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1 KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI (State Bar #190111)
kbaghdadi@walkuplawoffice.com
2 SCOTT BAEZ (State Bar #330485) ELECTRONICALLY
WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER
3 650 California Street, 26th Floor F I L E D
Superior Court of California,
San Francisco, CA 94108 County of San Francisco
4 Phone: (415) 981-7210
Fax: (415) 391-6965 09/10/2020
Clerk of the Court
5 BY: JUDITH NUNEZ
RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF (pro hac vice pending) Deputy Clerk
6 rmitoff@mithofflaw.com
MITHOFF LAW
7 Penthouse, One Allen Center
500 Dallas, Suite 3450
8 Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 654-1122
9 Fax: (713) 739-8082
10 RUSSELL S. POST (pro hac vice pending)
rpost@beckredden.com
11 MICHAEL J. McCLELLAN (pro hac vice pending)
jmcclellan@beckredden.com
12 BECK REDDEN LLP
1221 McKinney, Suite 4500
13 Houston, TX 77010-2010
Phone: (713) 951-3700
14 Fax: (713) 951-3720
15 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS
JOHN KEFFER, DEBRA KEFFER, DUANE
16 ROBINSON, AND DUANA HAMILTON
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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JOHN KEFFER; DEBRA KEFFER; Case No. CGC-20-584437
21 DUANE ROBINSON; and DUANA
HAMILTON, NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR
22 ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY
Plaintiffs, RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF PRO
23 HAC VICE
v.
24 Date: October 13, 2020
AIRBNB, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Time: 9:30 a.m.
25 and DOES ONE through FIFTY, Dept.: 302
inclusive,
26 Action Filed: May 13, 2020
Defendant. Trial Date: Unassigned
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NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF PRO
HAC VICE - CASE NO. CGC-20-584437
1 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 13, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon
3 thereafter as counsel may be heard, in Dept. 302 of the above-entitled court, located
4 at 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, plaintiffs JOHN KEFFER;
5 DEBRA KEFFER; DUANE ROBINSON; and DUANA HAMILTON, will, and hereby
6 do, move this Court for an order admitting Richard Warren Mithoff, of Mithoff Law,
7 located at Penthouse, One Allen Center, 500 Dallas, Suite 3450, Houston, TX 77002,
8 as counsel pro hac vice, in connection with the above-entitled proceedings.
9 This motion is brought pursuant to Rule 9.40 of the California Rules of Court
10 by an active member of the State Bar of California, who is counsel of record for
11 plaintiffs JOHN KEFFER; DEBRA KEFFER; DUANE ROBINSON; and DUANA
12 HAMILTON in this matter. This motion is brought on the grounds that Mr. Mithoff
13 is not a member of the State Bar of California, that he meets the requirements set
14 forth in Rule 9.40, and plaintiffs JOHN KEFFER; DEBRA KEFFER; DUANE
15 ROBINSON; and DUANA HAMILTON wish Mr. Mithoff to participate on their
16 behalf.
17 Dated: September 10, 2020 W ALKUP , M ELODIA , K ELLY & S CHOENBERGER
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By:
20 KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI
SCOTT BAEZ
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
22 JOHN KEFFER, DEBRA KEFFER, DUANE
ROBINSON, AND DUANA HAMILTON
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LAW OFFICES OF
WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY
& SCHOENBERGER
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF PRO
650 CALIFORNIA STREET
26TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94108
(415) 981-7210
HAC VICE - CASE NO. CGC-20-584437
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
Keffer v. Airbnb, Inc., et al.
2 Case No. CGC-20-584437
3 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action.
I am employed in the county where the mailing took place. My business address is
4 650 California Street, 26th Floor, City and County of San Francisco, CA 94108-2615.
5 On the date set forth below, I caused to be served true copies of the following
document(s) described as:
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NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD
7 WARREN MITHOFF PRO HAC VICE
8 to:
9 Michele Floyd, Esq. Counsel for Defendant Airbnb, Inc.
Adrianna A. Rubino, Esq. Phone: (415) 549-0580
10 Sacks, Ricketts & Case, LLP Fax: (415) 549-0640
177 Post Street, Suite 650 Email: mfloyd@srclaw.com;
11 San Francisco, CA 94108 arubino@srclaw.com; jtalavera-
rauh@srclaw.com;
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Richard Warren Mithof, Esq. Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs:
13 MITHOFF LAW Phone: (713) 654-122
Penthouse, One Allen Center Fax: (713) 739-8082
14 500 Dallas, Suite 3450 Email: RMithoff@mithofflaw.com;
Houston, TX 77002 whocker@mithofflaw.com;
15 TDemetriou@mithofflaw.com;
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Russel S. Post, Esq. Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs:
17 Michael J. McClellan, Esq. Phone: (713) 951-3700
BECK REDDEN LLP Fax: (713) 951-3720
18 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 Email: rpost@beckredden.com;
Houston, TX 77010-2010 jmcclellan@beckressen.com;
19 lcrain@beckredden.com;
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21 BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: I served the document(s) on the person listed
in the Service List by submitting an electronic version of the document(s) to One
22 Legal, LLC, through the user interface at www.onelegal.com.
23 ONLY BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: Only by e-mailing the
document(s) to the persons at the e-mail address(es) listed based CA Rules of Court,
24 Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19, Emergency rule 12 “Electronic Service” and
on notice provided on March 12, 2020 that, during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
25 pandemic, this office will be working remotely, not able to send physical mail as
usual, and is therefore using only electronic mail.
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California
27 that the foregoing is true and correct.
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LAW OFFICES OF
WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY
& SCHOENBERGER
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF PRO
650 CALIFORNIA STREET
26TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94108
(415) 981-7210
HAC VICE - CASE NO. CGC-20-584437
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LAW OFFICES OF
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NOTICE OF APPLICTION FOR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD WARREN MITHOFF PRO
650 CALIFORNIA STREET
26TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94108
(415) 981-7210
HAC VICE - CASE NO. CGC-20-584437