IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

IN RE: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT 

BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., 

 Debtors.1

PROMESA 

Title III 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND REQUEST FOR SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS 

TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

Please take notice, that Robert Gordon, Richard Levin, Catherine Steege, and Melissa Root 

of Jenner & Block LLP, and A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira of Bennazar, García & Milián, C.S.P., 

hereby enter their appearances in the cases jointly administered under No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(the “Title III Cases”) on behalf of the Official Committee of Retired Employees of Puerto Rico, 

pursuant to Rule 83D(a) of the Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for the District 

of Puerto Rico, and Rules 2002, 9007, and 9010(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 

(the “Bankruptcy Rules”), made applicable to these proceedings by Section 310 of the Puerto Rico 

Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”), 48 U.S.C. § 2170, and 

sections 102(1) and 1109(b) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), made 

applicable to these proceedings by section 301 of PROMESA, 48 U.S.C. § 2161, and such counsel 

 

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 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number listed as a bankruptcy 

case number due to software limitations and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, 

as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits 

of Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 

17 BK 3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474). 

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hereby requests that the name of the undersigned be added to the mailing list maintained by the 

Clerk of the Court in the Title III Cases and that the Clerk and all parties-in-interest in the Title III 

Cases provide all notices and all papers given or required to be given and all notices and all papers 

served on any party, filed with the Court in the Title III Cases or in any case consolidated or 

administered herewith, or delivered to the Office of the United States Trustee in the Title III Cases, 

be delivered to and served upon: 

A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

BENNAZAR, GARCÍA & MILIÁN, C.S.P. 

Edificio Union Plaza, PH-A 

Avenida Ponce de León #416 

Hato Rey, San Juan 

Puerto Rico 00918 

ajb@bennazar.org 

and 

Robert Gordon (admitted pro hac vice) 

Richard Levin* 

Jenner & Block LLP 

919 Third Ave 

New York, NY 10022-3908 

(212) 891-1600 

rgordon@jenner.com 

rlevin@jenner.com 

and 

Catherine Steege* 

Melissa Root* 

Jenner & Block LLP 

353 N. Clark Street 

Chicago, IL 60654 

(312) 222-9350 

csteege@jenner.com 

mroot@jenner.com 

* Applications for admission pro hac vice will be filed under a separate cover. 

WHEREFORE, it is respectfully requested that this Honorable Court take notice of the 

aforementioned. 

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Dated: June 21, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

 BENNAZAR, GARCÍA & MILIÁN, C.S.P. 

 By: 

/s/ A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

Edificio Union Plaza 

PH-A piso 18 

Avenida Ponce de León #416 

Hato Rey, San Juan 

Puerto Rico 00918 

787-754-9191 (telephone) 

787-764-3101 (facsimile) 

ajb@bennazar.org

 

 JENNER & BLOCK LLP 

 By: 

/s/ Robert Gordon 

Robert Gordon (admitted pro hac vice) 

Richard Levin (pro hac vice motion pending) 

919 Third Ave 

New York, NY 10022-3908 

rgordon@jenner.com

rlevin@jenner.com

212-891-1600 (telephone) 

212-891-1699 (facsimile) 

Catherine Steege (pro hac vice motion pending) 

Melissa Root (pro hac vice motion pending) 

353 N. Clark Street 

Chicago, IL 60654 

csteege@jenner.com

mroot@jenner.com

312-222-9350 (telephone) 

312-239-5199 (facsimile) 

Proposed Counsel for The Official Committee of 

Retired Employees of Puerto Rico 

 

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this same day I electronically filed the foregoing with the 

clerk of the Court using CM/ECF system that will send notification of such filing automatically 

to all counsel of record. 

Dated: June 21, 2017 /s/ A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

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