Halyard Capital of New York whose address is below was well aware of Alec Difrawi scams and fraudulent lawsuits against bloggers. We believe Mr. Nolan role was more of an enabler that provided Mr. Difrawi the fortitude to believe he was above the LAW.

According to their website, the Manager Partner & Founder is Robert B. Nolan

Robert B. Nolan, Jr
rnolan@halyard.com
(212) 554-2144

Mr. Nolan is the founding parnter of Halyard Capital and chairs the Investment Committee for the two respective funds totaling more than $600 million. He represented Halyard on the Boards of EducationDynamics, Practice Insight, Digital Fortress. Jun Group, Engauge Marketing, LLC, Women’s Marketing, Inc., American Consolidated Media, Inflow, North Dakota Holdings, and TRANZACT.

From 2001 until January 2006, he was the CEO of the BMO Private Equity Group, overseeing an investment portfolio with $1 billion in capital.

Previously, he was Managing Director and Head of Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking at CIBC World Markets. Prior to CIBC, Mr. Nolan was Telecommunications Group Head at UBS Securities.

He also worked for nine years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Telecommunications, Media & Technology Group.

Mr. Nolan is a member of the New York and Washington, D.C. Bar Associations. Mr. Nolan received a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law and a B.S / B.A. from Georgetown University. Mr. Nolan is a member of the McDonough School of Business Board of Advisors.