Amarin Pharma, Inc. et al v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. et.al,

Filing 175

ORDER approving ECF No. 172 Verified Petition for Permission to Practice Pro Hac Vice as to Eimeric Reig-Plessis and approving Designation of Local Counsel Wayne A. Shaffer. Signed by Judge Miranda M. Du on 1/3/2019. Any Attorney not yet registered with the Court's CM/ECF System shall submit a Registration Form on the Court's website www.nvd.uscourts.gov (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LH)

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2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 9 AMARJN PHARMA, INC. et al., Plaintiff(s), 10 11 12 13 VS. WEST-WARD PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED et al., Defendant(s). Case #2: 16-CV-2525-MMD-NJK ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) VERIFIED PETITION FOR PERMISSION TO PRACTICE IN TIDS CASE ONLY BY ATTORNEYNOTADNITTTED TO THE BAR OF THIS COURT AND DESIGNATION OF LOCAL COUNSEL FILING FEE IS $250.00 14 15 16 ____ E..,.im_e_r_ic_R..,...e_ig....,.,-""'"P_le_ss,i_s___, Petitioner, respectfully represents to the Court: (name of pettttoner) 17 1. That Petitioner is an attorney at law and a member of the law firm of 18 Winston & Strawn LLP (firm name) 19 20 with offices at 10 1 California Street --------------------~--~~~---------------------- (street address) 21 San Francisco (city) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 415-591-6808 (area code + telephone number) 2. California (state) 94111 (zip code) ereigplessis@winston.com (Email address) That Petitioner has been retained personally or as a member of the law fitm by West·Ward Pharmaceuticals International limited and _H_ik_m_aP_h_ar_m_ac-,eu,....,tic al_s-,us~A,.-In_c._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .. to provide legal representation in C01U1ection with [client(s)] the above-entitled case now pending before tills Court. Rev. 5/16 3. That since June 11, 2018 , Petitioner has been and presently is a (date) 2 member in good standing of the bar of the highest Court of the State of California 3 where Petitioner regularly practices law. Petitioner shall attach a ce1ti:ficate fi:om the state bar or 4 from the clerk of the supreme court or highest admitting court of each state, telTitory, or insular 5 possession of the United States in which the applicant has been admitted to practice law certifYing 6 the applicanes membership therein is in good standing. (state) 7 4. That Petitioner was admitted to practice before the following United States District 8 Comis, United States Circuit Comts of Appeal, the Supreme Comt of the United States and Courts 9 of other States on the dates indicated for each, and that Petitioner is presently a member in good 10 standing of the bars of said Courts. 11 Court Date Admitted 12 -----------·-------·-·- State ofNewYork January 20, 2011 13 District of Columbia January 6, 2012 14 U.S.C.A, Federal Circuit September 5, 2013 15 U.S.C.A., Seventh Circuit Bar Number May 29, 2015 1005104 16 17 18 19 5. That there are or have been no disciplinary proceedings instituted against petitioner, 20 nor any suspension of any license, certificate or privilege to appear before any judicial, regulatory 21 or administrative body, or any resignation or termination in order to avoid disciplinary or 22 disbarment proceedings, except as described in detail below: 23 None 24 25 26 27 28 2 Rev. 5/16 6. That Petitioner has never been denied admission to the State Bar of Nevada. (Give 2 patticulars if ever denied admission): 3 None 4 5 7. 7 That Petitioner is a member of good standing in the following Bar Associations. 8. 6 Petitioner has filed application(s) to appear as counsel under Local Rule IA 11-2 None 8 9 10 11 (formerly LR IA 10·2) during the past three (3) years in the following matters: (State "none" if no applications.) 