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Stephen W. Johnson 48 has been General Counsel of CNX Gas since September 1 2005. He was named Senior Vice President as of December 5 2005. Prior to joining CNX Gas he was a partner since 2001 in the Business and Regulatory Group at Reed Smith LLP an international law firm with about 1 000 lawyers. From 1984 to 2001 Mr. Johnson was with the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation. Mr. Johnson has served as corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions counsel to both public and privately held companies for his entire professional career. Mr. Johnson is Vice Chairman of NEED a non-profit organization that provides college scholarships to minority students and a director of Concordia Lutheran Ministries a non-profit continuing care retirement community serving thousands of elderly persons each year. Mr. Johnson received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. | 