Lawrence A. Coles, Junior.

Background

Coles, Junior, Lawrence A. was born on February 15, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Education

University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science, 1952. Juris Doctor, 1957).

Career

Worked at McBride Baker & Coles (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Corporate Law, Securities Law, Business Law. Admitted to the bar, 1957, Wisconsin and Illinois. Phi Delta Phi. Company-author: Comment to Article 8, "Investment Securities," Illinois Uniform Commercial Code in Smith-Hurd Illinois Annotated Statutes, 1963.

Company-author: Article, "Wall Street Trading Firms as Securities Insiders," 12 Cleveland Marshall Law Review, 1963.

Author of the following Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook Chapters: "Financing the Illinois Business," in Organizing and Advising Illinois Business, 1972. "Financing the On-Going Business," in Closely Held Corporations 1990.

"Federal and State Securities Law Considerations" in Buying and Selling Business, 1982. Company-Author, "Regulation A: Small Business Financing Exemption" in Securities Law, 1979.

"Introduction to Exempt Financing" and "Private Offering Exemptions Under Federal Law," in Securities Law, 1991.

"Introduction Organizational Procedure and Forms" in Organizing and Advising Not Foreign Profit Corporations, 1981. "Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation Doctorate: New Federal Regulation for Exempt Transactions" in Practical Application of Securities Law to Real Estate, Banking and Business Practice, 1982. "Securities Registration and Exemptions," in Real Estate Syndications, 1983.

Author: Article, "Indemnification of Officers and Directors of Illinois Corporations.

The Need Foreign Statutory Clarification," Chicago Bar Record, 1970. Article, "An Introduction to Regulation A: Small Business Financing Exemption," Chicago Bar Record, 1974.

Article, "Has Securities Law Regulation in the Private Capital Markets Become a Deterrent to Capital Growth: A Critical Review," 58 Marquette Law Review, Number. 3, p. 395, 1975; Article, "Corporate Indemnification: Another Opportunity Foreign Illinois to Come Into the Twentieth Century," Chicago Bar Record, 1975.

Article, "Regulation Doctorate—New Rules for Raising Capital in Non Public Financings," 70 Illinois Bar Journal 612, 1982.

Lecturer, Securities Regulation, Loyola University Law School, Chicago, 1978-1979. Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Illinois State Bar Association, Topic: "Financing and Managing Closely Held Business, The Owner"s Interest and Perspective - How to Raise Capital," Chicago, Illinois, September, 1987. Seminar sponsored by IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, Topic: "Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, a Securities Lawyer"s View," Chicago, Illinois, December, 1987.

Seminar sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association, Topic: "Lawyers" Responsibilities in Securities Transactions - Observations of an Expert Witness for the Defense," Chicago, Illinois, February, 1988.

Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Education, Topic: "Buying and Selling Businesses," 1987. Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, First Annual West. McNeil Kennedy Securities Law Seminar, Topic: "Exempt Securities Offerings," Chicago, Illinois, May 1988.

Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Illinois State Bar Association, Topic: "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Business Attorney Advisor," Chicago, Illinois, June 1988. Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Second Annual West. McNeil Kennedy Securities Law Seminar, Topic: "Private Financial Alternatives," Chicago, Illinois, June 1989.

Advanced Corporate and Securities Law Institute, University of Houston Law Center: Topic: "Raising Capital for Small/Medium Sized Businesses", Houston, Texas, November, 1990.

Third Annual West. McNeil Kennedy Securities Law Seminar: Securities Law Update, Moderator, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1990. Seminar sponsored by The Business and Professional Institute, College College of DuPage: Topic: "Selling Your Business - Your Attorney, Helper or Hindrance", Glen Ellyn, Illinois, May, 1990. Seminar sponsored by Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Topic: "Managing the Closely Held Company in Changing Times," Lawyers" Panel, January, 1992.

Member, Securities Advisory Committee to Illinois Secretary of State, 1982—.

Member: Chicago (Member: Corporation Law Committee, 1964—. Member, 1964— and Chairman, 1966-1967, Commercial Code Committee.

Member, 1964— and Chairman, 1972-1973. Securities Law Committee, 1983.

Member, Computer Law Committee, Board of Managers, 1985—), Illinois State (Member of Council, Corporation and Securities Law Section, 1968—.

Editor, Newsletter of Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section, 1967. Company-Editor, Newsletter, 1969-1970 and Corporation and Securities Law Section Chairman, 1972-1973. Member of Council, Business Advice and Financial Planning Section), Federal (Member, Securities Committee, 1977—) and American (Member: Subcommittee on Investment Securities of Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1964—.

Subcommittee on Private Offering and Simplification of Capital Formation for Small Business of State Regulation of Securities Committee, 1976—.

Subcommittee of Securities Regulation of Small Business Committee, 1979—. Subcommittee on High Technology Ventures of Small Business Committee, 1983—.

Committee on Developments in Business Financing, 1985. Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations.

State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section).

Achievements

• Lawrence A. Coles, Junior. has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Securities Advisory Committee to Illinois Secretary of State, 1982—. Member: Chicago (Member: Corporation Law Committee, 1964—. Member, 1964— and Chairman, 1966-1967, Commercial Code Committee.

Member, 1964— and Chairman, 1972-1973.

Securities Law Committee, 1983. Member, Computer Law Committee, Board of Managers, 1985—), Illinois State (Member of Council, Corporation and Securities Law Section, 1968—.

Editor, Newsletter of Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section, 1967. Company-Editor, Newsletter, 1969-1970 and Corporation and Securities Law Section Chairman, 1972-1973.

Member of Council, Business Advice and Financial Planning Section), Federal (Member, Securities Committee, 1977—) and American (Member: Subcommittee on Investment Securities of Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1964—.

Subcommittee on Private Offering and Simplification of Capital Formation for Small Business of State Regulation of Securities Committee, 1976—. Subcommittee of Securities Regulation of Small Business Committee, 1979—. Subcommittee on High Technology Ventures of Small Business Committee, 1983—.

Committee on Developments in Business Financing, 1985.

Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section).