Jonathan M. Kom 

BLANK ROME LLP 

301 Carnegie Center, 3rd Floor 

Princeton, NJ 08540 

(609) 750-7700 

Korn@Biank.Rome.c.om 

James N. Benedict (pro hac vice) 

Sean M. Murphy (pro hac vice) 

Robert C. Hora (pro hac vice) 

Andrea G. Hood (pro hac vice) 

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY LLP 

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza 

New York, NY 10005 

(212) 530-5000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

AX4 Equitable Life Insurance Company and 

AX4 Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 

MARY ANN SIVOLELLA, for the use and benefit of 

the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, the EQ!Equity 

Growth PLUS Portfolio, the EQ/Equity 500 Index 

Portfolio, the EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio, 

the EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio, the 

EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO 

Small Company Value, and the EQ/Intennediate 

Government Bond Index Portfolio, 

Plaintiff: 

vs. 

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

and AXA EQUITABLE FUNDS MANAGEMENT 

GROUP,LLC, 

Defendants. 

GLENN D. SANFORD, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

AXA EQUITABLE FUNDS MANAGEMENT 

GROUP, LLC 

Defendant. 

Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-04194 (PGS) 

and 

Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-00312 (PGS) 

CONSENT ORDER ADMITT.ING 

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL PRO 

HAC VICE FOR DEFENDANTS, 

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY AND 

AXA EQUITABLE FUNDS 

MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC 

FILED ELECTRONICALLY 

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This matter having been brought before the Court by consent of the parties, as appears 

from the signatures oftheir respective cotmsel of record below, and for good cause shown 

pursuant to Local Civil Rule l 01.1 (c) of the United States District Court for the District of New 

Jersey; 

IT IS on this l \fh day of \J\~~ , 2015, ORDERED that Ian E. Browning, 

Esquire, Benjamin J. Reed, Esquire, and James D. Whooley, Esquire, of the Finn of Milbank, 

Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY 10005, and 601 South 

Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017, are pennitted to appear pro hac vice as additional 

counsel for Defendants, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds 

Management Group, LLC, in the above-captioned matter, pursuant to Local Civil Rule lOl.l(c) 

of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; provided, however, that all 

pleadings, briefs and other papers filed with or submitted to the Court shall be signed by 

Jonathan M. Korn, Equire, or by such other member of the bar of this Court who has or may 

appear as counsel of record for the Defendants, who shall be held responsible for said papers and 

for the conduct of the case and who shall be present before the Court during all steps of these 

proceedings, unless expressly excused by the Court, as well as be held responsible for the 

conduct of the attorneys admitted pro hac vice pursuant to this Order; and it is 

FURTHER ORDERED that each attorney admitted pro hac vice pursuant to this Order 

shall pay the annual fee to the New Jersey Lawyers Fund for Client Protection in accordance 

with New Jersey Court Rule l :28-2 within twenty (20) days from the date of entry of this Order; 

and it is 

FURTHER ORDERED that each attorney admitted pro hac vice pursuant to this Order 

shall be within the disciplinary jurisdiction of this Court, and shall be bound by the Local Civil 

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and Admiralty Rules of the United States District Court for the District ofNew Jersey, incJuding 

the provisions of Local Civil Rule 103.1, Judicial Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and 

Local Civil Rule 104.1, Discipline of Attorneys; and it is 

FURTHER ORDERED that each attorney admitted pro hac vice pursuant to this Order 

shall be deemed to have agreed to take no fee in any tort case in excess of the New Jersey State 

Court Contingency Fee Rule, Rule 1 :21•7, as amended; and it is 

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forwarded by the Clerk to the 

Treasurer of the New Jersey Lawyers Fund for Client Protection. 

Douglas E. Aip~)U.S.M.J. 

The undersigned counsel of record for the parties hereby consent to the form and entry of 

the foregoing Consent Order Admitting Additional Counsel Pro Hac Vice for Defendants, AX.A 

Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC 

Is/ Jonathan M. Korn · 

JONATHAN M. KORN, ESQUIRE 

BLANK ROME LLP 

A Pennsylvania LLP 

30 1 Carnegie Center, 3rd Floor 

Princeton, New Jersey 08540 

(609) 750-7707 

Korn@blankrome.com 

Dated: March 1 0, 2015 

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Is/ Robert L. Lakind 

. ROBERT L. LAKIND, ESQUIRE 

SZAFERMAN, LAKIND, BLUMSTEIN & 

BLADER., P.C. 

101 Grovers Mill Road, Suite 200 

Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648 

(609) 275-0400 

rlakind@szaferman.com 

-andMOSHE MAIMON, ESQUIRE 

LEVY, PHILLIPS & KONIGSBERG, LLP 

800 Third A venue, 13th Floor 

New York, New York 10022 · 

(21 2) 605-6290 

mmaimon@lpklaw.com 

Dated: March 10, 2015 

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