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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

FORT WORTH DIVISION 

ROBERT “BOB” ROSS AND EUGENIO 

VARGAS, 

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Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants, § 

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v. § Civil Action No. 4:22-cv-00343 

 § Judge Terry R Means 

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ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT 

ATTENDANTS, ET AL 

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Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs. § 

APPENDIX IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE AND OBJECTIONS TO DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

 Plaintiffs Robert “Bob” Ross and Eugenio Vargas pursuant to Local Rules 7.1(i) and § C of this 

Court’s Case Management Requirements, submits this appendix of supporting documents and of nonpublished cases cited in, and in support of “PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE AND OBJECTIONS TO 

DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT:” 

Item Description Pgs. 

1 WSO Documents and Communications 1-33 

 7-9-2020: Harris to O’Neil Email: Set up meeting between 

Hedrick, Harris and O’Neil regarding 2018 Officer’s Payout 

Review 

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7-16-2020: Harris to O’Neil, CC: National Officers: forwarding the 

Ross Transition Agreement 

2 

 9-9-2020: O’Neil to Harris: Meeting with Chris Thedford, Margot 

Nikites (APFA General Counsel) for our review of the Bob Ross 

documents. Deadline: is 9-24-2020 

3-4 

Powerpoint produced by WSO, presented to APFA BOD in 2019 

– provides the per diem calculations. 

5-26 

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10/2/2020: Email from Harris to O’Neil: BOD is requesting a 

report from you on the findings for your review. BOD wants 

something from you for the meeting at the end of the month. 

27-33 

1a Ross Vacation Calculations 34-35 

2 1-12-2021: Transcripts of voicemail From Harris to Ross 36-38 

3 1-14-2021: Transcripts of voicemail From Hedrick to Ross 39-42 

4 Communications and Documents on Collections: 

Emails between Harris to Diversified - 

43-68 

4a 1-15-21: Email – New Collection Account; “aggressive and 

tends to fabricate” 

43-47 

4b 1-28-21: Email – Harris to Diversified: Texas Address 

3-1-21: Email – Harris to Diversified: New Acct Div 

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4c 4-14-21: Email – Diversified to Harris: APFA Board?? 48-54 

4d 4-14-21: Email – Harris to Ross and Board of Directors 55-58 

5 Diversified Call System Notes 59-61 

6 Ross Credit Report 62-70 - 68 

7 10-28-2020: APFA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 71-94: on page 92 

8 3-10-2022: APFA Board of Directors Resolution accepting 

Chinery v. Vargas Arbitration Award 

95-96 

9 3-24-2022: APFA Board of Directors: Resolution 2 Chinery Lee 

v. Ross Arbitration Award 

97-100 

10 08-26-2019: APFA Board of Directors 2019 Resolution RE: 

Officer Overpayment 

101-102 

11 10-22-2020 Email from Hal O’Neil, Accountant, to Harris, APFA 

National Treasurer with Confidential Memo forwarded to 

National Officers, APFA General Counsel, and APFA Outside 

Counsel 

103-116 

12 11-12-2020: Email to APFA Board of Directors re: 10-28-2020 

Board Meeting on National Officer Ross Overpayment – Board 

held no finding 

117-122 

13 10-12-23: APFA Board of Directors: Confidentiality Resolution – 

Against Policy to Participate in lawsuits against APFA 

123-124 

14 Joe Burns, AFA General Counsel: Cease and Desist letters to 

APFA Members 

125-139 

15 Story of the Furniture: Evidence of Ross Payment of Furniture 140-144 

16 Chinery Social Media Posts about Ross Furniture 145-147 

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17 Ladonna Casey Affidavit – Inventory Lists 148-152

17a Furniture G L 1246 - Vargas Furniture Inventory List 153 

17b Osborne to Vargas Demanding Missing Documents 154-155

18 Disciplinary Hearing Transcripts: APFA Does not Maintain 

Business Records 

156-197

Vargas Transcript Ross Owes Overpayment1-9 156-164

18a A - Ross Transcript Vol 2 - Records a Mess 1-8 165-172

18b Ross Transcript Vol 3 – Records a Mess 1-12 173-184

18c Chinery v. Vargas Transcript – Missing Box 17 Testimony 185-197

19 LM-2s: 2019 2020; 2021; 2022 2019: 198-267 

2020: 268-332 

2021: 333-389 

2022: 390-451 

2023: 452-506 

20 Email from Gunter, APFA Treasurer, to APFA Accounting: Final 

Payment to Ross under Transition Agreement 

507 

21 Chinery Social Media Post of Wrong Version of the Ross 

Transition Agreement 

508-521

22 Free Speech: Ross Social Media Posts 522-528

Declaration of Heidi Morgan: 529-531

23 Exhibit A: APFA Amicus Brief by Jeffrey Bartos re: Martin v. 

Chinery-Lee Arbitration Charges 

532-536

24 Chinery-Lee v. Martin Arbitration Document Exchange – PII 

Information Breach 

537-540

25 Exhibit B: Bill Osborne Amicus Brief submitted in Moyer v. 2018 

APFA Board of Directors 

541-576

26 Moyer v. 2018 APFA Board of Directors Arbitration Award 577-595

27 Objections to Hearsay: Sample Double Hearsay Statements 596-599

29 Declaration of Eugenio Vargas 600-602

30 Case Law - Nonpublished 603-674

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Respectfully submitted, 

K.D. PHILLIPS LAW FIRM, PLLC 

 

By: /s/ Kerri Phillips Kerri 

Phillips 

Texas Bar No. 24065906 

Phone: (972) 327-5800 

Email: kerri@KDphillipslaw.com

6010 W. Spring Creek Parkway 

Plano, Texas 75024 

Fax: (940) 400-0089 

For Service of Filings: notice@KDphillipslaw.com 

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 

 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that the true and correct copy of this document was sent to all counsel of record, 

hereunder listed via ECF Filing on this the 24th day of May 2024. 

/s/ Kerri Phillips 

Kerri Phillips, Esq. 

Jeffrey Bartos 

Guerrieri, Bartos, & Roma, P.C. 

1900 M Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20036 

Tel: (202) 624-7400; Fax: (202) 624-7420 

Email: jbartos@geclaw.com

Charlette Matts 

In-House Counsel for APFA 

1004 West Euless Blvd 

Euless, TX 76040 

Tel: (682) 301-8454 

Cmatts@apfa.org

James Sanford 

4803 Gaston Avenue 

Dallas, TX 75249-1020 

Tel: (214) 800-5111; Fax: (214) 838-

0001 

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Email jim@gillespiesanford.com

Email: joe@gillespiesanford.com

Michael Rake 

PO Box 1556 

Lake Dallas, TX 75065-1556 

Tel: (940) 498-2103 Fax: (940) 498-2103 

Email: mrake1@mrakeattorney.com

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