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4:18-cv-02248-PJH STIPULATION AND

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

STEPHANIE A. SHERIDAN, State Bar No. 135910

ssheridan@steptoe.com

ANTHONY J. ANSCOMBE, State Bar No. 135883

aanscombe@steptoe.com

MEEGAN B. BROOKS, State Bar No. 298570

mbrooks@steptoe.com

Spear Tower, 1 Market Street, Suite 3900

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 365-6700

Facsimile: (415) 365-6678

Attorneys for Defendant,

RODAN & FIELDS, LLC

(Additional Attorneys Listed Below) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

BARBARA LEWIS, AKEMI BUCKINGHAM, 

BOBBIE JOE HULING, CYNTHIA 

WHETSELL, MARTHA MERLE, ELAINA 

HUFNAGEL, TERESA GATTUSO, ELISSA 

WAGNER, AND DIXIE WILLIAMS, 

INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL 

OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,

Plaintiffs.

v.

RODAN & FIELDS, LLC, A DELAWARE 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No.: 4:18-cv-02248-PJH

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING 

APRIL 9, 2020 ORDER AND ADR 

STIPULATION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs and Defendant Rodan +Fields, LLC (“Rodan + Fields”) (collectively, the 

“Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, state as follows:

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1. In this litigation, the Parties are currently engaged in deposition discovery and 

briefing on Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, filed on February 14, 2020. Rodan + Fields’ 

opposition is currently due May 29, 2020, and Plaintiffs’ reply is due June 26, 2020. By this 

stipulation and request for a new briefing order, the Parties respectfully request a further (short) 

modification of the briefing schedule to allow for the completion of discovery suspended in light 

of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

2. After Plaintiffs filed their motion for class certification, counsel for Rodan + 

Fields completed depositions of five class representatives in Santa Barbara, Boston, and New 

York. The depositions of two class representatives, Dixie Williams in Seattle, Washington and 

Cynthia Whetsell in Peoria, Illinois, as well as the depositions of Plaintiffs’ experts, Laura 

Periman in Seattle and Stephan Boedeker in Los Angeles, were postponed due to COVID-19 SIP

orders and related health advisories. In support of their reply briefing, counsel for Plaintiffs will 

want to depose defense experts. 

3. The Parties in this case have coordinated discovery with the parties in the related 

state-court coordinated proceeding, Gorzo, et al. v. Rodan & Fields, LLC, JCCP No. 4891 (Cal. 

Super. Ct, San Francisco County), where class certification briefing is also underway and 

proceeding on a similar schedule.

4. Lead counsel for the Parties, located in California, Illinois and Washington, and 

the named Parties, including many of Rodan + Fields’ employees, have been subject to SIP 

orders since approximately mid-March due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Because these 

orders have been extended through May, Rodan + Fields has not been able to complete the 

depositions of the remaining Plaintiffs or their experts.1 The current state of affairs has imposed 

 

1 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inslee-announces-extended-stay-home-orderoutlines-plan-to-reopen-washington-in-phases/; https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essentialneeds/; https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Media/PressReleases/Pages/PR20200423.aspx; See 

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/04/27/coronavirus-update-bay-area-public-health-officers-toextend-revise-shelter-in-place-orders/; https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/04/27/coronavirus-updatesan-francisco-shuts-down-golden-gate-parks-jfk-drive-to-allow-social-distancing/

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burdens on the ability of counsel to prepare and submit briefing in connection with Plaintiffs’ 

motion for class certification, and to obtain supporting evidence from party witnesses and 

experts. Although it is the strong preference of R+F to conduct depositions in person, the Parties 

acknowledge that there are technological solutions available that would allow depositions and 

briefing to go forward in June, even if the current SIP order remain in place. 

