CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE.

• Substantial transactional experience with values ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars, including sale of the largest southeast processor and marketer of branded apple products (“White House” apple products) and the sales of nationally ranked poultry companies in separate transactions (Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation acquisition of WLR Foods, Inc. and Cargill Incorporated acquisition of Rocco Enterprises, Inc.)
• Formation of 120-member poultry cooperative involving multi-million dollar private capitalization (sale of common and preferred securities), bank financing and grant funding in less than six months; formation and capitalization of organic wood products cooperative; formation of organic foods company
• Incorporation/organization of businesses and professional service firms (i.e., physicians, architects, engineers), including supporting owners in formulating and drafting their agreements with respect to ownership, management and employment
• Purchase and/or sale of franchise businesses, including restaurants, convenience stores, car dealerships
• Negotiation of business and professional service firm separations and dissolutions, including division of assets, settlement of liabilities, and noncompete covenants
• Private placements and associated federal and state securities filings (Reg D and blue sky) related to capital formation of start up and existing businesses, including $30 million private placement of subordinated convertible preferred stock
• Prepared and filed S-3, S-4 and S-8 registration statements under Securities Act of 1933 in connection with stock issuances, including secondary offerings, business combinations and equity incentive plans, and 10Q, 10K and other periodic reports under Securities Act of 1934
• Incorporation of nonprofit organizations, including churches, and assistance with associated tax and charitable organization filings
• Several years of teaching college and graduate courses in business law and organizational governance, including the impact of Sarbanes Oxley Act on corporate governance
• Executive Assistant to President of Bridgewater College, 1998-2000. Position included serving as College’s Personnel Officer
• Service in Nepal through Mennonite Board of Missions and United Missions to Nepal, 1995-1998

Recognitions

• Best Lawyers in America®
  Corporate Governance Law - 2012
• "Legal Elite", Virginia Business Magazine
  Legislative/Regulatory - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008
  Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative - 2010
• BV®* Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®*

More than Lenhart Obenshain

Lynn Suter is married with two college-aged children.  Lynn and her husband, Eldie, enjoy weekend hiking and biking; Lynn enjoys jogging and yard work.  Lynn is active in church and mission-related work.

• Board of Directors of Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation
• Board of Directors of James Madison Innovations, Vice Chair
• Board of Directors of Eastern Mennonite School, Former Member and Chair
• Board of Directors of Bridgewater Healthcare, Inc., Former Member
• Board of Directors of Mennonite Economic Development Association, Shenandoah Chapter, Former Member

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