In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds Securities Litigation

Filing 300

MOTION for Patrice L. Bishop to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Document filed by Repex Ventures S.A.(pgu)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

In re HERALD, PRIMEO and THEMA
FUNDS SECURITIES LITIGATION,

ORfGfNAL

Civil Action No. 09 CIV 289 (RMB) (HBP)
(Consolidated with 09 CIV 2032 and
09 CIV 2558)

This Document Relates To:
ECFCASE
ALL ACTIONS.

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MOTION TO ADMIT COUNSEL, PATRICE L. BISHOP, PRO HAC VICE ...~-

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Pursuant to Rule 1.3(c) of the Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the
Southern and Eastern Districts ofNew York, I, Jules Brody a member in good standing ofthe
bar of this Court, hereby move for an Order allowing the admission pro hac vice of:
Patrice L. Bishop, Esq.
STULL, STULL & BRODY
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 900245
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Patrice L. Bishop is a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of California.
There are no pending disciplinary proceedings against Patrice L. Bishop in any State or Federal
court.
STULL, STULL & BRODY

Dated: AUt, I I l:oll
By:

Jules Brody (JB-9151
6 East 45th Street
New York, New York 10017
[phone] (Tel)
[phone] (Fax)
STULL, STULL & BRODY
Patrice L. Bishop
Timothy J. Burke
10940 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 2300
Los Angeles, California 90024
(31 0) 209-2468 (Tel)
(31 0) 209-2087 (Fax)
Email: [e-mail]
Lead·Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Repex
Ventures, Plaintiff Dana Trezziova and
the Proposed Class (Repex action only)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify, this _ _th day of
, 2011, that I caused a true and correct
copy[ies] of the Motion to Admit Counsel, Patrice L. Bishop, Pro Hac Vice; Affidavit of

Jules Brody in Support of Motion to Admit Counsel, Patrice L. Bishop, Pro Hac Vice; and
Order for Admission of Patrice L. Bishop, Pro Hac Vice on Written Motion to be served via
First Class Mail and First Class International Mail on all parties listed on the attached service
list.
Dated:

SERVICE LIST
Jules Brody
[e-mail]
Patrick K. Slyne
[e-mail]
STULL, STULL & BRODY
6 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Repex
Ventures and the Class
(Repex action only)
Joshua S. Devore
jdevore@cohenmilstein. com
S. Douglas Bunch
[e-mail]
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL
PLLC
1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500, West Tower
Washington, DC 20005
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Catherine A. Torell
[e-mail]
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL
PLLC
150 East 52nd Street
30th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212)8387797.
Tel:
Fax: [phone]

Jacob Sabo, Esq.
The Tower
# 3 Daniel Frisch St.
Tel Aviv Israel
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Of Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Shmuel
Cab illy
Brian P. Murray
Gregory B. Linkh
MURRAY, FRANK & SAILER LLP
275 Madison Avenue
Suite 801
New York, NY 10016
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Plaintiff and the Class
Frank A. Bottini
frankb@j ohnsonbottini.com
Albert Y. Chang
al bertc@j ohnsonbottini. com
CHAPIN FITZGERALD SULLIVAN &
BOTTINI LLP
550 West C Street
Suite 2000
San Diego, CA 92101
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Lead Counsel for Plaintiff and the Class

Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Dr. Schmuel
Cabilly and Plaintiff Korea Exchange
Bank and Lead Counsel for the Class

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Samuel H. Rudman
srudman@rgrdlaw .com
David A. Rosenfeld
[e-mail]
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
&DOWDLLP
52 Duane. Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Keith F. Park
kei [e-mail]
James I. Jaconette
[e-mail]
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
&DOWDLLP
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
-andJack Reise
197 South Federal Highway
Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Counsel for Plaintiff and the Class
Robert S. Schachter
ZWERLING, SCHACHTER &
ZWERLING
41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Dennis H. Tracey, III
dennis. tracey@hoganlovells. com
Sanford M. Litvack
[e-mail]
Lisa J. Fried
[e-mail]
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
875 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Bermuda
Partnership
Mitchell J. Auslander
[e-mail]
WILLKIE F ARR & GALLAGHER LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Tel:
[phone]
fax:
[phone]
Counsel for William Fry
Thomas G. Rafferty
trafferty@cra vath. com
Antony L. Ryan
[e-mail]
Samira Shah
[e-mail]
CRAV ATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers, an Irish
partnership

