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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 47:227 Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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 Niki Okcu, Bar No. 229345 

 Niki.Okcu@att.com 

AT&T SERVICES, INC. – LEGAL DEPT.

430 Bush Street, 1st Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Phone: 925.543.1545/Fax: 925.867.3869 

Attorneys for Defendant DIRECTV, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN JOSE DIVISION

YASHAR MEHDAD,

Plaintiff,

v. 

DIRECTV, INC.

Defendant. 

Case No. 5:16-cv-00113-BLF

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR

DEFENDANT DIRECTV; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Hon. Beth Labson Freeman 

Hon. Magistrate Howard R. Lloyd

Dept. 3 

Complaint Filed: January 8, 2016

TO COURT, ALL PARTIES AND ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that AT&T, Services Inc. – Legal Department will be 

representing Defendant DIRECTV, LLC (improperly named in the Complaint as DIRECTV, Inc.) 

(“DIRECTV”) and substitute as counsel for Snell & Wilmer in the above captioned matter. 

Withdrawing Counsel for DIRECTV are: 

Becca Wahlquist, Bar No. 215948 

bwahlquist@swlaw.com 

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2600 

Two California Plaza

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Phone: 213.929.2500/Fax: 213.929.2525 

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Patrick Kelly, Bar No. 274588 

pkelly@swlaw.com

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2600 

Two California Plaza

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Phone: 213.929.2500/Fax: 213.929.2525 

 All pleadings, orders and notices should henceforth be served upon the following 

substituted counsel for Defendant DIRECTV: 

Niki Okcu, Bar No. 229345 

 Niki.Okcu@att.com 

AT&T SERVICES, INC. – LEGAL DEPT.

430 Bush Street, 1st Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Phone: 925.543.1545/Fax: 925.867.3869 

The undersigned parties consent to the above withdrawal and substitution of counsel. 

Dated: March 9, 2016 SNELL & WILMER, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Becca Walhquist 

 Becca Walhquist

 

Dated: March 9, 2016 SNELL & WILMER, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Patrick Kelly 

Patrick Kelly

I hereby attest that I obtained concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the 

other signatories on this e-filed document. 

 Respectfully Submitted,

 

Dated: March 9, 2016 AT&T SERVICES, INC. – LEGAL DEPT.

By: /s/ Niki Okcu 

 Niki Okcu

 Niki Okcu, Bar No. 229345 

 Niki.Okcu@att.com

AT&T SERVICES, INC. – LEGAL DEPT.

 430 Bush Street, 1st Floor

 San Francisco, California 94108 

 Phone: 925.543.1545/Fax: 925.867.3869 

 Attorneys for Defendant DIRECTV, LLC

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The above withdrawal and substitution of counsel is approved and so ORDERED. 

Dated: March 11, 2016 __________________________________ 

 HON. BETH LABSON FREEMAN

 United States District Court Judge 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I, Niki Okcu, declare as follows:

 

I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is 

AT&T Services, Inc. – Legal Department, 430 Bush Street, 1st Floor, San Francisco, California 

94108. On March 9, 2016, I served the within: 

Notice of Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel

on the interested parties as follows: 

Michael S. Agruss

michael@agrusslawfirm.com

(By Electronic Mail) By transmitting such document(s) electronically via the Northern District 

of California's CM/ECF system, to the person(s) at the electronic mail addresses listed above. The 

transmission was reported as complete and without error.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 9, 2016, at San Ramon, 

California.

 

By: /s/ Niki Okcu 

 Niki Okcu

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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