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Ross Oliver joined Crestview Partners in 2011 and is a partner and the general counsel of the firm. Crestview is a $10 billion private equity firm based in New York. Ross advises on fund formation, acquisitions and sales of investments, tax structuring, litigation, regulatory compliance and all other legal areas affecting the firm and its funds. Ross also is active in the private investment industry and serves on the board of directors of the American Investment Council, the industry’s advocacy and resource organization based in Washington, D.C. Ross has served on the boards of Crestview portfolio companies Arxis Capital Group, Cumulus Media (chairman of the audit committee) and Industrial Media. He joined Crestview from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP where he was a member of the investment management and capital markets groups and served as outside counsel to Crestview. Ross clerked for federal district Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga after graduating first in his class from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received a J.D., summa cum laude, and was an editor of the law review. Ross began his career as a certified public accountant and has an M.S. in taxation from American University and a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from Eastern Michigan University where he was a presidential scholar. He is admitted to the bar of New York and is a member of the New York City Bar Association.