12 Dale of Application Title of Court Administrative Body or Arbitrator Cause 13 14 Was Application Granted or Denied None -----------------~------------------ 15 16 17 ------------------------------------- 18 19 20 (If necessary, please attach a statement of additional applications) 9. Petitioner consents to the jurisdiction of the courts and disciplinary boards ofthe 21 State of Nevada with respect to the law of this state governing the conduct of attorneys to the same 22 extent as a member of the State Bar ofNevada. 23 24 25 26 10. Petitioner agrees to comply with the standards of professional conduct required of the members of the bar of this court. 11. Petitioner has disclosed in writing to the client that the applicant is not admitted to practice in this jurisdiction and that the client has consented to such representation. 27 28 3 Rev. 5/16 1 That Petitioner respectfully prays that Petitioner be admitted to practice before this Court 2 3 4 STATE OF 5 ·- California -------- / Petitioner1 hi~nature ) ) ) 6 7 8 9 10 11 Eimeric Reig-Plessis , Petitioner, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That the foregoing statements are true. ~~~fore me this SC~: .t\TTAcHEQ - ~~- _ _ _ _day of CA 12 T <._) (\.. <\-:-r 13 Notary Public or Clet·k of Court 14 15 16 DESIGNATION OF RESIDENT ATTORNEY ADMITTED TO THE BAR OF THIS COURT AND CONSENT THERETO. 17 Pursuant to the requirements of the Local Rules of Practice for this Court, the Petitioner 18 believes it to be in the best interests of the client(s) to designate 19 Wayne A. Shaffer (name of local counsel) Attomey at Law, member of the State of Nevada and previously admitted to practice before the 20 above-entitled Court as associate resident counsel in this action. The address and email address of 21 said designated Nevada counsel is: 22 9790 Gateway Drive, Suite 200 23 (street address) 24 25 26 Reno ------~--::--------' ,, (city) 775-322-1170 (area code+ telephone number) Nevada ____---;-,.-,-..----(state) 89521 -~.....---~-' (zip code) wshaffer@laxalt-nomura.com (Email address) 27 28 4 Rev. 5/16 1 By this designation the petitioner and undersigned party(ies) agree that this designation constitutes 2 agreement and authorization for the designated resident admitted counsel to sign stipulations 3 binding on all of us. 4 5 APPOINTMENT OF DESIGNATED RESI DENT NEVADA COUNSEL 6 7 The undersigned party(ies) appoint(s) - ------,--W--;ayn , ._s_h_a_ffl"et_·_ _ _ _ as .._e_A (name of local counsel) 8 his/her/their Designated Resident Nevada Counsel in this case. 9 10 (patty's signat1ll'e) 11 \\CladMA ~. s~?Y ,~ c..UM&e2..\, \-\\~ f~ 12 (type or pdot party name, title) u-=.,1\, ~". ~ l.:>o4lr ~ ?~....» · 1:.,..,~'\ L-\J. · 13 (party's signature) 14 15 (type or print party name, title) 16 17 CONSENT OF DESIGNEE The undersigned hereby consents to serve as associate resident Nevada counsel in this case. 18 19 20 1519 wshaffer@laxalt-nomura.com Bar number 21 Email address 22 23 APPROVED: 24 January 19 Dated: this 3rd ___ day of _ _ __ ___, 20_ 25 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 27 28 5 Rev. 5/16 ~\ THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA 180 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCfSCO, CAUPORN!A 94105-1617 TELEPHONE: 888-800-3400 CERTIFICATE OF STANDING November 29, 2018 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that according to the records of the State Bar, EIMERIC REIG-PLESSIS, #321273 was admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Supreme Court of California on June 11, 2018; and has been since that date, and is at date hereof, an ACTIVE member of the State Bar of California; and that no recommendation for discipline for professional or other misconduct has ever been made by the Board of Trustees or a Disciplinary Board to the Supreme Court of the State of California. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA Denise Velasco Custodian of Records cSiafe ofXetJ) Yor.k cSupreme Oourf, 7/ppeffafe Z>ioision 'J.hird;Judictai7Jeparfmenf 9,' !Roberi:JJ. !JlCayb'erger, G/er.k of!lle 7/ppe/fale 1Jivision ofi/2e c5upreme Gaur/ of!lle c5fa/e ofXew Yor.k, <Jfi'irdf/udiata!Z>eparlmenf, do hereby aerlify lf2al CJimeric fl(etgr-J :Plessis havin5' la.hen andsubso.ribecf!.he Conslilulioila!Oa!£ ofOffice as prescr·ibedby law, ,;as duly jjcensedandadmi//edlo praclice by /his Co uri as an ?~!forney andCounselor a/ Saw in af!co uris of!lie cJ/a/e oj9Cew Yorh on /be 201.£ clay of Yanaary, 2011, is currenffj in 5'oods/an&n5' andis reyis/eredwi/h /he ?ld"minislralive Office of!.he Courts as reruirec!by sec/ion four iium:lred'six(y-- ei5'£t--a ojl.be J/udiciary f3aw. ~ Wi!ness W.bepeof, g /lave hereunlo sel my .hancf andaffixedlfle c5eafofsaidGou.t•f, a/ I fie Oily o[Dlfliany, /.his :Jrcfclay of'lJecember, 20Jcj, Gler.k On behalf of JULIO i\. CASTILLO, Clerk of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Bar does hereby certify that was duly qualified and admitted on January 6, 2012 as an attorney and counselor entitled to practice before this Court; and is, on the date indicated below, an Active member in good standing of this Bar. In Testitnol1y Wherc<~f, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the scal.ofthis Cc{urt at.t~lc CifY of Washington, D.~·'?•pnJ':-{9X~1~lJ~!-!r,..~Q,201B. ;'-~·'f.'f':>;l~ ,;}?'s~,J',~'' ~(',(:}~;:' ,,, ~:~~~ Clerk of the Court • ( ' lssuctiBy: l ' ~ i ' ~~ District of Columbia Bar l'vlembership For questions or concerns, please contact the D.C. Bar Membership Office at 202-626-3475 or email mcm bcrscrviccs@dcbar .org. CALIFORNIA JURAT GOVERNMENT CODE§ 8:202 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only t11e identity of the Individual who signed the document to which this certificate Is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of California County of 5'ctn Ft~ n (; s ( CJ Subscribed and sworn to (~~) before me on this I t..J t4 day of Date (1) D-e. (I?''" h£f.2oJL, by Month Year E i rn e f'i c.. (and (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ), Nome(s) of Signer{s) proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(srl who appeared before me. Slgoature Place Notary Seal and/or Stamp Above 1 ---------------- / 4 ;rz,;:J;;~ y Signature of Nota Public OPTIONAL---------------. Completing this Information can deter alteration of the document or fraudulent reattachment of this form to an unintended document. Description of Attached Document Title or Type of Document: Document Date: _V.:._:e._,_r_,l_{_;.._,e."'-"'J"'----'-ft-'e___ -1_·i_o_yt-=---"f_Cl_/,___...:.A_e_·r_m. I 5 .5' I q_fl_ '-f i·-' l'J.?c e. mb?r !'I, ;{ 0 I~ Signer(s) Other Than Named Above: ©2018 National Notary Association /V C• o J )w;_ ,.. NumberofPages: "-.1~~L:Z s-t- :7 c~+ls 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 3 Pursuant to FRCP 5(b) and Section IV of the District ofNevada Electronic Filing 4 Procedures, I hereby certify that I am an employee of LAXALT & NOMURA, LTD., and 5 that I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing by E-Service by filing 6 the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will 7 electronically mail the filing to all listed counsel including to the following email 8 addresses: 9 Nicholas J. Santoro 10 nsantoro(a{santoronevada.com Michael D. Rounds mrounds@bhfs.com 11 Jason Smith jsmith@santoronevada.com Ryan Cudnik rcudnik@bhfs.com 12 Christopher N. Sipes 13 csipes@cov .com Caroline Sun csun@buddlarner.com 14 Einar Stole 15 estole@,cov .com Constance S. Huttner Chuttner@buddlarner.com Frank D. Rodriguez frodri guez(a{buddlarner. com Beth Finkelstein bfinkelstein@buddlarner.com 24 Jordan L. Moran 25 Jmoran@cov.com 26 27 28 LAXALT & NOMURA, LTD. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 9790 GATEWAY DRIVE SUITE 200 ... ____ . ·--- - ri-~-. DATED this 2nd day of January, 2019. Is/Laurie Pieratt LAURIE PIERATT

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