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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

FOR DEFENDANT NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

207466326

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, CA 90067-3086 

Telephone: 310-229-1000 

Email: jefitzgerald@akingump.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORIA 

JACK DUDUM AS TRUSTEE OF THE JACK 

AND SYLVIA DUDUM 1997 TRUST, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY; C.R. ENGLAND, INC.; and 

DOES 1-25, inclusive 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 4:15-cv-00912 JSW

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND 

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR 

DEFENDANT NATIONWIDE MUTUAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Action Filed: July 18, 2014 

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

FOR DEFENDANT NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

207466326

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, Defendant Nationwide Mutual 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 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company: 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

JAMES E. FITZGERALD (State Bar No. 108785) 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086 

Telephone: 310-229-1000 

Email: jefitzgerald@akingump.com 

 

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL 

FOR DEFENDANT NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

207466326

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP; and Akin Gump 

Strass Hauer & Feld LLP each consents to this substitution. Nationwide Mutual 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: By: 

 The Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

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October 13, 2015

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