"I also can unconditionally attest to his ability
to creatively and cooly manage a large and diverse staff
under fast moving and difficult conditions. More important
is a quality which is difficult to quantify: He worked an
average of 3700 hours per year, each vacation cancelled by
the next emergency, always available for any problem, and
always the conciliator when the various attorneys became
tense under the strain. I would have the highest trust and
confidence in Carl's ability to handle any legal or managerial situation, he has a rare combinatinn of ability,
unshakable ethics and solid common sense."

--William Iorio, Executive Dir. Merrill Lynch Private Capital

"After the filing of 5 motions, 4 major components of the discovery effort, and [Hartmann's] taking of a single day of depositions, the plaintiff offered a virtually complete capitulation vithin days. I considered this to be a total, and virtually unprecedented victory--due in large part to the legal skills and managerial ability of Carl Hartmann.

"The last component of the process involved dealing with
the foreclosure, purchase and title-related research with
respect to 300 acres of the most confused real estate that
any of the real estate professionals working on the matter had ever seen. This was completed, and the property readied for sale. In dealing with these matters, Carl directed the
compilation of a complete database of references to Virgin
Islands property law and conveyancing, dealt with the
original developers, and co-managed a project which required integration of complex leqal and cartqraphic issues and a sophisticated aerial/computer mapping effort. He also directed a simultaneous analysis of hundreds of easements, title prablems and related due diligence concerns."

--William Iorio, Executive Dir. Merrill Lynch Private Capital