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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`WACO DIVISION
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`AIRE TECHNOLOGY LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 6:21-cv-01101-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
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`Comes now David A. Serati, applicant herein, and moves this Court to grant admission to
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`the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas pro hac vice to represent Apple
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`Inc. (“Apple”) in this case, and would respectfully show the Court as follows:
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`1. Applicant is an attorney and a member of the law firm Ropes & Gray LLP with offices
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`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Tel: (650) 617-4000
`Fax: (650) 617-4090
`Email: david.serati@ropesgray.com
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`2. Since 2020, applicant has been and presently is a member of and in good standing with
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`the Bar of the State of California. Applicant’s bar license number is 329811.
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`3. Applicant has been admitted to practice before the following courts:
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`California Bar
`U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
`U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
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`Admission Date
`01/02/2020
`03/27/2020
`01/19/2021
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`4. Applicant is presently a member in good standing of the bars of the courts listed above,
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`except as provided below (list any court named in the preceding paragraph before which
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`Applicant is no longer admitted to practice): N/A.
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`5. I have previously applied and appeared Pro Hac Vice in this district court in Case[s]: N/A
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`6. Applicant has never been subject to grievance proceedings or involuntary removal
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`proceedings while a member of the bar of any state or federal court, except as provided:
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`N/A.
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`7. Applicant has not been charged, arrested, or convicted of a criminal offense or offenses,
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`except as provided below (omit minor traffic offenses): N/A.
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`8. Applicant has read and is familiar with the Local Rules of the Western District of Texas
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`and will comply with the standards of practice set out therein.
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`9. Applicant will file an Application for Admission to Practice before the United States
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`District Court for the Western District of Texas, if so requested; or Applicant has co-
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`counsel in this case who is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for
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`the Western District of Texas.
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`J. Stephen Ravel
`State Bar No. 16584975
`KELLY HART & HALLMAN LLP
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2000
`Austin, Texas 78701
`(512) 495-6429
`Email: steve.ravel@kellyhart.com
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`Should the Court grant applicant's motion, Applicant shall tender the amount of $100.00
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`pro hac vice fee in compliance with Local Court Rule AT-l(f)(2) [checks made payable to: Clerk,
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`U.S. District Court].
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`Wherefore, Applicant prays that this Court enter an order permitting the admission of
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`David A. Serati to the Western District of Texas pro hac vice for this case only.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`David A. Serati
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that I have served a true and correct copy of this motion upon each attorney
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`of record and the original upon the Clerk of Court on this 20th day of October, 2022.
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