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Dario de Ghetaldi – Bar No. 126782

Amanda L. Riddle – Bar No. 215221

Steven M. Berki – Bar No. 245426

Sumble Manzoor – Bar No. 301704

COREY, LUZAICH, 

DE GHETALDI & RIDDLE LLP 

700 El Camino Real

P.O. Box 669

Millbrae, CA 94030-0669

Telephone: (650) 871-5666

Facsimile: (650) 871-4144

deg@coreylaw.com

alr@coreylaw.com

smb@coreylaw.com

sm@coreylaw.com

Michael S. Danko – Bar No. 111359

Kristine K. Meredith – Bar No. 158243

Shawn R. Miller – Bar No. 238447

DANKO MEREDITH

333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 145

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Telephone: (650) 453-3600

Facsimile: (650) 394-8672

mdanko@dankolaw.com 

kmeredith@dankolaw.com

smiller@dankolaw.com

Eric Gibbs – Bar No. 178658

Dylan Hughes – Bar No. 209113

GIBBS LAW GROUP

505 14th Street, Suite 1110

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 350-9700

Facsimile: (510) 350-9701

ehg@classlawgroup.com

dsh@classlawgroup.com

Attorneys for Individual Butte Fire, North Bay Fires,

And Camp Fire Victim Claimants

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re

PG&E CORPORATION and

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Debtors.

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☐Affects PG&E Corporation

☐Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company

☒Affects both Debtors

*All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case,

No. 19-30088 (DM)

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Case No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11

(Lead Case)

(Jointly Administered)

DECLARATION OF BRADFORD

BOWEN IN SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUAL 

BUTTE FIRE, NORTH BAY FIRES, 

AND CAMP FIRE VICTIM 

CLAIMANTS’ OBJECTION TO 

DEBTORS’ “BAR DATE MOTION” 

(DKT. NO. 1784)

Date: June 11, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court Courtroom 17, 16th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102

Objection Deadline: May 28, 2019

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I, BRADORD L.W. BOWEN, declare:

1. I am an attorney with the law firm of Danko Meredith. I have been working on the Camp Fire

cases since November 11, 2018 During that time, I have met with and spoken to hundreds of 

Camp Fire victims. 

2. Many of our clients with whom I have spoken and met have not been able to start rebuilding 

their lives. Many of our clients are still struggling to find a minimum level of stability in their 

lives after the fire. Particularly affected are our clients on fixed incomes, with physical and 

mental health concerns, or who over a certain age.

3. Many of our clients with whom I have spoken and met do not have a permanent living situation 

set up yet. Many who do are living in trailers on other people’s property. Many others have 

had to move far away and out of the state in order to find housing. 

4. Many of our clients have been unable to maintain cell phone numbers, addresses, or email 

contact. Many have never used email before, and many of those who had, have been unable to 

find consistent internet access. Many clients do not have a smart phone. Many more do not get 

service at their homes. 

5. Many clients’ time is spent on significantly increased commute times, looking for housing, 

caring for family members affected by the fire, dealing with insurance, cleaning their properties 

of safety hazards – all of which require their immediate attention. 

6. Many clients only kept hard copies of records, photographs and documents, which were 

destroyed in the fire. It has been impossible for them to get replacements for a variety of 

reasons. 

7. We have clients who we have had to contact indirectly – through their family or friends –

because they did not have reliable access to a phone or internet. 

8. Many clients do not know when their property will be cleared of debris, have clean water, if 

they need to install a septic system or sewer hookup, what or when their final payments from 

their insurance companies will be.

9. I have spoken with hundreds of affected individuals who are not our clients. Many of them 

seem unable to process what happened to them and what they need to move forward. I firmly 

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believe that requiring an unduly comprehensive proof of claim form will prohibit many of 

those who have been unable to even retain counsel due to their emotional and mental state, 

those who need the court the most, from accessing and seeking justice. 

5 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct of my own personal 

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BOWEN DECL ISO OF INDIVIDUAL FIRE VICTIM CLAIMANTS' OBJ. TO DEBTORS' BAR DATE MOTION 

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