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Charlottesville) CIVIL DOCKET for CASE #: 3:17-Cv-00072-NKM-JCH CASREF,PROSE,PROTO U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:17-cv-00072-NKM-JCH Sines et al v. Kessler et al Date Filed: 10/11/2017 Assigned to: Judge Norman K. Moon Jury Demand: Plaintiff Referred to: Magistrate Judge Joel C. Hoppe Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other Related Cases: 3:18-cv-00107-NKM-JCH Jurisdiction: Federal Question 3:19-cv-00044-NKM-JCH 3:20-mc-00010-NKM Cause: 42:1981 Civil Rights Plaintiff Elizabeth Sines represented by Alan Levine Cooley LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor New York, NY 10036 212-479-6260 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Kendal Conlon Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Eber Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004-2400 202-776-2983 Fax: 202-842-7800 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY 1 PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Amanda Lee Liverzani Cooley LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001-2157 212-479-6188 Fax: 212-479-6275 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Benjamin Daniel White Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Caitlin B. Munley Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004-2400 202-842-7800 Fax: 202-842-7899 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Christopher Bradford Greene Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 929-294-2528 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED 2 Daniel Philip Roy , III Cooley LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001-2157 212-479-6000 Fax: 212-479-6275 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED David E. Mills Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004-2400 202-842-7800 Fax: 202-842-7899 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Emily Carrie Cole Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Erin B. Ashwell Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street 23219 Richmond, VA 23219 804-786-2435 Email: [email protected] TERMINATED: 02/13/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Gabrielle E. Tenzer 3 Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jessica E. Phillips Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 202-223-7300 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED John Benjamin Rottenborn Woods Rogers PLC P.O. Box 14125 Roanoke, VA 24038-4125 540-983-7540 Fax: 540-983-7711 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jonathan R. Kay Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua James Libling Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 4 212-446-2300 Fax: 212-446-2350 Email: [email protected] TERMINATED: 03/03/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua Adam Matz Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Julie Eden Fink Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Karen Leah Dunn Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 202-223-7300 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Katherine Marie Cheng Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 1401 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 202-237-2727 5 Fax: 202-237-6131 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Michael Low Bloch Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Philip Matthew Bowman Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 212-446-2300 Fax: 212-446-2350 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Raymond Patrick Tolentino Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] TERMINATED: 09/29/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Robert T. Cahill Cooley LLP 11951 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 703-456-8000 Fax: 703-456-8100 Email: [email protected] 6 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Roberta Ann Kaplan Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Samantha A Strauss Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004-2400 202-842-7800 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Seguin Layton Strohmeier Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7110 New York, NY 10118 212-763-0883 Fax: 212-564-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED William Anthony Isaacson Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-1047 202-223-7300 Fax: 202-223-7420 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY 7 PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Yotam Barkai Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 212-763-0883 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua Michael Siegel Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 202-842-7800 Fax: 202-842-7899 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Scott William Stemetzki Cooley LLP 11951 Freedom Drive, 14th Floor Reston, VA 20190 703-456-8000 Fax: 703-456-8100 Email: [email protected] TERMINATED: 03/30/2021 ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Plaintiff Seth Wispelwey represented by Alan Levine (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Kendal Conlon (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Eber 8 (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Amanda Lee Liverzani (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Benjamin Daniel White (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Caitlin B. Munley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Christopher Bradford Greene (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Daniel Philip Roy , III (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED David E. Mills (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Emily Carrie Cole (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED 9 Erin B. Ashwell (See above for address) TERMINATED: 02/13/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Gabrielle E. Tenzer (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jessica E. Phillips (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED John Benjamin Rottenborn (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jonathan R. Kay (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua James Libling (See above for address) TERMINATED: 03/03/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua Adam Matz (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Julie Eden Fink (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY 10 PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Karen Leah Dunn (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Katherine Marie Cheng (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Michael Low Bloch (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Philip Matthew Bowman (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Raymond Patrick Tolentino (See above for address) TERMINATED: 09/29/2020 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Robert T. Cahill (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Roberta Ann Kaplan (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Samantha A Strauss (See above for address) 11 LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Seguin Layton Strohmeier (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED William Anthony Isaacson (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Yotam Barkai (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joshua Michael Siegel (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Scott William Stemetzki (See above for address) TERMINATED: 03/30/2021 ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Plaintiff Marissa Blair represented by Alan Levine (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Kendal Conlon (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Alexandra Eber (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY 12 PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Amanda Lee Liverzani (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Benjamin Daniel White (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Caitlin B.
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