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Michael S. Horne is a retired partner of the firm of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. He practiced primarily in the employment area, both as an advisor and litigator, and had been lead counsel in numerous notable cases, including Capital Cities/ABC v. Ratcliff (holding that a large class of workers claiming to be "employees" were not entitled to participate in the company's employee benefit plans) and the successful defense of John Deere & Company in a class action discrimination law suit. He received his J.D. In 1962 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the American Bar Association, and the American Judicature Society. Thomas S. Williamson, Jr. is a partner in the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in litigation involving employment law and health and welfare law matters for state governments. A former Rhodes Scholar, he has served as Solicitor of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor (1993-1996) and as Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Energy (1978-1981). Mr. Williamson is the former Chair of the Texaco Task Force on Equality and Fairness (1998-2002); and he served as the president of Harvard University's Board of Overseers (2002-2003). Mr. Williamson is currently on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs; and the DC Bar Foundation. He received his J.D. in 1974 from Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley. He is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and California (inactive). Mr. Williamson is also a member of the American Law Institute. Anthony Herman is a partner in the firm of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. He specializes in labor and employment, and concentrates on collective bargaining and arbitration on behalf of employers and employment litigation. He has conducted collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of many notable clients, including the management of the FAA, the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the National Hockey League. Mr. Herman has taught and published on labor and employment issues. In his pre-legal career, he was an official with the Textile Workers Union of America, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.