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Garrett F. Bouton

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Barclays Global Investors

Barclays Global Investors

Garrett F. Bouton has served on our board of directors since November 2006 was elected chairman of the board in June of 2007. Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr. Bouton served as the managing director/regional CEO of Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco. Mr. Bouton has held positions with ARBI Assets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (founder and president), Rosenberg Investment Management in Orinda, California (chief operating officer), and Scandinavian Bank Group in London, England (group managing director/chief executive officer) and Citigroup. Mr. Bouton holds a master's degree in international economics from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a bachelor's degree from Colorado College.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Alison Davis

Managing Partner

Belvedere Capital Partners
Elected 2007
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

David J. Teece

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, LECG Corporation

LECG Corporation

David J. Teece co-founded our business in 1988. He served as Chairman of the Board from the date of the management buyout of our business in September 2000 though June of 2007. Dr. Teece served as the Chairman of LECG, Inc., our predecessor company, from its founding until it was acquired by Navigant Consulting, Inc. in August 1998. Dr. Teece has performed economic, business and financial consulting services in the capacity of an expert for our firm since the inception of our business, and he has been an economic, business and financial consultant for 30 years. Since 1982, Dr. Teece has been a Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where since 1994 he has directed the Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization. Dr. Teece has had teaching and research positions at Stanford University and Oxford University. He has authored over 150 publications in economics, business and technology strategy and has testified before Congress and government agencies on regulatory policy and competition policy. Dr. Teece has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves on the board of directors of the Atlas Family of Mutual Funds, the Atlas Insurance Trusts, Canterbury Ltd. and several other private entities.

Michael J. Jeffery

Chief Executive Officer, LECG Corporation

Michael J. Jeffery was appointed chief executive officer in February 2007 and served as chief operating officer from April 2006. He has served on our board of directors since June 2003. Mr. Jeffery was the treasurer and head of the markets division for the western hemisphere and a member of the senior executive committee of Standard Chartered Bank from 1994 until 2001. Prior to his service at Standard Chartered Bank, Mr. Jeffery held senior executive financial and board of directors positions with Nikko Bank, Scandinavian Bank Group, and Finacorp SA New York. He has extensive, global experience in business and financial management, trading, sales, and administration, including past service on the board of directors of Banque Scandinave en Suisse, the Private Capital Group, Banco Scandinavian Sul America, and Scandinavian Pacific Limited.

William W. Liebeck

Former Partner, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc

William W. Liebeck has served on our board of directors since September 2000. Mr. Liebeck was a partner of Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc., a private equity investment firm, from June 1997 until March 2005. From June 1990 to July 1996, Mr. Liebeck was a partner at the private equity firm of Equivest Partners, Inc. Prior to that, he was a partner at Golder Thoma & Co., also a private equity firm. Mr. Liebeck currently serves as a director of several private companies. He has a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Ruth M. Richardson

Former New Zealand Minister of Finance

Ruth M. Richardson has served on our board of directors since September 2003. The Honourable Ruth Richardson has been an international strategic and economic policy consultant since 1994. From 1990 to 1993, Miss Richardson served as New Zealand's Minister of Finance. Miss Richardson was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1994. She currently serves as a director of Wrightson Ltd., a New Zealand publicly listed company, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and several private companies. She has extensive, global experience in business and financial management, corporate governance, privatizations and public sector and social policy reforms. She has lectured widely and has advised governments and governmental agencies throughout the world.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

William J. Spencer

Chairman Emeritus, International SEMATECH Board

William J. Spencer has served on our board of directors since November 2002. He has been Chairman Emeritus of the International SEMATECH, a consortium of twelve semiconductor manufacturing companies from seven countries, since November 2000. From October 1997 to October 2000, Dr. Spencer was Chairman of the Board of SEMATECH. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEMATECH from November 1990 to October 1997. Dr. Spencer is a director of Capital Group ICA, a privately held corporation, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and serves on many advisory groups. Dr. Spencer held teaching positions at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of New Mexico. During 1997 and 1998, he was a member of the board of directors of LECG, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Navigant Consulting. Dr. Spencer has an MS in Mathematics and a PhD in Physics from Kansas State University.

Chair of the Compensation Committee

Richard Boulton

Senior Managing Director

Richard Boulton, who is based in the London office, joined LECG in 2002 after a 20-year career at Arthur Andersen. Mr Boulton is the global head of Finance and Accounting services at LECG which includes the forensic accounting, damages & IP, financial services, healthcare, international arbitration, and eDiscovery practices.

Prior to joining LECG, he was managing partner at Arthur Andersen and served as the number two executive worldwide with management responsibility for strategy and all of Arthur Andersen's service categories. He also served as worldwide managing partner, business consulting, where he was responsible for Arthur Andersen's 11,000-person management consulting business. Mr. Boulton has more than 25 years of experience as an accountant and consultant advising on strategic, financial, and economic issues. He has particular expertise in complex damage calculations and has led a number of significant fraud investigations including involvement in the world's largest bank fraud case.