On June 03, 2020 a
Exhibit,Appendix
was filed
involving a dispute between
Arata, Laura,
Peninsula Open Space Trust,
and
Arata, Laura,
Arata, Louis J.,
Arata, Marie Joanne,
Does 1-20,
John And Grace Arata 2004 Trust,
Mcnabb, Ernest J.,
Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc., A California Corporation,
for (26) Unlimited Other Real Property
in the District Court of San Mateo County.
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1 TAMARA S. GALANTER (SBN 142532)
SARA A. CLARK (SBN 273600)
2 AARON M. STANTON (SBN 312530)
SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP
3 396 Hayes Street
San Francisco, California 94102
4 Telephone: (415) 552-7272
Facsimile: (415) 552-5816
5 Galanter@smwlaw.com
Clark@smwlaw.com
6 Stanton@smwlaw.com
7 Attorneys for Plaintiff PENINSULA OPEN
SPACE TRUST
8
9 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
11 PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST, Case No. 20-CIV-02349
12 Plaintiff, EXHIBITS N THROUGH AA TO
DECLARATION OF SARA A. CLARK IN
13 v. SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS
14 REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES,
INC., a California Corporation; Date: June 24, 2022
15 ERNEST J. MCNABB, individually and Time: 9:00 a.m.
as Trustee of the Ernest J. McNabb Dept.: 21
16 Revocable Living Trust Dated Judge: Hon. Robert D Foiles
11/19/1990; LOUIS J ARATA,
17 individually; LAURA ARATA, Filed Concurrently with Plaintiff’s Notice of
individually, and as sole successor Motion and Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and
18 trustee of the John and Grace Arata Costs; Memorandum of Points and
2004 Trust Executed August 11, 2004; Authorities in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion
19 MARIE JOANNE ARATA, individually, for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Declaration of
and as the Representative of the Estate Misti M. Schmidt; [Proposed] Order re
20 of Gary J. Arata, Deceased; and DOES Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
1-20.
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Defendants.
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24
25
26
27
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Exhibits N through AA to Declaration of Sara A. Clark ISO Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
Case No. 20-CIV-02349
EXHIBIT N
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Patricia Larkin
From: Andrew Wiegel
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 5:29 PM
To: Sara A. Clark
Cc: Ryan Patrick; Andrew Wiegel
Subject: Arata Loan litigation
Hello Sara,
The sale of the Arata Ranch has closed escrow.
The deeds of trust held by Mr. McNabb have been reconveyed.
The suit is now moot and we request that you dismiss it.
Thank you,
Andrew J Wiegel, Esq.
Wiegel Law Group, plc
414 Gough Street, Suite 1
San Francisco, CA
(415) 552-8230
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
05/20/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 1.3 Email client re foreclosure sale for Arata; emails with Arata attorneys re same; review case documents re impact
and legality of foreclosure.
05/21/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 1.9 Review documents re loans and notices of default; conference call with T. Baldwin and attorneys for John Arata
Trust; develop options for response; email correspondence re same.
05/21/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.9 Legal research re trustee sale.
05/22/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.9 Emails and telephone calls re strategy for TRO; review and revise notice letters; evaluate violations.
05/22/2019 Sara A. Clark 1.8 Telephone calls with POST staff re Arata trustee sale; draft notice of violation letters.
05/23/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 4.1 Research re temporary restraining order.
05/23/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Revise notice letters; strategize re legal arguments.
05/23/2019 Sara A. Clark 1.8 Legal research re temporary restraining order; finalize notices of violation.
05/24/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Develop arguments for litigation.
05/24/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.9 Legal research temporary restraining order.
05/24/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.9 Research re temporary restraining order.
05/25/2019 Sara A. Clark 3.7 Draft temporary restraining order documents; legal research re same.
05/25/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.8 Legal research and strategy for TRO; analyze documents.
05/26/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.2 Research re non-judicial foreclosures.
05/27/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 7 Research re non-judicial foreclosures.
05/28/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review proposed outline; strategize re timing issues.
05/28/2019 Sara A. Clark 7.7 Draft TRO brief and associated documents.
05/28/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3.8 Revise outline of argument; research re party status of beneficiary; draft sections of memorandum of points and
authorities.
05/29/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 7.7 Draft section of memorandum of points and authorities; draft complaint.
05/29/2019 Sara A. Clark 7.1 Draft TRO brief and associated documents.
05/29/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 2.1 Review and revise TRO documents; provide input for same.
05/30/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 2 Review and revise TRO documents; telephone call with referee; emails with clients re TRO.
05/30/2019 Sara A. Clark 5.1 Draft memorandum, complaint, and declaration.
05/30/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.2 Draft notice of hearing to E. McNabb and Redwood Trust Deed Services; revise application and proposed order;
review deeds of trust.
05/30/2019 Maurene E. Ryan 0.6 Cite check Temporary Restraining Order.
06/03/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Research re motion for preliminary injunction.
06/03/2019 Sara A. Clark 3.9 Revise documents for preliminary injunction motion; confer re same.
06/03/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Determine next steps and strategy for preliminary injunction; analyze options for same.
06/04/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Analyze options for service and need for ex parte; evaluate judge; evaluate causes of action.
06/04/2019 Sara A. Clark 5.6 Finalize complaint, motion, and associated documents for filing.
06/04/2019 Maurene E. Ryan 2 Cite check Temporary Restraining Order.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
06/04/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Research re local rules; review and edit complaint and papers in support of motion for preliminary injunction.
