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                                1 || DAVIN R. BACHO (SBN 282613)
            JEFFREY S. LYONS (SBN 227277)
      2 || CLEMENT, FITZPATRICK & KENWORTHY
            3333 Mendocino Avenue, Suite 200
      3 |   Santa Rosa, CA 95403
          Telephone: (707) 523-1181
     4 || Facsimile: (707) 546-1360
            dbacho@cfk.com
     5 || ilyons@cfk.com

     6 || Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants
          Barry Brilliant and Dagmar K. Hoheneck-Smith
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     8                               SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

     9                                                 COUNTY OF SONOMA

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 11          BARRY       BRILLIANT, an individual; and              Case No.    SCV-267406
             DAGMAR K. HOHENECK-SMITH, an
             individual and as trustee of THE DAGMAR
12 | HOHENECK-SMITH TRUST dated                                     PROOF OF SERVICE
13           December 14, 2010,

14                          Plaintiffs,                             (Unlimited Civil)
15                 VS.
                                                                    TRIAL DATE:         February 24, 2023
16           MITCHELL G. BLACK, an individual and                   Time:               8:30 a.m.

17           DEANNE G. BLACK, an individual and dba
             BLACK KNIGHT VINEYARDS; and DOES                                     .                .
18           ONE through TWENTY,          inclusive,                Judge:     Christopher M. Honigsberg

19                        Defendants.

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             AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION
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                     I am a citizen of the United States. My business address is 3333 Mendocino Avenue, Suite 200, Santa
       2 || Rosa, California 95403. Iam employed in the County of Sonoma where this service occurs. I am over the age
       3    of 18 years and not a party to the within cause.

       4            On February 15, 2023, I served the document(s) entitled

       5            PLAINTIFFS AND CROSS-DEFENDANTS’ TRIAL BRIEF;

       é            JOINT NEUTRAL STATEMENT OF THE CASE;

       4            JOINT WITNESS LIST;

       3            JOINT ESTIMATE OF LENGTH OF JURY TRIAL;

       9            PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR JUDGE VOIR DIRE PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULES;

  10                PLAINTIFF’S CACI LIST OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS;

  HW                PLAINTIFF’S VERDICT FORMS;

                    PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE IMPROPER CHARACTER EVIDENCE
  12 | AND DECLARATION IN SUPPORT THEREOF [#1 OF 5];
  13              PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO PREVENT HEARSAY AND SPECULATIVE
            EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATIVE CAUSES OF THE FIRE AND DECLARATION IN SUPPORT
  14 | THEREOF [#2 OF 5];
  15                PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO DISQUALIFY EXPERTS WHO WERE
           IMPROPERLY DISCLOSED WITHOUT A REQUIRED MOTION AND DECLARATION IN
 16 || SUPPORT THEREOF [#3 OF 5];

 17               PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION IN LIMINE
           3 OF 5 TO DISQUALIFY EXPERTS WHO WERE IMPROPERLY DISCLOSED WITHOUT A
 18 | REQUIRED MOTION
 19              PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF MEDIATION
 50        PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND DECLARATION IN SUPPORT THEREOF [#4 OF 5];

             PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION IN LIMINE
 21 || 4OF 5 TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF MEDIATION PRIVILEGED INFORMATION;

22              PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE AND
 33        DECLARATION IN SUPPORT THEREOF [#5 OF 5];

 74                TRIAL ORDERS OF THE COURT (JURY TRIAL);

 25                 [|    BY MAIL: I am readily familiar with my employer’s normal business practice of
                          collection and processing of correspondence for mailing. Under that practice,
 26                       correspondence is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service that same day in a sealed
                          envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid at Santa Rosa, California, in the ordinary
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                                                      PROOF OF SERVICE
     1                  BY eSERVICE: Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California
                        Rules of Court section 2.256(a)(4), I caused such documents to be served by an
     2                  electronic filing service and/or email on this date to all parties listed below at the email
                        address(es) listed below. My eService address is clawrence@cfk.com.
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                  [|    BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: I caused such envelope(s) to be delivered on the
     4                  same day to an authorized courier or driver or to a regular box or other facility regularly
                        maintained by FEDERAL EXPRESS with delivery fees provided for, addressed to the
     5                  person(s) on whom it is to be served.

     6   on the interested party(ies) in this action addressed as follows:

     7       Michael G. Watters                                    Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-
     8       Graden Tapley                                         Complainants
             O’BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP
     9       1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 201
             Santa Rosa, CA 95403
10           mwatters@obrienlaw.com
             gtapley@obrienlaw.com
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12                     STATE: I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that
                       the above is true and correct.

13               Executed on February 15, 2023, at Santa Rosa,           Galifornia.
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