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SUPREME COURT of the UNITED STATES DELAWARE, Plaintiff V. Nos. 22O145 & 22O146 (Consolidated) ARKANSAS, Et Al., Defendants A SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DELAWARE, Plaintiff v. Nos. 22O145 & 22O146 (Consolidated) ARKANSAS, et al., Defendants AMENDED SERVICE LIST FOR DEFENDANTS (NO. 22O146) AND WISCONSIN (NO. 22O145) Below is an amended service list for Defendants in case number 146, Original, and Wisconsin in case number 145, Original. For these States, this supersedes the service list filed with the Special Master on July 17, 2020 (Doc. 108). Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni remains counsel of record for these States. AMENDED SERVICE LIST Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Arkansas Nicholas Bronni [email protected] Counsel of Record Vincent Wagner [email protected] Alabama Eddie Lacour [email protected] Barrett Bowdre [email protected] Arizona Brunn W. Roysden III [email protected] Kate Sawyer [email protected] California Aimee Feinberg [email protected] Michael Sapoznikow [email protected] Colorado LeeAnn Morrill [email protected] Grant Sullivan [email protected] Florida Amit Agarwal [email protected] Chesterfield Smith, Jr. [email protected] Kevin Golembiewski [email protected] James Percival [email protected] Idaho Brian Kane [email protected] Brian Church [email protected] Indiana Tom Fisher [email protected] Kian Hudson [email protected] Iowa Jeffrey Thompson [email protected] Caroline Barrett [email protected] Kansas Jeff Chanay [email protected] Kentucky Chad Meredith [email protected] Matt Kuhn [email protected] Louisiana Elizabeth Murrill [email protected] Joseph Scott St. John [email protected] Maryland Renee Nacrelli [email protected] Michigan Fadwa Hammoud [email protected] Eric Restuccia [email protected] James Ziehmer [email protected] Montana David Dewhirst [email protected] Brent Mead [email protected] Christian Corrigan [email protected] Stuart Segrest [email protected] Nebraska David T. Bydalek [email protected] James A. Campbell [email protected] Nevada Heidi Stern [email protected] Greg Ott [email protected] North Dakota Troy Seibel [email protected] David Garner [email protected] Ohio Ben Flowers [email protected] Keith O'Korn keith.o'[email protected]; [email protected] Hilary Damaser [email protected] Oklahoma Mithun Mansinghani [email protected] Zach West [email protected] Oregon Benjamin Gutman [email protected] Amended Service List – Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Page 2 of 6 South Carolina Emory Smith [email protected] Texas Patrick Sweeten [email protected] Ryan Walters [email protected] Utah Melissa Holyoak [email protected] Stanford Purser [email protected] Virginia Toby Heytens [email protected] Michelle Kallen [email protected] [email protected] Washington Noah Purcell [email protected] Peter Gonick [email protected] Rosann Fitzpatrick [email protected] West Virginia Lindsay S. See [email protected] Curtis R.A. Capehart [email protected] Wisconsin Karla Keckhaver [email protected] Wyoming Karl Anderson [email protected] Andrew Kuhlmann [email protected] Amended Service List – Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Page 3 of 6 March 1, 2021 Respectfully submitted, KEN PAXTON LESLIE RUTLEDGE Texas Attorney General Arkansas Attorney General PATRICK K. SWEETEN NICHOLAS J. BRONNI* Associate Deputy Attorney General for Arkansas Solicitor General Special Litigation VINCENT M. WAGNER RYAN D. WALTERS Deputy Solicitor General Special Counsel for the Special OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS Litigation Unit ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE TEXAS 323 Center Street ATTORNEY GENERAL Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 P.O. Box 12548 (MC 001) (501) 682-6302 Austin, Texas 78711 [email protected] *Counsel of Record XAVIER BECERRA California Attorney General JOSH L. KAUL MICHAEL J. MONGAN Wisconsin Attorney General Solicitor General KARLA Z. KECKHAVER JONATHAN L. WOLFF Assistant Attorney General Chief Assistant Attorney General WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TAMAR PACHTER JUSTICE Senior Assistant Attorney General P.O. Box 7857 AIMEE FEINBERG Madison, Wisconsin 53707 Deputy Solicitor General MICHAEL SAPOZNIKOW Deputy Attorney General CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1300 I Street Sacramento, California 95814 Amended Service List – Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Page 4 of 6 STEVE MARSHALL DOUG PETERSON Alabama Attorney General Nebraska Attorney General MARK BRNOVICH AARON D. FORD Arizona Attorney General Nevada Attorney General PHILIP J. WEISER WAYNE STENEHJEM Colorado Attorney General North Dakota Attorney General ASHLEY MOODY DAVE YOST Florida Attorney General Ohio Attorney General LAWRENCE WASDEN MIKE HUNTER Idaho Attorney General Oklahoma Attorney General TODD ROKITA ELLEN F. ROSENBLUM Indiana Attorney General Oregon Attorney General TOM MILLER ALAN WILSON Iowa Attorney General South Carolina Attorney General DEREK SCHMIDT SEAN REYES Kansas Attorney General Utah Attorney General DANIEL CAMERON MARK HERRING Kentucky Attorney General Virginia Attorney General JEFF LANDRY BOB FERGUSON Louisiana Attorney General Washington Attorney General BRIAN FROSH PATRICK MORRISEY Maryland Attorney General West Virginia Attorney General DANA NESSEL BRIDGET HILL Michigan Attorney General Wyoming Attorney General AUSTIN KNUDSEN Montana Attorney General Amended Service List – Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Page 5 of 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Counsel of record for Defendant States in Case No. 22O146 certifies that on March 1, 2021, this document was served, as required by Case Management Order No. 5, on the following counsel: Pennsylvania Matthew Haverstick [email protected] Joshua Voss [email protected] Delaware Steven Rosenthal [email protected] Marc Cohen [email protected] Tiffany Moseley [email protected] J.D. Taliaferro [email protected] Aaron Goldstein [email protected] Caroline Cross [email protected] Jennifer Noel [email protected] Amended Service List – Defendants (No. 146, Orig.) & Wisconsin (No. 145, Orig.) March 1, 2021 Page 6 of 6 .
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