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May 29, 2007
By E-iiling and by Hand
The Honorable Joseph J. F 31'I1211'1, Jr.
United States District Court
844 N. King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: Royal Indemnity C0. v. Pepper Hamilton, et al., C.A. No. 05-165
Stanziale v. Pepper Hamilton, et al., C.A. No. 04-1551
Stanziale v. McGladrey & Pullen LLP, C.A. No. 05-72
MBIA Insurance Corp. v. Royal Indemnity Co., C.A. No. O2-1294
Emergency Motion For Leave to Replace Stricken Expert Witnesses
Dear Judge Farnanc
Please fmd enclosed a courtesy copy of Royal Indemnity Company’s Emergency Motion
For Leave to Replace Stricken Expert Witnesses (the "Motior1") and a memorandum in support
thereof By this motion, Royal Indemnity seeks leave to obtain new expert witnesses to replace
two of the experts whose reports were stricken and whose testimony was precluded by the
Court’s May 25, 2007 Memorandtun Order (No. 05-165 D.l. 494), and to file new expert reports
by June 15, 2007.
In opposition to the Motion to Strike Hled by Pepper Hamilton LLP and W. Roderick
Gagne in his capacity as an attomey (together, "Pepper") (No. 05-165 D.l. 480), Royal requested
that, if the Court granted the motion, Royal be given sufficient time to find replacement experts
and file new expert reports. However, Pepper now refuses to accede to Royal’s request for
replacement experts, despite that, in their reply brief on the Motion to Strike, Pepper did not
oppose this relief and the Memorandum Order was silent on this point. Denying replacement
experts would leave Royal with no experts to address the rules of professional responsibility and
standards of care applicable to Pepper’s conduct, effectively denying Royal expert testimony
altogether, and imposing an excessive sanction.
The Court has requested that the defendants submit a revised case management order by
May 30, 2007, by which the deadline to tile their expert will be extended. The relief requested in
the Motion affects the schedule to be set for further expert discovery and upon all of the parties’

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Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
May 29, 2007
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trial preparation. Consequently, we respectfully request that the Court schedule the Motion for
briefing and argument on an accelerated schedule.
We are available at the Court’s convenience should you have any questions or concerns.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/Phil? Trainer, Jr.
1 Philip Trainer, Jr. (#2788)
cc: counsel of record on attached service list (with enclosures)
180990.1
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SERVICE LIST
William H. Sudell, Jr., Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Morris Nichols Arsht & Ttumell
1201 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19899-1347
David E. Wilks, Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Reed Smith LLP
1201 North Market Street, Suite 1500
Wilmington, DE 19801
Michael R. Lastkowski, Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Christopher M. Winter, Esquire
Duane Morris LLP
1100 North Market Street, Suite 1200
Wihnington, DE 19801
John W. Shaw, Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
The Brandywine Building
1000 West Street, 17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19899
Karen Lee Turner, Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Susan E. Poppiti, Esquire
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1210
Wilmington, DE 19801
Charlene D. Davis, Esquire HAND DELIVERY
Mary E. Augustine, Esquire
The Bayard Firm
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
Wilmington, DE 19899
John H. Eickemeyer, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Jonathan A. Wexler, Esquire
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.
1633 Broadway, 47m Floor
New York, NY 10019
Charles A. Gillman, Esquire VLA FEDEX
David Montone, Esquire
David G. J anuszewski, Esquire
M. Justin Lubeley, Esquire
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-1702
Elizabeth K. Ainslie, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Richard P. Swanson, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Veronica E. Rendon, Esquire
Jason M. Butler, Esquire
Arnold & Porter LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4690
Steven M. Farina, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Thomas H.L. Selby
Amber M. Mettler
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 Twelfth Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005
Andre G. Castaybert, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Ronald Rauchberg, Esquire
Steven Obus, Esquire
David McTaggart, Esquire
Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-8299
Michael S. Waters, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Lois H. Goodman, Esquire
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
Three Gateway Center
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4079
Neil G. Epstein, Esquire VIA FEDEX
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
1515 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Andrew N. Yao U.S. MAH. `
107 Leighton Drive
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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