UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

Wendy Berry, Lorri Hulings, and Kathleen 

Sammons, individually and as representatives 

of a class of similarly situated persons, and on 

behalf of the FirstGroup America, Inc. 

Retirement Savings Plan,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FirstGroup America, Inc., FirstGroup America, 

Inc. Employee Benefits Committee, and Aon 

Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:18-cv-00326-TSB

Judge Timothy S. Black

JOINT STIPULATION FOR A SHORT EXTENSION OF EXPERT DISCOVERY 

AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINES 

Plaintiffs Wendy Berry, Lorri Hulings, and Kathleen Sammons, and Defendants 

FirstGroup America, Inc., FirstGroup America, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee, and Aon 

Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc. (collectively, the “Parties”), through their undersigned 

counsel, hereby jointly move for a short extension to complete expert discovery and the deadline 

to file dispositive motions. The parties jointly request the following updated case schedule:

Event Updated Deadline

Defendants’ Initial Expert 

Reports

June 17, 2022

Plaintiffs’ Rebuttal Expert 

Reports

July 15, 2022

Defendants’ Sur-Rebuttal 

Reports

August 12, 2022

Close of Expert Discovery September 9, 2022

Summary Judgment Briefs October 14, 2022

Oppositions Briefs November 18, 2022

Reply Briefs December 16, 2022

Daubert Motions1 January 27, 2023

1 The prior case schedule did not include a deadline for the filing of Daubert motions. 

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In support of this motion, the Parties state as follows: 

On May 4, 2021, the Court entered a Scheduling Order (ECF No. 64) setting the expert 

discovery deadline for August 12, 2022 and the dispositive motion deadline for September 23, 

2022. 

Due to scheduling conflicts, one of Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.’s expert 

witnesses is traveling internationally and is unavailable for deposition in early August. 

Accordingly, the Parties have met and conferred regarding the case schedule, and believe that it 

would be in the interests of all Parties to receive a short extension to the expert discovery 

deadline to permit additional time for expert depositions. The Parties also propose a 

corresponding extension of the deadlines for dispositive motions.

This Court has broad discretion under Rule 6(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

to grant an extension of a deadline upon the showing of good cause. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b); 

Kimble v. Hoso, 439 F.3d 331, 336 (6th Cir. 2006) (finding that district courts enjoy broad 

discretion with regards to pretrial management, scheduling, and docket control); U.S. v. Van 

Dyke, 605 F.2d 220, 227 (6th Cir. 1979) (indicating that a district court has wide discretion in 

scheduling a trial). The Parties respectfully submit that good cause exists here because 

extending the expert discovery deadline will permit a more productive and efficient expert 

discovery period for all Parties. This is the first request for an extension of the expert discovery 

and dispositive motion deadlines and the brief extension sought by the Parties will not unduly 

delay the proceedings or prejudice either Plaintiffs or Defendants. Furthermore, the granting of 

this motion will not interfere with any other deadlines currently scheduled by the Court.

WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant their motion by 

setting the deadline for the close of expert discovery as September 9, 2022, setting the deadline 

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for dispositive motions as October 14, 2022, setting the deadline for opposition briefs as 

November 18, 2022, setting the deadline for reply briefs as December 16, 2022, and setting the 

deadline for Daubert motions as January 27, 2023.

Dated: June 17, 2022

NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP

/s/ Paul Lukas 

Paul J. Lukas, MN Bar No. 22084X* 

Brock J. Specht, MN Bar No. 0388343* 

Carl F. Engstrom, MN Bar No. 0396298* 

Brandon McDonough, MN Bar No.

0393259*

Chloe A. Raimey, MN Bar No. 0398257* 

Mark Thomson, MN Bar No. 0398260*

* admitted pro hac vice 

4700 IDS Center

80 S 8th Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: 612-256-3200

Facsimile: 612-338-4878

lukas@nka.com

bspecht@nka.com

cengstrom@nka.com

bmcdonough@nka.com

craimey@nka.com

mthomson@nka.com

F. Hill Allen, N.C. Bar No. 18884 

Post Office Box 1151

150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1800

Raleigh, N.C. 27602-1151

Telephone: (919) 821 4711

Fax: (919) 829-1583

Email: hallen@tharringtonsmith.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Respectfully submitted,

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

/s/ James O. Fleckner 

James O. Fleckner* 

David Rosenberg* 

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Telephone: 617-570-1000

Facsimile: 617-523-1231

jfleckner@goodwinlaw.com

Gabrielle L. Gould* 

Samuel J. Rubin*

The New York Times Building 

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10018 

Telephone: 212-813-8800

Facsimile: 212-355-3333 

ggould@goodwinlaw.com

srubin@goodwinlaw.com

*admitted pro hac vice 

DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP

Jennifer O. Mitchell

255 E. Fifth Street, Suite 1900

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Telephone: 513-977-8364

Facsimile: 513-977-8141 

jennifer.mitchell@dinsmore.com

Attorneys for FirstGroup America, Inc. and the 

FirstGroup America, Inc. Employee Benefits 

Committee

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O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

/s/ Shannon M. Barrett _______

Brian Boyle

Shannon M. Barrett

1625 Eye St., NW

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: (202) 383-5300

Fax: (202) 383-5414

bboyle@omm.com 

sbarrett@omm.com 

derice@omm.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff

William Pollak

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Times Square Tower

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 728-5675

Fax: (212) 326-2061

ssarnoff@omm.com

wpollak@omm.com

V. Brandon McGrath (0072057)

BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP

2350 First Financial Center

255 East Fifth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4728

Telephone: (513) 455-7641

brandon.mcgrath@dentons.com

Attorneys for Aon Investments USA (f/k/a Aon 

Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on June 17, 2022, a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

was served by CM/ECF to the parties registered to the Court’s CM/ECF system.

Dated: June 17, 2022 /s/ Shannon M. Barrett

Shannon M. Barrett 

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