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Fraser L. Hunter, Jr.
fraser .hunter@wilmer. com
Howard M. Shapiro
[e-mail]
Brad E. Konstandt
[e-mail]
J. David Zetlin-Jones
[e-mail]
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE &
DORRLLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers International
Ltd.
Michael P. Carroll
[e-mail]
James H.R. Windels
james. windels@davispo lk. com
Michael S. Flynn
[e-mail]
James W. Haldin
[e-mail]
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
450 Lexington A venue
New York, NY 10017
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Isaac M. Neuberger
[e-mail]
Price 0. Gielen
[e-mail]
NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN
& GIBBER, P.A.
One South Street
27th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202-3282
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant Sonja Kohn
Evan A. Davis
[e-mail]
Charles J. Keeley
[e-mail]
Thomas J. Moloney
[e-mail]
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &
HAMILTON LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendants HSBC Holdings
pic, HSBC Securities Services (Ireland)
Limited, HSBC Institutional Trust
Services (Ireland) Limited, HSBC
Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A.,
Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited,
Bank of Bermuda (Luxembourg) S.A.,
and Bank of Bermuda Limited

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Susan L. Saltzstein
[e-mail]
Jason C. Vigna
[e-mail]
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
FLOMLLP
Four Times Square
New York, NY 100365
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendants Pioneer
Alternative Investment Management
(Dublin) Ltd., Pioneer Global Asset
Management S.p.A and UniCredit S.p.A
Keith M. Fleischman
Hung G. Ta
FLEISCHMAN LAW FIRM
565 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Brett S. Moore
[e-mail]
PORZIO, BROMBERG & NEWMAN, P.C.
100 Southgate Parkway
P.O. Box 1997
Morristown, NJ 07962-1997
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Messrs. Ferdinand Burg and
Carlo Reding, the Court Appointed
Liquidators for Defendant Herald (LUX)
JeffG. Hammel
[e-mail]
Daniel Adams
daniel.adams@lw .com
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
885 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Attorneys for Defendants Hannes Saleta,
Karl E. Kaniak, Alfred Simon, Johannes
P. Spalek, Dr. Hans-Peter Tiefenbacher,
Declan Murray, Alberto La Rocca, and
Ursula Radel-Leszczynski

Co-Counsel for Defendant UniCredit
S.p.A.
David Elbaum
[e-mail]
BRUNE & RICHARD LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
34th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant Nigel H. Fielding

Claudius 0. Sokenu
[e-mail]
John M. Massaro
[e-mail]
ArthurLuk
[e-mail]
ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant Ernst & Young
Global Limited

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Richard A. Martin
[e-mail]
Patryk J. Chudy
[e-mail]
Cindy Yang
[e-mail]
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6142
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Patricia M. Hynes
[e-mail]
Andrew Rhys Davies
[e-mail]
Laura Hall
[e-mail]
ALLEN & OVERY LLP
1221 Avenue ofthe Americas
New York, NY 10020
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant JP Morgan Chase
&Co.

Counsel for Defendant Ernst & Young
S.A.

