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### CERTIFICATIONS

I, Richard Margulies, certify that:

> (1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report of East Coast Diversified
>   Corporation;
>   (2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
>   statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
>   statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
>   misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
>   (3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
>   information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
>   condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and
>   for, the periods presented in this report;
>   (4) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are
>   responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
>   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
>   reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small
>   business issuer and have:
>   (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
>     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
>     material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
>     subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
>     period in which this report is being prepared;
>     (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
>     such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
>     provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
>     preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
>     accepted accounting principles;
>     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
>     disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
>     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
>     covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
>     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
>     internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's
>     most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
>     of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
>     affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
>   (5) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have
>   disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
>   reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small
>   business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
>   (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
>     or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
>     adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and
>     report financial information; and
>     (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
>     other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal
>     control over financial reporting.

Date: May 4, 2005

/s/ Richard Margulies[Signature] 
Chief Executive Officer
[Title]