Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Filing 159

DECLARATION of Catherine A. Torell in Opposition re: #133 MOTION to Appoint Securities & Investment Company Bahrain, Harel Insurance Company Ltd., AXA Private Management, St. Stephens School, and Pacific West Health Medical Inc., Employees Retirement Trust to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Appoint Counsel. MOTION to Appoint Securities & Investment Company Bahrain, Harel Insurance Company Ltd., AXA Private Management, St. Stephens School, and Pacific West Health Medical Inc., Employees Retirement Trust to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Appoint Securities & Investment Company Bahrain, Harel Insurance Company Ltd., AXA Private Management, St. Stephens School, and Pacific West Health Medical Inc., Employees Retirement Trust to serve as lead plaintiff(s)., #130 MOTION to Appoint The Knight Services Holdings Limited and the Americas/SwissCo. Trusts to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Appoint Counsel MOTION OF THE KNIGHT SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED AND THE AMERICAS/SWISSCO. TRUSTS FOR APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFFS OVER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES CLAIMS AND CONCOMITANT SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL. MOTION to Appoint The Knight Services Holdings Limited and the Americas/SwissCo. Trusts to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Appoint The Knight Services Holdings Limited and the Americas/SwissCo. Trusts to serve as lead plaintiff(s).. Document filed by Fairfield Investor Group. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B)(Torell, Catherine)

Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Doc. 159

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ANWAR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FAIRFIELD GREENWICH LIMITED, et al., Defendants. DECLARATION OF CATHERINE A. TORELL IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF MOTION OF THE FAIRFIELD INVESTOR GROUP FOR APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPOINTMENT OF LEAD COUNSEL AND IN OPPOSITION TO COMPETING MOTIONS Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, Catherine A. Torell, declare as follows: 1. I am a member in good standing of the New York bar and admitted to practice in Master File No. 09-CV-118-VM This Document Relates To: 09-CV-2269-VM (Knight Action)

this District. I submit this declaration in further support of the motion filed by Madanes Investment & Enterprise Ltd., Carling Investment Ltd., Shimon Laor, and Arie and Dafna Gruber (collectively, the "Fairfield Investor Group" or "Movant") to appoint Movant as Lead Plaintiff and appoint Lead Counsel for the class, and in opposition to competing motions. 2. Attached as exhibits hereto are true and correct copies of the following: Letter from Mark G. Cunha to the Honorable Theodore H. Katz (May 21, 2009); Opinion in Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC Sec. and Deriv. Litig., No. MDL 08-MD-1961 (D. Md. Aug. 27, 2008).

Exhibit A: Exhibit B:

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Dated: May 29, 2009 /s/ Catherine A. Torell Catherine A. Torell

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