Stephen Pettit Email & Phone Number

900 10th St. NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20001

Doha, Qatar

CPR provides property and business management and related services for lenders to and passive investors in distressed commercial ventures. CPR has been created to bring together a combination of practical business operations experience with sophisticated legal skill sets, to quickly focus upon each specific asset, identify the business and legal problems.

Responsible for management of class action, mass tort and toxic tort litigation. Developed strategic plans for managing multiple case exposure and costs in some of the most pro-plaintiff venues in the nation. Dealt with novel claims of environmental racism, industry-wide conspiracy, misconduct of individual managers and public nuisance.

Responsible for legal services, government affairs, procurement and contract administration and compliance for an offshore E & P affiliate. Served on three joint venture committees with Qatar Petroleum, the national oil company. Created compliance programs for major new Qatari laws dealing with employment, port security, environmental regulation and.

Recruited to help integrate Altura Energy, L.P., recently acquired for $3.6B from British Petroleum and Shell. Responsible for legal services, contracting and compliance for all Occidental E & P operations in Texas and New Mexico. Supported litigation, regulatory affairs and governmental affairs groups as well as various systems integration projects..

Responsible for legal services, investor relations, compliance and government affairs for a privately held agribusiness, publishing, oil and gas and biotech research company. Counsel for the sale of Brazilian operations; creation of the Ford King Ranch pickup truck joint marketing program; formation of the Texas Land and Mineral Owners’ Association..

Responsible for creating and implementing the model for management of the domestic litigation of all Occidental business units, utilizing a staff of eleven. Developed and implemented litigation support and document management systems. Recruited and trained attorneys and paralegals.

Various assignments to support business clients, such as EEOC compliance; drug and alcohol policy development and implementation; benefit plan design and interpretation; off shore project financing of a chemical manufacturing joint venture in Bangkok; financing and construction of a chemical manufacturing plant in Chile; acquisition of various chemicals.

Responsible for legal services, workers compensation programs and compliance for a publicly traded, consolidated subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation with annual revenues in excess of $9B. Counsel for issuance of $830MM of term, revolving and subordinated debt. Implemented computerized matter management and legal reporting systems.

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Law Review, Order of the Coif

Ba, Government, Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Chess Team Semester abroad, Tokyo, Japan, 1973.