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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 8:1105(a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Detainee

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS PIPING ROCK 

PARTNERS, INC. and CHRISTOPHER K. GERMAIN; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Jonathan S. Ball (SBN 264107) 

BALL LAW CORPORATION 

One Market / Spear Tower, 36th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415-349-0721 

Facsimile: 415-520-6864 

Email: jb@ball-lawcorp.com 

Adam B. Wolf (SBN 215914) 

Tracey B. Cowan (SBN 250053) 

PEIFFER ROSCAWOLF ABDULLAH 

CARR & KANE, APLC 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415-766-3545 

Facsimile: 415-402-0058 

Email: awolf@prwlegal.com

 tcowan@prwlegal.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., a 

California corporation, and CHRISTOPHER 

K. GERMAIN, an individual, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DAVID LERNER ASSOCIATES, INC., a 

New York corporation, DAVID LERNER, 

an individual, and DOES 1 TO 7 inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 3:12-cv-04634-SI 

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR 

PLAINTIFFS PIPING ROCK 

PARTNERS, INC. and CHRISTOPHER 

K. GERMAIN; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., and 

CHRISTOPHER K. GERMAIN have retained Peiffer Rosca Wolf Abdullah Carr & Kane, A 

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Professional Law Corporation to substitute as counsel for the Gomez Trial Attorneys in the 

above-captioned matter. Ball Law Corporation will remain as counsel for Plaintiffs. 

 Withdrawing counsel for Plaintiffs PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., and 

CHRISTOPHER K. GERMAIN are: 

John H. Gomez 

Gomez Trial Attorneys 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1700 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Phone: 619-237-3490 

Fax: 619-237-3496 

Email: john@thegomezfirm.com

Bibianne U. Fell 

Gomez Trial Attorneys 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1700 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Phone: 619-237-3490 

Fax: 619-237-3496 

Email: bfell@thegomezfirm.com

 All pleadings, orders and notices should henceforth be served upon Ball Law Corporation 

and the following substituted counsel for Plaintiffs PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., and 

CHRISTOPHER K. GERMAIN: 

Adam B. Wolf 

PEIFFER ROSCA WOLF ABDULLAH 

CARR & KANE, APLC 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415-766-3545 

Facsimile: 415-402-0058 

Email: awolf@prwlegal.com

Tracey B. Cowan 

PEIFFER ROSCA WOLF ABDULLAH 

CARR & KANE, APLC 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415-426-5641 

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Facsimile: 415-402-0058 

Email: tcowan@prwlegal.com 

 Attorney Joseph C. Peiffer, of Peiffer Rosca Wolf Abdullah Carr & Kane, A Professional 

Law Corporation, will soon file a motion to appear pro hac vice on behalf of Plaintiffs. 

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

DATED: January 21, 2016 PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., and 

 CHRISTOPHER K. GERMAIN 

 By: /s/ Jonathan S. Ball 

 Jonathan S. Ball 

DATED: January 21, 2016 GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS 

 By: /s/ Bibianne Fell 

 Bibianne Fell 

DATED: January 21, 2016 PEIFFER ROSCA WOLF ABDULLAH 

 CARR & KANE 

 By: /s/ Adam B. Wolf 

 Adam B. Wolf 

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

other signatories on this e-filed document. 

DATED: January 21, 2016 PEIFFER ROSCA WOLF ABDULLAH 

 CARR & KANE 

 By: /s/ Adam B. Wolf 

 Adam B. Wolf 

 

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

DATED: January __, 2016 

 By: ________________________ 

 JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

 DISTRICT COURT

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE 

 I, Tien Le, declare as follows: 

 I am employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California; I am over the age of 

eighteen years and am not a party to this action; my business address is 4 Embarcadero Center, 

Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111, in said County and State. On January 21, 2016, I served 

the within: 

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR 

PLAINTIFFS PIPING ROCK PARTNERS, INC., and CHRISTOPHER L. 

GERMAIN; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

to all named counsel of record as follows: 

X BY ECF (ELECTRONIC CASE FILING): 

I e-filed the above-detailed documents utilizing the United States District Court, Northern District of 

California’s mandated ECF (Electronic Case Filing) service on January 21, 2016. Counsel of record are 

 required by the Court to be registered e-filers, and as such are automatically e-served with a copy of the 

 documents upon confirmation of e-filing. 

 I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my 

knowledge, and that this Declaration of Service was executed by the undersigned on January 21, 

2016, at San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ Tien Le 

 Tien Le 

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