People: CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL)

Ms. Victoria S. Berghel is Senior Vice President - General Counsel of the Company since January 1, 2006. Ms. Berghel formerly served as Vice President - Deputy General Counsel since joining the Company in February 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Berghel served as a Vice President - Law - Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Affairs for Sears, Roebuck and Co. (1996 - 2004). Before joining Sears in 1996, she was a partner with the Baltimore, Maryland law firm of Weinberg & Green (now part of the law firm of Saul Ewing LLP). Ms. Berghel earned her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1977) where she was on the Editorial Board of the Maryland Law Review. Ms. Berghel has been a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1989 and has served as Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning from 1994 to 1996. She serves on the Advisory Board of the John Marshall School of Law LLM-Real Estate program and is a member of the Law Conference Program Committee for the ICSC having previously served as co-chair (2003) and chair (2004) of the ICSC Law Conference and as a dean of the ICSC University of Shopping Centers School of Shopping Center Law.