UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

PATRICIA LOWRY, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RTI SURGICAL HOLDINGS, INC., 

CAMILLE I. FARHAT, BRIAN K. 

HUTCHISON, JONATHON M. SINGER, 

ROBERT P. JORDHEIM, and JOHANNES 

W. LOUW, 

Defendants. 

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No.: 20-cv-01939 

Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly 

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE 

Lead Plaintiff Rosy Yeretsian (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. 

(“RTI”), Camille I. Farhat, Brian K. Hutchison, Robert P. Jordheim, Johannes W. Louw, and 

Jonathon M. Singer, (collectively, “Defendants”), by their undersigned counsel, submit this Joint 

Status Report pursuant to this Court’s order of July 1, 2021 [ECF No. 90]. 

The parties mediated on June 30, 2021, with mediator Michelle Yoshida. Although a 

settlement was not reached on that day, the parties and Ms. Yoshida continued negotiations 

thereafter. Today, July 6, 2021, the parties agreed to the principal terms of a settlement. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court continue all pending deadlines 

for 45 days to provide the parties with the opportunity to document the settlement terms and 

prepare the appropriate filings with the Court for preliminary approval. 

Dated: July 6, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 

For Plaintiff Patricia Lowry: For Defendants RTI Surgical Holdings, 

Inc., Camille I. Farhat, and Jonathon M. 

Singer: 

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By: /s/ Louis C. Ludwig

Louis C. Ludwig 

Pomerantz LLP 

10 South LaSalle St., Ste, 3505 

Chicago, IL 60603 

312.377.1181 

lcludwig@pomlaw.com

Local Counsel for Patricia Lowry 

Phillip Kim 

Laurence M. Rosen 

The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 

275 Madison Ave., 40th Floor 

New York, NY 10016 

212.686.1060 

pkim@rosenlegal.com

lrosen@rosenlegal.com

For Lead Plaintiff Rosy Yeretsian: 

By: /s/ Patrick V. Dahlstrom

Patrick V. Dahlstrom 

Louis C. Ludwig 

Pomerantz LLP 

10 South LaSalle St., Ste, 3505 

Chicago, IL 60603 

312.377.1181 

pdahlmstrom@pomlaw.com

lcludwig@pomlaw.com

Velvel (Devin) Freedman 

Kyle W. Roche 

Ivy T. Ngo 

Constantine P. Economides 

Roche Freedman LLP 

200 South Biscayne Blvd, Ste. 5500 

Miami, FL 33131 

305.851.5997 

vfreedman@rcfllp.com

kyle@rcfllp.com

ingo@rcfllp.com

ceconomides@rcfllp.com

Brian Schall 

By: /s/ Martin G. Durkin 

Martin G. Durkin 

Holland & Knight LLP 

150 North Riverside Plaza, Ste. 2700 

Chicago, IL 60606 

312.578.6574 

Martin.durkin@hklaw.com 

Stephen P. Warren 

Louise McAlpin 

Allison Kernisky 

Holland & Knight LLP 

701 Brickell Ave., Ste. 3300 

Miami, FL 33131 

305.349.2256 

Stephen.warren@hklaw.com

Louise.mcalpin@hklaw.com

Allison.kernisky@hklaw.com 

For Defendant Robert R. Jordheim: 

By: /s/ Deborah Meshulam

Yan Grinblat 

DLA Piper LLP (US) 

444 West Lake Street, Suite 900 

Chicago, IL 60606-0089 

312.368.2183 

yan.grinblat@us.dlapiper.com 

Deborah Meshulam 

DLA Piper LLP (US) 

500 8th Street NW 

Washington DC 20004 

202.799.4511 

deborah.meshulam@us.dlapiper.com 

Keara M. Gordon 

DLA Piper LLP (US) 

1251 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020-1104 

212.335.4632 

keara.gordon@us.dlapiper.com

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The Schall Law Firm 

1880 Century Park East, Ste. 404 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

424.303.1964 

brian@schallfirm.com

For Defendant Brian K. Hutchison:

By: /s/ James K. Goldfarb

James K. Goldfarb 

Stephen J. Crimmins 

Murphy & McGonigle 

1185 Avenue of the Americas 

21st Floor 

New York, NY 10036 

212.880.3999 

jgoldfarb@mmlawus.com

scrimmins@mmlawus.com

For Defendant Johannes W. Louw 

By: /s/ Russell Koonin

Russell Koonin 

Adam Schwartz 

1200 Four Seasons Tower 

1441 Brickell Avenue 

Miami Florida 33131 

305.350.5100 

rkoonin@homerbonner.com

aschwartz@homerbonner.com

Vivek Jayaram 

Elizabeth Austermuehle 

Jayaram Law, Inc. 

125 S. Clark Street, Suite 1175 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

312 212 8676 

vivek@jayaramlaw.com

liz@jayaramlaw.com

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