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1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Michael E. Liftik (CA Bar No. 232430)
Sarah Heaton Concannon (pro hac vice)
1300 I Street, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (202) 538-8000
michaelliftik@quinnemanuel.com
sarahconcannon@quinnemanuel.com
Emily C. Kapur (CA Bar No. 306724)
555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Fl.
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: (650) 801-5000
emilykapur@quinnemanuel.com
Attorneys for Specially Appearing Defendant Dominic Williams and Defendants Dfinity USA
Research, LLC and Dfinity Stiftung
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
DANIEL OCAMPO, Individually and on Case No. 21-CIV-03843
Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,
DECLARATION OF MICHAEL E.
Plaintiff, LIFTIK IN SUPPORT OF
SPECIALLY APPEARING
DEFENDANT DOMINIC
v. WILLIAMS’ MOTION TO QUASH
FOR DEFECTIVE SERVICE OF
DFINITY USA RESEARCH LLC, DFINITY PROCESS
STIFTUNG, AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
L.L.C., POLYCHAIN CAPITAL, DOMINIC
WILLIAMS, and JOHN DOES 1-20, Hon. Susan L. Greenberg
Dept. 22 – Ctrm. I
Defendants. Date Action Filed: July 15, 2021
Date: January 11, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT
Case No. 21-CIV-03843
DECLARATION OF MICHAEL E. LIFTIK ISO SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS’
MOTION TO QUASH
1 I, Michael E. Liftik, declare:
2 1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice before this Court and all of the courts of
3 the state of California. I am an attorney with the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan,
4 LLP, counsel of record for Defendants Dfinity USA Research, LLC and Dfinity Stiftung. I am
5 one of the attorneys responsible for the representation of Specially Appearing Defendant Dominic
6 Williams and Defendants Dfinity USA Research, LLC and Dfinity Stiftung in this matter and, as
7 such, I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration. I am also counsel of
8 record and one of the attorneys responsible for representation of Dfinity USA Research, LLC,
9 Dfinity Foundation and Dominic Williams in the action captioned Valenti v. DFINITY USA
10 Research LLC, et al., No. 21-cv-6118 (N.D. Cal.), currently pending in the Northern District of
11 California. If called as a witness for this purpose, I could and would testify competently under
12 oath to the facts stated herein.
13 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff’s purported
14 Proof of Service on Mr. Williams, dated August 3, 2022.
15 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of an email from OneLegal
16 to Plaintiff’s counsel, dated August 4, 2022, indicating that the court clerk had rejected Plaintiff’s
17 purported Proof of Service on Mr. Williams.
18 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff’s purported
19 Proof of Service on Mr. Williams, dated August 3, 2023.
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21 Executed on this 5th day of September, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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23 /s/ Michael E. Liftik
Michael E. Liftik (CA Bar No. 232430)
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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL E. LIFTIK ISO SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS’
MOTION TO QUASH
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1 John T. Jasnoch (CA 281605)
SCOTT+SCOTT ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLP
2 600 W. Broadway, Suite 3300
San Diego, CA 92101
3 Telephone: 619-233-4565
Facsimile: 619-233-0508
4 jjasnoch@scott-scott.com
5 Counsel for Plaintiff Daniel Ocampo
6 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page.]
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
9 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
10 DANIEL OCAMPO, Individually and on Behalf Case No. 21-CIV-03843
of All Others Similarly Situated,
11 CLASS ACTION
Plaintiff,
12 v. PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT ON DEFENDANT DOMINIC
13 DFINITY USA RESEARCH LLC, DFINITY
STIFTUNG, POLYCHAIN CAPITAL, DOMINIC WILLIAMS
14 WILLIAMS, AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
L.L.C., and JOHN DOES 1-20,
15 Hon. Danny Y. Chou
Defendants. Dept. 22 – Ctrm. I
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Date Action Filed: July 15, 2021
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PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT ON DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS
1 I, John T. Jasnoch, am employed in the County of San Diego, State of California. I am over the
2 age of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP,
3 600 W. Broadway, Suite 3300, San Diego, CA 92101. My electronic service address is jjasnoch@scott-
4 scott.com.
5 On August 3, 2022, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document, on the interested
6 parties in this action, as follows:
7 X By Electronic Filing
8 I caused said document(s) to be filed electronically using One Legal, an electronic filing
9 service provider of the Superior Court of San Mateo County; and
10 X By Electronic Mail
11 I caused said document(s) to be transmitted by electronic mail. The name(s) and email
12 address(es) of the person(s) served are set forth in the attached Service List. The document
13 was transmitted by electronic transmission and without error.
