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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

IN RE DEUTSCHE BANK SPOOFING 

LITIGATION 

Case No. 1:20-cv-03638 

Hon. Joan B. Gottschall 

PLAINTIFFS’ AGREED MOTION FOR 

APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL 

Plaintiffs in the above-captioned Consolidated Action unanimously move to appoint 

Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP (“Cafferty”) and Lowey Dannenberg P.C. (“Lowey”) 

as Interim Co-Lead Counsel under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g). Counsel for Plaintiffs 

in the Consolidated Action all agree to the motion to appoint Cafferty and Lowey as Interim CoLead Counsel.1

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the firm résumé of Cafferty. 

Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the firm résumé of Lowey. 

 WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully move for an Order appointing Cafferty and Lowey 

as Interim Co-Lead Counsel under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g), and for such further 

relief as the Court deems necessary and just. 

 

 

 

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 Defendants take no position as to who should be appointed as Interim Co-Lead Counsel. 

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Dated: August 31, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Anthony F. Fata

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER 

 & SPRENGEL LLP 

Anthony F. Fata 

Jennifer W. Sprengel 

Brian P. O’Connell 

Kaitlin Naughton 

150 S. Wacker, Suite 3000 

Chicago, IL 60606 

Tel.: 312-782-4880 

Email: afata@caffertyclobes.com 

jsprengel@caffertyclobes.com 

boconnell@caffertyclobes.com 

knaughton@caffertyclobes.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Rock Capital Markets, 

LLC and Liaison Counsel for Plaintiff Charles 

Herbert Proctor, III, and Plaintiff Todd Rowan 

 /s/ Vincent Briganti

LOWEY DANNENBERG, P.C. 

Vincent Briganti 

Raymond P. Girnys 

Peter A. Barile III 

44 South Broadway, Suite 1100 

White Plains, NY 10601 

Tel.: (914) 997-0500 

Email: vbriganti@lowey.com 

rgirnys@lowey.com 

pbarile@lowey.com 

 

Counsel for Plaintiff Rock Capital Markets, LLC 

and Plaintiff Todd Rowan 

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 /s/ Karen M. Lerner 

KIRBY MCINERNEY LLP 

Karen M. Lerner 

David E. Kovel 

Anthony E. Maneiro 

250 Park Avenue, Suite 820 

Tel: 212-371-6600 

Email: klerner@kmllp.com 

dkovel@kmllp.com 

amaneiro@kmllp.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Charles Herbert Proctor, 

III 

 /s/ George A. Zelcs

KOREIN TILLERY LLC 

George A. Zelcs (Ill. Bar No. 3123738) 

Randall P. Ewing, Jr. (Ill. Bar No. 6294238) 

Chad E. Bell (Ill. Bar No. 6289034) 

205 North Michigan Plaza, Suite 1950 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Telephone: (312) 641-9750 

Facsimile: (312) 641-9751 

/s/ Christopher M. Burke

SCOTT+SCOTT ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

 LLP 

Christopher M. Burke 

600 W. Broadway, Suite 3300 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 233-4565 

Facsimile: (619) 233-0508 

Email: cburke@scott-scott.com 

SCOTT+SCOTT ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

 LLP

Thomas K. Boardman 

The Helmsley Building 

230 Park Avenue, 17th Floor 

New York, NY 10169 

Telephone: (212) 233-6444 

Facsimile: (212) 233-6334 

Email: tboardman@scott-scott.com 

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LOUIS F. BURKE PC 

Louis F. Burke 

460 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

Telephone: (212) 682-1700 

Email: lburke@lfblaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Robert Charles Class A, 

L.P. 

 /s/ Steven A. Kanner

FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN 

 LLC 

Steven A. Kanner 

Douglas A. Millen 

Brian M. Hogan 

2201 Waukegan Road, Suite 130 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

Tel: (224) 632-4500 

Fax: (224) 632-4521 

skanner@fklmlaw.com 

dmillen@fklmlaw.com 

bhogan@fklmlaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff David Vecchione 

 /s/ Joshua H. Grabar

GRABAR LAW OFFICE 

Joshua H. Grabar, Esq. 

1650 Market Street, Suite 3600 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Tel.: (267) 507-6085 

Email: jgrabar@grabarlaw.com 

EDELSON LECHTZIN LLP 

Marc H. Edelson, Esq. 

Edelson Lechtzin LLP 

3 Terry Drive, Suite 205 

Newtown, PA 18940 

Tel.: (215) 867-2399 

Email: medelson@edelson-law.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Todd Rowan

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I, Anthony F. Fata, an attorney, hereby certify that on August 31, 2020, service of the 

foregoing Plaintiffs’ Agreed Motion for Appointment of Interim Co-Lead Counsel was 

accomplished pursuant to ECF as to Filing Users and I shall comply with LR 5.5 as to any party 

who is not a Filing User or represented by a Filing User. 

 s/ Anthony F. Fata 

 Anthony F. Fata 

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