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May 23, 2007
Honorable Joseph J. Faman, Jr.
United States District Court
District of Delaware
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RE: Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student
Finance Corporation vs. Pepper Hamilton LLP, et al
Civil Action No. 04-1551 {JJF)
Dear Judge Farnan:
On behalf of Charles A. Stanziale, Chapter 7 Tiustee of Student Finance Corporation, we
adopt and rely upon the brief and declaration tiled by Royal Insurance Company in opposition to
the motion by Pepper Hamilton LLP and W. Roderick Gagne to strike expert reports and
preclude testimony. We are also filing a brief Declaration of Michael S. Waters in opposition to
the motion.
Respectfully submitted,
Charlene D. Davis
CDD/tlw
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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7 TRUSTEE OF STUDENT FINANCE :
CORPORATION, 2 Civil Action No. 04-1551. (HF)
Plaintiff,
v.
PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, et al.,
Defendants.
`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL S. WATERS IN OPPOSITION TO PEPPER
HAMILTOIWS AND W. RODERICK GAGNE’S MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT
REPORTS AND PRECLUDE TESTIMONY
Michael S. Waters hereby declares as follows:
1. I am a member ofthe firm of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter,
LLP, counsel for the plaintiff, Charles A. Stanziale, Chapter 7 Trustee, Chapter ll
Trustee of Student Finance Corporation ("Trustee") in the above-captioned matter. I
make this Declaration in opposition to the motion of defendants Pepper Hamilton LLP
and W. Roderick Gagné in his capacity as an attorney at Pepper Hamilton, LLP
(collectively "Pepper") to strike the expert reports and preclude the testimony of
Professors Douglas Branson, Nancy Moore and Steven Schwartcz.
2. The Trustee shared with Professor Branson a copy of the mediation
statements because they were concise statements of each pa1ty’s position regarding the
ciaims against Pepper as to which Professor Branson was asked to opine. Professor
Branson signed an acknowledgement pursuant to the Court’s March 15, 2006 Order

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regarding confidentiality. The Trustee has not discussed with Professor Branson any of
the settlement discussions that occurred at the mediation.
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3. 1 declare under penalty ofpeijuty that the tbreg’ `h 's time rg iw {
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Dated: May 23, 2007 __ __,___ _ __ ' ` \
Michael S. Waters, Esq.
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