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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

FOR DEFENDANT AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY

LA 51916073

207466564

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

JAMES E. FITZGERALD (STATE BAR NO. 108785)

BRYAN M. WITTLIN (STATE BAR NO. 286382)

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: 310-229-1000

Email: jefitzgerald@akingump.com

Attorneys for Defendant

AMCO Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORIA

GEORGE MORELLO, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY 

Defendant.

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Case No. 3:11-CV-06623 WHO

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR 

DEFENDANT AMCO INSURANCE 

COMPANY; ORDER

Case 3:11-cv-06623-WHO Document 153 Filed 10/16/15 Page 1 of 3
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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

FOR DEFENDANT AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY

LA 51916073

207466564

TO THE COURT, THE PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, Defendant AMCO Insurance Company here substitutes the 

law firm AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP in place of STROOCK & STROOCK & 

LAVAN LLP as their counsel of record in this action.

Withdrawing counsel for Defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is:

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP

2029 Century Park East

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086

Telephone: 310-556-5800

Facsimile: 310-556-5959

Email: lacalendar@stroock.com

All future pleadings, orders, notices and communications should be served upon the 

following substituted counsel for Defendant AMCO Insurance Company:

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

JAMES E. FITZGERALD (State Bar No. 108785)

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: 310-229-1000

Email: jefitzgerald@akingump.com

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

FOR DEFENDANT AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY

LA 51916073

207466564

AMCO Insurance Company; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP; and Akin Gump Strass 

Hauer & Feld LLP each consents to this substitution. AMCO Insurance Company consents to 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s withdrawal as its counsel in this Action.

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP

By: /s/ Allan S. Cohen

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

By: /s/ James E. Fitzgerald

E-FILING ATTESTATION

I, James E. Fitzgerald, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each of the 

signatories identified above have concurred in this filing.

By: /s/ James E. Fitzgerald

ORDER

The above withdrawal and substitution of counsel is approved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:October 16, 2015 By:

The Honorable William H. Orrick

United States District Judge

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