Dun et al v. Transamerica Premier Insurance Company et al

Filing 42

ORDER granting 38 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Markham R. Leventhal,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for AEGON Direct Marketing Services,Markham R. Leventhal,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for Financial Planning Services,Markham R. Leventhal ,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company.; granting 39 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Markham R. Leventhal,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for AEGON Direct Marketing Services,Markham R. Leventhal,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for Financial Planning Services,Markham R. Leventhal,Shaunda Patterson-Strachan for Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company. Acknowledgment of PHV Order due by 11/1/2017. Signed by Judge Brian Morris on 10/17/2017. (ELL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BUTTE DIVISION
DUNN, et al.,

CV-16-23-BU-BMM
Plaintiffs,

vs.

ORDER

TRANSAMERICA PREMIER
INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.

Defendants have moved for an order allowing Markham R. Leventhal, Esq.
and Shaunda Patterson-Strachan, Esq. to appear pro hac vice in this case with
Marshal L. Mickelson, Esq. of Corette Black Carlson & Mickelson, Butte,
Montana, designated as local counsel. The applications of Mr. Leventhal and Ms.
Patterson-Strachan appear to be in compliance with L.R. 83.1(d).
IT IS ORDERED:
Defendants’s motions to allow to appear Mr. Leventhal and Ms. PattersonStrachan on their behalf (Docs. 38 and 39) are GRANTED, subject to the following
conditions:
1.

Local counsel shall exercise the responsibilities required by L.R.

83.1(d)(5) and must be designated as lead counsel or as co-lead counsel;

2.

Only one attorney appearing pro hac vice may act as co-lead counsel;

3.

Mr. Leventhal and Ms. Patterson-Strachan must each do his or her own

work. Each must do his or her own writing, sign his or her own pleadings, motions,
briefs, and, if designated co-lead counsel, must appear and participate personally in
all proceedings before the Court;
4.

Local counsel shall also sign all such pleadings, motions and briefs and

other documents served or filed; and
5.

Admission is personal to Mr. Leventhal and Ms. Patterson-Strachan; it

is not an admission of the Carlton Fields Jorden Burt law firm.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
Each applicant shall file, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this Order,
an acknowledgment and acceptance of his or her admission under the terms set
forth above.
DATED this 17th day of October, 2017.

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