06/13/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Confer re proposed edits to memorandum of points and authorities; strategize re next steps; telephone call with
attorneys for L. Arata.
06/13/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Review deeds of trust; revise memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion for preliminary
injunction.
06/18/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Telephone call with G. Dambacher; emails re postponing trustee sale.
06/18/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re motion and timing of foreclosure sale; strategize re same.
06/19/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails and input re foreclosure sale and timing.
06/19/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.6 Emails re postponement of trustee sale.
06/26/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Evaluate status of foreclosure.
06/28/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Research re local rules.
07/02/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Email client re status of foreclosure sale.
07/08/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re POST involvement in trustee sale.
07/25/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 1.3 Revise motion for preliminary injunction and associated documents.
08/08/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email re postponement of trustee sale.
08/09/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Re-calendar dates; email correspondence re same.
08/20/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re trustee sale update.
08/27/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Revise litigation timeline; correspondence with client re same.
08/27/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re strategy and timing.
09/04/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Revise calendar re new trustee sale.
09/19/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.5 Prepare complaint and preliminary injunction motion for filing.
09/19/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Strategize re filing complaint and motion for preliminary injunction; research local rules.
09/20/2019 Sara A. Clark 4.7 Prepare for order to show cause hearing; finalize complaint and preliminary motion; correspondence and
telephone calls with opposing counsel re same.
09/20/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Provide input re filing, need for order to show cause, and final documents for filing.
09/23/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Emails re forbearance agreement.
09/24/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Telephone call with J. Arata.
10/01/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.1 Confer re preliminary injunction; telephone call with opposing counsel; email summaries re same.
10/01/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Respond to arguments re restraint on alienability; develop strategy for filing of preliminary injunction.
10/02/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.7 Prepare to file complaint, notice for ex parte and order to show cause; multiple emails with parties re
postponement of trustee sale.
10/02/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 1.4 Draft email re notification of ex parte appearance; email A. Wiegel; calculate new deadlines.
10/07/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.6 Strategize re next steps; email A. Wiegel.
10/07/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Determine strategy for meeting; review and revise email re same.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
10/21/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Revise memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion for preliminary injunction.
10/22/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Revise motion for preliminary injunction; legal research re same.
10/22/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re strategy related to new trustee.
10/24/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Calculate deadlines based on new trustee's sale date.
01/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re current status.
01/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re trustee sale.
01/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Review email; review local rules; re-calculate deadlines based on new date of trustee's sale.
03/12/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re trustee sale; telephone call with G. Dambacher re same.
03/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.8 Email correspondence; draft stipulation.
03/16/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails re foreclosure sale; provide input re strategy.
03/16/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.1 Correspondence re trustee sale; legal research re same; finalize complaint re same.
03/17/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re preliminary injunction, order to show cause, and service given recent orders.
03/17/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.3 Finalize proposed stipulation; finalize complaint; direct filing of same; correspondence with opposing counsel.
03/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Email correspondence; review San Mateo superior court order re coronavirus; revise draft stipulation re service
and order to show cause.
03/18/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Confer re filing.
03/18/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails and input re filings and ex parte appearance.
03/18/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Review email correspondence; review updated information re San Mateo County Superior Court operations in
light of coronavirus; revise stipulation re service.
03/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.9 Email correspondence; revise motion for a preliminary injunction and supporting documents.
03/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Determine strategy given court closings; emails re stipulation.
03/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.8 Review final preliminary injunction papers.
03/20/2020 Sara A. Clark 3 Finalize preliminary injunction papers; supervise filing re same.
03/20/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email re preliminary injunction motion; research potential foreclosure moratorium.
03/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Direct service.
03/29/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re support brief.
03/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re sale postponement.
03/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re new trustee sale date.
04/03/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re foreclosure.
04/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Review emergency orders on superior court website; calculate deadlines based on new sale date and
emergency orders.
04/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review court rules and implication for preliminary injunction.
04/08/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails and strategy re foreclosure extension and pandemic restrictions.
04/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re postponement of trustee sale.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
05/01/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Legal research re ex parte appearance, court closures.
05/04/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review emails re postponement of sale; strategize re same.
05/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Legal research re permissible venue; correspondence re trustee sale date.
05/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Develop strategy for next steps given change in date of foreclosure sale.
05/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence with client re update.
05/11/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Telephone call re litigation strategy.
05/11/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Prepare for and participate in conference call with client re strategy going forward.
05/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 4.2 Prepare memorandum of points and authorities for TRO.
05/21/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.1 Prepare TRO papers; evaluate potential settlement options.
05/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Correspondence with opposing counsel re potential settlement discussions; confer re same.
05/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Confer re settlement call and need for TRO.
05/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails opposing counsel re settlement potential.
05/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Confer re plan for filing.
05/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 3.4 Revise TRO papers; telephone call with A. Weigel; telephone call with clients; draft strategy memo re
settlement.
05/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.8 Prepare for and participate in settlement discussions with opposing counsel; telephone call with clients re
settlement; review and revise summary of settlement for clients.
05/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.2 Prepare for and participate in meeting with clients re potential settlement; follow up from same.
05/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Confer re settlement options; draft email to A. Weigel re same.
05/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re trustee sale and next court dates.
05/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re trustee sale; review San Mateo county court rules.
06/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Revise complaint and associated documents.
06/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Supervise filing of initial complaint.
06/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.2 Direct service of complaint and other initiating documents.
06/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Supervise service of case-initiating documents; correspondence re same.
06/09/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re next steps for E. McNabb.
06/15/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Call re next steps.
06/15/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Confer re next steps in potential litigation; correspondence re service.
06/15/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re Preliminary Injunction.
06/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.8 Calculate and calendar deadlines for preliminary injunction motion; review local rules and emergency rules.
06/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Follow-up re service.
06/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re service of litigation.
06/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.7 Call and email L. Arata re notice and acknowledgment of receipt.
06/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re service.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
07/01/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.4 Legal research re service on out-of-state individuals.
07/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Coordinate attempts to serve L. Arata.
07/06/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Email correspondence client re status and strategy.
07/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Coordinate service of process on L. Arata.
07/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Telephone call with client re Arata status and strategy; analyze merits of same.
07/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Coordinate service of process on L. Arata.
07/15/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.4 Research re entering default; research re service of preliminary injunction motion.
07/15/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Correspondence re service, answers, and potential default.
07/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Direct legal research re service.
07/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Research re service by publication on out-of-state individual.
07/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Correspondence re trustee sale.
07/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Determine strategy for Redwood Trust and for service issues.
07/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Research re peremptory challenges and local rules.
07/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.6 Telephone call with G. Dambacher; draft email summary re same.
07/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.2 Revise preliminary injunction motion and related documents; telephone call re same.
07/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Revise and update preliminary injunction motion and related documents.
07/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Telephone call with client re update from G. Dambacher.
07/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Update client re delay in sale date; confer re same.
07/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails re strategy and timing of preliminary injunction given trustee sale extension; provide input on same.
07/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.2 Final review of papers for filing; review and revise preliminary injunction brief.
07/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.3 Prepare preliminary injunction motion; direct filing; update client re same.
07/28/2020 Peter Daniels 0.4 Strategize re motion for service by publication.
07/28/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Email correspondence re service of process.
07/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.1 Follow-up re filing; direct preparation of ex parte papers re service.
07/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Review answers and cross complaint; emails re same.
07/29/2020 Peter Daniels 3.9 Compile documents for service via publication.
07/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Review papers for ex parte hearing re service; legal research re same.
07/30/2020 Peter Daniels 2.7 Draft and compile documents for ex parte application for extension of time to serve by publication.
07/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.5 Revise declaration re service of process on L. Arata; email and call L. Arata to provide notice of ex parte
application.
07/31/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Revise declaration and application re service.
07/31/2020 Peter Daniels 4.2 Compile exhibits for ex parte application for service by publication; revise application and proposed order.
07/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.6 Confer re service ex parte; revise papers re same; correspondence re trustee sale date.
08/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Revise ex parte application and declaration re service.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
08/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Finalize documents for ex parte.
08/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.3 Prepare for and attend ex parte hearing; follow-up re same.
08/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Review reply to PI motion; correspondence with client re same.
08/05/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review court order and evaluate options for responding and sharing with opposing counsel.
08/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Review order on withdrawn preliminary injunction motion; strategize re effects of order.
08/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re preliminary injunction motion.
08/06/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re realtor questions; trustee sale date.
08/07/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.5 Draft substantive email re preliminary injunction order; telephone call with client re same; confer re renoticing
motion hearing.
08/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Research procedures for re-noticing motion.
08/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Review court actions; order; past actions and strategy for addressing OneLegal error; review and revise email re
same.
08/10/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re One Legal issues.
08/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re postponing trustee sale.
08/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Finalize stipulation to move hearing date.
08/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.1 Prepare stipulation to dismiss erroneously filed case; provide update to clients re potential settlement.
08/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review and revise dismissal stipulation; emails re potential settlement.
08/20/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.4 Call with client re potential settlement; correspondence re same.
08/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re dismissal of erroneously filed case.
08/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Correspondence re dismissal stipulation and potential settlement; telephone call with G. Dambacher re
settlement.
08/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re dismissal of erroneously filed case; potential settlement.
09/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re settlement status.
09/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Strategize re anticipated arguments to address in reply brief; email correspondence.
09/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Prepare case management conference statement; correspondence re meet and confer and extension.
09/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Email correspondence; review case management statement.
09/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Draft stipulation to extend briefing schedule and hearing date.
09/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.3 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation.
09/25/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review demurrer.
09/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Telephone call with One Legal re filing error.
09/27/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Review demurrer to cross-complaint.
09/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re demurrer.
09/29/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.8 Review motion for sanctions; order continuing case management conference; calendar deadlines; draft request
for entry of default.
09/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Email correspondence; revise request for entry of default.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
09/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Correspondence re cross-complaint motions, notice of default and briefing schedule.
10/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Research re entry of default; calendar deadlines.
10/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Telephone call with One Legal.
10/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Research re process for requesting default judgment.
10/06/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Check docket for updates re hearing date and briefing schedule; monitor date of trustee's sale.
10/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Prepare notice of entry of default.
10/09/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Monitor date of trustee sale.
10/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Monitor trustee sale date; email opposing counsel re same.
10/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation.
10/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation.
10/20/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation; research re obtaining default judgment.
10/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.1 Research re default judgments.
10/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Check website for status of trustee's sale; call phone number listed in notice of trustee's sale re same; email
correspondence.
10/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Email correspondence; check court docket for opposition brief; research re emergency and local rules of court;
review opposition brief and supporting documents.
10/23/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.2 Review and develop responses to opposition brief; multiple conference calls with client and other counsel re
same.
10/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.6 Review opposition papers; confer re default.
10/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.3 Legal research re reply brief in support of motion for preliminary injunction; draft outline re same.
10/26/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 5.5 Draft reply brief in support of motion for preliminary injunction; legal research re same.
10/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.9 Review and revise reply brief; email client re same.
10/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.7 Revise reply brief outline; confer with client re same.
10/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.7 Revise draft reply brief; draft Clark Declaration re same.
10/27/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.8 Draft reply brief.
10/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review and revise declaration.
10/28/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Revise reply brief and supporting declarations; research re default judgments.
10/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review declaration and related emails with co counsel.
10/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 6.5 Draft and revise reply brief; telephone call with G. Dambacher re same; correspondence re same.
10/29/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.3 Review and revise reply brief and declarations; review final documents for filing.
10/29/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.7 Revise reply brief; finalize and prepare same for filing.
10/29/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.3 Revise reply brief and declaration; correspondence re same; supervise filing re same.
10/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Strategize re oral argument.
10/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Prepare for hearing on motion for preliminary injunction.
10/30/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.7 Prepare for oral argument.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
11/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.5 Prepare for oral argument.
11/02/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review and comment on opposition to declaration.
11/03/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.2 Prepare for oral argument.
11/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re objection to Dambacher declaration.
11/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.7 Prepare for and participate in moot court; review and strategize re tentative ruling.
11/04/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.9 Prepare for oral argument on motion for preliminary injunction; review tentative ruling re same.
11/04/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 3.7 Draft reply to objections to Dambacher declaration; moot court for oral argument; prepare for oral argument;
telephone call with G. Dambacher re reply brief; review and develop response to tentative ruling.
11/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4 Prepare for oral argument; argue motion for preliminary injunction; prepare proposed order.
11/05/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 3.5 Prepare for and participate in trial court hearing; legal research re bond requirements and options.
11/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Strategize re oral argument; confer re same.
11/06/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Revise proposed order; research re requesting extension of time to request default judgment.
11/06/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Multiple emails re order and meet and confer.
11/06/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Revise proposed order; correspondence re same.
11/09/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Review 2924l declaration filed by Redwood Trust Deed Services.
11/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review pleadings filed re injunction and related action.
11/09/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re proposed order.
11/10/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails among counsel re CMC; settlement and proposed order.
11/10/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.6 Email correspondence; draft ex parte application requesting extension in time to seek default judgment.
11/10/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Correspondence re surety; telephone call with client re same.
11/11/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Draft ex parte application requesting extension in time to obtain default judgment.
11/11/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.3 Multiple emails with insurance company re bond; multiple emails and calls with clients re same; prepare
application for undertaking.
11/11/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Prepare case management conference statement; correspondence re surety.
11/12/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Strategize re next steps for ex parte application for extension in time to obtain default judgment and proposed
order re preliminary injunction.
11/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 3.4 Revise motion for extension of time for default judgment; correspondence re proposed order.
11/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Revise ex parte application to extend time to obtain default; call and email L. Arata re same; strategize re
proposed order on preliminary injunction.
11/13/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails re bond issues and language in order.
11/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Email correspondence; check online docket for order granting preliminary injunction.
11/16/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Multiple emails re bond requirement; legal research re need for wet signatures.
11/17/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Follow-up re proposed order and surety; correspondence re same.
11/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Check online docket for proposed order re preliminary injunction; check servicelink website to monitor trustee
sale.
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DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION
11/17/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re bond and re trustee sale.
11/18/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Check court's online docket for order granting preliminary injunction and order granting ex parte application;
email re same; draft notice of posting of bond.
11/18/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1 Multiple emails re issuance of bond; review same; email cor opposing counsel with bond; review and revise
notice of bond posting pleading.
11/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.8 Finalize notice of posting of bond and prepare same for filing; email correspondence; check online docket for
order on preliminary injunction; review notices of entry of orders re preliminary injunction and ex parte application
re time to obtain default.
11/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Communications with court re posting of bond; address rejection of pleading; emails re same.
11/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Review court filings re bond and preliminary injunction.
11/20/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Emails with surety and POST re original bond and wet signatures; review court orders; review bond documents.
11/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.6 Draft letter to court re original bond.
11/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review correspondence to court and revised pleading; email correspondence re same.
11/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Email correspondence; prepare notice of posting of bond for filing.
11/23/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails and review of documents for bond.
11/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Finalize surety and correspondence to Court.
11/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Revise letter submitting original bond to court; email correspondence re same.
11/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email correspondence re preliminary injunction bond.
11/25/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Multiple emails re original bond; review correspondence to court; finalize document for submission to court and
service.
12/01/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Calendar new deadlines re continued case management conference.
12/01/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review filed bond.
12/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review demurrer; call with client re Arata property purchase.
12/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email correspondence; review documents related to demurrer to cross-complaint.
12/08/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails with C. McKernan and G. Dambacher re potential sale and POST discussion with potential pruchaser.
12/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Review demurrer papers; strategize re potential settlement.
12/14/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Strategize re settlement offer.
12/15/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Evaluate settlement proposal.
12/15/2020 Sara A. Clark
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1 TAMARA S. GALANTER (SBN 142532) SARA A. CLARK (SBN 273600) 2 AARON M. STANTON (SBN 312530) SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP 3 396 Hayes Street San Francisco, California 94102 4 Telephone: (415) 552-7272 Facsimile: (415) 552-5816 5 Galanter@smwlaw.com Clark@smwlaw.com 6 Stanton@smwlaw.com 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST 8 9 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO 11 PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST, Case No. 20-CIV-02349 12 Plaintiff, EXHIBITS N THROUGH AA TO DECLARATION OF SARA A. CLARK IN 13 v. SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS 14 REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., a California Corporation; Date: June 24, 2022 15 ERNEST J. MCNABB, individually and Time: 9:00 a.m. as Trustee of the Ernest J. McNabb Dept.: 21 16 Revocable Living Trust Dated Judge: Hon. Robert D Foiles 11/19/1990; LOUIS J ARATA, 17 individually; LAURA ARATA, Filed Concurrently with Plaintiff’s Notice of individually, and as sole successor Motion and Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and 18 trustee of the John and Grace Arata Costs; Memorandum of Points and 2004 Trust Executed August 11, 2004; Authorities in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion 19 MARIE JOANNE ARATA, individually, for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Declaration of and as the Representative of the Estate Misti M. Schmidt; [Proposed] Order re 20 of Gary J. Arata, Deceased; and DOES Attorneys’ Fees and Costs 1-20. 21 Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Exhibits N through AA to Declaration of Sara A. Clark ISO Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs Case No. 20-CIV-02349 EXHIBIT N 93 Patricia Larkin From: Andrew Wiegel Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 5:29 PM To: Sara A. Clark Cc: Ryan Patrick; Andrew Wiegel Subject: Arata Loan litigation Hello Sara, The sale of the Arata Ranch has closed escrow. The deeds of trust held by Mr. McNabb have been reconveyed. The suit is now moot and we request that you dismiss it. Thank you, Andrew J Wiegel, Esq. Wiegel Law Group, plc 414 Gough Street, Suite 1 San Francisco, CA (415) 552-8230 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message including attachments, if any, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and /or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communications through this medium, please so advise the sender immediately. NOTICE TO OPPOSING PARTIES: Transmitting information to Wiegel Law Group by email does not constitute service, legal notice or notification for any purpose whatsoever. Please use the method required by law. 1 94 EXHIBIT O 95 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 05/20/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 1.3 Email client re foreclosure sale for Arata; emails with Arata attorneys re same; review case documents re impact and legality of foreclosure. 05/21/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 1.9 Review documents re loans and notices of default; conference call with T. Baldwin and attorneys for John Arata Trust; develop options for response; email correspondence re same. 05/21/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.9 Legal research re trustee sale. 05/22/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.9 Emails and telephone calls re strategy for TRO; review and revise notice letters; evaluate violations. 05/22/2019 Sara A. Clark 1.8 Telephone calls with POST staff re Arata trustee sale; draft notice of violation letters. 05/23/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 4.1 Research re temporary restraining order. 05/23/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Revise notice letters; strategize re legal arguments. 05/23/2019 Sara A. Clark 1.8 Legal research re temporary restraining order; finalize notices of violation. 05/24/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Develop arguments for litigation. 05/24/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.9 Legal research temporary restraining order. 05/24/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.9 Research re temporary restraining order. 05/25/2019 Sara A. Clark 3.7 Draft temporary restraining order documents; legal research re same. 05/25/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.8 Legal research and strategy for TRO; analyze documents. 05/26/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.2 Research re non-judicial foreclosures. 05/27/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 7 Research re non-judicial foreclosures. 05/28/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review proposed outline; strategize re timing issues. 05/28/2019 Sara A. Clark 7.7 Draft TRO brief and associated documents. 05/28/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3.8 Revise outline of argument; research re party status of beneficiary; draft sections of memorandum of points and authorities. 05/29/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 7.7 Draft section of memorandum of points and authorities; draft complaint. 05/29/2019 Sara A. Clark 7.1 Draft TRO brief and associated documents. 05/29/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 2.1 Review and revise TRO documents; provide input for same. 05/30/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 2 Review and revise TRO documents; telephone call with referee; emails with clients re TRO. 05/30/2019 Sara A. Clark 5.1 Draft memorandum, complaint, and declaration. 05/30/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 2.2 Draft notice of hearing to E. McNabb and Redwood Trust Deed Services; revise application and proposed order; review deeds of trust. 05/30/2019 Maurene E. Ryan 0.6 Cite check Temporary Restraining Order. 06/03/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Research re motion for preliminary injunction. 06/03/2019 Sara A. Clark 3.9 Revise documents for preliminary injunction motion; confer re same. 06/03/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Determine next steps and strategy for preliminary injunction; analyze options for same. 06/04/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Analyze options for service and need for ex parte; evaluate judge; evaluate causes of action. 06/04/2019 Sara A. Clark 5.6 Finalize complaint, motion, and associated documents for filing. 06/04/2019 Maurene E. Ryan 2 Cite check Temporary Restraining Order. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 1 of 17 4/14/2022 96 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 06/04/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Research re local rules; review and edit complaint and papers in support of motion for preliminary injunction. 06/13/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Confer re proposed edits to memorandum of points and authorities; strategize re next steps; telephone call with attorneys for L. Arata. 06/13/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Review deeds of trust; revise memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion for preliminary injunction. 06/18/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Telephone call with G. Dambacher; emails re postponing trustee sale. 06/18/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re motion and timing of foreclosure sale; strategize re same. 06/19/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails and input re foreclosure sale and timing. 06/19/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.6 Emails re postponement of trustee sale. 06/26/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Evaluate status of foreclosure. 06/28/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Research re local rules. 07/02/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Email client re status of foreclosure sale. 07/08/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re POST involvement in trustee sale. 07/25/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 1.3 Revise motion for preliminary injunction and associated documents. 08/08/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email re postponement of trustee sale. 08/09/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Re-calendar dates; email correspondence re same. 08/20/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re trustee sale update. 08/27/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Revise litigation timeline; correspondence with client re same. 08/27/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re strategy and timing. 09/04/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Revise calendar re new trustee sale. 09/19/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.5 Prepare complaint and preliminary injunction motion for filing. 09/19/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Strategize re filing complaint and motion for preliminary injunction; research local rules. 09/20/2019 Sara A. Clark 4.7 Prepare for order to show cause hearing; finalize complaint and preliminary motion; correspondence and telephone calls with opposing counsel re same. 09/20/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Provide input re filing, need for order to show cause, and final documents for filing. 09/23/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Emails re forbearance agreement. 09/24/2019 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Telephone call with J. Arata. 10/01/2019 Sara A. Clark 2.1 Confer re preliminary injunction; telephone call with opposing counsel; email summaries re same. 10/01/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Respond to arguments re restraint on alienability; develop strategy for filing of preliminary injunction. 10/02/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.7 Prepare to file complaint, notice for ex parte and order to show cause; multiple emails with parties re postponement of trustee sale. 10/02/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 1.4 Draft email re notification of ex parte appearance; email A. Wiegel; calculate new deadlines. 10/07/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.6 Strategize re next steps; email A. Wiegel. 10/07/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Determine strategy for meeting; review and revise email re same. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 2 of 17 4/14/2022 97 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 10/21/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Revise memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion for preliminary injunction. 10/22/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Revise motion for preliminary injunction; legal research re same. 10/22/2019 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re strategy related to new trustee. 10/24/2019 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Calculate deadlines based on new trustee's sale date. 01/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re current status. 01/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re trustee sale. 01/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Review email; review local rules; re-calculate deadlines based on new date of trustee's sale. 03/12/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re trustee sale; telephone call with G. Dambacher re same. 03/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.8 Email correspondence; draft stipulation. 03/16/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails re foreclosure sale; provide input re strategy. 03/16/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.1 Correspondence re trustee sale; legal research re same; finalize complaint re same. 03/17/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Provide input re preliminary injunction, order to show cause, and service given recent orders. 03/17/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.3 Finalize proposed stipulation; finalize complaint; direct filing of same; correspondence with opposing counsel. 03/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Email correspondence; review San Mateo superior court order re coronavirus; revise draft stipulation re service and order to show cause. 03/18/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Confer re filing. 03/18/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails and input re filings and ex parte appearance. 03/18/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Review email correspondence; review updated information re San Mateo County Superior Court operations in light of coronavirus; revise stipulation re service. 03/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.9 Email correspondence; revise motion for a preliminary injunction and supporting documents. 03/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Determine strategy given court closings; emails re stipulation. 03/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.8 Review final preliminary injunction papers. 03/20/2020 Sara A. Clark 3 Finalize preliminary injunction papers; supervise filing re same. 03/20/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email re preliminary injunction motion; research potential foreclosure moratorium. 03/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Direct service. 03/29/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re support brief. 03/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re sale postponement. 03/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re new trustee sale date. 04/03/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re foreclosure. 04/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Review emergency orders on superior court website; calculate deadlines based on new sale date and emergency orders. 04/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review court rules and implication for preliminary injunction. 04/08/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails and strategy re foreclosure extension and pandemic restrictions. 04/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re postponement of trustee sale. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 3 of 17 4/14/2022 98 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 05/01/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Legal research re ex parte appearance, court closures. 05/04/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review emails re postponement of sale; strategize re same. 05/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Legal research re permissible venue; correspondence re trustee sale date. 05/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Develop strategy for next steps given change in date of foreclosure sale. 05/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence with client re update. 05/11/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Telephone call re litigation strategy. 05/11/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Prepare for and participate in conference call with client re strategy going forward. 05/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 4.2 Prepare memorandum of points and authorities for TRO. 05/21/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.1 Prepare TRO papers; evaluate potential settlement options. 05/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Correspondence with opposing counsel re potential settlement discussions; confer re same. 05/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Confer re settlement call and need for TRO. 05/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails opposing counsel re settlement potential. 05/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Confer re plan for filing. 05/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 3.4 Revise TRO papers; telephone call with A. Weigel; telephone call with clients; draft strategy memo re settlement. 05/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.8 Prepare for and participate in settlement discussions with opposing counsel; telephone call with clients re settlement; review and revise summary of settlement for clients. 05/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.2 Prepare for and participate in meeting with clients re potential settlement; follow up from same. 05/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Confer re settlement options; draft email to A. Weigel re same. 05/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re trustee sale and next court dates. 05/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re trustee sale; review San Mateo county court rules. 06/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Revise complaint and associated documents. 06/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Supervise filing of initial complaint. 06/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.2 Direct service of complaint and other initiating documents. 06/08/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Supervise service of case-initiating documents; correspondence re same. 06/09/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re next steps for E. McNabb. 06/15/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Call re next steps. 06/15/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Confer re next steps in potential litigation; correspondence re service. 06/15/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re Preliminary Injunction. 06/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.8 Calculate and calendar deadlines for preliminary injunction motion; review local rules and emergency rules. 06/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Follow-up re service. 06/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re service of litigation. 06/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.7 Call and email L. Arata re notice and acknowledgment of receipt. 06/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re service. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 4 of 17 4/14/2022 99 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 07/01/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.4 Legal research re service on out-of-state individuals. 07/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Coordinate attempts to serve L. Arata. 07/06/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Email correspondence client re status and strategy. 07/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Coordinate service of process on L. Arata. 07/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Telephone call with client re Arata status and strategy; analyze merits of same. 07/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Coordinate service of process on L. Arata. 07/15/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.4 Research re entering default; research re service of preliminary injunction motion. 07/15/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Correspondence re service, answers, and potential default. 07/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Direct legal research re service. 07/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Research re service by publication on out-of-state individual. 07/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Correspondence re trustee sale. 07/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Determine strategy for Redwood Trust and for service issues. 07/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Research re peremptory challenges and local rules. 07/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.6 Telephone call with G. Dambacher; draft email summary re same. 07/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.2 Revise preliminary injunction motion and related documents; telephone call re same. 07/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Revise and update preliminary injunction motion and related documents. 07/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Telephone call with client re update from G. Dambacher. 07/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Update client re delay in sale date; confer re same. 07/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails re strategy and timing of preliminary injunction given trustee sale extension; provide input on same. 07/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1.2 Final review of papers for filing; review and revise preliminary injunction brief. 07/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.3 Prepare preliminary injunction motion; direct filing; update client re same. 07/28/2020 Peter Daniels 0.4 Strategize re motion for service by publication. 07/28/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Email correspondence re service of process. 07/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.1 Follow-up re filing; direct preparation of ex parte papers re service. 07/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Review answers and cross complaint; emails re same. 07/29/2020 Peter Daniels 3.9 Compile documents for service via publication. 07/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Review papers for ex parte hearing re service; legal research re same. 07/30/2020 Peter Daniels 2.7 Draft and compile documents for ex parte application for extension of time to serve by publication. 07/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.5 Revise declaration re service of process on L. Arata; email and call L. Arata to provide notice of ex parte application. 07/31/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Revise declaration and application re service. 07/31/2020 Peter Daniels 4.2 Compile exhibits for ex parte application for service by publication; revise application and proposed order. 07/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.6 Confer re service ex parte; revise papers re same; correspondence re trustee sale date. 08/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Revise ex parte application and declaration re service. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 5 of 17 4/14/2022 100 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 08/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Finalize documents for ex parte. 08/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.3 Prepare for and attend ex parte hearing; follow-up re same. 08/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Review reply to PI motion; correspondence with client re same. 08/05/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review court order and evaluate options for responding and sharing with opposing counsel. 08/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Review order on withdrawn preliminary injunction motion; strategize re effects of order. 08/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re preliminary injunction motion. 08/06/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re realtor questions; trustee sale date. 08/07/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.5 Draft substantive email re preliminary injunction order; telephone call with client re same; confer re renoticing motion hearing. 08/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Research procedures for re-noticing motion. 08/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Review court actions; order; past actions and strategy for addressing OneLegal error; review and revise email re same. 08/10/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re One Legal issues. 08/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re postponing trustee sale. 08/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Finalize stipulation to move hearing date. 08/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.1 Prepare stipulation to dismiss erroneously filed case; provide update to clients re potential settlement. 08/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Review and revise dismissal stipulation; emails re potential settlement. 08/20/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.4 Call with client re potential settlement; correspondence re same. 08/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re dismissal of erroneously filed case. 08/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Correspondence re dismissal stipulation and potential settlement; telephone call with G. Dambacher re settlement. 08/31/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Correspondence re dismissal of erroneously filed case; potential settlement. 09/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re settlement status. 09/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Strategize re anticipated arguments to address in reply brief; email correspondence. 09/21/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Prepare case management conference statement; correspondence re meet and confer and extension. 09/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Email correspondence; review case management statement. 09/22/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.7 Draft stipulation to extend briefing schedule and hearing date. 09/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.3 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation. 09/25/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review demurrer. 09/25/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Telephone call with One Legal re filing error. 09/27/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Review demurrer to cross-complaint. 09/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Correspondence re demurrer. 09/29/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.8 Review motion for sanctions; order continuing case management conference; calendar deadlines; draft request for entry of default. 09/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Email correspondence; revise request for entry of default. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 6 of 17 4/14/2022 101 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 09/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.3 Correspondence re cross-complaint motions, notice of default and briefing schedule. 10/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Research re entry of default; calendar deadlines. 10/02/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Telephone call with One Legal. 10/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Research re process for requesting default judgment. 10/06/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Check docket for updates re hearing date and briefing schedule; monitor date of trustee's sale. 10/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Prepare notice of entry of default. 10/09/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Monitor date of trustee sale. 10/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Monitor trustee sale date; email opposing counsel re same. 10/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation. 10/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation. 10/20/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3 Legal research re unreasonable restraints on alienation; research re obtaining default judgment. 10/21/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.1 Research re default judgments. 10/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.5 Check website for status of trustee's sale; call phone number listed in notice of trustee's sale re same; email correspondence. 10/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Email correspondence; check court docket for opposition brief; research re emergency and local rules of court; review opposition brief and supporting documents. 10/23/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.2 Review and develop responses to opposition brief; multiple conference calls with client and other counsel re same. 10/23/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.6 Review opposition papers; confer re default. 10/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.3 Legal research re reply brief in support of motion for preliminary injunction; draft outline re same. 10/26/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 5.5 Draft reply brief in support of motion for preliminary injunction; legal research re same. 10/26/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.9 Review and revise reply brief; email client re same. 10/26/2020 Sara A. Clark 4.7 Revise reply brief outline; confer with client re same. 10/27/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.7 Revise draft reply brief; draft Clark Declaration re same. 10/27/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.8 Draft reply brief. 10/27/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review and revise declaration. 10/28/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Revise reply brief and supporting declarations; research re default judgments. 10/28/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review declaration and related emails with co counsel. 10/28/2020 Sara A. Clark 6.5 Draft and revise reply brief; telephone call with G. Dambacher re same; correspondence re same. 10/29/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.3 Review and revise reply brief and declarations; review final documents for filing. 10/29/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.7 Revise reply brief; finalize and prepare same for filing. 10/29/2020 Sara A. Clark 2.3 Revise reply brief and declaration; correspondence re same; supervise filing re same. 10/30/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.9 Strategize re oral argument. 10/30/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Prepare for hearing on motion for preliminary injunction. 10/30/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.7 Prepare for oral argument. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 7 of 17 4/14/2022 102 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 11/02/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.5 Prepare for oral argument. 11/02/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review and comment on opposition to declaration. 11/03/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 3.2 Prepare for oral argument. 11/03/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.1 Correspondence re objection to Dambacher declaration. 11/04/2020 Sara A. Clark 1.7 Prepare for and participate in moot court; review and strategize re tentative ruling. 11/04/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4.9 Prepare for oral argument on motion for preliminary injunction; review tentative ruling re same. 11/04/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 3.7 Draft reply to objections to Dambacher declaration; moot court for oral argument; prepare for oral argument; telephone call with G. Dambacher re reply brief; review and develop response to tentative ruling. 11/05/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 4 Prepare for oral argument; argue motion for preliminary injunction; prepare proposed order. 11/05/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 3.5 Prepare for and participate in trial court hearing; legal research re bond requirements and options. 11/05/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.8 Strategize re oral argument; confer re same. 11/06/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.9 Revise proposed order; research re requesting extension of time to request default judgment. 11/06/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Multiple emails re order and meet and confer. 11/06/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Revise proposed order; correspondence re same. 11/09/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Review 2924l declaration filed by Redwood Trust Deed Services. 11/09/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review pleadings filed re injunction and related action. 11/09/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Correspondence re proposed order. 11/10/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails among counsel re CMC; settlement and proposed order. 11/10/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.6 Email correspondence; draft ex parte application requesting extension in time to seek default judgment. 11/10/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Correspondence re surety; telephone call with client re same. 11/11/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Draft ex parte application requesting extension in time to obtain default judgment. 11/11/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 2.3 Multiple emails with insurance company re bond; multiple emails and calls with clients re same; prepare application for undertaking. 11/11/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.4 Prepare case management conference statement; correspondence re surety. 11/12/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.2 Strategize re next steps for ex parte application for extension in time to obtain default judgment and proposed order re preliminary injunction. 11/13/2020 Sara A. Clark 3.4 Revise motion for extension of time for default judgment; correspondence re proposed order. 11/13/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 2.8 Revise ex parte application to extend time to obtain default; call and email L. Arata re same; strategize re proposed order on preliminary injunction. 11/13/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails re bond issues and language in order. 11/16/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Email correspondence; check online docket for order granting preliminary injunction. 11/16/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Multiple emails re bond requirement; legal research re need for wet signatures. 11/17/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.5 Follow-up re proposed order and surety; correspondence re same. 11/17/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.3 Check online docket for proposed order re preliminary injunction; check servicelink website to monitor trustee sale. 1365229_14.xlsx - FEES Page 8 of 17 4/14/2022 103 SMW Attorneys' Fees & Costs in POST v. Redwood Trust Deed Services, Inc. et al. Case No. 20-CIV-02349 DATE TIMEKEEPER HOURS DESCRIPTION 11/17/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Emails re bond and re trustee sale. 11/18/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 1.1 Check court's online docket for order granting preliminary injunction and order granting ex parte application; email re same; draft notice of posting of bond. 11/18/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 1 Multiple emails re issuance of bond; review same; email cor opposing counsel with bond; review and revise notice of bond posting pleading. 11/19/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.8 Finalize notice of posting of bond and prepare same for filing; email correspondence; check online docket for order on preliminary injunction; review notices of entry of orders re preliminary injunction and ex parte application re time to obtain default. 11/19/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.5 Communications with court re posting of bond; address rejection of pleading; emails re same. 11/19/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.2 Review court filings re bond and preliminary injunction. 11/20/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Emails with surety and POST re original bond and wet signatures; review court orders; review bond documents. 11/22/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.6 Draft letter to court re original bond. 11/22/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review correspondence to court and revised pleading; email correspondence re same. 11/23/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.2 Email correspondence; prepare notice of posting of bond for filing. 11/23/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.3 Multiple emails and review of documents for bond. 11/24/2020 Sara A. Clark 0.3 Finalize surety and correspondence to Court. 11/24/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.4 Revise letter submitting original bond to court; email correspondence re same. 11/25/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email correspondence re preliminary injunction bond. 11/25/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.4 Multiple emails re original bond; review correspondence to court; finalize document for submission to court and service. 12/01/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Calendar new deadlines re continued case management conference. 12/01/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.1 Review filed bond. 12/07/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Review demurrer; call with client re Arata property purchase. 12/07/2020 Aaron M. Stanton 0.1 Email correspondence; review documents related to demurrer to cross-complaint. 12/08/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Emails with C. McKernan and G. Dambacher re potential sale and POST discussion with potential pruchaser. 12/14/2020 Sara A. Clark 1 Review demurrer papers; strategize re potential settlement. 12/14/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Strategize re settlement offer. 12/15/2020 Tamara S. Galanter 0.2 Evaluate settlement proposal. 12/15/2020 Sara A. Clark