JASON C. ROBERTS Email: JasonRoberts@Reish.com Jason Roberts is a partner of the law firm of Reish & Reicher, specializing in employee benefits and securities regulation, and is the co-chair of the Financial Services Practice Group. Areas of Practice Employee Benefits Financial Services Professional Experience He counsels broker-dealers, registered investment advisers (RIAs), hedge funds, private equity funds, retirement plan sponsors and plan providers in ERISA and investment-related matters. Jason represents clients and serves as an expert witness in federal and state court at the trial and appellate level and in arbitrations before FINRA. He also counsels clients involved in government enforcement proceedings and employment disputes. Professional Activities Jason currently serves on the steering committee for the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) 2010 and 2011 401(k) Summits. He also sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Employer Resource Institute’s California Employer Adviser and the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), overseeing Professional and Legislative Issues/Government Relations. Jason serves on the Investment Fiduciary Leadership Council’s (IFLC) Task Force on Fiduciary Standards for Endowments & Foundations and is a co-director of IFLC’s Southern California Fiduciary Roundtable. He is a junior board member for Petra Nemcova’s Happy Hearts Fund, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve children’s lives through education and sustainable programs in natural disaster areas, and is an active fundraiser and volunteer for the Albergue de Maria, a humanitarian home for children with AIDS. Publications and Presentations Jason has published numerous articles on fiduciary best practices, ERISA compliance and securities regulation. He is a nationally-recognized speaker on issues such as fiduciary compliance, the efficacy of retirement savings programs and service provider due diligence and disclosure requirements. Jason is frequently quoted and interviewed by both professional and public publications, including The Wall Street Journal, InvestmentNews, Dow Jones News, Registered Rep., Ignites, PLANSPONSOR Magazine, PlanAdviser Magazine, Institutional Investor, Fund Action, and FSI Voice, and was nominated by his peers as one of the “Top Influencers” of the 401k industry in 2007, 2009 and 2009. Education Jason received his B.S.B.A. in Finance & Banking from the University of Missouri and his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a recipient of the B.E. Witkin Award for both Contracts and Legal Writing and Research and was an articles editor for the UCLA Law School Journal of Law and Technology. In 2002, Jason served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He is a graduate of FINRA’s Compliance Boot Camp and has obtained the designation of Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ from the Center for Fiduciary Studies in association with the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Compendium of Speeches, Publications and Quotes