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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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Pro Hac Vice Application and Order for Scott F. Hessell

Julie Ahrens (SBN 230170) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, California 94104-1501 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Robert B. Ellis, P.C. 

Scott F. Hessell 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

200 East Randolph Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Telephone: (312) 861-2000 

Facsimile: (312) 861-2200 

Lawrence S. Buonomo 

Office of the General Counsel 

General Motors Corporation 

400 Renaissance Center 

P.O. Box 400, MC 482-026-601 

Detroit, MI 48265-4000 

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JASON BERTINO, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:05-cv-0889-GEB-PAN

PRO HAC VICE APPLICATION AND 

ORDER 

I, Scott F. Hessell, attorney for General Motors Corporation (defendant), hereby petition for 

admission to practice under the provisions of Rule 180(b) (2) of the Local Rules of Practice of the 

United States District Court for this District, and in support thereof, state, under penalty of perjury, 

that: 

My residence address is: 2020 North Fremont 

 Chicago, IL 60614 

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Pro Hac Vice Application and Order for Scott F. Hessell

My business address is: Kirkland & Ellis 

 200 East Randolph Drive 

 Chicago, Illinois 60601 

Business telephone: (312) 861-2000 

I was admitted to practice in the following courts: 

Illinois State Bar 

Illinois Supreme Court 

in 2001 

on 01/18/2002 

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois on 03/26/2003 

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois on 12/15/2004 

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana on 06/16/2004 

U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia on 01/2002 

I am presently in good standing and eligible to practice in said courts. I am not currently 

suspended or disbarred in any other court. 

Within the year preceding this application, I have not made a pro hac vice application to this 

court. 

I hereby designate the following member of the Bar of this Court with whom the Court and 

opposing counsel may readily communicate regarding the conduct of the case and upon whom 

papers shall be served: Julie Ahrens, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 555 California Street, San Francisco, 

CA 94104-1501. The telephone number is (415) 439-1400. The facsimile number is (415) 439-

1500. 

DATED: May 3, 2005 PETITIONER: ____/s/_______________________ 

 Scott F. Hessell 

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Pro Hac Vice Application and Order for Scott F. Hessell

I hereby consent to my designation as counsel with whom the Court and opposing counsel 

may readily communicate regarding the conduct of the case and upon whom papers shall be served. 

DATED: June 17, 2005 DESIGNEE /s/ Julie A. Ahrens

 Address: Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

 555 California Street, 27th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94104 

 Telephone: 415-439-1400 

O R D E R 

PETITION IS HEREBY (X) GRANTED ( ) DENIED. 

DATED: June 20, 2005 /s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

 

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