Spilotro v. C R Bard Incorporated et al

Filing 71

ORDER Granting 70 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 11/18/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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ERIC W. SWANIS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 006840
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

LORI G. COHEN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
3333 Piedmont Road NE
Suite 2500
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

CHRISTOPHER J. NEUMANN, ESQ.*
CANDACE H. UDUEBOR, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1144 15th Street
Suite 3300
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

C. WADE BOWDEN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 300 East
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Counsel for Defendants

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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STEPHANIE SPILOTRO, as Guardian ad
litem for JASON DUENAS,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:19-cv-01586-RFB-BNW

v.
C. R. BARD, INC., and BARD
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.,

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Defendants.

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL

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Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively

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H. Uduebor (“Uduebor”), of the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP and located in Denver,

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Colorado, as counsel for Defendants. In support of this motion, Defendants state as follows:
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The above-captioned case is one of many that have been remanded to this

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District as a result of the Suggestion of Remand and Transfer Order from the District of

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Arizona in the In Re: Bard IVC Filters Product Liability Litigation, MDL 2641 (October 17,

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2019), and further remands (“Bard MDL”).
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Greenberg Traurig was retained by Bard to provide legal representation in the

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Bard MDL remand cases in this District and Ms. Uduebor was assigned to a discrete number

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of cases which expanded over time as the number of cases remanded to the District of Nevada

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populated.

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In October 2021, Ms. Uduebor left the employ of Greenberg Traurig LLC.

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Greenberg Traurig will continue to represent Bard in this case by Eric W. Swanis

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and other attorneys, and Bard will not be prejudiced by the withdrawal of Uduebor.
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Ms. Uduebor has approved of the filing of this Motion for Leave to Withdraw

as Counsel.
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This motion is necessary to comply with Local Rule 1A 11-2.

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For the foregoing reasons, Bard respectfully requests that the Court enter an order granting

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this motion and granting Ms. Uduebor leave to withdraw as counsel for Defendants in this

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case.

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DATED this 17th day of November 2021.

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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

By: /s/ Eric W. Swanis
ERIC W. SWANIS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 006840
Email: [e-mail]

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LORI G. COHEN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Email: [e-mail]

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CHRISTOPHER J. NEUMANN, ESQ.*

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CANDACE H. UDUEBOR, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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C. WADE BOWDEN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Email: [e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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November
18th
Dated this ____ day of ______________, 2021.

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BRENDA N. WEKSLER
United States Magistrate Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on November 17, 2021, I caused the foregoing document to be

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electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send

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notification of such filing to the CM/ECF participants registered to receive such service.

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/s/ Evelyn Escobar-Gaddi

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An employee of GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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