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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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LAWRENCE BREWSTER, Regional Solicitor 

DANIEL J. CHASEK, Acting Counsel for ERISA 

California State Bar Number 186968 

JAN M. COPLICK, Senior Trial Attorney 

California State Bar Number 124053 

E-mail: sol-sf@dol.gov 

United States Department of Labor 

Office of the Solicitor 

71 Stevenson Street, Suite 1110 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 975-4498 

Facsimile: (415) 975-4495 

Attorneys for Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELAINE L. CHAO, Secretary of the United 

States Department of Labor, 

 Plaintiff, 

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GKO & ASSOCIATES, INC., a California 

corporation; GKO Consulting Engineers, Inc. a

California corporation; JAMES WINZLER, an 

individual; GREGG OKAMITSU, an 

individual; YAN KAM-WING, an individual; 

and GKO & ASSOCIATES 401(k) SAVINGS 

AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an 

employee pension benefit plan, 

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Case No.: Docket No.C-05-02202 JSW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

POSTPONING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND RELATED FILING 

DEADLINES 

Pursuant to Rules 7-1.a.5, 7-12 and 16-1 of the Local Rules of Court, it is HEREBY 

STIPULATED between Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, United States Department 

of Labor (“Secretary”) and Defendants GREGG OKAMITSU (“Okamitsu”) and YAN KAMWING (“Yan”), collectively the “Parties hereto”, as follows: 

1. Following the issuance of this Court’s May 1, 2006, Order of Default Judgment 

against defendants GKO & ASSOCIATES, INC., GKO Consulting Engineers, Inc. and 

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JAMES WINZLER (hereafter “the defaulted Defendants”)1, the Secretary and 

Defendants Okamitsu and Yan have continued to engage in settlement efforts, and have 

recently achieved agreement on all issues in dispute between them. 

2. The settlement negotiations could not be concluded without updated financial 

information about the GKO & Associates 401(K) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (the 

“Plan”). This financial updating had to be performed by Thomas Dillon following his 

May 1, 2006 appointment by the Court as the Plan’s Independent Fiduciary. 

3. In addition, the Secretary has been actively engaged in attempting to collect the 

moneys held owing to the Plan by the defaulted Defendants, including from real property 

in Hawaii owned by Defendant Winzler which is currently the subject of a state court 

order of sale in foreclosure litigation. 

 4. The parties hereto have now reached a settlement in principle, resolving all of the 

Secretary’s claims against Defendants Yan and Okamitsu. 

5. The parties hereto are in the process of finalizing the necessary settlement 

documents to memorialize this agreement, and obtaining the approval of the Independent 

Fiduciary thereto. 

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 None of the defaulted Defendants are parties to this Stipulation. 

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6. Accordingly, the parties hereto therefore seek to continue until December 15, 

2006 the Case Management Conference currently scheduled for October 27, 2006, as 

well as all related deadlines and any other applicable litigation deadlines, including the 

requirement for filing of a Joint Case Management report. Such a continuance would 

permit the parties to finalize and file with the Court no later than November 28th, 2006 a 

proposed Consent Judgment which is acceptable to the Plan’s Independent Fiduciary and 

which would resolve all outstanding litigation in this matter. 

FOR DEFENDANTS 

GREGG OKAMITSU and 

YAN KAM-WING: 

Dated: October 20th, 2006 ___________________________________ 

DOUGLAS MURKEN, Counsel for defendants 

GREGG OKAMITSU and YAN KAM-WING 

FOR PLAINTIFF:

 

Dated: October 20th, 2006 __/s/ Jan.Coplick____________ 

 JAN M. COPLICK, Counsel for plaintiff ELAINE 

L. CHAO, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of 

Labor 

 

The Case Management Conference in this matter shall be continued until December 15, 

2006, to permit Plaintiff SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO, defendants GREGG 

OKAMITSU and YAN KAM-WING to file a Consent Judgment with this Court no later than 

November 28th, 2006. All other deadlines shall be continued accordingly. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: ______________, 200__ 

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HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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