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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A member of the Company's Board of Directors, Gerald S. Lippes, is a partner in a law firm that provides legal services to the Company. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had $296,000 and $530,000 recorded in accounts payable for amounts due to this law firm, respectively. For the years ended December 31, the Company incurred the following costs for legal services from this firm, including services provided in connection with the sale of businesses and recognized as a component of discontinued operations as well as deferred debt issuance costs (in thousands):

    2013   2012   2011
Selling, general, and administrative expense $ 1,763 $ 1,511 $ 1,538
Discontinued operations   223   12   183
Capitalized as deferred financing costs   –   –   66
Total related-party legal costs $ 1,986 $ 1,523 $ 1,787

 

Effective September 30, 2013, Henning Kornbrekke, the former President and Chief Operating Officer, retired and entered into a consulting agreement with the Company. Through this agreement, he will serve as a consultant to the Company through December 2014 for a monetary fee of $10,000 per month.