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15 I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true
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17 Executed on this 3rd day of August, 2022, at San Diego, California.
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PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT ON DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS
1 SERVICE LIST
Daniel Ocampo v. Dfinity USA Research LLC, et al., Case No. 21-CIV-03843
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3 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS:
4 NAME FIRM EMAIL
John T. Jasnoch SCOTT + SCOTT jjasnoch@scott-scott.com
5 ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLP
600 W. Broadway, Suite 3300
6 San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: 619-233-4565
7 619-233-0508 (fax)
8 Counsel for Plaintiff Daniel
Ocampo
9 Sean T. Masson SCOTT + SCOTT smasson@scott-scott.com
ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLP
10 230 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10169
11 Telephone: 212-223-6444
212-223-6334 (fax)
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Counsel for Plaintiff Daniel
13 Ocampo
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COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS:
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Alexander Mills CRAVATH, SWAINE amills@cravath.com
17 Kevin J. Orsini & MOORE LLP korsini@cravath.com
Antony L. Ryan Worldwide Plaza aryan@cravath.com
18 825 Eighth Avenue
Lauren M. Rosenberg New York, NY 10019- lrosenberg@cravath.com
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Telephone: 212-474-
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212-474-3700 (fax)
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Counsel for Dfinity USA
22 Research LLC
Michael Liftik QUINN EMANUEL michaelliftik@quinnemanuel.com
23 Sarah Heaton URQUHART & sarahconcannon@quinnemanuel.com
Concannon SULLIVAN, LLP
24 1300 I Street, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005
25 Telephone: 202-538-
8000
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Counsel for Dfinity USA
27 Research LLC
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PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT ON DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS
1 Emily Kapur QUINN EMANUEL emilykapur@quinnemanuel.com
URQUHART &
2 SULLIVAN, LLP
555 Twin Dolphin
3 Drive, 5th Floor
Redwood Shores, CA
4 94065
Telephone: 650-801-
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6 Counsel for Dfinity USA
Research LLC
7 Brenna Nelinson QUINN EMANUEL brennanelinson@quinnemanuel.com
URQUHART &
8 SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue,
9 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
10 Telephone: 212-849-
7000
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Counsel for Dfinity USA
12 Research LLC
Peter R. Boutin KEESAL, YOUNG & peter.boutin@kyl.com
13 Christopher A. LOGAN christopher.stecher@kyl.com
14 Stecher 450 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA
15 94133
Telephone: 415-398-
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17 Counsel for Defendant
18 Polychain Capital LP
Roger Cooper CLEARY GOTTLIEB racooper@cgsh.com
19 Jared Gerber STEEN & HAMILTON jgerber@cgsh.com
LLP
20 One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
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Telephone: 212-225-
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23 Of Counsel for
Defendant Polychain
24 Capital LP
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PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT ON DEFENDANT DOMINIC WILLIAMS
1 Matthew Rawlinson LATHAM & matthew.rawlinson@lw.com
WATKINS LLP
2 140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
3 Telephone: 650-463-
3076
4 650-463-2600 (fax)
5 Counsel for AH Capital
Management, L.L.C.
6 Susan Engel LATHAM & susan.engel@lw.com
WATKINS LLP 555
7 Eleventh Street, NW,
Suite 1000
8 Washington, D.C.
20004-1304 Telephone:
9 202-637-2200
202-637-2201 (fax)
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Counsel for AH Capital
11 Management, L.L.C.
Benjamin Naftalis LATHAM & benjamin.naftalis@lw.com
12 Gregory Mortenson WATKINS LLP 1271 gregory.mortenson@lw.com
Avenue of the Americas
13 New York, NY 10020
Telephone: 212-906-
14 1200
212-751-4864 (fax)
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Counsel for AH Capital
16 Management, L.L.C.
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18 COURT:
19 Court Address Email
San Mateo County Superior Court Department 22 – dept22@sanmateocourt.org
20 – Judge Danny Y. Chou Courtroom I complexcivil@sanmateocourt.org
1050 Mission Road
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eFiling Rejected by Court Clerk
Order # 18670294
Submitted 8/3/2022 2:07 PM PT by Sumner Caesar
Case Daniel OcampovsDominic Williams
#21-CIV-03843
Court Superior Court of California, San Mateo County
(San Mateo)
Client billing 21114
Court transaction # 9619873
Message from the court clerk
Rejected Documents
• Proof of Service of Summons and Complaint on Defen...
Message from the court clerk: PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT MUST BE ON JUDICIAL COUNSEL FORM. ALSO, FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT FILED 5/24/2022
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