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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

 

Robert A. Julian (SBN 88469) 

Cecily A. Dumas (SBN 111449) 

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 

1160 Battery Street, Suite 100 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 628.208.6434 

Facsimile: 310.820.8859 

Email: rjulian@bakerlaw.com 

Email: cdumas@bakerlaw.com 

Eric E. Sagerman (SBN 155496) 

Lauren T. Attard (SBN 320898) 

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 

11601 Wilshire Boulevard 

Suite 1400 

Los Angeles, CA 90025 

Telephone: 310.820.8800 

Facsimile: 310.820.8859 

Email: esagerman@bakerlaw.com 

Email: lattard@bakerlaw.com 

Counsel for Official Committee of Tort Claimants 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

PG&E CORPORATION 

-andPACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, 

 Debtors 

 Case No. 19-30088 (DM) 

Chapter 11 

(Lead Case) 

(Jointly Administered) 

□ 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) 

DECLARATION OF BRENT C. 

WILLIAMS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION 

OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF 

TORT CLAIMANTS FOR RELIEF 

FROM AUTOMATIC STAY TO 

PERMIT STATE COURT JURY TRIAL 

OF 2017 TUBBS WILDFIRE CLAIMS 

Date: July 23, 2019 

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

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court 

 Courtroom 17, 16th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94102 

Case: 19-30088 Doc# 2846 Filed: 07/02/19 Entered: 07/02/19 18:19:34 Page 1 of

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1. I, Brent C. Williams, am a Managing Director and Co-Head of Lincoln's Special 

Situations Group at Lincoln Partners Advisors LLC (“Lincoln”), which has its principal office at 

500 West Madison Street, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL. I am authorized to execute this declaration on 

behalf of Lincoln. Unless otherwise stated in this declaration, I have personal knowledge of the 

facts set forth herein. 

2. I am making this declaration in support the Motion of the Official Committee of 

Tort Claimants for Relief from Stay to Permit State Court Jury Trial of a 2017 Tubbs Wildfire 

Claims (“Motion”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning 

ascribed to them in the Motion. 

3. The dispute over a sizeable claim like the 2017 Tubbs fire is a large impediment to 

the accurate calculation of fire-related claims for purposes of plan confirmation and negotiations in 

this case. Based upon my experience, clarity on the disputed Tubbs fire claims needs to be resolved 

in order to proceed forward with productive negotiations of a consensual plan or confirmation of a 

contested plan of reorganization. The dollar amount of the 2017 Tubbs fire claims is material, and 

the parties need to decide how to treat the claims in a plan or for distribution purposes. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on July 2, 2019. 

 

 Brent C. Williams 

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