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Posted: March 11, 2009
Jonathan Black 2009
Name: Jonathan Black
Title: Partner
Company: Brown Rudnick, LLP
Location: One Financial Center, 18th Floor, Boston, MA
Birthplace and year: Cincinnati, OH - 1964
Family: Wife, Marichu; Children - Jonathan, Jennifer, Patrick, Alyssa and Erin
College: University of Penn., bachelor of English; University of Virginia School of Law - JD
First job outside of law: Sold Polo clothes for department store
First job in law: Asst. to attorney at Schatz & Shatz
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Structured financing and restructuring out of current market dislocations; debt asset acquisitions and structuring.
Hobbies: Time with family, workout, read, swimming and boating
Favorite book: "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Favorite movie: "Braveheart"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Ron Borod
Key to success: Know as much as you can; continually educate yourself
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Author
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