Mayfield et al v. National Basketball Association et al

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MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Daniel R. Halem by National Basketball Association, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, NBA Properties Inc, NBA Entertainment Inc, NBA Media Ventures LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Horton, Stephanie)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA JAMES W. MAYFIELD, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF DANIEL R. HALEM Defendants National Basketball Association (the "NBA"), NBA Properties, Inc., NBA Entertainment, Inc., a division of NBA Properties, Inc., and NBA Media Ventures, LLC (collectively, the "NBA Defendants") and New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership (the "Hornets"), respectfully move this Court for an order admitting Daniel R. Halem of Proskauer Rose LLP, in New York, New York, to this Court pro hac vice for the purposes of representing the Defendants in the above-styled matter. In support of this motion, Defendants state the following: 1. 2. Daniel R. Halem is an attorney with Proskauer Rose LLP. Daniel R. Halem is a member in good standing of the bar of the State of New

York (#2496024). Mr. Halem is admitted to practice in all courts within the State of New York. (See Mr. Halem's Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice attached hereto.) 3. Mr. Halem is expected to participate in the preparation and trial of this matter for

the Defendants for all purposes in this action. 4. Pursuant to W.D.L.R. 83.3(b), Stephanie A. Horton is a resident of the State of

Oklahoma and has been duly and regularly admitted to practice in this Court. Mrs. Horton has

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entered an appearance on behalf of the NBA Defendants and the Hornets and will continue in this case as counsel. WHEREFORE, the Defendants respectfully request that this Court enter an order allowing the entry of appearance of Daniel R. Halem as counsel pro hac vice for the Defendants for all purposes in this action. Respectfully submitted,

_s/Stephanie A. Horton___________________ Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr., OBA #5568 Stephanie A. Horton, OBA #19834 HALL, ESTILL, HARDWICK, GABLE, GOLDEN & NELSON, P.C. 320 South Boston Avenue, Suite 400 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-3708 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, NEW ORLEANS HORNETS NBA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NBA PROPERTIES, INC., NBA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., AND NBA MEDIA VENTURES, LLC.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on May 2, 2007, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk of Court using the ECF System for filing. Based on the records currently on file, the Clerk will transmit a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following ECF registrants: David W. Little Law Offices of David Little 115 E. California Street Suite 350 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 [e-mail] ____s/Stephanie A. Horton_____________

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