5. In light of the foregoing, the Parties have met and conferred, and have agreed on 

small adjustments to the existing schedule. The Parties therefore respectfully request that the 

current deadlines be extended, and that the Court’s April 8, 2020 Order be amended as follows: 

• Rodan + Fields’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification to be 

filed by July 3, 2020;

• Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of its Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 

July 31, 2020; 

• Expert disclosure by Rodan + Fields due by July 3, 2020; 

• Plaintiffs’ rebuttal expert disclosure due by July 31, 2020; and 

• The Parties must complete the private mediation contemplated by the October 15, 

2019 Stipulation and Order, ECF No. 83, the January 23, 2020 Order, ECF No. 86,

and the April 8, Order, ECF No. 134, at a mutually convenient time and location 

on or before August 24, 2020.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, through Counsel of Record, who respectfully request that this Court 

enter the accompanying order. 

Dated: May 28, 2020 /s/ Stephanie A. Sheridan__________

Counsel for Defendant

Stephanie A. Sheridan (Bar No. 135910)

Anthony J. Anscombe (Bar No. 135883)

Meegan B. Brooks (Bar No. 298570)

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

Spear Tower

 

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Dated: May 28, 2020

1 Market Street, Suite 3900

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 365-6700

Facsimile: (415) 365-6678

ssheridan@steptoe.com

aanscombe@steptoe.com

mbrooks@steptoe.com

Darlene K. Alt (IL State Bar No. 6228745)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

Mary E. Buckley (IL State Bar No. 6275472)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 4700

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Telephone: (312)-577- 1300

Facsimile: (312)-577-1370

dalt@steptoe.com 

mbuckley@steptoe.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Juli E. Farris________

Counsel for Plaintiffs

Juli E. Farris (Bar No. 141716)

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

801 Garden Street, Suite 301

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(805) 456 - 1496

Fax (805) 456-1497

jfarris@kellerrohrback.com

Michael D. Woerner, admitted pro hac vice

Ryan McDevitt, admitted pro hac vice

Benjamin Gould (Bar No. 250630)

Erika M. Keech, admitted pro hac vice

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200

Seattle, WA 98101-3052

(206) 623-1900; Fax: (206) 623-3384

mwoerner@kellerrohrback.com

rmcdevitt@kellerrohrback.com

bgould@kellerrohrback.com

ekeech@kellerrohrback.com

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Jeffrey Lewis (Bar No. 66587)

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 463-3900, Fax (510) 463-3901

jlewis@kellerrohrback.com

Marc L. Godino (Bar No. 182689)

Danielle L. Manning (Bar No. 313272)

GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP

1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 201-9150; Fax: (310) 201-9160

mgodino@glancylaw.com

dmanning@glancylaw.com

Rosemary M. Rivas (Bar No. 209147)

LEVI & KORSINSKY LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 650

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 291-2420, Fax: (415) 484-1294

rrivas@zlk.com

Joseph G. Sauder

SAUDER SCHELKOPF

555 Lancaster Avenue

Berwyn, PA 19312

(610) 200-0580

jgs@sstriallawyers.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ATTESTATION OF FILER

I, Stephanie A. Sheridan, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being 

used to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-

1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all other signatories to this document concurred in its filing.

By: /s/ _Stephanie A. Sheridan___________ 

Stephanie A. Sheridan

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Stephanie A. Sheridan, hereby certify that on May 28, 2020, I electronically filed the 

foregoing with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California using the CM/ECF system, which shall send electronic notification to all counsel of 

record.

By: /s/ Stephanie A. Sheridan_____________

Stephanie A. Sheridan

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Parties’ stipulation, the Court hereby ORDERS:

1. The Court’s April 8, 2020 Order shall be amended as follows: 

• Rodan + Fields’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification to be 

filed by July 3, 2020;

• Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of its Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 

July 31, 2020; 

• Expert disclosure by Rodan + Fields due by July 3, 2020; and 

• Plaintiffs’ rebuttal expert disclosure due by July 31, 2020.

2. The October 15, 2019 Stipulation and Order Selecting ADR Process is amended 

to provide that the Parties must complete the private mediation contemplated by the October 15, 

2019 Stipulation and Order, ECF No. 83, the January 23, 2020 Order, ECF No. 86, and the April 

8, 2020, ECF No. 134, at a mutually convenient time and location on or before August 24, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May ___, 2020

The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton

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