L. Stephen Rizzieri

Deal-driven,transaction and contract negotiation lawyer. Outside General Counsel services. Direct responsibility in corporate, operational and governance with bottom-line financial and organizational impact, across multiple industries including energy, power, mining and international transactions. Negotiated contracts, commercial leases and transactions, mergers and acquisitions; asset sales and purchase agreements; public and private equity and capital markets transactions; small business, project finance, compliance, enforcement and regulatory issues; non-disclosure agreements; Dispute resolution and litigation management. Corporate executive experience. Awards and Honors Honors AV Rated Martindale Hubbell (Peer Review Rated), 2000 - 2014

• Managing Partner/ Attorney

• Private Equity Fund, Chief Legal Officer & Executive Vice President, 2010 - 2012
• Private Energy Company, General Counsel, 1996 - 2010
• Enserch Development Corporation, Assistant General Counsel
• Sunshine Mining Company (NYSE), Assistant General Counsel
• Woods Securities Corporation (NASD licensed, acquired by Sunshine Mining), President
• Woods Petroleum Corporation (NYSE), Assistant General Counsel
• Oklahoma Securities Commission, Assistant General Counsel-Enforcement
• Languages
• English
• Ancillary Businesses
• Small Estate Wills

• New York, 1987
• Texas, 1987

• Texas State Bar (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association (Member)