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1 DECLARATION OF JOAN E. HERRINGTON

IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE AND FOR
2 SANCTIONS
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I, the undersigned, declare and say, as follows:
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1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed to practice before the Federal and State Courts of
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California and admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
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California. I am the attorney representing Plaintiff David F. Jadwin in this matter.
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2. I am making this declaration in support of Plaintiff Dr. Jadwin’s Motion to Strike the
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Fifth Affirmative Defense of the Defendants. The facts stated herein are personally known to me and if
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called as a witness, I could and would competently testify to the truth of the facts set forth in this
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declaration.
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3. I have spent substantially in excess of 1 hour meeting and conferring with Mr. Wasser by
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phone, fax, letter and email, and substantially in excess of 4 hours researching and drafting these moving
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papers. My regular rate for such services is $500 per hour.
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4. My rate is consistent with those charged in the San Francisco/Bay Area by attorneys of
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similar skill and experience. I received my B.A. the University of Auckland in 1974 and my J.D. from
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the Golden Gate University School of Law in 1995. I was admitted to the California Bar in 1996 and
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worked as an associate in the Law Office of Cary J. Silberman in 1996; and established my own law
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practice thereafter.
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5. I taught Disability Rights at Golden Gate University of Law in Spring of 2003, speak at
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law seminars and conferences too often to enumerate them all here, and I am frequently consulted by
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other attorneys regarding disability and medical leave laws. I routinely volunteer to teach Trial
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Advocacy Skills at Stanford University School of Law and Appellate Advocacy of Golden Gate
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University School of Law. I wrote "Your Right to a Smoke-Free Workplace in California Under
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Disability Laws" published by the Public Health Institute in 2001; and a comprehensive practice guide
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on "Enforcing an Employee's Right to a Smoke-Free Workplace" for internal use by the American Lung
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Association in 2003. I am currently helping to edit Chapter 12 on 'Leaves of Absence' in The Rutter
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Group, Employment Litigation Practice Guide. In recognition of my skills and expertise, I was elected
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1 as a "SuperLawyer" by my peers for the last two years.

2 6. I attempted several times to secure local counsel, including William Smith, Esq., to prosecute
3 Plaintiff’s suit but was ultimately unsuccessful.
4 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and incorporated by reference herein, is a true and correct copy of
5 the “Laffey Matrix” which appears on the website of the United States Attorney General’s Office for the
6 District of Columbia and which has been relied on by courts in the Bay Area to establish prevailing rates
7 for civil rights cases. On July 11, 2006, at 2:56 p.m., I opened up my internet browser (Mozilla Firefox),
8 and navigated to “http://www.laffeymatrix.com/see.html”. I then produced an Adobe Acrobat PDF copy
9 of the page that was displayed at that address using Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0. When I created the
10 PDF, the date and time of creation appeared on the PDF in the lower right-hand corner of the PDF. The
11 web address from which I printed the page appeared on the PDF in the upper right-hand corner of the
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13 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
14 foregoing is true and correct.
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16 Executed on July 11, 2007, at Los Angeles, California.
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18 /s/ Joan Herrington, SB# 178988
(as authorized on 7/11/07)
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EXHIBIT 1. Adjusted Laffey Matrix, as of July 11, 2007

matrix http://www.laffeymatrix.com/see.html

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Years Out of Law School *

Adjustmt Paralegal/
Year Factor** Law Clerk 1-3 4-7 8-10 11-19 20 +
6/01/06-

5/31/07 1.0256 $139 $255 $313 $452 $509 $614

6/1/05-
5/31/06 1.0427 $136 $249 $305 $441 $497 $598
6/1/04-
5/31/05 1.0455 $130 $239 $293 $423 $476 $574
6/1/03-
6/1/04 1.0507 $124 $228 $280 $405 $456 $549
6/1/02-
5/31/03 1.0727 $118 $217 $267 $385 $434 $522
6/1/01-
5/31/02 1.0407 $110 $203 $249 $359 $404 $487
6/1/00-
5/31/01 1.0529 $106 $195 $239 $345 $388 $468
6/1/99-
5/31/00 1.0491 $101 $185 $227 $328 $369 $444
6/1/98-
5/31/99 1.0439 $96 $176 $216 $312 $352 $424
6/1/97-
5/31/98 1.0419 $92 $169 $207 $299 $337 $406
6/1/96-
5/31/97 1.0396 $88 $162 $198 $287 $323 $389
6/1/95-
5/31/96 1.032 $85 $155 $191 $276 $311 $375
6/1/94-
5/31/95 1.0237 $82 $151 $185 $267 $301 $363

The methodology of calculation and benchmarking for this Updated Laffey Matrix has been
approved in a number of cases. See, e.g., McDowell v. District of Columbia, Civ. A. No.
00-594 (RCL), LEXSEE 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8114 (D.D.C. June 4, 2001); Salazar v.
Dist. of Col., 123 F.Supp.2d 8 (D.D.C. 2000).

* “Years Out of Law School” is calculated from June 1 of each year, when most law
students graduate. “1-3" includes an attorney in his 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of practice,
measured from date of graduation (June 1). “4-7" applies to attorneys in their 4th, 5th, 6th

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and 7th years of practice. An attorney who graduated in May 1996 would be in tier “1-3"
from June 1, 1996 until May 31, 1999, would move into tier “4-7" on June 1, 1999, and tier
“8-10" on June 1, 2003.

** The Adjustment Factor refers to the nation-wide Legal Services Component of the
Consumer Price Index produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
Department of Labor.

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