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Arnold M. Friedman
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Arnold M. Friedman was appointed vice president and deputy general counsel of Textron in July 1984. He is responsible for managing the Corporate legal staff with primary responsibility for overseeing all legal matters other than litigation, including mergers and acquisitions, SEC, Corporate finance, antitrust, compliance, international, intellectual property, government contracts and real estate. Friedman is a member of the enterprise-wide Legal and Engineering & Technology Councils and leads the enterprise-wide Legal Council Working Group.

Friedman joined Textron in 1975 as a staff attorney. In 1977, he became assistant general counsel, and in 1983, he was named deputy general counsel. Prior to joining Textron, Friedman was with the Boston firm of Widett & Widett.

Friedman received his A.B. from Cornell University. He did post graduate work at Harvard University. Friedman received his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School. He is a past participant in the Textron Executive Development Program.

Friedman is a certified Textron Six Sigma Green Belt.