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1 MILBERG LLP JEFF S. WESTERMAN (SBN 94559) 2 E-mail:[email protected] One California Plaza 3 300 South Grand Ave., Suite 3900 Los Angeles, CA 90071 4 Telephone: (213) 617-1200 Facsimile: (213) 617-1975 5 6 LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 7 GEORGE A. SHOHET (SBN 112697) E-mail:[email protected] 8 245 Main Street, Suite 310 Venice, California 90291 9 Telephone: (310) 452-3176 Facsimile: (310) 452-2270 10 Proposed Co-Lead Counsel 11 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Civil Action No. C 08-02599 JSW NOTICE OF MOTION OF HANOCH BEN-TAL, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENTAL FAMILY TRUST AND ARIC A. STREIT AND MARY STREIT AS TRUSTEES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STREIT LIVING TRUST, FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND APPROVAL OF CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS' SELECTION OF COLEAD COUNSEL DATE: TIME: CTRM: JUDGE: August 29, 2008 9:00 a.m. 17th Floor Hon. Jeffrey S. White

14 RICHARD S. BONDAR, as Trustee of the ) Bondar Family Trust Dated 4/1/91, Individually ) 15 And On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) 16 Plaintiff, ) ) 17 v. ) ) 18 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANC ) OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, ) 19 INC., and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, ) LLC, ) 20 ) Defendants. ) 21 ) ) 22 ) ) 23 ) 24 25 26 27

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Hanoch Ben-Tal, as Trustee for the Ben-Tal Family Trust,

2 and Aric A. Streit and Mary Streit, as Trustees for the Benefit of The Streit Living Trust 3 ("Movants"), by their counsel, will hereby move this Court on a date and at such time as may be 4 designated by the Court, at 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, California 94102, for an order: 5 (i) consolidating the above-captioned action with any other related actions for all purposes 6 pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); (ii) appointing Hanoch Ben-Tal, as Trustee for the Ben-Tal 7 Family Trust, and Aric A. Streit and Mary Streit as Trustees for the Benefit of The Streit Living 8 Trust as Co-Lead Plaintiffs in the above-captioned action and any related actions alleging 9 violations of the securities laws; (iii) approving Movants' selection of the law firms of Milberg 10 LLP ("Milberg") and Law Offices of George A. Shohet, A Professional Corporation ("Shohet") 11 to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in the Securities Actions; and (iv) granting such other and further 12 relief as the Court may deem just and proper. In support of this Motion, Movants submit 13 herewith a Memorandum of Law, a [Proposed] Order, and the Declaration of Jeff S. Westerman, 14 dated July 21, 2008. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NOTICE OF MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
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Dated: July 21, 2008

MILBERG LLP JEFF S. WESTERMAN

By:_____/s/ Jeff S. Westerman___ JEFF S. WESTERMAN One California Plaza 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3900 Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: (213) 617-1200 Facsimile: (213) 617-1975 E-mail: [email protected] LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION GEORGE A. SHOHET 245 Main Street, Suite 310 Venice, California 90291 Telephone: (310) 452-3176 Facsimile: (310) 452-2270 E-mail: [email protected]

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Counsel for Hanoch Ben-Tal as Trustee of the BenTal Family Trust and Aric A. Streit and Mary Streit as Trustees for the benefit of the Streit Living Trust and Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for the Class

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1 2 3 4 Plaintiffs Counsel:

Bank of America Corporation Service List

Jeff S. Westerman 5 MILBERG LLP 300 South Grand Ave., Suite 3900 6 Los Angeles, CA 90071 7 Telephone: (213) 617-1200 Facsimile: (213) 617-1975 8 Email: [email protected] 9 Daniel C. Girard Jonathan K. Levine 10 GIRARD GIBBS LLP th 11 601 California Street, 14 Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 12 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 13 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 14 15 Christopher S. Seeger Steven A. Weiss 16 David R. Buchanan SEEGER WEISS LLP 17 One William Street New York, NY 10004 18 Telephone: (212) 584-0700 19 Facsimile: (212) 584-0799 Email: [email protected] 20 [email protected] [email protected] 21 Shawn Khorrami 22 KHORRAMI POLLARD & ABIR LLP rd 23 444 S. Flower Street, 33 Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 24 Telephone: (213) 596-6000 Facsimile: (213) 596-6010 25 Email: [email protected] 26 27

George A. Shohet LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 245 Main Street, Suite 310 Venice, CA 90291 Telephone: (310) 452-3176 Email: [email protected] Norman E. Siegel STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP 460 Nichols Road, Suite 200 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 714-7100 Facsimile: (816) 714) 7101 Email: [email protected]

