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1 O’BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP
Michael G. Watters, Esq. (CSB No. 63140)
2 Graden R. Tapley, Esq. (CSB No. 222636)
1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 201
3 Santa Rosa, CA 95403-0918
(707) 545-7010
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Attorneys for Defendants,
5 Mitchell Black, Deanne Black, Black Knight Vineyards, LLC
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
9 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA
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11 BARRY BRILLIANT, an individual ; and Case No. SCV-267406
DAGMAR K. HOHENECK-SMITH, an
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individual and as trustee of THE DAGMAR DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS
HOHENECK-SMITH TRUST dated December DECLARATION
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(Code of Civil Procedure § 2034.260(c))
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Plaintiffs,
15 vs.
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MITCHELL G. BLACK, an individual and dba
17 BLACK KNIGHT VINEYARDS ; DEANNE
G. BLACK, an individual and dba BLACK
18 KNIGHT VINEYARDS ; and DOES ONE
through TWENTY, inclusive,
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20 Defendants.
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22 NON-RETAINED EXPERTS
23 Defendants, Mitchell Black, Deanne Black, and Black Knight Vineyards, respectfully submits
24 their list of proposed expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial:
25 1. Mitchell Black
26 RETAINED EXPERTS
27 I, Graden R. Tapley, declare:
28 I am an attorney for Defendants in this action. I make this Attorney’s Expert Witness Declaration
DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION
Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406
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1 as required by CCP §2034.260(c) as follows:
2 1. RAY CARLSON; Licensed Surveyor, 5331 Skylane Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403;
3 (707) 528-7649. As to this expert, I am informed and believe that the following is true:
4 a. See Qualifications stated in CV or resume attached as Exhibit A.
5 b. Ray Carlson is a licensed land surveyor. Ray Carlson will be expected to testify on
6 the property line and the location of the trees that are the subject matter of this
7 dispute relative to the property line.
8 c. This expert’s hourly fee for consultation and for providing deposition testimony is
9 $378 per hour; 4-hour minimum.
10 d. Mr. Carlson has agreed to testify at trial, and will be sufficiently familiar with the
11 pending action to submit to a meaningful oral deposition concerning any opinion
12 and its basis.
13 2. JAMES MACNAIR; ISA Certified Arborist, PO Box 1150, Glen Ellen, CA, 95442;
14 (707) 938-1822. As to this expert, I am informed and believe that the following is true:
15 a. See Qualifications stated in CV or resume attached as Exhibit B.
16 b. James MacNair is an ISA Certified Arborist. James MacNair will be expected to
17 testify on the health of the trees as well as regarding a risk assessment as to the
18 potential danger of the trees, if any.
19 c. This expert’s hourly fee for consultation and for providing deposition testimony is
20 $___________ per hour; ____________ minimum.
21 d. Mr. MacNair has agreed to testify at trial, and will be sufficiently familiar with the
22 pending action to submit to a meaningful oral deposition concerning any opinion
23 and its basis.
24 I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
25 is true and correct, and this Declaration was executed in Santa Rosa, CA on 1-6-23.
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DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION
Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406
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1 O’BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP
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4 GRADEN R. TAPLEY,
Attorneys for Defendants,
5 Mitchell Black, Deanne Black,
Black Knight Vineyards, LLC
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DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION
Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
1 Brilliant v. Black
Sonoma County Superior Court Case No. SCV-267406
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PROOF OF SERVICE
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Code of Civil Procedure Section 1013a(3), 2015.5
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I declare that:
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I am over the age of eighteen years and am not a party to this action. My business address is
6 1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, which is located in the county where this mailing
described below took place.
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On January 6, 2023, at my place of business at 1550 Airport Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403, I
8 served the attached:
9 DOCUMENTS: DEFENDANTS' EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION
10 ADDRESSED TO:
11 Davin Bacho, Esq.
3333 Mendocino Ave, Ste 200
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
dbacho@cfk.com
(X) (BY ELECTRONIC MAIL) By personally transmitting to the above-named person(s),
who has previously agreed to receive documents via electronic mail, to the e-mail address as
shown above, on the date and time listed below, originating from my assigned electronic mail
address at O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP, pursuant to the C.R.C. 2060 and Government
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true and correct.
