In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

Filing 4608

NOTICE of Withdrawal of Counsel Katherine M. Katchen. Document filed by Lukoil Americas Corporation(INDIVIDUALLY AND AS F/K/A, D/B/A AND/OR SUCCESSOR IN LIABILITY TO GETTY PETROLEUM MARKETING INC.), Lukoil North America LLC, Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC, PJSC LUKOIL. Filed In Associated Cases: 1:00-cv-01898-VSB, 1:14-cv-06228-VSB-DCF.(Sorkin, Joseph)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“MTBE”)
Products Liability Litigation

Master File No. 1:00 – 1898
MDL 1358 (VSB)

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This Document Relates to:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. v.
Exxon Mobil Corp., et al., No. 1:14-CV-06228-VSB
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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL
Consistent with Local Civil Rule 1.4, Defendants LUKOIL Americas Corporation,
LUKOIL North America LLC, LUKOIL Pan Americas LLC, and PJSC LUKOIL (the “LUKOIL
Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby move this Court for entry of an
Order withdrawing the appearance of Katherine M. Katchen, as counsel of record for the
LUKOIL Defendants and removal as counsel from the Court’s CM/ECF system service list for
the above-referenced action.
As grounds therefore, the undersigned state that the LUKOIL Defendants will continue to
be represented by counsel Joseph L. Sorkin and Anne M. Evans of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld LLP, who have appeared as counsel of record, and Ellen L. Pierce of Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld LLP (pro hac vice forthcoming). The LUKOIL Defendants have been notified of
this change and have approved.

Dated: January 22, 2021

Respectfully submitted,

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
By: /s/ Joseph L. Sorkin
Joseph L. Sorkin
Anne M. Evans
One Bryant Park
New York, NY 10036
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Ellen L. Pierce (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street, Suite 4100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Defendants LUKOIL Americas
Corporation, LUKOIL North America LLC,
LUKOIL Pan Americas LLC, and PJSC LUKOIL

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on January 22, 2021, a true and correct copy of the Notice of Withdrawal
was electronically served on counsel of record via LexisNexis File & Serve.

Dated: January 22, 2021

s/ Joseph L. Sorkin
Joseph L. Sorkin

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