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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIP. RE EXPERT TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 

Case No. C04 3341 EMC 

THE IMPACT FUND 

Jocelyn D. Larkin (SBN 110817) 

Robert Schug (SBN 249640) 

125 University Avenue, Suite 102 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 845-3473 

Facsimile: (510) 845-3654 

jlarkin@impactfund.org 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Kenwood C. Youmans (SBN 68258) 

David D. Kadue (SBN 113578) 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500 

Los Angeles, California 90067-2901 

Telephone: (310) 201-5211 

Facsimile: (310) 201-5219 

dkadue@seyfarth.com 

DAVIS, COWELL & BOWE, LLP

Steve Stemerman (SBN 067690) 

Elizabeth A. Lawrence (SBN 111781) 

595 Market Street, #1400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 597-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 597-7201 

eal@dcbsf.com 

[Additional Counsel Listed after 

Signature Page] 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Gerald L. Maatman (admitted pro hac vice) 

Annette Tyman (admitted pro hac vice) 

131 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

Telephone: (312) 460-5965 

Facsimile: (312) 460-7965 

gmaatman@seyfarth.com 

[Additional Counsel Listed after 

Signature Page] 

Attorneys for Defendant Costco Wholesale 

Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHIRLEY "RAE" ELLIS, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 

Defendant. 

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Case No. C04 3341 EMC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER REGARDING 

EXPERT TESTIMONY AT TRIAL 

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STIP. RE EXPERT TESTIMONY AT TRIAL

CASE NO. C04 3341 EMC

STIPULATION 

With respect to the bench trial on the claims of Elaine Sasaki, set for July 27, 2015, the 

parties have designated four experts. For each expert, the parties—on about March 23, 2015, or 

April 8, 2015—served a report containing that expert’s opinions (“the Expert Reports”). Three of 

these experts—Ali Saad, Richard Martell, Greg Mitchell—are the subject of this stipulation. The 

fourth designated expert, Amy Oppenheimer, is not affected by this stipulation. 

Subject to the Court’s approval, the parties have agreed that, in lieu of calling Drs. Saad, 

Martell, and Mitchell to testify at trial, they will instead submit to the Court their Expert Reports. 

Each party reserves the right to comment on the contents of the Expert Reports, during 

argument or briefing. Each party also reserves the right to object to any part of an Expert Report 

on the basis that it is not admissible under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, but the 

parties agree that no Daubert motion in limine will be filed to exclude any of the Expert Reports 

in its entirety. The parties understand that the Court may invite further argument on the 

significance of the Expert Reports if it deems that argument appropriate. 

The parties agree that the Court may consider the previously submitted expert reports of 

Reskin and Landy (Docket Nos. 135, 151, 152, 463-3) to the extent that the Court finds that 

consideration necessary to evaluate any Expert Report’s reliance on either the Reskin or Landy 

reports. 

References to material that any claimant or Costco has submitted with respect to 

arbitration claims will not be considered. In particular, any references to that material in the 

Mitchell Expert Report will be redacted before that report is submitted to the Court. 

The three Expert Reports at issue will be submitted at or before the time that the parties 

submit their trial briefs. For each Expert Report, the parties will also submit a declaration of 

counsel attaching any deposition testimony cited in the respective Expert Report. 

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STIP. RE EXPERT TESTIMONY AT TRIAL

CASE NO. C04 3341 EMC

Should the Court not approve this Stipulation, the parties agree that no rights have been 

waived as to calling or objecting to the Expert Reports. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 2, 2015 s/ Jocelyn D. Larkin 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Elaine Sasaki 

Dated: June 2, 2015 s/ David Kadue 

Attorney for Defendant Costco Wholesale Corp. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE 

APPEARING, 

 The parties’ agreement regarding the Expert Reports of Ali Saad, Richard Martell, 

and Gregory Mitchell is approved. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June____ , 2015 

 Honorable Edward M. Chen 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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Additional Counsel: 

Additional Counsel for Plaintiff 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452) 

Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090) 

476 9th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

BLEE@LEWISFEINBERG.COM

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN 

& BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Kelly Dermody (SBN 171716) 

Daniel Hutchinson (SBN 239458) 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

kdermody@lchb.com 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

James M. Finberg (SBN 114850) 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com 

Additional Counsel for Defendant 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

David B. Ross (admitted pro hac vice) 

620 8th Avenue 

32nd Floor 

New York, New York 10018 

(212) 218-5500 

dross@seyfarth.com

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Thomas J. Wybenga (admitted pro hac vice)

688 110th Avenue NE 

Bellevue, WA 98004 

Telephone: (310) 201-1518 

Facsimile: (310) 282-6968 

twybenga@seyfarth.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on June 2, 2015, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal and a 

Notice of Electronic Filing was electronically transmitted from the court to the e-mail 

addresses on file. 

 s/ Jocelyn D. Larkin 

 Jocelyn D. Larkin 

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