James Andrew Courter

A Representative from New Jersey; born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., October 14, 1941; graduated from Montclair Academy, Montclair, N.J., 1959; B.A., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1963; J.D., Duke University Law School, Durham, N.C., 1966; Peace Corps volunteer, Venezuela, 1966-1968; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1971 and Washington, D.C., bar in 1966; lawyer, private practice; founder and partner of law firm in Hackettstown, N.J., 1972; assistant corporation counsel for Washington, D.C., 1969-1970; Union County Legal Services, 1970-1971; first assistant, prosecutor, Warren County, N.J., 1973-1977; co-founder, Warren County Legal Services, 1975; attorney for municipalities in Warren and Sussex Counties; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1991); unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1989; was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990; chairman, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 1991-1993; is a resident of Hackettstown, N.J. James A. Courter joined the Company in October 1996 and served as President of the Company from October 1996 until July 2001. Since August 2001, Mr. Courter has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Courter has also been a director of the Company since March 1996 and has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since March 1999. In addition, since December 1999, Mr. Courter has served as a director of IDT Telecom and as a director of Net2Phone, and has served as a director of IDT Capital since September 2004. Mr. Courter served as the Vice Chairman of IDT Entertainment from November 2003 to August 2006. Mr. Courter has been a senior partner in the New Jersey law firm of Courter, Kobert & Cohen since 1972. He was also a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand from January 1994 to September 1996. Mr. Courter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years, retiring in January 1991. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Courter was Chairman of the President’s Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Mr. Courter also serves as a director of The Berkeley School. He received a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D. from Duke University Law School.