In addition, he is a retired Partner in the Global Finance Group of Sidley Austin LLP, a global law firm of more than 1800 lawyers with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Primarily located in the New York City office, Mr. Peck practiced for 36 years in the area of asset-backed finance (including aircraft finance) and structured securitization. He is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York and Georgia as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is currently the Chair of the Aviation Finance Subcommittee of the Association of the Bar of The City of New York. After a four-year period of active duty with the United States Army in Asia and Europe, Mr. Peck remained in the Army Reserves, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and retired in 1998.