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rrrrr"rr "TBTJOEPDVNFOUBUJPO rrrrr"rr"TBTJOEPDVNFOUBUJPO ·5· · · ·Q· · Yes. rrrrr"rr /Pr 0UIFSUIBOUIFUFNQFSBUVSFEBUBBOEUIBU rrrrr"rr/Pr0UIFSUIBOUIFUFNQFSBUVSFEBUBBOEUIBU rr LJOEPGUIJOH JUhTTPNFUIJOHZPVEFWFMPQPWFSUJNF rrLJOEPGUIJOH ·8· · · ·Q· · All right.· You -- you develop it just in your ·9· own head? rrrr"rr8FMM JOEJTDVTTJPOTXJUIPUIFSTr0CWJPVTMZ * rIBWF1$"T *IBWFGSJFOET *IBWFNZEBVHIUFSXPSLJOH rXJUINF *IBWFPUIFSQFPQMFUIBUXFXFhSFHPJOH rUISPVHIUIJTr"OEJUhTBOEFBDIZFBSXFSFFWBMVBUF rFWFSZUIJOH 15· · · ·Q· · Do you -- do you make any writings regarding 16· the findings that you discussed with your friends and 17· your daughter as it relates to how the trees contribute 18· to the agricultural operation of 4889 Grange Road? rrrr"rr 5IFUSFFTIBWFBMXBZTCFFOUIFSFr *UhTUIF rrrr"rr5IFUSFFTIBWFBMXBZTCFFOUIFSFr*UhTUIF r BTTVNQUJPOXFhWFBTTVNFEUIBUXFIBWFUIFNBOEUIBUhT rBTTVNQUJPOXFhWFBTTVNFEUIBUXFIBWFUIFNBOEUIBUhT r XIBUhTIBQQFOJOHr 8FLOPXXFhSFIBWJOHUIFJOWFSTJPOT rXIBUhTIBQQFOJOHr8FLOPXXFhSFIBWJOHUIFJOWFSTJPOT r 8FLOPXXFIBWFUIFXJOECSFBLr *UhTUIPTFBSFOhU r8FLOPXXFIBWFUIFXJOECSFBLr*UhTUIPTFBSFOhU r UIJOHTUIBUOFFEUPCFEPDVNFOUFEr 5IFZhSFPCWJPVTFWFSZ rUIJOHTUIBUOFFEUPCFEPDVNFOUFEr5IFZhSFPCWJPVTFWFSZ r EBZ rEBZ 25· · · ·Q· · Is it fair to say that you don't have those Litigation Services·|·800-330-1112 w w w .litigationservices.com |The LIT G roup 079F YVer1f EXPER T M ITC H ELL G .BLAC K -02/16/2023 1BHF H ·1· · · ·Q· · I guess what I'm asking is, you're anticipating ·2· you're going to, you know, get up on the stand and you're ·3· going say to say:· These poplar trees benefit the terroir ·4· in the area of 4889 Grange Road as part of agricultural ·5· operation. ·6· · · · · · Outside of you saying that, how could somebody ·7· check that you're correct? ·8· · · · · · Do you have anything that supports your ·9· conclusion by way of data analysis or reports? rrrr"rr *hNOPUTVSFIPXUIBUXPVMECFQPTTJCMFr 5IF rrrr"rr*hNOPUTVSFIPXUIBUXPVMECFQPTTJCMFr5IF r USFFTIBWFBMXBZTCFFOUIFSF rUSFFTIBWFBMXBZTCFFOUIFSF 12· · · ·Q· · Okay. rrrr"rr 8FhWFNBEFBMMPGPVSEFDJTJPOTCBTFEPOUIF rrrr"rr8FhWFNBEFBMMPGPVSEFDJTJPOTCBTFEPOUIF r GBDUUIBUUIFZhSFUIFSFBOEUIFZDBVTFBOJOWFSTJPO rGBDUUIBUUIFZhSFUIFSFBOEUIFZDBVTFBOJOWFSTJPO 15· · · ·Q· · Okay.· And -- and how do you know that if they 16· were removed, anything would change? rrrr"rr 0OMZUIFGBDUUIBUJUXPVMEPQFOVQBQBUIXBZ rrrr"rr0OMZUIFGBDUUIBUJUXPVMEPQFOVQBQBUIXBZ r GPSUIFJOWFSTJPOUPESBJO rGPSUIFJOWFSTJPOUPESBJO 19· · · ·Q· · And how do you think that that would affect 20· your agricultural operation? rrrr"rr %SBNBUJDBMMZ rrrr"rr%SBNBUJDBMMZ 22· · · ·Q· · I'm asking you to explain that.· You're the 23· expert. rrrr"rr 0OF *UIJOL*XPVMEOhUIBWFUIFDPMEBJS rrrr"rr0OF r JOWFSTJPOTZFBSSPVOEMJLF*IBWFhFNOPXr4P*XPVME rJOWFSTJPOTZFBSSPVOEMJLF*IBWFhFNOPXr4P*XPVME Litigation Services·|·800-330-1112 w w w .litigationservices.com |The LIT G roup 079F YVer1f EXPER T M ITC H ELL G .BLAC K -02/16/2023 1BHF H rrIBWFUPQVUJODPPMJOH rr IBWFUPQVUJODPPMJOH CPUICPUIBHCVJMEJOHTPS rr XJOFSZCVJMEJOHT rrXJOFSZCVJMEJOHT rrrrrrr5XP *NJHIUMPTFNZWFSZQPTTJCMF*DPVME rr MPTFTPNFPGNZDVTUPNFSTXIPBSFSFMZJOHPOUIFHSBQFT rrMPTFTPNFPGNZDVTUPNFSTXIPBSFSFMZJOHPOUIFHSBQFT rr CFJOHJOBOJOWFSTJPOBOEDPMEBMPUr "OEUIBUhTUIF rrCFJOHJOBOJOWFSTJPOBOEDPMEBMPUr"OEUIBUhTUIF rr QFPQMFXIPMJLFUIFNPSF4BVWJHOPO#MBODTUZMF rrQFPQMFXIPMJLFUIFNPSF4BVWJHOPO#MBODTUZMF rr $IBSEPOOBZTBOEBMTPUIFPOFTUIBU PVSTFMWFTJODMVEFE rr$IBSEPOOBZTBOEBMTPUIFPOFTUIBU rr XIJDIBSFEPJOHJUGPSDIBNQBHOF rrXIJDIBSFEPJOHJUGPSDIBNQBHOF rrrrrrr*UIJOLUIBUUIF(BNBZXPVMEIBWFBQSFUUZ r TJHOJGJDBOUJNQBDUCFDBVTF BTTPPOBTZPVNBLF(BNBZ rTJHOJGJDBOUJNQBDUCFDBVTF r HSPXJOFBTJFSDPOEJUJPOT UIFRVBMJUZHPFTEPXO rHSPXJOFBTJFSDPOEJUJPOT 12· · · ·Q· · Have you reviewed or read any scientific 13· articles on terroir? rrrr"rr.BOZ 15· · · ·Q· · Okay.