* SONYA T. STILL * 279 Varick Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 * Cell: (201) 310-7594 ss12a55ae@westpost.

net Home: (201) 434-5250) * * * SENIOR SECURITIES COUNSEL * * Seasoned securities professional with extensive regulatory and compliance expe rience along with 8+ years as general counsel for a full service brokerage known for her high ethical standards and reliable detail oriented issue identificatio n and resolution in a dynamic environment. * * * Core Competencies * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Organizational Strategic Planning Design and Implement Processes Complex Issue/ Litigation Resolution Assessing Litigation Risk Firm Litigation Management and Analysis Regulatory Inquiries and Responses Regulatory Reporting including: AML, CRD, Customer Complaints, Financial, SEC '33 and '34 Act, and Trade Ethical Performance Manage Multiple Clearing Firms Registered Personnel Management Annual Audit Oversight Develop and Maintain Written Supervisory Procedures Skilled Team-Builder Collaborate with Management to Achieve Objectives Financials-Customer, Firm, Issuer

Professional Profile * 20+ years experience as securities regulator with US Securities and Exchange C ommission ("SEC") as an attorney in Commissioner's office, Enforcement and Corpo rate Finance and with NJ Bureau of Securities ("BOS") as Supervisor of Registrat ion. * Filed first successful SEC Swiss Banking Secrecy Case- SEC v. Banca Della Sviz zera Italiana. * Designed and implemented, ab initio, the securities registration process and p rocedures utilized by the NJ BOS including: all forms, procedures, review protoc ols and staffing hierarchy. * Consistently provided detailed responses to broker-dealer regulatory examinati on letters sometimes reducing the comments and thereby potential fines 25% to 50 %. * Provided compliance and documentation for broker-dealer with from 3 to 5 separ ate clearing arrangements at any one time. * Created a database to better monitor and analyze broker-dealer customer litiga tion/arbitration resulting in more effective case management and use of outside counsel. * Detailed financial research turned a $5MM arbitration filed against broker-dea ler by a former branch manager into a counterclaim resulting in an award of $450 ,000 for the broker -dealer. Professional Experience

General Counsel, Vice President- Compliance Seaboard Securities, Inc. 2000-2010 * Partnered with management in the operation of a medium sized broker-dealer hav ing trading and market making functions, retail operations, corporate finance, i nstitutional sales and fixed income divisions. * Managerial responsibilities included supervision of branch office operations, overseeing firm wide regulatory and trade reporting, regulatory examinations or inquiries by any authority. * Managed all firm litigation, arbitration, customer complaints and settlements. * Hired, supervised and collaborated with all third party vendors hired to handl e audit and/ or legal matters on an ad hoc basis. * Negotiated and drafted contracts as needed for the operation of the broker-dea ler. Supervisor of Registration New Jersey Bureau of Securities 13 years

* Designed or restructured the registration process for the registration of all securities, exemption, broker-dealer, agent and investment advisor filings for t he New Jersey Bureau of Securities involving over 200,000 individual filings and $10M in fees annually. * Successfully developed a staff of 10 attorneys, accountants or examiners and 1 0 paraprofessionals to become the model Blue Sky Registration staff of its time. Special Counsel (Enforcement and Corporate Finance) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 9 years

* Legal Assistant-Commissioner Irving M. Pollack-US SEC * Attorney in special trial unit handling complex litigation which filed the "SE C v. Banca Della Svizzera Italiana" which was the first successful SEC case invo lving Swiss banking secrecy laws. * Attorney for Divisions of Corporate Finance and Enforcement. Education * New York University School of Law-12 Credits towards LLM in Corporate Regulati on * J.D. Rutgers Newark Law School * B.A. History/Political Science- Douglass College, Rutgers University Professional Affiliations and Licenses * Series 62, 63 and 24 FINRA Licenses * Member of New Jersey Bar- 1977 Community Service * The Ethical Community Charter School of Jersey City- Board of Directors- 2011