Whitmill v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Filing 16

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Frederick J. Sperling (Filing fee $100 receipt number 0865-2741751)Yes or No - No, by Defendant Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.. (Sperling, Frederick)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
S. VICTOR WHITMILL,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC. )
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Defendant.
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Civil Action No. 4:11-cv-752
Judge Catherine D. Perry

VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
Pursuant to Rule 12 of the local rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Missouri, I, Frederick J. Sperling, move to be admitted pro hac vice to the bar of this
court for the purpose of representing Defendant Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. in this matter.
In support of this motion, I submit the following information as required by Rule 12.01(E):
(a)

Full name of the movant-attorney: Frederick J. Sperling

(b)

Address, telephone number and fax number of the movant-attorney:
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6600, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

(c)

Name of the firm or letterhead under which the movant practices:
Schiff Hardin LLP

(d)

Name of the law school(s) movant attended and the date(s) of graduation
therefrom: University of Chicago Law School, 1979.

(e)

Bars, state and federal, of which the movant is a member, with dates of admission
and registration numbers, if any:
Court
Illinois

1980

United States Supreme Court

1991

United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit

1980

United States Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit

2000

United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit

2000

United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit

2005

United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit

2009

United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit

2010

United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois

1980

United States District Court for
the Central District of Illinois
(f)

Date of Admission

Bar Number

1990

3128237

The movant is a member in good standing of all bars of which movant is a
member and is not under suspension or disbarment from any bar;

(g)

Movant does not reside in the Eastern District of Missouri, is not regularly
employed in this district and is not regularly engaged in the practice of law in this
district.

Movant attests under penalty of perjury the truth and accuracy of the foregoing facts, and
respectfully requests that this motion be granted and that the movant be admitted pro hac vice to
the bar of the court to appear in this matter.

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Dated: May 5, 2011

/s/ Frederick J. Sperling
Frederick J. Sperling

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on May 5, 2011, a true copy of the foregoing
Verified Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice was filed electronically with the Clerk of the Court
to be served via operation of the Court’s electronic filing system upon all counsel of record.
/s/ Frederick J. Sperling