Free Motion to Substitute Attorney - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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8 Special Counsel for Trustee, Robert Patrick Abele
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10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
11 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
12 ROBERT PATRICK ABELE, Trustee for NO. CV 03-1929-PHX-SRB
the Bankruptcy Estate of Wavo Corporation
13
Plaintiff STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE
14 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
vs.
15 and
DAVID E. DEEDS AND STACEY A
16 DEEDS, husband and wife; MICHAEL J. MOTION TO VACATE TRIAL
COFFIN, husband and wife; KENNETH D.
17 SWENSON AND Sharon C. Swenson, and
husband and wife; THOMAS P. HULL
18 AND SANDRA M. HULL, husband and REQUEST FOR STATUS
wife; PLYMOUTH DEWITT, L.L.C., a CONFERENCE
i 19 Nevada corporation,
(Expedited hearing requested)
, 20 Defendants.
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22 Trustee Robert Patrick Abele and his counsel, Lucia Stark Williamson, LLP ("LSW")
23 hereby stipulate to the substitution of counsel from LSW to the law firm of Shughart Thomson
24 & Kilroy, PC ("STK"). This Substitution is necessitated bythe untimely death of Wavo’s lead
25 attorney, Tony Lucia, and as a result, LSW is unable to proceed with the prosecution of this
26 case.
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1 The parties have not completed discovery. The parties did provide notice to this Court
2 of the progress of discovery on August 2, 2004 and December 1, 2004. Most notably, the
3 parties infornred the Court of that the voluminous documents in the Trustee’s possession had
4 been reviewed for privilege and made available to Defendants for their review. Defendants
5 have yet to review these records. In a letter dated December 14, 2004, Plaintiff agreed to
6 defense counsel ’ s request to extend the discovery deadlines. [Exhibit A] Thus, although Plaintiff
7 had noticed the depositions of the named Defendants, these depositions were postponed.
, 8 Despite further assurances, no stipulation for an extension was ever submitted.
9 Two months later, Mr. Lucia was diagnosed with several brain tumors and underwent
10 immediate treatment, including three weeks of whole brain radiation. Due to his failing health,
11 and ultimately the need to secure new lead counsel, the parties were unable to complete
12 discovery as set forth in the scheduling order. Thus, Plaintiff is not prepared to proceed to trial
13 which is currently scheduled to commence on December 13, 2005. As a result, Plaintiff
14 requests that this Court vacate the current trial date and, in addition, requests a status conference
15 for the purpose of establishing an amended discovery schedule. In an effort to minimize the
16 expected delay, LSW will take an active role in immediately sharing its knowledge and work
17 product with STK in this matter.
18 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this { Z é day of November, 2005.
19 LUCIA STARK WILLIAMSON LLP
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_ Cu W. Clausen
22 2700 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1400
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1 133
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i 1 WHITT . & BERRY PLLC
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3 By
Christopher J. Berry
4 101 N. First Avenue, Suite 1800
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
5 Counsel for Plaintiff
6 COLLINS MAY POTENZA BARAN &
GILLESPIE, PC
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By
9 Daniel P. 0 1ns
201 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2210
10 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-0022
Counsel for Trustee Abele
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SHUGHART THOMSON & KILROY, PC
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14 Marty Ha er
3636 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200
15 Phoenix, Arizona 85012-0001
Substituted Counsel for Plaintiff
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ORIGINAL FILED AND COPY '
17 hand delivered this/Q day of
November, 2005,to:
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Hon. Susan R. Bolton
19 401 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Az 85003
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COPY of the foregoing mailed this
21 { Z day of November, 2005, to:
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Philip R. Rudd, Esq.
23 Kutak Rock, LLP
8601 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 300
24 Scottsdale, Arizona 85253-2742
Attorneys for Defendants
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