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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON

WIRELESS and VERIZON CORPORATE 

SERVICES GROUP, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:23-cv-00352-JRG-RSP

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

PLAINTIFF HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO 

TEMPORARILY SUBSTITUTE LEAD COUNSEL

Plaintiff Headwater Research LLC (“Plaintiff”) files this unopposed motion to temporarily 

substitute lead counsel. Mr. Marc Fenster of Russ August & Kabat is designated as lead counsel 

in this case. D.I. 4. In order to ensure compliance with the Court’s orders and rules concerning 

lead counsel participation in various issues, including discovery meet-and-confers and hearings, 

while not unnecessarily delaying progression of the case, Plaintiff respectfully requests that Mr. 

Reza Mirzaie be permitted to serve as Lead Counsel for Plaintiff in the above captioned case during 

the September 16, 2024 Hearing on Motion. See August 27, 2024 Text Notice of Hearing on 

Motion. Mr. Reza Mirzaie is a senior attorney on the team that has been involved as counsel 

representing Plaintiff in this matter since its filing and has full decision making authority in the 

case. 

Defendants do not oppose this request.

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Dated: September 13, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster

CA State Bar No. 181067

mfenster@raklaw.com

Reza Mirzaie

CA State Bar No. 246953

rmirzaie@raklaw.com

Brian Ledahl

CA State Bar No. 186579

bledahl@raklaw.com

Ben Wang

CA State Bar No. 228712

bwang@raklaw.com

Adam Hoffman

CA State Bar No. 218740

ahoffman@raklaw.com

Dale Chang

CA State Bar No. 248657

dchang@raklaw.com

Paul Kroeger

CA State Bar No. 229074

pkroeger@raklaw.com

Neil A. Rubin

CA State Bar No. 250761

nrubin@raklaw.com

Kristopher Davis

CA State Bar No. 329627

kdavis@raklaw.com

James S. Tsuei

CA State Bar No. 285530

jtsuei@raklaw.com

Philip Wang

CA State Bar No. 262239

pwang@raklaw.com

Amy Hayden

CA State Bar No. 287026

ahayden@raklaw.com

Jason M. Wietholter

CA State Bar No. 337139

jwietholter@raklaw.com

Qi Peter Tong

TX State Bar No. 24119042

Email: ptong@raklaw.com

RUSS AUGUST & KABAT

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12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Telephone: 310-826-7474

Andrea L. Fair

WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC 

1507 Bill Owens Parkway 

Longview, Texas 75604 

Telephone: 903-757-6400 

andrea@wsfirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

Headwater Research LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic 

service are being served this 13th day of September 2024, with a copy of this document via the 

Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). 

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster 

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

The undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to Local Rule CV-7(h) that the relief requested 

in this motion is unopposed.

/s/ Marc Fenster

 Marc Fenster

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