STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C.

209 S.W. OAK STREET

PORTLAND, OREGON 97204

TEL. (503) 227‐1600   FAX (503) 227‐6840

Keith A. Ketterling, OSB No. 913368 

Email: kketterling@stollberne.com 

Timothy S. DeJong, OSB No. 940662

Email: tdejong@stollberne.com 

Jacob S. Gill, OSB No. 033238 

Email: jgill@stollberne.com 

Nadia H. Dahab, OSB No. 125630

Email:ndahab@stollberne.com 

STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C. 

209 SW Oak Street, Suite 500 

Portland, Oregon 97204 

Telephone: (503) 227-1600 

Facsimile: (503) 227-6840 

Steve W. Berman (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: steve@hbsslaw.com 

Karl P. Barth (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: karlb@hbsslaw.com 

Lee M. Gordon (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: lee@hbsslaw.com

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, Washington 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

Attorneys For Plaintiffs 

[Additional Counsel of Record Listed on Signature Page] 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON 

PORTLAND DIVISION 

LAWRENCE P. CIUFFITELLI, for himself 

and as Trustee of CIUFFITELLI 

REVOCABLE TRUST; GREG and ANGELA 

JULIEN; JAMES and SUSAN 

MACDONALD, as Co-Trustees of the 

MACDONALD FAMILY TRUST; R.F. 

MACDONALD CO.; ANDREW NOWAK, 

for himself and as Trustee of the ANDREW 

NOWAK REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST 

U/A 2/20/2002; WILLIAM RAMSTEIN; and 

Case No. 3:16-cv-00580-AC 

PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO 

DEFENDANT DELOITTE & TOUCHE 

LLP’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C.

209 S.W. OAK STREET

PORTLAND, OREGON 97204

TEL. (503) 227‐1600   FAX (503) 227‐6840

GREG WARRICK, for himself and, with 

SUSAN WARRICK, as Co-Trustees of the 

WARRICK FAMILY TRUST, individually 

and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP; 

EISNERAMPER LLP; SIDLEY AUSTIN 

LLP; TONKON TORP LLP; TD 

AMERITRADE, INC.; and INTEGRITY 

BANK & TRUST, 

Defendants. 

 Plaintiffs are compelled to oppose this motion for leave because it is an abuse of 

discovery motion practice. Deloitte has not shown good cause for an exception to the rule that “a 

movant may not file a reply supporting a discovery motion.” LR 26-3(c). Deloitte requested and 

was granted oral argument on the motion for protective order, and plaintiffs suggested that 

Deloitte make these arguments at the hearing on November 4. Deloitte gives no reason why it 

could not have done so. Instead, determined to make its written reply arguments whether or not 

it is granted leave, Deloitte sets forth in its motion for leave the arguments it asks the Court to 

allow it to make in expanded form in the proposed reply. Respectfully, if leave is granted in this 

instance, defendants are likely to request a reply brief on every discovery motion. The motion 

for leave should be denied. 

The principal reason for the proposed reply appears to be to accuse plaintiffs of making 

incorrect statements, which it characterizes in the proposed reply as misrepresentations. Deloitte 

claims that plaintiffs misrepresent the relief that Deloitte sought in its moving papers. If that is 

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STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C.

209 S.W. OAK STREET

PORTLAND, OREGON 97204

TEL. (503) 227‐1600   FAX (503) 227‐6840

the case, it should be apparent from Deloitte’s moving papers, and there is no need to deviate 

from the normal practice to allow a reply brief. 

Deloitte also claims that plaintiffs have never offered to limit initial discovery from 

Deloitte to its audit workpapers. It is beyond dispute that plaintiffs made that very offer both at 

page 2 of the Joint Report of Parties’ F.R.C.P. 26(c) Conference, filed more than two months 

before the motion for protective order, and in Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant Deloitte & 

Touche LLP’s Motion for Protective Order. Plaintiffs also made this offer in conferences 

between the parties that are not reflected in writing. Regardless, this is an illusory issue. The 

salient point is that Deloitte refuses to produce its workpapers. 

In light of the court rule prohibiting reply briefs on discovery motions, leave to submit a 

reply should be reserved for extraordinary circumstances. There are no extraordinary 

circumstances here, and the motion for leave should be denied. 

 DATED this 27th day of October, 2016. 

STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C. 

By: s/Timothy S. DeJong 

Keith A. Ketterling, OSB No. 913368 

Timothy S. DeJong, OSB No. 940662 

Jacob S. Gill, OSB No. 033238 

Nadia H. Dahab, OSB No. 125630 

209 SW Oak Street, Suite 500 

Portland, OR 97204 

Telephone: (503) 227-1600 

Facsimile: (503) 227-6840 

Email: kketterling@stollberne.com 

 tdejong@stollberne.com 

 jgill@stollberne.com 

 ndahab@stollberne.com 

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 MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

STOLL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER P.C.

209 S.W. OAK STREET

PORTLAND, OREGON 97204

TEL. (503) 227‐1600   FAX (503) 227‐6840

Steve W. Berman (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: steve@hbsslaw.com 

Karl P. Barth (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: karlb@hbsslaw.com 

Lee M. Gordon (admitted pro hac vice) 

Email: lee@hbsslaw.com

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

-AndRobert S. Banks, Jr., OSB No. 821862 

Email: bbanks@SamuelsLaw.com 

Darlene D. Pasieczny, OSB No. 124172 

Email: darlenep@SamuelsLaw.com 

SAMUELS YOELIN KANTOR LLP 

Attorneys at Law 

111 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 3800 

Portland, OR 97204-3642 

Telephone: (503) 226-2966 

Facsimile: (503) 222-2937 

Attorneys For Plaintiffs

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