Alan Braverman Named Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Walt Disney Company.

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BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003

Alan Braverman has been named executive vice president and general counsel, The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Michael Eisner, Disney chairman and chief executive officer, and Robert Iger, Disney president and chief operating officer.

In his new position, Braverman will be the chief legal officer of the company and will oversee its team of attorneys responsible for all aspects of Disney's legal affairs around the world. Braverman will report to both Eisner and Iger.

In announcing Braverman's appointment, Eisner said, "Alan is a skilled attorney who has an exceptional understanding of and experience in the media industry. We are delighted that we will have the benefit of his expertise and judgment in overseeing the global legal affairs of our company."

In commenting on the appointment Iger said, "Alan's extensive experience in private practice, his decade of leading the legal department at ABC and his tenure with Disney make him an outstanding leader who can guide Disney though the complex legal issues and challenges that face our ever-changing industry."

Previously, Braverman was executive vice president and general counsel, ABC, Inc. and deputy general counsel, The Walt Disney Company. In that capacity he oversaw the legal affairs of the ABC Broadcast Group, ESPN and Disney/ABC Cable, as well as labor relations. In August 1996, prior to Disney's acquisition of ABC, Inc., Braverman was named senior vice president and general counsel, ABC, Inc. In October 1994, he was promoted to vice president and general counsel. He joined ABC, Inc. in November 1993, as vice president and deputy general counsel. In his positions with ABC, Inc. Mr. Braverman had broad responsibilities for the operation of the legal department, for government relations and for the Corporation's legal affairs. During his tenure at ABC, Braverman guided the company through numerous lawsuits regarding news reporting and news gathering practices, supervised the company's labor department, and oversaw the government relations function for Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. prior to its merger with Disney.

Braverman joined Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he started in 1976. He became a partner in 1983, specializing in complex commercial and administrative litigation. Before joining Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Braverman was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr., Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Braverman, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, received a B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1969 and subsequently worked for two years as a Vista volunteer in Gary, Indiana. In 1975, he received a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he was also editor-in-chief of the Law Review.