2108317.2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

GRANT BIRCHMEIER, et al., on )

behalf of themselves and a class of others ) Case No. 1:12-CV-04069

similarly situated, ) Related to: Case No. 1:13-cv-00903,

) Case No. 1:13-cv-00908

Plaintiffs, )

)

v. ) Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly

)

CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, INC., )

ECONOMIC STRATEGY GROUP, )

ECONOMIC STRATEGY GROUP, INC., )

ECONOMIC STRATEGY, LLC, THE )

BERKLEY GROUP, INC., and )

VACATION OWNERSHIP MARKETING )

TOURS, INC. )

)

Defendants. )

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

COMES NOW Defendant The Berkley Group, Inc., by and through its undersigned 

counsel, and for its Motion to Substitute Counsel, states as follows:

1. David B. Helms and the law firm of Lewis Rice LLC have entered in this matter 

as counsel for Defendant The Berkley Group, Inc.

2. Defendant The Berkley Group, Inc. requests that Lewis Rice LLC withdraw as its 

counsel.

3. David B. Helms of the firm of David B. Helms Law, LLC will continue as 

counsel for The Berkley Group, Inc.

4. Defendant The Berkley Group, Inc. hereby asks this Court for an Order 

substituting David B. Helms of the firm of David B. Helms Law, LLC as attorney for it in this 

matter and allowing Lewis Rice LLC to withdraw as counsel.

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Respectfully submitted,

DAVID B. HELMS LAW, LLC

By: ___/s/ David B. Helms________

 David B. Helms, #48941

Email: davidhelms555@gmail.com

9959 Holliston Court

St. Louis, MO 63124

Telephone: (314) 504-4166

LEWIS RICE LLC

By: /s/ David B. Helms

David B. Helms #48941

600 Washington Ave., Suite 2500

St. Louis, Missouri 63101

(314) 444-7600 (telephone)

(314) 612-7676 (facsimile)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on September 10, 2015 a true and correct copy of 

the above and foregoing was served on all counsel of record via the Court’s electronic filing 

system:

Loevy & Loevy 

Jonathan I. Loevy

Scott R. Rauscher

Arthur R. Loevy

Michael I Kanovitz

312 North May Street 

Suite 100

Chicago, IL 60607 

(312)243-59 

jon@loevy.com

scott@loevy.com

loevylaw@loevy.com

mike@loevy.com

Anderson & Wanca

Brian J. Wanca

George Lang

Glenn L. Hara

Ryan M. Kelly

3701 Algonquin Road 

Suite 760 

Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 

(847) 368-1500 

buslit@andersonwanca.com

glang@andersonwanca.com

ghara@andersonwanca.com

rkelly@andersonwanca.com

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Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

Rebecca F Bratter

Richard W. Epstein

Jeffrey Backman

200 East Broward Blvd. 

Suite 1500 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

(954) 491-1120

rebecca.bratter@gmlaw.com

richard.epstein@gmlaw.com

jeffrey.backman@gmlaw.com

Tabet DiVito Rothstein

Timothy A. Hudson

209 South LaSalle Street 

7th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60604 

(312)762-9450

thudson@tdrlawfirm.com

Pilgrim Christakis LLP

Anna-Katrina S Christakis

Scott Gordon Weber

321 North Clark Street 

26th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60654 

(312) 939-0920 

kchristakis@pilgrimchristakis.com

sweber@pilgrimchristakis.com

Law Office Of Joseph W. Sanscrainte

Joseph W. Sanscrainte

1120 Avenue Of The Americas 

4th Floor 

New York, NY 10036 

(212) 626-6934 

jws@sanscrainte.com

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McGuireWoods LLP 

David Luther Hartsell

Andrew Robert Woltman

Sarah Ann Zielinski

77 West Wacker Drive 

Suite 4100 

Chicago, IL 60601 

(312)849-8100 

dhartsell@mcguirewoods.com

awoltman@mcguirewoods.com

szielinski@mcguirewoods.com

Forde Law Offices LLP

Brian Patrick O'Meara

111 West Washington Street 

#1100 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 641-1441 

bomeara@fordellp.com

Rose Harrison & Gilreath, P.C.

M. Peebles Harrison

700 Blue Jay Street, Suite 1 

Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 

252-480-1414 

252-480-1765 (fax) 

peebles@outerbankslaw.com

Perkins Coie LLP 

Debra Rae Bernard

131 S. Dearborn St. 

Suite 1700 

Chicago, IL 60603 

312 324 8559 

312 324 9559 (fax) 

dbernard@perkinscoie.com

Edelson PC 

Christopher Lillard Dore

Eve-Lynn J. Rapp

Jay Edelson

Rafey S. Balabanian

350 North LaSalle Street 

Suite 1300 

Chicago, IL 60654 

(312) 589-6370 

cdore@edelson.com

erapp@edelson.com

jedelson@edelson.com

rbalabanian@edelson.com

McGuireWoods LLP 

Emily Yandle Rottmann

50 N. Laura Street 

Suite 3300 

Jacksonville, FL 32202 

904-798-3224 

904-798-3263 (fax) 

erottmann@mcguirewoods.com

Steward Law Firm LLC

John S Steward

5201 Hampton Ave 

St Louis, MO 63109 

(314) 353-1001 

(314) 862-9895 (fax) 

glaw123@aol.com

Margulis Law Group 

Max G. Margulis

28 Old Belle Monte Dr. 

Chesterfield, MO 63017 

(636) 536-7022 

636-536-6652 (fax) 

maxmargulis@margulislaw.com

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Scott David Owens

Scott D. Owens, Esq.

664 E Hallandale Beach Blvd 

Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309 

954-589-0588 

954-337-0666 (fax) 

scott@scottdowens.com

Williams and Venker 

Nathan D. Leming

Steven P. Sanders, Sr.

100 N. Broadway 21st Floor 

St. Louis, MO 63102 

314 345-5000 

314 345-5055 (fax) 

nleming@wvslaw.com

ssanders@wvslaw.com

/s/ David B. Helms

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