Eileen L. McGeever RUSHALL & MCGEEVER 6100 Innovation Way Carlsbad, CA 92009 Telephone: (760) 438-6855 Facsimile: (760) 438-3026 Email: [email protected]

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1 Defendants Counsel: 2 Debra S. Belaga 3 Aaron M. Rofkahr O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 4 Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, Ste. 2600 5 San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 Telephone: (415) 984-8700 6 Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 7 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NOTICE OF MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Civil Action No. C 08-02599 JSW [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, APPOINTING CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND APPROVING LEAD PLAINTIFFS' SELECTION OF COLEAD COUNSEL DATE: TIME: CTRM: JUDGE: August 29, 2008 9:00 a.m. 17th Floor Hon. Jeffrey S. White

12 RICHARD S. BONDAR, as Trustee of the ) Bondar Family Trust Dated 4/1/91, Individually ) 13 And On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) 14 Plaintiff, ) ) 15 v. ) ) 16 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANC ) OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, ) 17 INC., and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, ) LLC, ) 18 ) Defendants. ) 19 ) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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Upon consideration of the motions and supporting papers for consolidation, appointment

2 of co-lead plaintiffs and co-lead counsel in the above-captioned action and for good cause 3 shown, 4 5 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The Motion of Hanoch Ben-Tal, as Trustee for the Ben-Tal Family Trust, and

6 Aric A. Streit and Mary Streit as Trustees for the benefit of The Streit Living Trust is 7 GRANTED; 8 2. Bondar v. Bank of American Corporation, et. al., Civil Action C 08-02599-JSW

9 is hereby ordered to be consolidated for all purposes pursuant with any related actions 10 subsequently filed in or transferred to this District pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), under the 11 caption In re Bank of America Securities Litigation, Master File No. _________________; 12 3. Hanoch Ben-Tal, as Trustee for the Ben-Tal Family Trust, and Aric A. Streit and

13 Mary Streit, as Trustees for the benefit of The Streit Living Trust, are hereby APPOINTED to 14 serve as Co-Lead Plaintiffs in the above-referenced action alleging violations of the securities 15 laws, pursuant to Section 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange 16 Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 17 of 1995. 18 4. The law firms of Milberg LLP ("Milberg") and Law Offices of George A. Shohet,

19 A Professional Corporation ("Shohet") are hereby APPOINTED to serve as Co-Lead Counsel for 20 the Class in the Securities Actions, pursuant to Section 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Exchange Act, 15 21 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), as amended by Section 101(a) of the Private Securities Litigation 22 Reform Act of 1995, in the above-captioned action. 23 24 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, APPOINTING CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
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SO ORDERED. DATED: , 2008 HON. JEFFREY S. WHITE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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1 2 3 4 Plaintiffs Counsel:

Bank of America Corporation Service List

Jeff S. Westerman 5 MILBERG LLP 300 South Grand Ave., Suite 3900 6 Los Angeles, CA 90071 7 Telephone: (213) 617-1200 Facsimile: (213) 617-1975 8 Email: [email protected] 9 Daniel C. Girard Jonathan K. Levine 10 GIRARD GIBBS LLP th 11 601 California Street, 14 Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 12 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 13 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 14 15 Christopher S. Seeger Steven A. Weiss 16 David R. Buchanan SEEGER WEISS LLP 17 One William Street New York, NY 10004 18 Telephone: (212) 584-0700 19 Facsimile: (212) 584-0799 Email: [email protected] 20 [email protected] [email protected] 21 Shawn Khorrami 22 KHORRAMI POLLARD & ABIR LLP rd 23 444 S. Flower Street, 33 Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 24 Telephone: (213) 596-6000 Facsimile: (213) 596-6010 25 Email: [email protected] 26 27

George A. Shohet LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 245 Main Street, Suite 310 Venice, CA 90291 Telephone: (310) 452-3176 Email: [email protected] Norman E. Siegel STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP 460 Nichols Road, Suite 200 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 714-7100 Facsimile: (816) 714) 7101 Email: [email protected]

Eileen L. McGeever RUSHALL & MCGEEVER 6100 Innovation Way Carlsbad, CA 92009 Telephone: (760) 438-6855 Facsimile: (760) 438-3026 Email: [email protected]

28 [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, APPOINTING CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
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1 Defendants Counsel: 2 Debra S. Belaga 3 Aaron M. Rofkahr O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 4 Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, Ste. 2600 5 San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 Telephone: (415) 984-8700 6 Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 7 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, APPOINTING CO-LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
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