Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

Filing 711

Declaration of Ronald S. Katz in Support of 709 Response to July 21, 2010 Order filed byHerbert Anthony Adderley. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Cover Sheet only, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4)(Related document(s) 709 ) (Katz, Ronald) (Filed on 8/12/2010)

Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

Doc. 711

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MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP RONALD S. KATZ (Bar No. CA 085713) E-mail: [e-mail] RYAN S. HILBERT (California Bar No. 210549) E-mail: [e-mail] NOEL S. COHEN (California Bar No. 219645) E-mail: [e-mail] 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] McKOOL SMITH, P.C. LEWIS T. LECLAIR (Bar No. CA 077136) E-mail: lleclair@mckoolsmith 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION BERNARD PAUL PARRISH, HERBERT ANTHONY ADDERLEY, and WALTER ROBERTS, III on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs vs. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, a Virginia corporation, and NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS INCORPORATED d/b/a PLAYERS INC, a Virginia corporation, Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. C07 0943 WHA DECLARATION OF RONALD S. KATZ IN SUPPORT OF CLASS COUNSELS' RESPONSE TO JULY 21, 2010 ORDER

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DECLARATION OF RONALD S. KATZ ­ Page 1 Civil Action No. C07 0943 WHA

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I, Ronald S. Katz, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law before the Courts of the State of

California and am a counsel of record in this matter. I am a partner with the law firm of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP ("Manatt"), co-counsel of record for the Plaintiff Class in this case. I am submitting this Declaration in support of Class Counsel's Response to July 21, 2010 Order. The following declaration is based upon my personal knowledge. If called as a witness I could and would competently testify to the facts set forth herein. 2. Exhibit 1 to this declaration is a true and correct copy of the third claim form that

class counsel in the matter recommends sending to the 76 members of the class whose addresses have recently been located. 3. Exhibit 2 (FILED UNDER SEAL) to this declaration is Class Counsel's payment

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matrix which reflects the amount that each class member who has submitted a timely claim form is expected to receive in connection with the second distribution. 4. Exhibit 3 to this declaration is a true and correct copy of LECG's June 30, 2010

invoice for services rendered in connection with confirming the accuracy of the payment matrix. 5. Distribution. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the forgoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Signed this 12th day of August, 2010, at Palo Alto, California. /S/ RONALD S. KATZ____________ Ronald S. Katz Exhibit 4 to this declaration is a true and correct copy of the Proposed Plan of

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