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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. CASE NO. C-07-0955-JF 

NINA F. LOCKER, State Bar No. 123838 

CAZ HASHEMI, State Bar No. 210239 

DIANE M. WALTERS, State Bar No. 148136 

STEPHANIE MCMAHON, State Bar No. 247720 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Email: nlocker@wsgr.com 

Email: chashemi@wsgr.com 

Email: dwalters@wsgr.com 

Email: smcmahon@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NOMINAL DEFENDANT COHERENT, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

IN RE COHERENT, INC. SHAREHOLDER 

DERIVATIVE LITIGATION 

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 This Document Relates to: ALL ACTIONS 

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LEAD CASE NO.: C-07-0955-JF 

APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR SUBSTITUTION OF 

COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. 

**E-filed 12/4/08**---------------

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APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. 

CASE NO. C-07-0955-JF

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Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. (“Coherent”) requests an order permitting the law firm 

of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (“WSGR”) to withdraw as Coherent’s counsel of record in 

the above-captioned matter and the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (“Orrick”) to 

substitute as counsel of record for Nominal Defendant Coherent by and through its Special 

Litigation Committee, which has been authorized by Coherent’s Board of Directors to act for 

Coherent in connection with these derivative actions. 

Coherent, WSGR, and Orrick hereby consent to this substitution. 

Coherent further requests that the Court make all necessary changes to the Court’s 

records and ECF and direct all future communications in this case to Orrick, Herrington & 

Sutcliffe LLP as counsel of record for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. by and through its 

Special Litigation Committee as follows: 

 MICHAEL D. TORPEY (STATE BAR NO. 79424)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

The Orrick Building 

405 Howard Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2669 

Telephone: (415) 773-5700 

Facsimile: (415) 773-5759 

Email: mtorpey@orrick.com 

 

MICHAEL C. TU (STATE BAR NO. 186793) 

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5855 

Telephone: (213) 629-2020 

Facsimile: (213) 612-2499 

Email: mtu@orrick.com 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. 

by and through its Special Litigation Committee 

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APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. 

CASE NO. C-07-0955-JF

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Dated: December 27, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 Professional Corporation 

 By: /s/ Caz Hashemi 

 Caz Hashemi 

 Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. 

Dated: December 27, 2007 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

 By: /s/ Michael Tu 

 Michael Tu 

 Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. 

by and through its Special Litigation Committee 

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is substituted as 

counsel of record for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. by and through its Special Litigation 

Committee. 

Dated: ________________________ 

 By: ________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE JEREMY FOGEL 

1/4/08

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APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. 

CASE NO. C-07-0955-JF

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ATTESTATION

I, Stephanie McMahon, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being 

used to file APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR SUBSTITUTION OF 

COUNSEL FOR COHERENT, INC. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest 

that Caz Hashemi and Michael Tu have concurred in this filing. 

Dated: December 27, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 

By: /s/ Stephanie McMahon 

 Stephanie McMahon 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Coherent, Inc. 

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