· And do you have those with you? rrrr"rr/P 17· · · ·Q· · Can you name any of them? rrrr"rr*DPVMEXJUITPNFFGGPSUr*HBWFNPTUPGUIPTF rUPPUIFSQFPQMFXIPBSFMFBSOJOH 20· · · ·Q· · How about authors? rrrr"rr-JLF)NN 22· · · ·Q· · How about authors of scientific articles 23· regarding terroir, can you name any authors of those type 24· of articles that you have reviewed? rrrr"rr/PUPGGUIFUPQPGNZIFBE OP Litigation Services·|·800-330-1112 w w w .litigationservices.com |The LIT G roup 079F YVer1f EXPER T M ITC H ELL G .BLAC K -02/16/2023 1BHF ·1· · · ·Q· · Okay.· And -- rrrrr"rr5IPVHIUJUXPVMEIFMQCFDBVTFUIFTFBSFBMM rrGSPNUIF64'PSFTU4FSWJDFXIPJTSFTQPOTJCMFGPS rrDSFBUJOHUIFUIPVHIUQSPDFTTBSPVOENBOBHFNFOUPGUSFFT rrBOEGPSFTUT ·6· · · ·Q· · Management of trees and forests, is that what ·7· you said? rrrrr"rr*hNTPSSZr4USFBNTBOEGPSFTUT ·9· · · ·Q· · Streams and forests.· Okay. rrrr"rr4USFBNT ZFTr-POHEBZ 11· · · ·Q· · Okay.· So outside of -- outside of these four 12· articles and the twelve pictures, do you have anything 13· else to produced today? rrrr"rr/PUXJUINFBUUIJTUJNF OP PUIFSUIBOUIF r UIJOHT*UIJOL*UPMEZPVXFSFJOUIFPUIFSGJMF UIF rUIJOHT*UIJOL*UPMEZPVXFSFJOUIFPUIFSGJMF r UFNQFSBUVSFJOGPSNBUJPO UIFTPJMJOGPSNBUJPOBOEUIFO rUFNQFSBUVSFJOGPSNBUJPO r NBZCFBWJEFPUIBUXPVMEIFMQFWFSZPOFVOEFSTUBOE rNBZCFBWJEFPUIBUXPVMEIFMQFWFSZPOFVOEFSTUBOE 18· · · ·Q· · But -- but again, you don't -- you don't have 19· any of that today, correct? rrrr"rr*DBOHFUJUUPZPVBGUFSUIJT 21· · · ·Q· · Okay. rrrr"rr5IFTUVGGUIBUhTUIFTUVGGUIBUhTPOUIF r GJMF *UIJOL*DBOHSBCQSFUUZFBTJMZBOETFOEPWFS rGJMF 24· · · ·Q· · Okay.· And is there anything else that you 25· intend to present at trial that we haven't talked about Litigation Services·|·800-330-1112 w w w .litigationservices.com |The LIT G roup 079F YVer1f EXHIBIT B 1 O’BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP Michael G. Watters, Esq. (CSB No. 63140) 2 Graden R. Tapley, Esq. (CSB No. 222636) 1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 201 3 Santa Rosa, CA 95403-0918 (707) 545-7010 4 Attorneys for Defendants, 5 Mitchell Black, Deanne Black, Black Knight Vineyards, LLC 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA 10 11 BARRY BRILLIANT, an individual ; and Case No. SCV-267406 DAGMAR K. HOHENECK-SMITH, an 12 individual and as trustee of THE DAGMAR DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS HOHENECK-SMITH TRUST dated December DECLARATION 13 14, 2010, (Code of Civil Procedure § 2034.260(c)) 14 Plaintiffs, 15 vs. 16 MITCHELL G. BLACK, an individual and dba 17 BLACK KNIGHT VINEYARDS ; DEANNE G. BLACK, an individual and dba BLACK 18 KNIGHT VINEYARDS ; and DOES ONE through TWENTY, inclusive, 19 20 Defendants. ______________________________________/ 21 22 NON-RETAINED EXPERTS 23 Defendants, Mitchell Black, Deanne Black, and Black Knight Vineyards, respectfully submits 24 their list of proposed expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial: 25 1. Mitchell Black 26 RETAINED EXPERTS 27 I, Graden R. Tapley, declare: 28 I am an attorney for Defendants in this action. I make this Attorney’s Expert Witness Declaration DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406 1 1 as required by CCP §2034.260(c) as follows: 2 1. RAY CARLSON; Licensed Surveyor, 5331 Skylane Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403; 3 (707) 528-7649. As to this expert, I am informed and believe that the following is true: 4 a. See Qualifications stated in CV or resume attached as Exhibit A. 5 b. Ray Carlson is a licensed land surveyor. Ray Carlson will be expected to testify on 6 the property line and the location of the trees that are the subject matter of this 7 dispute relative to the property line. 8 c. This expert’s hourly fee for consultation and for providing deposition testimony is 9 $378 per hour; 4-hour minimum. 