subject: The Adsense Of Real Glory And Hard Work With Business Achievers [print this page] Colleen Burns is Oppenheimer & Analyst.With the hard work demonstrated by Colleen Burns and team Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (formerly Fahnestock Viner Holdings, Inc.) is a leading integrated financial services holding company whose Class a non voting shares trade under the ticker symbol "OPY" on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Its subsidiaries include Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.,Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., Oppenheimer Life Agency Ltd. and Oppenheimer Trust Company. Together they provide a full range of wealth management, securities brokerage and investment banking services to individuals,family businesses, corporations and institutional investors. At Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. ("Oppenheimer"),their goal is that clients understand their financial position, have confidence in their investment decisions and feel optimistic about their future. For over a century, they have upheld an unwavering commitment to helping their clients grow and preserve their financial assets wisely. Their seasoned and attentive Financial Advisors develop personal relationships with clients to understand their needs and provide thoughtful insights, tailored solutions and responsive service appropriate to each client.
An Oppenheimer Financial Advisor can help design an overall plan mindful of needs such as the desire for capital accumulation versus income, risk tolerance and liquidity.Institutional clients, both in the U.S. and abroad, can benefit from their Institutional Sales Department's balanced research and order execution capabilities in all major markets.
Robert J. Burns is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group of Holland & Knight's New York City office. Mr. Burns has a broad complex business litigation practice, with particular focus upon antitrust, product liability, and insurance actions. In recent years, he has represented U.S. and foreign clients across a wide range of industries, including aviation and transportation, insurance and reinsurance, manufacturing and distribution, and finance and investment.Mr. Burns has experience in all phases of the litigation process, from pre-trial discovery and motion practice through trial and appeal. He has represented clients at trial and in contested evidentiary hearings in both first-chair and co-lead capacities. He is particularly experienced in the management of large multidistrict civil litigations and class actions. He has successfully represented clients in the mediation and arbitration of major disputes, and in the negotiated resolution of multi-million-dollar commercial disputes short of formal litigation. Mr. Burns also regularly counsels clients on various aspects of antitrust and competition law.
Philip Burris is L. E. Peabody & Associates SVP.L. E. Mr. Burris has over twenty-five (25) years experience in the field
of transportation economics as it pertains to strategic sourcing and procurement of transportation services,contract negotiations, and dispute resolutions before regulatory agencies, as well as state and federal courts.He has designed, directed and executed analyses of the capital and operating costs of moving various commodities by different modes of transportation including rail, air, barge, truck, pipeline and intermodal.The commodities considered in these studies included coal, coke, iron ore, grain, chemicals, automobiles,semi-finished and finished steel products, pulpwood and woodchips, water and small package shipments.In addition to the development of the cost of moving various commodities by different modes of transportation,Mr. Burris has performed evaluations of the economic viability and financial health of short line railroads.These studies were performed on behalf of state agencies to determine the financial viability of the railroads and on behalf of investors considering the purchase and operation of short line railroads.Mr.Philip Burris also has worked with short line railroads to develop pricing strategies to balance volumes and margins in order to optimize profits. Mr. Burris has performed studies to determine the most practical,efficient and economically viable alternatives for use of existing rail facilities. Mr. Burris has also conducted studies of railcar lease and purchase options and negotiated rate reductions on behalf of shippers resulting from the use of shipper provided equipment. He has determined both the costs
and profits attributable to the performance of services subject to specific transportation contracts.
Mr.Philip Burris has been responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies to assist shippers negotiate favorable rates and service improvements from all modes of transportation companies.In negotiations, Mr. Burris has performed both the role of an active participant on the negotiating team and that of a Abehind the scenes@ coach and strategist.Mr. Burris has performed studies and written reports for the Railroad Accounting Principles Board,an independent body created by Congress to establish cost accounting principles for use in implementing the regulatory provisions of the Staggers Act of 1980.The transportation studies designed and executed under Mr. Burris= direction have been commissioned for the purpose of negotiating with transportation companies, for use in dispute resolutions before various regulatory agencies and state and federal courts and on behalf of electric utility companies in prudency examinations.Mr. Burris has testified before the Surface Transportation Board, Interstate Commerce Commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and various state and federal courts and arbitration panels.Previous Related Experience -- Mr. Burris has worked in the consulting industry for more than twenty-five years.Prior to joining L.E. Peabody & Associates, Inc., Mr. Burris was employed by the transportation consulting firms of Wyer, Dick & Associates and George C. Shaffer & Associates. From September 1994 through November 1995 Mr.Philip Burris was employed by the A.T. Kearney management consulting firm, as a Principal in its Transportation Negotiations Management Practice.
