Exhibit (i)(5): Consent of Dechert, Counsel
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Dechert
Direct Tel: 202.261.3377
[email protected]
January 2, 2001
Gardner Lewis Investment Trust
107 North Washington Street
Post Office Box 4365
Rocky Mount, NC 27803-0365
Re: Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A
for Gardner Lewis Investment Trust ("Trust") (File Nos. 33-53800 and
811-07324)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby consent to the reference in the Trust's Statement of Additional
Information to Dechert as counsel to the Trust and to the inclusion of this
consent as an exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Trust's
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Dechert
Dechert
