28 Case 2:10-cv-09198-JVS-RNB Document 414-1 Filed 04/08/13 Page1of3 Page!D #:18490 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 HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, VS. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation, and DOES 1-50, Defendant. Case No.: 10-09198 JVS(RNBx) DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING IN SUPPORT OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER Judge James Selna Courtroom: 10C DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING IN SUPPORT OF REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx) — NH Or FP W NY Case 2:10-cv-09198-JVS-RNB Document 414-1 Filed 04/08/13 Page 2of3 PageID #:18491 DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING I, Joel Fleming, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of California and before this Court. I am an Associate 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 support of Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW’’)’s Reply In Support of Its Motion to Appoint a Special Master. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto. a Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an email chain between Kim Howlett, Muriel Spooner and Steve Burgess bearing the Bates numbers HS001010-14. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a March 5, 2013 email sent by counsel for Plaintiffs to counsel for LSW. I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 8th day of April, 2013, at Boston, Massachusetts. By: /s/ Joel Fleming Joel Fleming ae DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING IN SUPPORT OF REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx) Case 2:10-cv-09198-JVS-RNB Document 414-1 Filed 04/08/13 Page 3o0f3 PageID #:18492 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I am a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action. My business address is Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. On March 18, 2013 I served the within document(s): DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING IN SUPPORT OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST?’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER; EXHIBITS THERETO I placed the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with postage a fully prepaid, in the United States mail addressed as set forth elow. I personally caused to be hand delivered the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the address(es) set forth below. I emailed the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the address(es) set forth below. I electronically filed the document(s) listed above via the CM/ECF system. Charles N. Freiberg Brian P. Brosnahan Jacob N. Foster Jeanette T. Barzela KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FREIDMAN LLP 101 California Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94111 cfreiberg @ kasowitz.com bbrosnahan @ kasowitz.com jfoster @kasowitz.com Harvey R. Levine Levine & Miller 550 West C Street, Suite 1810 San Diego, CA 92101 Imsh@levinelaw.com Craig A. Miller Law Offices of Craig A. Miller 225 Broadway, Suite 1310 San Diego, CA 92101 cmiller@craigmillerlaw.com /s/ Joel Flemin Joel Fleming ae DECLARATION OF JOEL FLEMING IN SUPPORT OF REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx)