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Exhibit (j)
CONSENT OF COUNSEL
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We hereby consent to (i) the use of our name and to the
reference to our Firm under the caption "Counsel" in the Statement of Additional
Information that is included in, Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, of Armada Funds; and (ii) the use and incorporation by reference in
said Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 of our firm's opinion of counsel filed as
Exhibit 10(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the Registration Statement
on Form N-1A under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, of Armada
Funds.
/s/ Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 26, 2000
