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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING RECEIVER’S MOTION FOR COURT AUTHORIZATION TO EMPLOY ATTORNEYS

CASE NO. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD 

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 & DUPREE LLP

FUTTERMAN & DUPREE LLP

JAMIE L. DUPREE (158105) 

JAIME E. GODIN (233187) 

160 Sansome Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 399-3840 

Facsimile: (415) 399-3838 

jdupree@dfdlaw.com

jgodin@dfdlaw.com

Attorneys for Receiver 

Stephen E. Anderson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff 

v. 

ANTHONY VASSALLO, et al, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD 

ORDER GRANTING RECEIVER’S 

MOTION FOR COURT 

AUTHORIZATION TO EMPLOY 

ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTANTS AND 

CONSULTANTS 

[E. Dist. Cal. L.R. 66-232(g)] 

Date: June 8, 2009 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 4 

Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton 

The motion of Receiver Stephen E. Anderson for Court authorization to employ 

attorneys, accountants and consultants, came on regularly for hearing in Courtroom 4 of the 

above-entitled Court on June 1, 2009, at 10:30 a.m., the Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton 

presiding. The Court having considered the papers submitted in support of and in opposition to 

such motion, and the arguments of counsel and for good cause shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Receiver’s motion IS GRANTED. Receiver is hereby 

authorized to engage the following attorneys, accountants and consultants at the rates indicated, 

retroactive to the date of his initial appointment: 

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(1) Futterman & Dupree LLP (Primary and California Counsel) 

Jamie L. Dupree, $370.00/hour 

Martin H. Dodd, $385.00/hour 

Jaime E. Godin, $265.00/hour 

Legal Assistants and Case Clerks, $90-165.00/hour 

(2) Stephan A. Werth, CPA, $175.00/hour 

(3) Cindi Sherrod, Consultant, $35.00/hour 

(4) Parsons, Smith & Stone LLP (Idaho counsel) 

Randolph C. Stone, $170.00/hour 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Receiver is hereby authorized to utilize the services of 

other attorneys and staff at the authorized law firms provided that the billing rates of those 

attorneys and staff are commensurate with the rates authorized herein. Notwithstanding this 

order, the actual compensation of the persons employed by Receiver shall be fixed by the Court in 

conformity with Local Rule 66-232(g). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 5, 2009 

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