Jeffrey A. Babener,
BABENER & ASSOCIATES
Bank of America Financial Center
121 SW Morrison, Suite 1020
Portland, Oregon 97204-3140
Telephone: 503-226-6600
FAX: 503-226-4290

PRACTICE AREAS: All aspects of representation of Direct Selling Companies, U.S. and Foreign Markets; Marketing Law; Regulatory; International Expansion; FDA; Trademark; Marketing and Distribution related litigation.

ADMITTED: 1974, California, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

LAW SCHOOL: University of Southern California, J.D., 1973. Member, Editorial Board, Southern California Law Review.

COLLEGE: Occidental College, B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1970.

PROFESSIONAL:

• Member, Direct Selling Association
• Member, Lawyer's Council, Government Relations Committee, Internet Task Force, Committee on Multilevel Marketing Legislation, Direct Selling Association, 1983 -
• General Counsel, Board of Directors, Multilevel Marketing International Association
• Member, Board of Directors, Multilevel Marketing International Association, 1985 -
• University of Texas, University of Illinois, University of Houston, Lecturer on Direct Selling, Network Marketing and Multilevel Marketing
• Multnomah County (Chairman, Speakers Bureau, 1977-1978) and American (Member, Commercial Transactions Litigation Committee, 1982-) Bar Associations
• Oregon State Bar (Chairman, Committee on Judicial Administration, 1981-1982; Member, Professional Responsibility Committee, 1982-1985).

BIOGRAPHY: Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, Southern California Law Review, 1972-1973.

AUTHOR:

• "Durational Residence Requirements for State and Local Office: A Violation of Equal Protection?" 45 Southern California Law Review, 996, 1972

• MLM/Direct Seller's Corporate Handbook, Tax Guide for MLM/Direct Sellers

• "Network Marketing: Window of Opportunity," Network Marketer's Guide to Success

• "Network Marketing: What You Should Know"

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

• Is This Network Marketing Opportunity for Real?

• The Inside Track on Network Marketing

• MLM Earnings - How Much?

• Marketing Discount Services

• Network Marketing: Is It For You?

• New Protection for MLM Distributors

• Value Is The "In" Thing

• Planning A Great Meeting

• Co-op Advertising: Get the Word Out

• Network Marketing: Future Opportunities

• Successful Long Distance Sponsoring

• Networking and Time Management

• Networking Through Mail Lists

• Networkers on the Information Highway

• Networking Through Nonprofit

• Changing Face of Network Marketing

• Investigating a Network Marketing Company

• ABC - Three-Way Calling

• MLM Earnings Projections

• Promote Sales Presentations with Gifts

• FDA and MLM

• Look for Buy-Back Policies

• MLM Pyramid Legislation

• MLM Management and Training

• Incorporating Your MLM Business

• Tax Deductions for Your MLM Home Office

• Financing Growth for Your MLM Business

• FDA Approval for MLM Products

• MLM Retirement and Benefit Planning

• MLM and the Postal Service

• MLM and Credit Card Fraud - Be Careful

• Your Personal MLM Legal Dictionary

• What's in a Name?: MLM Trademarks

• Marketing Through Nonprofit Organizations

• New Life for MLM Services in Missouri

• MLM Statutes: Georgia Adopts Legislation

• Electronic Fund Transfers

• FTC and Advertising

• The FTC Cooling Off Rule

• The Business Plan: A Valuable Tool for Success

• Missouri's MLM Struggles

• The MLM/Franchise

• MLM Buyback Rules

• Your MLM Home Office and Taxes

• Who Owns the Downline?

• FDA Nutritional Health Claims

• MLM and Sales Taxes

• Future of the MLM Industry

• The MLM Distributor's Guide to Incorporation

• When the Postman Knocks

• MLM Taxes: Entertainment Deductions

• Network Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes

• MLM and Franchising

• Organizing Your MLM Business

• How Many Levels?

• Boost Sales with Nonprofits

• MLM National Expansion

• MLM to Europe - 1992

• Noncompetition Agreements: Enforceable?

• MLM in Canada

• Underage Distributors

• Involving Your Family in Business

• MLM Statutes: Washington Continues the Trend

• MLM Cross-Sponsoring Rules

• Changes in the Marketing Plan

• Selling Sales Tools

• MLM Sales Taxes and Corporate Taxes: The Multistate Tax Commission

• MLM and Business Opportunity Statutes

• Buenos Dias Mexico

• NuSkin Troubles: Light in the Tunnel

• The Saga of MLM Investigations

• Earnings Hype - What Can You Say?

• Say It Again Sam: Making the Most of Great Press

• IRS Audits and Network Marketers

• Canada-Welcome-Bienvenu

• Proposed FDA Legislation Helps MLM

• Network Marketing: Legal Issues

• Knock! Knock! It's the FDA

• The SEC Awakens

• Electronic Fund Transfers

• New Rules on Home Office Deductions

• State AG's Applaud Industry

• Buy-back Standards

• MLM Nutraceuticals! -- Say What?

• NSA Settlement: Enormous Industry Impact

• Is the U.S. Postal Service in Your Future?

• You Too Can Incorporate

• SEC: We Hate Pyramids

• Opportunity Goes South: Mexico MLM

• FDA v. Health Industry: Showdown

• Forget the Saturation Theory

• Network Marketing Reaches Maturity

• New Proposals For Home Office Deductions

• Chasing the Competition

• Networkers and Credit Card Fraud

• NuSkin and the FTC: A Message on Earnings Claims

• Network Marketing Management and Training

• Cancel This Sale! - The Three-Day Rule

• Looking for the Right Compensation Plan

• Too Young to Play.

CONFERENCE SPONSOR:

• University of Texas MLM Academic Conference

• The MLM Entrepreneur Series

• Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company