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August 30, 2007
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING AND HAND DELIVERY
The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court
844 N. King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Re: Wells Fargo Bank NA. v. Royal, Civil Action No. 02-1294-JJF
Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v. Pepper
Hamilton, et al., Civil Action No. 04-1551-JJF
Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v.
McGladrey & Pullen LLP, et al., Civil Action N0. 05-72-JJF
Royal v. Pepper Hamilton, et al., Civil Action No. 05-165-J JF
Dear Judge F arnan:
We are counsel for Royal Indemnity Company ("Royal") in the above-referenced matters
currently pending before Your Honor. Today, Royal filed the enclosed emergency motion to
compel production of certain documents withheld by defendants Pepper Hamilton LLP and
Roderick Gagné (together, "Pepper"). The basis for Royal’s motion is that two of Pepper’s
expert witnesses stated at their depositions that they had been provided certain materials utilized
in connection with the preparation of their expert reports. The expert reports did not disclose
these materials, and Pepper has refused to produce them in response to Royal’s express requests.
Royal’s memorandum in support of its motion sets forth in detail the nature of these documents
and why production is warranted.
By order of this Court, expert discovery closes on September 5, 2007, and indeed, the
pretrial conference for these cases is scheduled for October 4, 2007; therefore, it is imperative
that Pepper produce these documents without delay. If Royal is not permitted access to these
materials, it will be prejudiced in its ability to fully cross-examine these experts regarding their
opinions. Therefore, Royal respectfully requests that the Court grant its emergency motion and
compel Pepper to produce the requested documents as soon as possible.

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The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
August 30, 2007
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We are available should the Court have any questions or concerns.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ T Wany Geyer Lydon
Tiffany Geyer Lydon
cc: Counsel of record on attached service list
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SERVICE LIST
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William H. Sudell, Jr., Esquire David E. Wilks, Esquire
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell Reed Smith LLP
1201 North Market Street 1201 North Market Street, Suite 1500
Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 Wilmington, DE 19801
Michael R. Lastkowski, Esquire John W. Shaw, Esquire
Christopher M. Winter, Esquire Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Duane Morris LLP The Brandywine Building
1100 North Market Street, Suite 1200 1000 West Street, 17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801 Wihnington, DE 19899
Karen Lee Turner, Esquire Ashley Stitzer, Esquire
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC The Bayard Firm
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1210 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
Wilmington, DE 19801 Wilmington, DE 19899
J olm H. Eickemeyer, Esquire Steven M. Farina, Esquire
Jonathan A. Wexler, Esquire Thomas H.L. Selby, Esquire
Vedder, Price, Kaunnan & Kammholz, P.C. Williams & Connolly LLP
1633 Broadway, 47th Floor 725 Twelith Street, NW.
New York, NY 10019 Washington, DC 20005
Stephen Shapiro, Esquire Charles A. Gilhnan, Esquire
Elizabeth K. Ainslie, Esquire M. Justin Lubeley, Esquire
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600 80 Pine Street
Philadelphia, Pemisylvania 19103 New York, NY 10005-1702
Michael S. Waters, Esquire Richard P. Swanson, Esquire
Lois H. Goodman, Esquire Veronica E. Rendon, Esquire
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Jason M. Butler, Esquire
Three Gateway Center Arnold & Porter LLP
100 Mu1ben·y Street 399 Park Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102-4079 New York, NY 10022-4690
Neil G. Epstein, Esquire Andre G. Castaybert, Esquire
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC Ronald Rauchberg, Esquire
1515 Market Street, 9th Floor Steven Obus, Esquire
Philadelphia, PA 19102 Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-8299