Opinion
21-cv-4840-ER
08-23-2021
In Re ARAMID ENTERTAINMENT FUND LIMITED v. REED SMITH LLP, et al., Appellees. DAVID MOLNER, Appellant,
STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Chris Paparella Jeffrey Reisner Attorneys for Defendants Duff & Phelps LLC, Duff & Phelps (Cayman) Limited, Geoffrey Varga, and Jess Shakespeare Kevin S. Rosen Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Nancy Elizabeth Hart Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP David Michael Feldman Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP William John Mocica Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Counsel for Defendants Reed Smith LLP, James C. McCarroll, Francisca Mok, James L. Sanders, Kurt Gwynne, and Jordan W. Siev Douglas R. Hirsch Jennifer A. Rossan Sadis & Goldberg LLP Counsel for Defendant David Bree Katherine R. Catanese Foley & Lardner LLP Counsel for Defendants Roger Hanson, Donald M. Seymour, and DMS Governance LTD David I. Bosko Bosko, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiff David Molner
STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Chris Paparella Jeffrey Reisner Attorneys for Defendants Duff & Phelps LLC, Duff & Phelps (Cayman) Limited, Geoffrey Varga, and Jess Shakespeare
Kevin S. Rosen Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Nancy Elizabeth Hart Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP David Michael Feldman Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP William John Mocica Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Counsel for Defendants Reed Smith LLP, James C. McCarroll, Francisca Mok, James L. Sanders, Kurt Gwynne, and Jordan W. Siev
Douglas R. Hirsch Jennifer A. Rossan Sadis & Goldberg LLP Counsel for Defendant David Bree
Katherine R. Catanese Foley & Lardner LLP Counsel for Defendants Roger Hanson, Donald M. Seymour, and DMS Governance LTD
David I. Bosko Bosko, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiff David Molner
NOTICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL
EDGARDO RAMOS, United States District Judge.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 1.4, upon the annexed declaration, and subject to the approval of the Court, Julie C. Amadeo hereby withdraws as counsel for Defendants/Appellees Kroll, LLC (sued as Duff & Phelps, LLC), Duff & Phelps (Cayman) Limited (sued as Kinetic Partners), Geoffrey Varga, and Jess Shakespeare and shall be removed from the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) notification list in the above-captioned matter.
Dated: August 20, 2021.
SO ORDERED.
DECLARATION OF CHRIS PAPARELLA
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare, under penalty of perjury, the following:
1. I am a partner at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and am counsel for Defendants/Appellees Kroll, LLC (sued as Duff & Phelps, LLC), Duff & Phelps (Cayman) Limited (sued as Kinetic Partners), Geoffrey Varga, and Jess Shakespeare.
2. I submit this declaration in compliance with Local Civil Rule 1.4 to notify the Court that Julie C. Amadeo is withdrawing as counsel for Defendants/Appellees because she left the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
3. I will continue to represent the above-listed Defendants/Appellees in this proceeding.
4. Ms. Amadeo's withdrawal will not delay the matter or prejudice any party.
5. Ms. Amadeo is not retaining a charging lien.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Chris Paparella, herby affirm, under penalty of perjury, that copies of the foregoing Notice and Proposed Order of Withdrawal of Counsel, and the accompanying Declaration, have been duly served as of August 20, 2021 and were transmitted via the Court's CM-ECF system upon the following: