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1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
ANDREW J. CHAN, SB#302526
2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com
CHANDRANI MANDAL, SB# 321149
3 E-Mail: Chandrani.Mandal@lewisbrisbois.com
2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300
4 Walnut Creek, California 94596
Telephone: 925.357.3241
5 Facsimile: 925.478.3260
6 Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-Defendants
NGOCHAO THI NGUYEN and GINO’S
7 RESTAURANT, INC.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF MONTEREY
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LOUIS MONTANO, JR.; LOUIE Lead Case No. 21CV003635
12 MONTANO III; and MICHAEL MONTANO, Consolidated with Case Nos. 22CV002531;
22CV003206; 22CV003261; 22CV003443;
13 Plaintiffs, and 22CV003598
14 vs. [Assigned to Hon. Carrie M. Panetta; Dept.
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15 CITY OF SALINAS; GINO’S
RESTAURANT, INC.; GINO’S FINE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING
16 ITALIAN FOOD, INC.; BLFA PROPERTIES ATTORNEY
LLC; NTN PROPERTIES LLC; NGOCHAO
17 THI NGUYEN; RALPH BOZZO; ROSAURA
ARCOS PANIAGUA; AUSTIN ALARCON;
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Action Filed: November 16, 2021
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AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS
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22 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
23 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that counsel Defendants and Cross-Defendants NGOCHAO THI
24 NGUYEN and GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC. (collectively, “Defendants”) have a change of lead
25 handling attorney, and requests that CYNTHIA SHAMBAUGH of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard &
26 Smith, LLP, be removed from your Proofs of Service, and that all future communications, including
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY
1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
ANDREW J. CHAN, SB#302526
2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com
CHANDRANI MANDAL, SB# 321149
3 E-Mail: Chandrani.Mandal@lewisbrisbois.com
2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300
4 Walnut Creek, California 94596
Telephone: 925.357.3241
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DATED: November 20, 2023 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
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Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-Defendants
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY
1 CALIFORNIA STATE COURT PROOF OF SERVICE
Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al.
2 Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635
3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
4 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My
business address is 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596.
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On November 20, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s):
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NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY
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I served the documents on the following persons at the following addresses (including fax
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9 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
10 The documents were served by the following means:
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agreement of the parties to accept service by e-mail or electronic transmission, I caused the
12 documents to be sent from e-mail address dene.batiste@lewisbrisbois.com to the persons at
the e-mail addresses listed above. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the
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transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was
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15 (BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION ONLY) Only by e-mailing the document(s) to the
persons at the e-mail address(es) listed above based on notice provided on March 16, 2020
16 that, during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this office will be working remotely,
not able to send physical mail as usual, and is therefore using only electronic mail. No
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electronic message or other indication that the transmission
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
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2 Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al.
Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635
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Emily Ruby. Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs
4 Sergio Cardenas, Esq. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO
GREENBERG AND RUBY INJURY III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO
5 ATTORNEYS, APC
400 Continental Blvd., Suite 320 Tel: 323.782.0535
6 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: 323.782.0543
Email: eruby@caltrialpros.com
7 Scardenas@caltrialpros.com.
jmorris@caltrialpros.com
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Richard C. Alpers Attorneys for Plaintiffs
10 ALBERS LAW GROUP, INC. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO
PO Box 1540 III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO
11 Aptos, CA 95001
Tel: 855.808.1174
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Email: rca@alperslawgroup.com
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14 Joseph J. Babich Attorneys for Plaintiff MARIA ARELLANO
Sean D. Wiseman
15 Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP
20 Bicentennial Circle P: (916) 379-3500 • F: (916) 379-3599
16 Sacramento, CA 95826 Emails: DBBWC-ESERVICE@dbbwc.com;
jbabich@dbbwc.com; tstevens@dbbwc.com
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Christopher A. Callihan, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant
18 CITY OF SALINAS, OFFICE OF THE CITY CITY OF SALINAS
ATTORNEY
19 200 Lincoln Avenue Tel: (831) 758-7073 (direct)
Salinas, CA 93901-2639 Fax: (831) 758-7257
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21 William R. Price, Esq. Co Counsel for Defendant
Lisa Shaw, Paralegal CITY OF SALINAS
22 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. PRICE
12636 High Bluff Dr., Suite 400 Tel: (858) 888-0588
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dhartsough@williamrprice.com
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1 James J. Cook, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants
HORAN | LLOYD, APC. RALPH BOZZO; BLFA PROPERTIES, LLC;
2 26385 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite 200 AND GINO'S FINE ITALIAN FOOD, INC.
Carmel, CA 93923
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Fax: (831) 373-8302
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5 Rodney N. Mayr, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants
MAYR LAW FIRM AUSTIN ALARCON AND ROSAURA
6 1010 W. Taylor St. ARCOS PANIAGUA
San Jose, CA 95126
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Fax: (669) 266-5612
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Bryan Pyles, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant
10 FORD, WALKER, HAGGERTY & BEHAR, AUSTIN ALARCON
LLP
11 One World Trade Center, 27 th Floor Tel: (562) 983-2579
Long Beach, CA 90831 Fax: (562) 590-3571
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bpyles@fwhb.com
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14 Neil P. Berman, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff DIANE MIDDAUGH
RUCKA, O’BOYLE, LOMBARDO &
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245 W. Laurel Dr. Fax: (831) 443-6419
16 Salinas, CA 93906 Email: nberman@rolmlaw.com;
spena@rolmlaw.com
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Shanin “Shawn” Kahroba, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT ROSETT
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270 Coral Circle Tel: (310) 640-1200
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Email: shawn@srlawyers.com
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Robert D. Ponce, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff KEVIN SMITH
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400 Camino Aguajito, Suite 100 Tel: (831) 649-0515
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1 Laurie J. Elza, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant NTN PROPERTIES,
Maureen Merriles, Legal Assistant LLC
2 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. HAUSER
One Pointe Drive, 6 th Floor Tel: (714) 571-0407
3 Brea, CA 92821 Fax: (877) 369-5799
Direct: (714) 371-2311
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Email: laurie.elza@thehartford.com;
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LawOfficesHauser@thehartford.com (for
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7 Owili K. Eison, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff DANIEL ORTEGA
BD&J, P.C.
8 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 12 th Floor Tel: (310) 887-1818
Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Fax: (310) 887-1880
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Email: oe@bhattorneys.com
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12 eruby@caltrialpros.com;
Scardenas@caltrialpros.com;
13 records@caltrialpros.com;
jmorris@caltrialpros.com
14 rca@alperslawgroup.com;
clerk@alperslawgroup.com;
15 DBBWC-ESERVICE@dbbwc.com;
jbabich@dbbwc.com;
16 tstevens@dbbwc.com;
chrisc@ci.salinas.ca.us;
17 wprice@williamrprice.com;
obarnes@williamrprice.com ;
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jcook@horanlegal.com;
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jprado@fwhb.com
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RLRService@fwhb.com
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spena@rolmlaw.com;
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laurie.elza@thehartford.com;
23 maureen.merriles@thehartford.com;
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1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP ANDREW J. CHAN, SB#302526 2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com CHANDRANI MANDAL, SB# 321149 3 E-Mail: Chandrani.Mandal@lewisbrisbois.com 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300 4 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Telephone: 925.357.3241 5 Facsimile: 925.478.3260 6 Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-Defendants NGOCHAO THI NGUYEN and GINO’S 7 RESTAURANT, INC. 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF MONTEREY 10 11 LOUIS MONTANO, JR.; LOUIE Lead Case No. 21CV003635 12 MONTANO III; and MICHAEL MONTANO, Consolidated with Case Nos. 22CV002531; 22CV003206; 22CV003261; 22CV003443; 13 Plaintiffs, and 22CV003598 14 vs. [Assigned to Hon. Carrie M. Panetta; Dept. 14] 15 CITY OF SALINAS; GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC.; GINO’S FINE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING 16 ITALIAN FOOD, INC.; BLFA PROPERTIES ATTORNEY LLC; NTN PROPERTIES LLC; NGOCHAO 17 THI NGUYEN; RALPH BOZZO; ROSAURA ARCOS PANIAGUA; AUSTIN ALARCON; 18 and DOES 1-35, Action Filed: November 16, 2021 19 Defendants. Trial Date: None Set 20 AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS 21 22 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 23 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that counsel Defendants and Cross-Defendants NGOCHAO THI 24 NGUYEN and GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC. (collectively, “Defendants”) have a change of lead 25 handling attorney, and requests that CYNTHIA SHAMBAUGH of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & 26 Smith, LLP, be removed from your Proofs of Service, and that all future communications, including 27 pleadings, and correspondence be directed as follows: 28 // LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD & SMITH LLP 132078352.1 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY 1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP ANDREW J. CHAN, SB#302526 2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com CHANDRANI MANDAL, SB# 321149 3 E-Mail: Chandrani.Mandal@lewisbrisbois.com 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300 4 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Telephone: 925.357.3241 5 Facsimile: 925.478.3260 6 DATED: November 20, 2023 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 7 8 9 10 By: lf Andrew J. Chan Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-Defendants NGOCHAO THI NGUYEN AND GINO’S 11 RESTAURANT, INC. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD & SMITH LLP 132078352.1 2 ATTORNEYS AT LAW NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY 1 CALIFORNIA STATE COURT PROOF OF SERVICE Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al. 2 Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA 4 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My business address is 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. 5 On November 20, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s): 6 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF HANDLING ATTORNEY 7 I served the documents on the following persons at the following addresses (including fax 8 numbers and e-mail addresses, if applicable): 9 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 10 The documents were served by the following means: 11 (BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) Based on a court order or an agreement of the parties to accept service by e-mail or electronic transmission, I caused the 12 documents to be sent from e-mail address dene.batiste@lewisbrisbois.com to the persons at the e-mail addresses listed above. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the 13 transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was 14 unsuccessful. 15 (BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION ONLY) Only by e-mailing the document(s) to the persons at the e-mail address(es) listed above based on notice provided on March 16, 2020 16 that, during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this office will be working remotely, not able to send physical mail as usual, and is therefore using only electronic mail. No 17 electronic message or other indication that the transmission 18 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 19 foregoing is true and correct. 20 Executed on November 20, 2023, at Walnut Creek, California. 21 22 Dené Batiste 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD 132078352.1 & SMITH LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW PROOF OF SERVICE 1 SERVICE LIST 2 Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al. Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635 3 Emily Ruby. Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs 4 Sergio Cardenas, Esq. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO GREENBERG AND RUBY INJURY III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO 5 ATTORNEYS, APC 400 Continental Blvd., Suite 320 Tel: 323.782.0535 6 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: 323.782.0543 Email: eruby@caltrialpros.com 7 Scardenas@caltrialpros.com. jmorris@caltrialpros.com 8 records@caltrialpros.com 9 Richard C. Alpers Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 ALBERS LAW GROUP, INC. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO PO Box 1540 III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO 11 Aptos, CA 95001 Tel: 855.808.1174 12 Fax: 855.870.1129 Email: rca@alperslawgroup.com 13 clerk@alperslawgroup.com 14 Joseph J. Babich Attorneys for Plaintiff MARIA ARELLANO Sean D. Wiseman 15 Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP 20 Bicentennial Circle P: (916) 379-3500 • F: (916) 379-3599 16 Sacramento, CA 95826 Emails: DBBWC-ESERVICE@dbbwc.com; jbabich@dbbwc.com; tstevens@dbbwc.com 17 Christopher A. Callihan, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 18 CITY OF SALINAS, OFFICE OF THE CITY CITY OF SALINAS ATTORNEY 19 200 Lincoln Avenue Tel: (831) 758-7073 (direct) Salinas, CA 93901-2639 Fax: (831) 758-7257 20 Email: chrisc@ci.salinas.ca.us 21 William R. Price, Esq. Co Counsel for Defendant Lisa Shaw, Paralegal CITY OF SALINAS 22 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. PRICE 12636 High Bluff Dr., Suite 400 Tel: (858) 888-0588 23 San Diego, CA 92130 Emails: wprice@williamrprice.com; dhartsough@williamrprice.com 24 obarnes@williamrprice.com 25 26 27 28 LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD 132078352.1 & SMITH LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW SERVICE LIST 1 James J. Cook, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants HORAN | LLOYD, APC. RALPH BOZZO; BLFA PROPERTIES, LLC; 2 26385 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite 200 AND GINO'S FINE ITALIAN FOOD, INC. Carmel, CA 93923 3 Tel: (831) 373-4131 Fax: (831) 373-8302 4 Email: jcook@horanlegal.com 5 Rodney N. Mayr, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants MAYR LAW FIRM AUSTIN ALARCON AND ROSAURA 6 1010 W. Taylor St. ARCOS PANIAGUA San Jose, CA 95126 7 Tel: (408) 331-7606 Fax: (669) 266-5612 8 Email: rodney@mayrlawfirm.com 9 Bryan Pyles, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant 10 FORD, WALKER, HAGGERTY & BEHAR, AUSTIN ALARCON LLP 11 One World Trade Center, 27 th Floor Tel: (562) 983-2579 Long Beach, CA 90831 Fax: (562) 590-3571 12 Email: bpyles@fwhb.com 13 jprado@fwhb.com; RLRService@fwhb.com 14 Neil P. Berman, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff DIANE MIDDAUGH RUCKA, O’BOYLE, LOMBARDO & 15 MCKENNA Tel: (831) 443-1051 245 W. Laurel Dr. Fax: (831) 443-6419 16 Salinas, CA 93906 Email: nberman@rolmlaw.com; spena@rolmlaw.com 17 Shanin “Shawn” Kahroba, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT ROSETT 18 SHERIDAN & RUND, KAHROBA PC 270 Coral Circle Tel: (310) 640-1200 19 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: (310) 640-0200 Email: shawn@srlawyers.com 20 Robert D. Ponce, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff KEVIN SMITH 21 Law Offices of Robert D. Ponce 400 Camino Aguajito, Suite 100 Tel: (831) 649-0515 22 Monterey, CA 93940 Email: rponce@redshift.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD 132078352.1 & SMITH LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW SERVICE LIST 1 Laurie J. Elza, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant NTN PROPERTIES, Maureen Merriles, Legal Assistant LLC 2 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. HAUSER One Pointe Drive, 6 th Floor Tel: (714) 571-0407 3 Brea, CA 92821 Fax: (877) 369-5799 Direct: (714) 371-2311 4 Email: laurie.elza@thehartford.com; 5 maureen.merriles@thehartford.com LawOfficesHauser@thehartford.com (for 6 electronic service only) 7 Owili K. Eison, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff DANIEL ORTEGA BD&J, P.C. 8 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 12 th Floor Tel: (310) 887-1818 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Fax: (310) 887-1880 9 Email: oe@bhattorneys.com 10 jdf@bhattorneys.com 11 Electronic Service List: 12 eruby@caltrialpros.com; Scardenas@caltrialpros.com; 13 records@caltrialpros.com; jmorris@caltrialpros.com 14 rca@alperslawgroup.com; clerk@alperslawgroup.com; 15 DBBWC-ESERVICE@dbbwc.com; jbabich@dbbwc.com; 16 tstevens@dbbwc.com; chrisc@ci.salinas.ca.us; 17 wprice@williamrprice.com; obarnes@williamrprice.com ; 18 dhartsough@williamrprice.com jcook@horanlegal.com; 19 rodney@mayrlawfirm.com; jprado@fwhb.com 20 bpyles@fwhb.com RLRService@fwhb.com 21 nberman@rolmlaw.com; spena@rolmlaw.com; 22 shawn@srlawyers.com; laurie.elza@thehartford.com; 23 maureen.merriles@thehartford.com; LawOfficesHauser@thehartford.com; 24 oe@bhattorneys.com jdf@bhattorneys.com 25 rponce@redshift.com 26 27 28 LEWIS B RISB OI S B ISGA A RD 132078352.1 & SMITH LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW SERVICE LIST