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SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY 

FEES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

 Direct Dial: 503.802.2027 

 Facsimile: 503.972.3727 

 E-Mail: tim.conway@tonkon.com 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

 Direct Dial: 503.802.2041 

 Facsimile: 503.972.3741 

 E-Mail: zach.wright@tonkon.com 

TONKON TORP LLP

1600 Pioneer Tower 

888 S.W. Fifth Avenue 

Portland, OR 97204 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. 

Patel and Nila B. Patel 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

(Portland Division) 

MALBCO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Washington 

limited liability company,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BHUPENDRA R. PATEL and NILA B. PATEL, 

husband and wife; HEETAN B. PATEL; HEETAL 

B. PATEL-MANINI; and MUKESH PATEL, 

Defendants. 

Civil No. 3:14-cv-947-PK

DEFENDANTS BHUPENDRA R. 

PATEL'S AND NILA B. PATEL'S 

REPLY IN SUPPORT OF 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR 

ATTORNEY FEES AND 

PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN 

SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED

 

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SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY 

FEES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

For their reply in support of their Motion to Dismiss Malbco's Claim for Attorney 

Fees and Punitive Damages in Second Amended Complaint (Doc No. 129), the Patel Parents join 

in and adopt the arguments set forth in the Reply in Support of Defendants Heetan and Heetal 

Patel's Motion to Dismiss Malbco's Claim for Attorney Fees and Punitive Damages in Second 

Amended Complaint (filed this same day) as if fully set forth in this Reply. 

DATED this 23rd day of June, 2016. 

TONKON TORP LLP

By: s/ Zachary W.L. Wright 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. Patel and 

Nila B. Patel 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I served the foregoing DEFENDANTS BHUPENDRA R. 

PATEL'S AND NILA B. PATEL'S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS 

MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT on the parties listed below: 

C. Robert Steringer, OSB No. 983514

Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, P.C. 

1001 SW Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor 

Portland, OR 97204 

bob.steringer@harrang.com 

Marjorie A. Elken, OSB No. 073368 

Buckley Law P.C. 

5300 Meadows Road, Suite 200 

Lake Oswego, OR 97035 

mae@buckley-law.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Nicholas J. Henderson, OSB No. 074027 

Motschenbacher & Blattner LLP 

117 SW Taylor, Suite 200 

Portland, OR 97204 

nhenderson@portlaw.com 

Attorney for Defendant Mukesh Patel 

Laura Taylor, OSB No. 993786 

Tom Hutchinson, OSB No. 994896 

Bullivant Houser Bailey 

888 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 300 

Portland, OR 97204 

laura.taylor@bullivant.com 

tom.hutchinson@bullivant.com 

 Attorneys for Defendants Heetan B. 

Patel and Heetal B. Patel-Manani 

 by electronic means through the Court's Case Management/Electronic 

Case File system on the date set forth below 

 by causing a copy thereof to be e-mailed to each attorney at said attorney's 

last-known email address on the date set forth below 

 DATED this 23rd day of June, 2016. 

TONKON TORP LLP

By: /s/Zachary W.L. Wright 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. Patel and 

Nila B. Patel 037065/00002/7337907v1 

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