL: $14,930.00

Source: New York State Campaign Finance Data, 2001-2005 (accessed: 12/13/2005)

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FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS From 2001-2005, Gillibrand gave $27,950 to candidates running for federal office..

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, FEDERAL RECIPIENT DATE AMOUNT

Democratic National Committee 6/24/97 $250



Ferraro, Geraldine 3/17/98 $300

Ferraro, Geraldine 5/21/98 $250

DNC Services Corp 1/29/99 $250




Gore, Al 9/30/99 $250

Clinton, Hillary Rodham 10/21/99 $250




Clinton, Hillary Rodham 6/12/00 $1,250


Clinton, Hillary Rodham 6/29/00 ($1,775)

DNC Services Corp 9/19/2001 $1,000

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte 4/24/2002 $850


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Shaheen, Jeanne 9/14/2002 $250

HILLPAC 1/21/2003 $500

Edwards, John 2/20/2003 $1,000

Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/2003 $1,000


Dean, Howard 3/31/2003 $2,000

Schumer, Charles E 6/2/2003 $500

Harman, Jane 6/26/2003 $250

Clinton, Hillary Rodham 7/17/2003 $1,000



Clark, Wesley 9/30/2003 $1,000

Selendy, Janine Mary Hardcast 2/5/2004 $500

Cantwell, Maria 3/1/2004 $500

Knowles, Tony 3/1/2004 $1,000

Women's Campaign Fund 3/5/2004 $1,000

Boxer, Barbara 3/8/2004 $500

Carson, Brad R 4/26/2004 $250

Kerry, John 5/27/2004 $1,000

Harman, Jane 5/28/2004 $500

Democratic Cmte of New York State 6/4/2004 $250

Biden, Joseph R Jr 6/10/2004 $500

Obama, Barack 6/15/2004 $1,000

Nadler, Jerrold 6/16/2004 $250

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Barend, Samara 6/20/2004 $250

Kerry, John 7/19/2004 $500

Barend, Samara 9/25/2004 $250

Castor, Betty 10/4/2004 $500


Bowles, Erskine B 10/14/2004 $250

Democratic Party of Ohio 10/26/2004 $250

Women's Campaign Fund 3/1/2005 $450 TOTAL $27,950

Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Campaign Finance Data (1990-2005)

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RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION: The following chart details all addresses registered to Kirsten Gillibrand and Kirsten Rutnik between 1991 and 2005. Please Note: 450 Lexington Ave, Apartment 2816, New York, NY is also listed as an address for Kirsten – though no date is provided

RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION YEAR OWN? ADDRESS 1991-1992 No 305 E. 74th Street, Apartment 3, New York, NY 1992 No 305 E. 86th Street, Apartment 9JW, New York, NY 1993 No Noonan Lane, PO Box 1335, Albany, New York 1994 No 341 West End Avenue, #1A, New York, NY 1996 Yes 14 Devon Rd. Larchmont, NY 2001 No 425 8th Street, NW Apt. 844, Washington, DC 2001-2002 No 44 W 90th St, Apt. 8, New York, NY 2002 No 240 E 39th St Apt. 49h, New York, NY 2002-2003 No 1755 York Ave, Apt. 6c, New York, NY 2003 Yes 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, NY SOURCE: Lexis Nexis Property Information (accessed: 12/13/2005), Call with Kirsten Gillibrand, Application to admission to NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, 1991

ADDRESS: 14 DEVON RD, LARCHMONT, NY 10538

PURCHASE INFORMATION Sale Date/ Date Recorded 4/26/1996, 6/24/1996 Seller Joseph T Takeda Buyer Kirsten E. Rutnik Buyer Mailing Address 341 W End Ave, Unit 1A New York, NY 10023 Sale Price $362,500 Book/Page 11456/83 Assessor's Parcel Number: 0006-0608-0377 Title Company Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co

SALE INFORMATION Sale Date/ Date Recorded 5/15/2000, 6/12/2000 Seller Kirsten E. Rutnik Buyer Dean S. Busetti, Patricia M. Sheridan Sale Price $512,000 Document Number 0401570292 Assessor's Parcel Number: 0006-0608-0377 Title Company Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co

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ADDRESS: 358 MT MERINO RD, HUDSON, NY

PURCHASE INFORMATION Sale Date/ Date Recorded 7/31/2003, 8/20/2003 Seller Catherine Rasenberger and Dimitri Sevastopoulo Buyer Kirsten Gillibrand, Jonathan Gillibrand Buyer Mailing Address 1755 York Avenue, New York, NY 10128 Sale Price $895,000 Book/Page C0464/F0904 Assessor's Parcel Number: 104000 119.-1-37 2004 Assessed Value $406,425 Source: Lexis Nexis property information, property record for Columbia County, New York, Estimated Roll Certification Date: 3/1/2004; Deed to home, assessed value of home from Columbia County clerks office, property assessors office

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