Equipment Leasing and Finance Association - Equipping Business for Success

Stephen Bisbee

Founder
Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions

Stephen F. Bisbee is the co-inventor of the eOriginal® process and serves as President and CEO of the Company. He founded eOriginal to fulfill the vision of a unique solution wrapping electronic business and legal processes in security technologies to reduce the inefficiencies of critical paper transactions. His leadership role among the American Bar Association committees that established the legal standards for electronic commerce has been invaluable in the design of the eOriginal products. Mr. Bisbee’s years of experience as a corporate attorney specializing in commercial transactions, financing and development also provided the business foundation for the eOriginal platform. eOriginal is a founding member of the Electronic Signature & Records Association, and Mr. Bisbee has served as its Chairman and currently serves on its Board of Directors.

Mr. Bisbee and the team at eOriginal have been members of ELFA for over six years. During that time, eOriginal and its customer, Direct Capital Corporation, were recognized in 2010 for the Operations and Technology Award for Direct Capital’s ClickFund project that transformed business processes and reduced transaction time and increased efficiency. In 2008, Madison Capital, supported by eOriginal, was also recognized by ELFA at the Operations and Technology conference for their project focused on customer engagement.

Robert Cohen

Partner
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Robert S. Cohen is a Partner at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP, with offices located on Long Island and in New York City. With over 26 years of experience in all facets of the equipment leasing and asset based lending industries, Bob's practice is devoted to commercial litigation, creditors' rights, corporate transactions and bankruptcy matters. Bob has particular experience in the documentation of financial transactions, enforcement of equipment leases and secured loans, as well as the negotiation of workouts and resolutions. He frequently serves as a speaker and author on various topics relating to the leasing industry.

Bob devotes a significant portion of his time as an active member of ELFA, serving on its Credit and Collections Management Committee, as well as participating as a presenter at its various conferences, including its 2013 Legal Forum Conference, and 2012 and 2011 Credit and Collections Conferences where he served as a speaker at sessions on litigation strategy, electronic discovery, forbearance agreements, lease/secured transaction documentation and legal updates in the finance industry. He is also an active member of NEFA, serving on both its Legal and Education Committees and participating as a presenter at its annual conferences.

In 2012, Bob also presented at the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys' CLEW Conference. In addition to his professional endeavors, Bob is an active supporter of the Special Olympics of New York-Long Island Region, where he has served as a Chairman of its Annual Gold Coast Tour for Champions Golf Outing for the past eleven years.

Dominic Liberatore CLFP

Deputy General Counsel
DLL

Dominic A. Liberatore is the Deputy General Counsel for DLL, a global provider of leasing and business finance solutions, including vendor finance.

Mr. Liberatore has been practicing law for 35 years focusing on leasing and asset based lending, and has served in a variety of senior in-house legal positions with DLL, IOS Capital, Inc. (the captive finance subsidiary of IKON Office Solutions, Inc.), Copelco Financial Services Group, Inc. and the FDIC. Prior to going in-house, Mr. Liberatore was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City and Wolf Block in Philadelphia. Mr. Liberatore is a past chairman of the ELFA Legal Committee, current ELFA Subcommittee Coordinator and a past chairman of the Subcommittee on Leasing of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the ABA Business Law Section. Mr. Liberatore is also a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Equipment Lease Financing.

Mr. Liberatore holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. from the University of Buffalo.