Attorneys Profile

Jerry Gruenbaum, Esquire - Attorney Jerry Gruenbaum who operates from the Westport, Connecticut office has been admitted to practice law since 1979 and is a licensed attorney in various states including the State of Connecticut. He is not a member of the bar in the State of Washington. He currently serves as an officer and/or member of the board of directors of various publicly traded companies. A holder of securities licenses Series 7, 24, 27 63, and 65, he is the Chairman of the Board, and CEO of the Puritan Financial Group, a publicly traded financial company, and of its two NASD member brokerage firms Puritan Securities, Inc. headquartered in Westport, Connecticut and Knightsbridge Securities, Inc. headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He is a former President and a Chairman of the Board of Directors of a multinational publicly traded company with operations in Hong Kong and the Netherlands. He worked for the tax departments for Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG Peat Marwick LLP) and Arthur Anderson & Co. He is the current securities Compliance Director for Puritan Securities, Inc. and previously served in that capacity for CIGNA Securities, a division of CIGNA Insurance. He has lectured and taught as a member of the faculty at various Colleges and Universities throughout the United States in the areas of Industrial and financial Accounting, taxation, business law, and investments. Attorney Gruenbaum graduated with a B.S. degree from Brooklyn College - C.U.N.Y. Brooklyn, New York; has a M.S. degree in Accounting from Northeastern University Graduate School of Professional Accounting, Boston, Massachusetts; has a J.D. degree from Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts; and an LL.M. in Tax Law from the University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida.

Contact information: e-mail: Jerry@SECAttorneys.com / Cellular phone: 203.687.3332

Matthew Maza, Esquire – Attorney Matthew Maza who operates from the Seattle, Washington office is admitted to practice law in the State of Washington. He has extensive experience in the securities field in regards to drafting private offering disclosures, acquisition/merger agreements, and stock subscription agreements. In addition he has extensive securities research background in the areas of NASD/SEC rule violations pertaining to fraud, unsuitability and other issues. He has researched globalization issues in various fields of study with a focus on trade related intellectual property. He has performed a Compliance Research Internship with the National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation (NASD). Mr. Maza graduated with a B.S. degree in Molecular Biology from University of Washington; has a B.S. degree in Economics from University of Washington; has an M.B.A. degree from Seattle University Albers School of Business & Economics; and a J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law.

Contact information: e-mail: Matthew@SECAttorneys.com

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Nathan Lapkin – Mr. Nathan Lapkin who operates from the Westport, Connecticut office serves as a legal assistant and as an advisor on matters relating to securities and finance. His ten-plus year career includes positions in corporate finance, institutional trading, institutional sales and investment banking. He currently serves as an officer and/or member of the board of directors of various publicly traded companies. A holder of securities licenses Series 7, 24, 63, and 65, he is the Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of the Puritan Financial Group, a publicly traded financial company, and of its two NASD member brokerage firms Puritan Securities, Inc. headquartered in Westport, Connecticut and Knightsbridge Securities, Inc. headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He previously worked for Thompson Financial in New York City, and sat on Morgan Stanley's domestic and international trading desks and HSBC's International trading desk. He worked in the domestic U.S. Institutional sales desk at UBS Warburg, where he was given direct responsibility and co-responsibility for large institutional accounts, including several hedge funds. He previously was employed in the corporate finance department of LensCrafters’ Canadian headquarters in Toronto where he was involved in a CDN $20 million sales retail optical chain acquisition, in addition to the capital and operational budgeting. As a financial analyst, Mr. Lapkin wrote the monthly management discussion and analysis used for corporate reporting. Mr. Lapkin graduated with honors from Syracuse University with a Masters in Business Administration (concentrations in Finance and Statistics) and the University of Manitoba, with a Bachelor in Commerce with concentrations in finance and economics.

Contact information: e-mail: Nathan@SECAttorneys.com

Pat Scorzelli – Mr. Pat Scorzelli who operates from the Westport, Connecticut office has served as an advisor to many firms on legal and business matters for the last 20 years. He has consulted for existing small and medium-sized businesses and business start-ups, working with various attorneys and law firms, to assist in stabilizing, expanding and capitalizing on the potential and capabilities of those entities. Mr. Scorzelli has served in this capacity to many different business ventures across many different venues. Mr. Scorzelli is currently assisting this firm in matters involving the wireless technology industry and other technology related industries. Mr. Scorzelli is also an advisor to Personica Intelligence, a leader in the development of artificial intelligence and voice recognition technology. He continues to serve as an outside analyst for the TrioFund, a technology fund, reviewing and identifying new and cutting edge technologies in the wireless space. He has also advised such companies as Qik Technology and TriGenex, both startup companies operating in the biotech field and SeaStone Group in the construction and real estate development field.

Contact information: e-mail: Pat@SECAttorneys.com