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Case 1 :04-cv-01551-JJF Document 92 Filed 05/31 /2006 Page 1 of 2
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May 31, 2006
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Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court
District of Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
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Room 4124, Lockbox 27
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
• Wells Fargo Bank N.A. v. Royal, Case N0. 02-1294-JJF;
• Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v.
Pepper Hamilton, et al., Case No. 04-1551-JJF;
• Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v.
McGladrey & Pullen LLP, et al., Case No. 05-72—.IJF; and
• Ro al v. Pe er Hamilton, et al., Case No 05-165-JJF
Dear Judge Farnan:
Pursuant to the Court’s Order of May 18, 2006 and Your Honor’s comments from the
bench at the hearing which occurred the day before, counsel for all parties have met and
conferred several times in an attempt to reach consensus regarding case management schedules
and a coordinated discovery plan for the four above—referenced cases. This joint letter of counsel
identifies the basic areas of disagreement that remain:
1. The parties do not fully agree regarding the extent to which document production
has been completed and how that should affect the commencement of depositions.
2. The parties do not fully agree as to when depositions should begin.
3. The parties do not fully agree regarding the extent to which the seven hour
deposition limit contained in the Federal Rules should be relaxed in order to
facilitate coordinated depositions.
4. The parties do not fully agree regarding an appropriate date range for trial.

Case 1 :04-cv-01551-JJF Document 92 Filed 05/31 /2006 Page 2 of 2
Honorable Joseph J. F arnan, Jr.
May 31, 2006
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Pursuant to the Court’s May 18 Order, the parties will be presenting and/ or commenting
upon various proposed case management schedules and coordination plans.
Respectfully,
/s/ Tyjimy Geyer Lydon
Tiffany Geyer Lydon G
cc: David C. McBride, Esq. (Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank N.A.) (e-mail)
Andre G. Castaybert, Esq. (Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank N.A.) (e-mail)
Michael Waters, Esq. (Counsel for Trustee) (e-mail)
James J. Rodgers, Esq. (Counsel for Trustee) (e-mail)
Donald Crecca, Esq. (Counsel for Trustee) (e-mail)
Christopher A. Ward, Esq. (Counsel for Trustee) (e-mail)
Veronica Rendon (Counsel for McGladrey & Pullen LLP and Michael Aquino) (e-mail)
John H. Eickemeyer, Esq. (Counsel for Freed Maxick & Battaglia CPAs, PC) (e-mail)
Stephen J. Shapiro, Esq. (Counsel for Pepper Hamilton LLP and W. Roderick Gagne)
(e-mail)
Elizabeth K. Ainslie, Esq. (Counsel for Pepper Hamilton LLP and W. Roderick Gagne)
(e-mail)
Neil G. Epstein, Esq. (Counsel for W. Roderick Gagne, Robert L. Bast, Pamela Bashore
Gagne and the Trusts) (e-mail)
Karen Lee Turner, Esq. (Counsel for W. Roderick Gagne, Robert L. Bast, Pamela
Bashore Gagne and the Trusts) (e-mail)
Michael R. Lastowski, Esq. (Counsel for McGladrey & Pullen LLP and Michael Aquino)
(e-mail)
William H. Sudell, Jr., Esq. (Counsel for Pepper Hamilton LLP and W. Roderick Gagne)
(e-mail)
James L. Holzman, Esq. (Counsel for Freed Maxick & Battaglia CPAs, PC) (e-mail)
Thomas Selby, Esq. (Counsel for McGladrey & Pullen LLP) (e-mail)
Andrew Yao (U.S. Mail)
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