EFG Bank AG, Cayman Branch v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Filing 369

MEMO ENDORSEMENT granting (662 in 1:16-cv-00740-JMF) MOTION for Antonia M. Apps to Withdraw as Attorney. ENDORSEMENT Application GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Antonia Apps as counsel and to terminate ECF No. 662. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 1/5/2023) (jca)

Case 1:17-cv-04767-JMF Document 369 Filed 01/05/23 Page 1 of 3

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

IN RE:

No. 16 Civ. 740 (JMF)

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
COI LITIGATION

No. 17 Civ. 4767 (JMF)
No. 17 Civ. 4803 (JMF)
No. 18 Civ. 2111 (JMF)

This Document Relates to All Related Actions

MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR
ANTONIA APPS TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the annexed declaration of Robert C. Hora, and
subject to the approval of the Court, Defendant AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
(“Equitable”) and its counsel Milbank LLP moves to withdraw Antonia Apps as counsel for
Equitable. Ms. Apps is no longer associated with Milbank LLP. Equitable and its counsel
requests that Ms. Apps be removed from the case docket and CM/ECF notification for filings in
the case. All other counsel of record for Equitable will remain the same.
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Application GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is
directed to terminate Antonia Apps as counsel
and to terminate ECF No. 662.
SO ORDERED.

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January 5, 2023

Case 1:17-cv-04767-JMF Document 369 Filed 01/05/23 Page 2 of 3

Dated: January 4, 2023
/s/ Robert C. Hora_____
Robert C. Hora
MILBANK LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York, New York 10005
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant Equitable Life
Insurance Company

SO ORDERED.
DATED:
The Honorable Jesse M. Furman
United States District Judge

Case 1:17-cv-04767-JMF Document 369 Filed 01/05/23 Page 3 of 3

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

IN RE:

No. 16 Civ. 740 (JMF)

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
COI LITIGATION

No. 17 Civ. 4767 (JMF)
No. 17 Civ. 4803 (JMF)
No. 18 Civ. 2111 (JMF)

This Document Relates to All Related Actions

DECLARATION OF ROBERT C. HORA
Robert C. Hora, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declares as follows:
1.

I am a Partner at the law firm Milbank LLP, counsel for Defendants in the above-

captioned action. I submit this declaration in compliance with Local Rule 1.4 to notify the Court
that Antonia Apps is withdrawing as counsel for Defendants because she is no longer associated
with Milbank LLP.
2.

I and other attorneys of record with Milbank LLP in the above-captioned action

will continue to represent Defendants in this action.
3.

Ms. Apps withdrawal will not delay the matter or prejudice any party.

4.

Ms. Apps is not asserting a retaining or charging lien.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated: January 4, 2023
New York, New York

/s/ Robert Hora
Robert Hora