Joyce Crucillo

Overview

Joyce Crucillo has been General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of American Apparel since the Acquisition on December 12, 2007. Prior to the Acquisition, Ms. Crucillo had served as General Counsel of Old American Apparel since December 2006. As General Counsel, Ms. Crucillo oversees all aspects of American Apparel's legal matters, from defending and prosecuting lawsuits on behalf of the Company to structuring and negotiating transactions, ensuring that the Company is in compliance with governmental regulatory requirements, managing and enforcing the Company's intellectual property portfolio, handling employment-related claims, and advising management and the Board of Directors on all legal matters. Prior to joining American Apparel, Ms. Crucillo was a partner of Hallstrom, Crucillo and Christesen LLP, a full-service business law firm based in Orange County, California, from October 2004 to November 2006. At Hallstrom, Crucillo and Christesen, Ms. Crucillo headed the firm's litigation department by serving as lead counsel in a wide variety of business-related litigation in both state and federal court. From March 2004 to October 2004, Ms. Crucillo was a Managing Partner of the full service business law firm Stirling Law, and from October 1999 to February 2004, Ms. Crucillo was a Senior Litigation Associate responsible for prosecuting and defending intellectual property litigation cases with Trojan Law. Ms. Crucillo's areas of expertise include intellectual property law, business law, employment law, and business and trial strategy. Ms. Crucillo has successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits for a broad range of corporate clients in high tech, finance, real estate and apparel industries. In addition, Ms. Crucillo has served as outside General Corporate Counsel to numerous private and public companies in these same industries. Ms. Crucillo also served as a judicial law clerk for a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge and worked in the litigation department of the Internal Revenue Service's Los Angeles District Counsel's Office. Ms. Crucillo earned her J.D. at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She earned her B.A. in Business Management at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Joyce Crucillo, who has served as the Company's general counsel since the completion of the Company's merger with Endeavor Acquisition Corp. in December 2007, will become the Company's Chief Litigation Counsel, effective February 17, 2009, and will continue to head the Company's trial team in all litigation matters.