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B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, III, FL Bar No. 0229430 Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, PC 2131 Magnolia Avenue, STE 200 Birmingham, AL 35205 Telephone: (205) 328-2200 Facsimile: (205) 324-7896 Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) In re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation MDL No. 1699 District Judge: Charles R. Breyer Magistrate: THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: Mark Coats v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Joan Detloff v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Loretta Meinsen v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Margie Tims v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Joseph Wilcher v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Katherine Greenwood v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Freddie Smith v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Sylvia St. Pierre et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Gerald Rittenberry et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Joseph Lautieri v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Clarence Thomas v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Dorothy Fornes v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Muriel Beetz v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4048-CRB Joseph Houston v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB Berniece Nelson v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB,
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MDL No.: 1699 PLAINTIFFS' STIPULATION & PROPOSED ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL & SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEYS

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Noah Grimes v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB, Luz Rivera Armstrong v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB, Leopal McAdams v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB, Valarie Momet-Elam v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB, Ronda Stevens v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB Dorothy Sivilli v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB Walter Parr v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6136-CRB Alice Meyette v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6811-CRB Norma Wheadon v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6811-CRB Alice Banks Ellis v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6811-CRB Norman Welsh v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6812-CRB Charles Kitchens, Sr. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6812-CRB Corrine Thomas v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Marvin Wickline v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Edward Komoski v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Michael Tubbs v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Rosalyn Benson et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Lateena Bull et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Patricia Gott et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7691-CRB Esther Baldwin v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Candace Bebout v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Paula Bradley v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Delores Clayborn v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Erma Cleeton v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Elanore Cole v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB David Counterman v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Virginia Daringer v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Joseph Drake v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case
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No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Linda Duvall v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Bobbie Feltman v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Ralph Frederick, Jr. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Christine Gaines v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Ted Geiger v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Webster Green v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Daryl Hood v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Jerry Hoyte v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Sherry Lockridge v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Edgar Luten v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1826-CRB Louis MacLean v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Shirley Motley v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Elmer Murry v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Odis Payne v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Dolly Price v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Carmen Pomales v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB John Slaybaugh v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Greg Rhoades v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Ardella Sims v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Katherine Sinnett v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB William Skipper v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Charles Tautfest v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Jerry Trussel v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB John Vasquez v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Danny Ward v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Monica Williams v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Veronica Carloss Crow et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB
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Mary S. Malone et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Belinda Taylor et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Vikki L. Wells et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1827-CRB Gary Brewer v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Richard Calloway v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Mike Haney v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Kathy Hoover v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Linda Latham v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Barbara Mayo v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Gernie Moorhead v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB John Nixon v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Raphael Ramsarran v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Isabel Sanabria v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Leonid Zagorodnyuk, v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4031-CRB Dana Chin et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-4793-CRB Clara Massey v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4049-CRB Jennifer Degazon v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4049-CRB Morris Oden v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4049-CRB James Redmond v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4049-CRB Mary Ellen Queen et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4050-CRB Joseph Sabol v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB Gilbert Pedroza v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB James Richards, Sr. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB James Root v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB Wanda Talbot v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB Irene Gibson et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB Elizabeth A. Fields et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-4597-CRB Burl Harmon v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No.
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06-cv-6135-CRB Josep Loper v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6135-CRB Mary Lee Jenkins v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6135-CRB Ruby Barrentine v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6135-CRB Elizabeth Stotts et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6135-CRB Sharon O'Quinn et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-6135-CRB Charles Skelton v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB James Conley, Sr. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Bukurije Skepi v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Robert Parker v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Winford Bent v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Alicia Carswell v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Virginia Atkins v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 06-cv-7690-CRB Anna Jones v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-2594-CRB Daniel Silver v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Robert Haring v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Lorraine Lee v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Candace Berry v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Guillermo Sans v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Robert Altadonna v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Diane Dicresci v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Cathy Byrd v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Dwilette Haynes v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-5704-CRB Jimmy Barnes v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Gloria Belton v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Helene Berkman v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Carol Cameron v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Jacqueline Cannon v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB
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Stephen Crooke v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Hugo Harbers, Jr. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Jacqueline Hunt v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Gerald Jones v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Ronald Massecar et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Sabatino Masucci v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Delores Moffatt v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Don Moffatt v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Linda Mollette v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Maureen Olivarez v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Ernestine Redmond v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Anne Tomkinson v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB Brenda White v. Pfizer, Inc. et al., Case No. 07-cv-1738-CRB 1. Plaintiffs, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(a) and NDCA Local Rule 11-5, by and

through the undersigned attorneys, stipulate and consent to the following: 2. B. Kristian W. Rasmussen hereby withdrawals as attorney of record and counsel

for the Plaintiffs identified on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated here in. 3. Pete Kaufman, attorney at law in good standing with the Florida Bar and

previously admitted pro hac vice in this litigation, is hereby substituted in place and instead of attorney, B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, as attorney for the Plaintiffs and counsel of record in this action. 4. 5. In support thereof the Plaintiffs state the following: B. Kristian W. Rasmussen resigned from his position with his former firm, Levin

Papantonio, et. al., and joined the law firm of Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, P.C. Mr. Rasmussen's new contact information is:
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Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, P.C. 2131 Magnolia Avenue Birmingham, AL 35205 205-328-2200 (office) 205-271-7111 (office direct) 1-800-852-6299 (office ­ toll free) 205-324-7896 (facsimile) [email protected] Pete Kaufman is and has been making all necessary arrangements to receive

notice of any and all activity related to the Plaintiffs' claims. 7. This Withdrawal and Substitution will not to adversely affect any claims made on

behalf of the clients nor will it cause any delay whatsoever in the litigation. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 April 14, 2008 Dated: ____________ PURSUANT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE PARTIES' STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. By: /s/ B. Kristian W. Rasmussen__
B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, Esq.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs, by and through the undersigned attorney respectfully request that this Honorable Court enter the Order Granting the Parties Stipulation to Withdrawal and Substitute Attorneys. Dated: April 9, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

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