IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

Plaintiff,

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD and 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:23-CV-00103-JRG-RSP

DEFENDANTS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXCUSE LEAD COUNSEL

FROM OCTOBER 2, 2024 DISCOVERY HEARING 

Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 

(collectively, “Samsung” or “Defendants”) respectfully file this Unopposed Motion to Excuse 

Lead Counsel from the October 2, 2024, Discovery Hearing. 

The Court recently set a hearing for October 2, 2024, on certain discovery motions. See 

Text Notice of Hearing (Sept. 24, 2024). Pursuant to this Court’s Standing Order Regarding “Meet 

and Confer” Obligations Relating to Discovery Disputes dated March 11, 2020, “each party’s lead 

attorney shall attend any discovery motions hearings set by the Court.” (See also Dkt. No. 56 at 

¶9(d) (Discovery Order)). Lead counsel for Defendants, Ruffin B. Cordell, is currently unable to 

attend the October 2 conference. Accordingly, Samsung respectfully requests that the Court enter 

an order excusing Mr. Cordell from attending the October 2 discovery hearing, and requests that 

Thad C. Kodish of Fish & Richardson P.C. and Melissa R. Smith of Gillam & Smith LLP be 

allowed to act as lead counsel with full decision-making authority at the hearing in place of lead 

counsel. Counsel for Defendants has conferred with counsel for Plaintiff, and counsel for Plaintiff 

has indicated that Plaintiff is unopposed to the relief sought in this Motion. 

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WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that the Court enter an order excusing Mr. 

Cordell from attending the October 2, 2024, discovery hearing.

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Dated: September 27, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/John W. Thornburgh

Ruffin B. Cordell

TX Bar No. 04820550

Michael J. McKeon

DC Bar No. 459780

mckeon@fr.com

Jared Hartzman (pro hac vice forthcoming)

DC Bar No. 1034255

hartzman@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

1000 Maine Avenue, SW, Ste 1000

Washington, D.C. 20024

Telephone: (202) 783-5070

Facsimile: (202) 783-2331

Thad C. Kodish

GA Bar No. 427603

tkodish@fr.com

Benjamin K. Thompson

GA Bar No. 633211 

bthompson@fr.com

Jonathan B. Bright

GA Bar No. 256953 

jbright@fr.com

Christopher O. Green

GA Bar No. 037617

cgreen@fr.com

Noah C. Graubart

GA Bar No. 141862

graubart@fr.com

Sara C. Fish

GA Bar No. 873853

sfish@fr.com

Nicholas A. Gallo 

GA Bar No. 546590

gallo@fr.com

Steffen C. Lake (pro hac vice forthcoming)

GA Bar No. 512272

lake@fr.com

Vivian C. Keller (pro hac vice)

GA Bar No. 651500

keller@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

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1180 Peachtree St. NE, Fl. 21

Atlanta, GA 30309

Telephone: (404) 892-5005

Facsimile: (404) 892-5002

Leonard E. Davis

TX Bar No. 05521600

ldavis@fr.com

Andria Rae Crisler

TX Bar No. 24093792

crisler@fr.com

Thomas H. Reger II

Texas Bar No. 24032992

reger@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

1717 Main Street, Suite 5000

Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (214)747-5070

Facsimile: (214) 747-2091

John-Paul R. Fryckman (pro hac vice)

CA Bar No. 317591

John W. Thornburgh

CA Bar No. 154627

thornburgh@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

12860 El Camino Real, Ste. 400

San Diego, CA 92130

Telephone: (858) 678-5070

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099

Katherine D. Prescott (pro hac vice)

CA Bar No. 215496

prescott@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

500 Arguello Street

Suite 400

Redwood City, CA 94063

Telephone: (650) 839-5180

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071

Kyle J. Fleming (pro hac vice)

NY Bar No. 5855499

kfleming@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

7 Times Square, 20th Floor,

New York, NY 10036

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Telephone: (212) 765-5070

Facsimile: (212) 258-2291

Melissa R. Smith

State Bar No. 24001351

Melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

303 South Washington Avenue

Marshall, Texas 75670

Telephone: (903) 934-8450

Facsimile: (903) 934-9257

Andrew Thompson (“Tom”) Gorham

State Bar No. 24012715

tom@gillamsmithlaw.com

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

102 N. College, Suite 800

Tyler, Texas 75702

Telephone: (903) 934-8450

Facsimile: (903) 934-9257

Michael E. Jones 

State Bar No. 10929400 mikejones@potterminton.com 

Shaun W. Hassett 

State Bar No. 24074372 shaunhassett@potterminton.com 

POTTER MINTON, P.C. 

102 N. College Ave., Suite 900 

Tyler, Texas 75702 

Telephone: (903) 597-8311 

Facsimile: (903) 593-0846

Lance Lin Yang

CA. Bar No. 260705

Lanceyang@quinnemanuel.com

Kevin (Gyushik) Jang

CA Bar No. 337747

kevinjang@quinnemanuel.com

Sean S. Pak

CA Bar No. 219032

seanpak@quinnemanuel.com

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &

SULLIVAN, LLP

50 California Street, 22nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

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Telephone: (415) 875-6600

Brady Huynh (admitted pro hac vice)

CA Bar No. 339441

bradyhuynh@quinnemanuel.com

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &

SULLIVAN, LLP

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Telephone: (650) 801-5000

Facsimile: (650) 801-5100

Jon Bentley Hyland

Texas Bar No. 24046131

jhyland@hilgersgraben.com

Grant K. Schmidt

Texas Bar No. 24084579

gschmidt@hilgersgraben.com

HILGERS GRABEN PLLC

7859 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 335

Dallas, Texas 75230

Telephone: (972) 645-3097

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. AND

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have met and conferred in compliance with 

Local Rule CV-7(h). Plaintiff does not oppose this motion.

/s/ John W. Thornburgh

John W. Thornburgh

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5 on September 27, 2024. As of this date, all counsel of 

record had consented to electronic service and are being served with a copy of this document 

through the Court’s CM/ECF system under Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A).

/s/ John W. Thornburgh

John W. Thornburgh

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