10 d. Mr. Carlson has agreed to testify at trial, and will be sufficiently familiar with the 11 pending action to submit to a meaningful oral deposition concerning any opinion 12 and its basis. 13 2. JAMES MACNAIR; ISA Certified Arborist, PO Box 1150, Glen Ellen, CA, 95442; 14 (707) 938-1822. As to this expert, I am informed and believe that the following is true: 15 a. See Qualifications stated in CV or resume attached as Exhibit B. 16 b. James MacNair is an ISA Certified Arborist. James MacNair will be expected to 17 testify on the health of the trees as well as regarding a risk assessment as to the 18 potential danger of the trees, if any. 19 c. This expert’s hourly fee for consultation and for providing deposition testimony is 20 $___________ per hour; ____________ minimum. 21 d. Mr. MacNair has agreed to testify at trial, and will be sufficiently familiar with the 22 pending action to submit to a meaningful oral deposition concerning any opinion 23 and its basis. 24 I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing 25 is true and correct, and this Declaration was executed in Santa Rosa, CA on 1-6-23. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406 2 1 O’BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP 2 3 1-6-2023 By: __________________________________ 4 GRADEN R. TAPLEY, Attorneys for Defendants, 5 Mitchell Black, Deanne Black, Black Knight Vineyards, LLC 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION Brilliant v. Black, SCV-267406 3 EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT B 1 Brilliant v. Black Sonoma County Superior Court Case No. SCV-267406 2 PROOF OF SERVICE 3 Code of Civil Procedure Section 1013a(3), 2015.5 4 I declare that: 5 I am over the age of eighteen years and am not a party to this action. My business address is 6 1550 Airport Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, which is located in the county where this mailing described below took place. 7 On January 6, 2023, at my place of business at 1550 Airport Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403, I 8 served the attached: 9 DOCUMENTS: DEFENDANTS' EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATION 10 ADDRESSED TO: 11 Davin Bacho, Esq. 3333 Mendocino Ave, Ste 200 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 dbacho@cfk.com (X) (BY ELECTRONIC MAIL) By personally transmitting to the above-named person(s), who has previously agreed to receive documents via electronic mail, to the e-mail address as shown above, on the date and time listed below, originating from my assigned electronic mail address at O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP, pursuant to the C.R.C. 2060 and Government ,_ r � �-> __ ..., r:3.:. 17 Code§ I 1440.20. A true copy of the above-described document(s) was transmitted by V. ::o �cs electronic transmission through the O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP's mail server, which did b�o'.6 18 not report any error in sending the transmission. 19 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 20 Executed on January 6, 2023. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28