APPENDIX E 

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Appendix E

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

OHIO A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, )

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO, )

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE )

DEMOCRATS, NORTHEAST OHIO YOUNG )

BLACK DEMOCRATS, HAMILTON COUNTY )

YOUNG DEMOCRATS, LINDA GOLDENHAR, )

DOUGLAS BURKS, SARAH INSKEEP, )

CYNTHIA LIBSTER, KATHRYN DEITSCH, )

LUANN BOOTHE, MARK JOHN GRIFFITHS, )

LAWRENCE NADLER, CHITRA WALKER, )

TRISTAN RADER, RIA MEGNIN, ) No. 1:18-cv-00357-TSB

ANDREW HARRIS, AARON DAGRES, )

ELIZABETH MYER,BETH HUTTON, ) Judge Timothy S. Black 

TERESA THOBABEN, ) Judge Karen Nelson Moore

and CONSTANCE RUBIN, ) Judge Michael H. Watson

) Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz

Plaintiffs, )

)

v. )

)

RYAN SMITH, Speaker of the Ohio House )

of Representatives, LARRY OBHOF, )

President of the Ohio Senate, and )

JON HUSTED, Secretary of State of Ohio, )

in their official capacities, )

)

Defendants. )

_________________________________________ )

DEFENDANTS’ INITIAL WITNESS LIST

Pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order regarding Cincinnati Civil Procedures, Defendants 

identify the following witnesses who they may call to testify live at the trial in this matter:

1. The Honorable William Batchelder

21 West Broad Street, Suite 300

Columbus, OH 43215

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Mr. Batchelder was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2006 to 2015. Mr. 

Batchelder may be called to provide testimony regarding the 2011 Ohio congressional redistricting 

process and his involvement regarding the same.

2. Ray DiRossi

Senate Building

1 Capitol Square, 2nd floor

Columbus, OH 43215

Mr. DiRossi was retained by the Ohio General Assembly as a consultant by the Republican 

members of the Task Force to assist in redrawing the Ohio congressional map in 2011. Mr. DiRossi 

may be called to provide testimony regarding the 2011 Ohio congressional redistricting process 

and his involvement regarding the same, as well as his prior involvement in the 2001 Ohio 

congressional redistricting process.

3. Troy Judy

21 West Broad Street, Suite 300

Columbus, OH 43215

Mr. Judy served as the Chief of Staff of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 

2014. Mr. Judy may be called to provide testimony regarding the 2011 Ohio congressional 

redistricting process and his involvement regarding the same.

4. The Honorable Keith Faber

77 S. High Street, 13th Floor

Columbus, OH 43215

Mr. Faber was a member of the Ohio Senate and served on the Senate Select Committee 

on Redistricting in 2011. Mr. Faber may be called to provide testimony regarding the 2011 Ohio 

congressional redistricting process and his involvement regarding the same.

5. The Honorable Matthew Huffman

Senate Building

1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor

Columbus, OH 43215

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Mr. Huffman was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 4th District from 

2007 to 2014, and served as the Chairman of the House Redistricting Subcommittee in 2011. Mr. 

Huffman may be called to provide testimony regarding the 2011 Ohio congressional redistricting 

process and his involvement regarding the same.

6. M.V. (Trey) Hood, III

Department of Political Science

180 Baldwin Hall

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia, 30602

Dr. Hood is a tenured Professor at the University of Georgia and the Director of the SPIA 

Research Center. He will provide expert testimony as disclosed in his initial and supplemental

reports.

7. Douglas Johnson 

1520 North Pacific Avenue

Glendale, CA, 91202

Dr. Johnson is the President of the National Demographics Corporation and a Fellow at the 

Rose Institute of State and Local Government. He will provide expert testimony as disclosed in 

his report.

8. Sean Trende 

1146 Elderberry Loop

Delaware, OH 43015

Mr. Trende is a Senior Elections Analyst for RealClearPolitics and a Gerald R. Ford 

Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He will provide expert testimony as 

disclosed in his report.

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9. Janet Thornton

2457 Care Drive, Suite A-200

Tallahassee, FL 32308

Dr. Thornton is the Managing Director of Berkeley Research Group, LLC. She will 

provide expert testimony as disclosed in her report.

Defendants reserve the right, to the fullest extent permitted under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and the orders of this Court, to supplement this list.

This the 18th day of January, 2019.

DAVE YOST

Ohio Attorney General

By: /s/Phillip J. Strach

Phillip J. Strach*

N.C. State Bar No. 29456

phil.strach@ogletree.com

*Lead and Trial Counsel

By: /s/Michael D. McKnight

Michael McKnight

N.C. State Bar No. 36932

michael.mcknight@ogletree.com

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100

Raleigh, NC 27609

Tel.: (919) 787-9700

Facsimile: (919) 783-9412

Attorneys for Legislative Defendants

/s/Steven T. Voigt

Steven T. Voigt (0092879)

Principal Assistant Attorney General

Ohio State Bar No. 0092879

Nicole M. Koppitch

Ohio State Bar No. 0082129

Ann Yackshaw

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Ohio State Bar No. 0090623

Ohio Attorney General's Office 

Constitutional Offices Section

30 E. Broad Street, 16th Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Tel: (614) 466-2872

Fax: (614) 728-7592

steven.voigt@ohioattorneygeneral.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

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