In re: McKinsey & Co., Inc. National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation

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28 MOTION TO WITHDRAW DAVID M. CHEIFETZ AS COUNSEL OF RECORD
CASE NO. 3:21-MD-02996-CRB (SK)
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
James L. Bernard (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
james.bernard@hoganlovells.com
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 918-3000
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Mark David McPherson (CA SBN 307951)
mmcpherson@goodwinlaw.com
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Telephone: (212) 813-8869
Counsel for Defendants
MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES;
MCKINSEY & COMPANY INC. WASHINGTON D.C.;
MCKINSEY HOLDINGS, INC.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: MCKINSEY & CO. INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION
OPIATE CONSULTING
LITIGATION
Case No. 3:21-md-02996-CRB (SK)
MOTION TO WITHDRAW
DAVID M. CHEIFETZ AS
COUNSEL OF RECORD
Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer
Magistrate Judge: Hon. Sallie Kim
: ORDER
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28 MOTION TO WITHDRAW DAVID M. CHEIFETZ AS COUNSEL OF RECORD
CASE NO. 3:21-MD-02996-CRB (SK)
TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants McKinsey & Company, Inc.
United States; McKinsey & Company Inc. Washington D.C.; McKinsey Holdings,
Inc. (“McKinsey”) hereby withdraw the appearance pro hac vice of attorney David
M. Cheifetz of the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, as counsel in this action.
McKinsey will continue to be represented in this matter by James Lawrence Bernard,
Vassi Iliadis, Elizabeth C. Carter and Julie G. Matos of Hogan Lovells US LLP and
Mark David McPherson, Sophie Barnett and Rebecca Tarneja of Goodwin Procter
LLP.
Dated: New York, New York
May 20, 2026
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
By: /s/ James L. Bernard
James L. Bernard (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
390 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 918-3000
james.bernard@hoganlovells.com
Date: May 26, 2026
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Judge Charles R. Breyer
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