UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORKIn re SONY BMG CD TECHNOLOGIESLITIGATIONThis Document Relates To:ALL ACTIONS.

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Civil Action No. 1:05-cv-09575-NRB
CLASS ACTIONDECLARATION OF ROBERT S. GREEN
FILED ON BEHALF OF GREEN WELLINGIN SUPPORT OF RICCIUTI GROUP’SMOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’
FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OFEXPENSES

I, Robert S. Green, declare as follows:1.

I am a partner in the firm of Green Welling LLP. I am submitting this declaration insupport of my firm’s application for an award of attorneys’ fees in connection with services renderedin the above-entitled action and the reimbursement of expenses incurred by my firm in the course ofthis litigation.
2.

This firm is counsel of record for plaintiffs Tom Ricciuti, Yvonne Ricciuti, Mary

Schumacher, Robert Hull, Joseph Halpin, Edwin Bonner and Erin Melcon.
3.

The identification and background of my firm and its partners is attached hereto as

Exhibit A.
4.

A detailed description of contemporaneous time records, including the date, hours

expended and the nature of work done through March 10, 2006 is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
5.

The total number of hours spent on this litigation by my firm through March 6, 2006

is 568.07, for which the total lodestar amount for attorney/paralegal time based on the firm’s
historical rates is $213,311.83. The hourly rates shown below are the usual and customary rates-1-charged for each individual in all of our cases shown as a weighted average of the rates and hours
available in 2005 and 2006. A breakdown of the lodestar is as follows:
INCEPTION THROUGH MARCH 10, 2006
NAME
Robert S. Green
Jenelle Welling
Elizabeth C. Guarnieri
Kamon D. Naddaf
Avin P. Sharma
Katie P. Brown
Guillaume Brasseur
TOTAL:(P) PartnerPPAA
APLPL

HOURS RATE
296.70 501.10
21.87 359.62
18.20 300.00
19.00 275.00
183.40 227.67.40 140.00
28.50 150.00
568.07LODESTAR
148,676.00
7,864.83
5,460.00
5,225.00
41,755.00
56.00
4,275.00
213,311.83(CA) Contract Attorneyor (OC) Of Counsel(A) Associate(PL) Paralegal
6.

My firm incurred a total of $14,181.17 in unreimbursed expenses in connection withthe prosecution of this litigation. They are broken down as follows:
EXPENSES
From Inception to March 10, 2006
DISBURSEMENT
Meals, Hotels & Transportation
Photocopies
Postage
Facsimile
Messenger, Overnight Delivery
Filing, Witness, Process Service and Other Fees
Lexis, Westlaw, Online Library ResearchClass Action Notices/Business Wire
Experts/Consultants/Investigators
TOTAL:
7.

QUANTITY

PRICE

669 pages
3212 pages
88

$.30
$8.76
$1.00
$164.372137.50

TOTAL$1,300.63$200.70$26.28$212.00$741.48$2,461.51$162.36$275.00$8,801.21$14,181.17

The following is additional information regarding expenses for which we are asking

for reimbursement:-2-(a)Filing, Witness, Process Service and Other Fees: $2,461.51
DATEVENDORAMOUNT

11/22/05

One Legal$1,006.56

11/23/05

One Legal$14.95

12/2/05

One Legal$49.5012/1/05

One Legal$49.5012/8/05

U.S. District Court$250.00

12/14/05

One Legal$45.25

12/15/05

One Legal$60.0012/8/05

Spincycle$70.0012/8/05

Spincycle$55.0012/13/05

Stokes & Levin$211.95

12/13/05

One Legal$14.95

11/23/05

Stokes & Levin$211.95

11/23/05

Stokes & Levin$209.85

12/13/05

Stokes & Levin$211.95(b)

Meals, Hotels and Transportation: $1,300.63. Expenses for meals, hotels andtransportation were incurred for the following purposes:
NAME

DATEDESTINATION

Robert S. Green

12/1712/19/05

New York(c)

PURPOSE
Settlement Meeting

AMOUNT$1,300.63

Photocopying:
In-house (669 copies @ $0.30 per copy): $200.70
Outside Photocopying Expenses: $0(d)Lexis, Westlaw, Online Library Research: $162.36. These vendors included:

Disclosure, Inc., Dow Jones Interactive, Dow Jones & Co., Inc., Lexis Nexis, CDA Investment
Technologies, Pacer Service Center, West Publishing Corporation, and Choice Point. These-3-