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

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 7, 2021 [ECF No. 92].

The parties have agreed to the principal terms of a settlement and have documented those 

terms in a binding Settlement Term Sheet that has been executed by all parties. Lead Plaintiff’s 

counsel is currently in the process of conducting confirmatory discovery in furtherance of the 

settlement and is also working on a draft of the full settlement agreement and motion papers that 

will be required to move for preliminary approval of the settlement. The parties anticipate filing 

same before the end of the month.

Dated: August 11, 2021 Respectfully submitted,

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For Plaintiff Patricia Lowry:

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

For Defendants RTI Surgical Holdings, 

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

Singer:

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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Brian Schall

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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