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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Stockholders Suits

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INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR ORDER 

PERMITTING SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

3:05-CV-02233-CRB 

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NINA F. LOCKER, State Bar No. 123838 

STEVEN D. GUGGENHEIM, State Bar No. 201386 

CAMERON P. HOFFMAN, State Bar No. 229316 

CRYSTAL GAUDETTE, State Bar No. 247712 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Email: sguggenheim@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendants David House, Michael 

Klayko, William Krause, Nicholas Moore, 

Christopher Paisley, Sanjay Vaswani and 

Robert Walker 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS 

SYSTEMS, INC. DERIVATIVE LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

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Case No.: C 05-02233 CRB 

REQUEST FOR ORDER 

PERMITTING SUBSTITUTION OF 

COUNSEL FOR DAVID HOUSE, 

MICHAEL KLAYKO, WILLIAM 

KRAUSE, NICHOLAS MOORE, 

CHRISTOPHER PAISLEY, SANJAY 

VASWANI AND ROBERT WALKER 

Defendants David House, Michael Klayko, William Krause, Nicholas Moore, 

Christopher Paisley, Sanjay Vaswani and Robert Walker (collectively, the “Individual 

Defendants”) request an order permitting their counsel of record, the law firm of Wilson Sonsini 

Goodrich & Rosati (“WSGR”), to withdraw as counsel in the above-captioned matter, and 

substituting Shearman & Sterling LLP (“Shearman & Sterling”) as counsel of record for the 

Individual Defendants. 

The Individual Defendants request that the Court make all necessary changes to the 

Court’s records and ECF and direct all future communications in this case to Shearman & 

Sterling as follows: 

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STEPHEN D. HIBBARD 

SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 

525 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 616-1174 

Facsimile: (415) 616-1199 

Email: shibbard@shearman.com 

Dated: November 6, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Nina F. Locker 

 Nina F. Locker 

Attorneys for Individual Defendants 

Dated: November 6, 2007 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 

By: /s/ Stephen D. Hibbard 

 Stephen D. Hibbard 

Dated: November 6, 2007 David House 

By: /s/ David House David House 

Dated: November 6, 2007 Michael Klayko 

By: /s/ Michael Klayko 

 Michael Klayko 

Dated: November 6, 2007 William Krause 

By: /s/ William Krause 

 William Krause 

Dated: November 6, 2007 Nicholas Moore 

By: /s/ Nicholas Moore 

 Nicholas Moore 

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Dated: November 6, 2007 Christopher Paisley 

By: /s/ Christopher Paisley 

 Christopher Paisley 

Dated: November 6, 2007 Sanjay Vaswani 

By: /s/ Sanjay Vaswani 

 Sanjay Vaswani 

Dated: November 6, 2007 Robert Walker 

By: /s/ Robert Walker Robert Walker 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that WSGR is relieved as counsel of record for David 

House, Michael Klayko, William Krause, Nicholas Moore, Christopher Paisley, Sanjay Vaswani 

and Robert Walker (collectively, the “Individual Defendants”), and Shearman & Sterling is 

substituted as counsel of record for the Individual Defendants. 

Dated: November __, 2007 

 

 By: _________________________________________

THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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ATTESTATION

I, Crystal Gaudette, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file 

REQUEST FOR ORDER PERMITTING SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR LARRY W. 

SONSINI. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that Stephen D. Hibbard, 

Nina F. Locker, David House, Michael Klayko, William Krause, Nicholas Moore, Christopher 

Paisley, Sanjay Vaswani and Robert Walker have concurred in this filing. 

Dated: November 6, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 

By: /s/ Crystal Gaudette 

 Crystal Gaudette 

Attorney for Defendants David House, Michael 

Klayko, William Krause, Nicholas Moore, 

Christopher Paisley, Sanjay Vaswani and Robert 

Walker 

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