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Robert D. Leavitt, Founder and Principal

Robert D. Leavitt, J.D., LL.B., is a business oriented attorney with an extensive background in banking, technology and general commercial and corporate transactions. His clients have ranged from small start-up businesses to large Fortune 500 enterprises. In his current practice with Counsel On-Site, Mr. Leavitt provides legal services for his clients at their premises on a convenient, scheduled basis.

Mr. Leavitt has been practicing law for twenty years, most of it in senior law department roles including as General Counsel. Most recently, he was senior counsel to Metavante Corporation, a leading provider of technology and services to financial services providers. Mr. Leavitt was responsible for providing senior management with legal advice and support regarding business acquisitions, alliances and investments, product development, marketing, client transactions, licensing, outsourcing, and operations.

Prior to joining Metavante Corporation, Mr. Leavitt served as General Counsel for Citicorp Services Inc., a subsidiary of Citigroup. He also held Senior Counsel positions for various divisions of Citibank, including its Global Cash Management Services Division. During his tenure at Citibank, Mr. Leavitt handled a broad range of matters including bank operations, treasury management services, e-commerce, compliance, regulatory, audit and risk analysis, process reengineering projects, export controls, asset divestitures, and general commercial transactions. Among his accomplishments while at Citibank, Mr. Leavitt devised and implemented key aspects of Citibank’s proprietary payment system in over 40 countries.

Mr. Leavitt began his career as counsel to Heller Financial, Inc., where he was responsible for negotiating, documenting and working out various domestic and cross-border asset-based lending and leasing transactions, including financing for the entertainment, broadcast, cable, transportation, construction and agriculture industries.

Mr. Leavitt has lectured on a range of banking topics and has conducted training programs relating to various bank services. He is currently vice-chair of the Corporate Law Department Committee of the Chicago Bar Association.

He received his law degree from DePaul University in 1979 and an advanced international law degree from Cambridge University in 1980. Mr. Leavitt graduated from Colgate University (B.A.) in 1976. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois.

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