David S. Flugman
[e-mail]
Joseph Serino, Jr.
joseph. serino@kirkland. com
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
601 Lexington A venue
New York, NY 10022
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Jack Yoskowitz
[e-mail]
Mandy DeRoche
[e-mail]
SEWARD & KISSEL LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendant Herald Fund SPC
Counsel for Defendant Michael Wheaton
William R. Maguire
[e-mail]
Kathryn R. Vogel
[e-mail]
Marc A. Weinstein
weinstei@hugheshub bard. com
Gabrielle S. Marshall
marshal [e-mail]
HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Tel:
[phone]

Michael E. Wiles
[e-mail]
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP
919 Third A venue
New York, NY 10022
Tel:
[phone]
Fax: [phone]

Counsel for Defendants Alberto
Benbassat, Stephane Benbassat,
Genevalor, Benbassat & Cie, Gerald J.P.
Brady, Daniel Morrissey, David T. Smith,
Thema Asset Management Limited and
Thema International Fund pic

Counsel for Defendant Ernst & Young
(Cayman Islands)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

In re HERALD, PRIMEO and THEMA
FUNDS SECURITIES LITIGATION,

ORIGINAL

Civil Action No. 09 CIV 289 (RMB) (HBP)
(Consolidated with 09 CIV 2032 and
09 CIV 2558)

This Document Relates To:

ECFCASE
ALL ACTIONS.

AFFIDAVIT OF JULES BRODY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO ADMIT COUNSEL,
PATRICE L. BISHOP, PRO HAC VICE

State of New York
County of New York

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JULES BRODY, being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says as follows:

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I am an attorney with the firm of Stull, Stull & Brody, counsel for Lead Plaintiff

Repex Ventures S.A. in this matter. I am familiar with the proceedings in this case. I make this
statement based on my personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein and in support of
Plaintiffs motion to admit Patrice L. Bishop as counsel pro hac vice to represent Lead Plaintiff
Repex Ventures S.A. in this matter.

2.

I am a member in good standing ofthe bar ofthe State ofNew York, and was

admitted to practice law on June 29, 1964. I am also admitted to the bar of the United States
District Court for the Southern District ofNew York, and am in good standing with this Court.

3.

I have known Miss Bishop since 1997.

4.

Miss Bishop is an associate of Stull, Stull & Brody in the Los Angeles, California

5.

I have found Miss Bishop to be a skilled attorney and a person of integrity. She is

office.

experienced in Federal practice and is familiar with the Federal Rules of Procedure.

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6.

Accordingly, I am pleased to move the admission of Patrice L. Bishop, pro hac

7.

I respectfully submit a proposed order that the motion to admit Patrice L. Bishop,

vice.

pro hac vice, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

WHEREFORE it is respectfully requested that the motion to admit Patrice L. Bishop, pro

hac vice, to represent Lead PlaintiffRepex Ventures S.A. in the above captioned matter, be
granted.

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THE STATE BAR
OF CALIFORNIA

MEMBER SERVICES CENTER

180 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-1617

TELEPHONE: [phone]

CERTIFICATE OF STANDING
July 21, 2011

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that according to the records of the State Bar, PATRICE
LYN BISHOP, #182256 was admitted to the practice of law in this state by
the Supreme Court of California on June 3, 1996; 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 Governors or a
Disciplinary Board to the Supreme Court of the State of California.

THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

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Kath Lambert
Custodian of Membership Records

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

In re HERALD, PRJMEO and THEMA
FUNDS SECURJTIES LITIGATION,

Civil Action No. 09 CIV 289 (RMB) (HBP)
(Consolidated with 09 CIV 2032 and
09 CIV 2558)

This Document Relates To:

ECFCASE
ALL ACTIONS.

ORDER FOR ADMISSION OF PATRICE L. BISHOP PRO HAC VICE
ON WRITTEN MOTION

Upon the motion of Jules Brody, attorney for Lead PlaintiffRepex Ventures S.A. and
said sponsor attorney's affidavit in support;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
Patrice L. Bishop, Esq.
STULL, STULL & BRODY
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 900245
Tel:
(31 0) 209-2468
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
is admitted to practice pro hac vice as counsel for Lead PlaintiffRepex Ventures S.A. in the
above captioned case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
All attorneys appearing before this Court are subject to the Local Rules of this Court, including
Rules governing discipline of attorneys. If this action is assigned to the Electronic Case Filing
(ECF) system, counsel shall immediately apply for an ECF password at nysd.uscourts.gov.
Counsel shall forward the pro hac vice fee to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated:
City, State:

Honorable Richard M. Berman
United States District Court Judge

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