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JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO (257199)

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 950 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Tel: (650) 858-6101

Fax: (650) 858-6100

jonathan.shapiro@wilmerhale.com

ANDREA J. ROBINSON (PRO HAC VICE) TIMOTHY J. PERLA (PRO HAC VICE) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

Tel: (617) 526-6000

Fax: (617) 526-5000 andrea.robinson@wilmerhale.com timothy.perla@wilmerhale.com

Attorneys for Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE Case No.: 10-09198 JVS(RNBx) HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER |

on behalf of themselves and all others DECLARATION OF JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO similarly situated, IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ EX PARTE

a CROSS-APPLICATION REGARDING Plaintiffs, CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED CLASS

VS. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas Courtroom: 10C corporation, and DOES 1-50,

Defendant.

Judge James V. Selna -

DECLARATION OF JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’ EX PARTE CROSS-APPLICATION RE: CONTACTS WITH CLASS MEMBERS, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx)

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DECLARATION OF JONATHAN A, SHAPIRO I, Jonathan A. Shapiro, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of California and before this Court. I am a Partner at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel for Defendant in the above-entitled action. I respectfully submit this Declaration in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Cross-Application for Entry Of Order Regarding Contacts with Members of the Proposed Class. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto.

De Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs’ Ninth Set of Document Requests, served on LSW on February 24, 2012.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of LSW’s First Set of Interrogatories served on Plaintiffs on February 16, 2012.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed

this 5th day of March, 2012, at Palo Alto, California.

By: /s/ Jonathan A. Shapiro Jonathan Shapiro

aoe DECLARATION OF JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’ EX PARTE CROSS-APPLICATION RE: CONTACTS WITH CLASS MEMBERS, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx)