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1 Lee et al v. Virginia State Board of Elections, et al, Docket No. 3:15-cv (E.D. Va. Jun 11, 2015), Court Docket Part Description 1 7 pages 2 Exhibit 1 3 Exhibit 2 Multiple Documents 2016 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service // PAGE 1

2 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 1 of 7 PageID# 6340 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION BARBARA H. LEE, et al., v. Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 3:15-CV-357-HEH VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, et al., Defendants. DECLARATION OF DANA FINBERG IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, ET AL., BILL OF COSTS I, Dana Finberg, declare: 1. I am a partner of the law firm of Arent Fox LLP, and a member in good standing of the Virginia State Bar. I have been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia since I make this declaration based upon my own personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein. 2. On May 19, 2016, this Court entered a decision in favor of Defendants. D.I On that same day this Court entered a judgment in favor of Defendants. D.I Filed concurrently with this Declaration is Defendants Bill of Costs and supporting documentation. Therein and as discussed below, Defendants request $49, as their taxable costs in this case. Supporting documentation for these costs are found in exhibits I have reviewed the items claimed in Defendants Bill of Costs. To the best of my knowledge, those costs are correct, and Defendants incurred them for services necessary for the defense of the lawsuit.

3 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 2 of 7 PageID# Deposition transcript costs are properly taxable under 28 U.S.C. 1920(2). The deposition and hearing transcript invoices are attached as Exhibit 1. The total taxable costs for the deposition and hearing transcripts are $28,593.23, broken down as follows: Vendor And Transcript Type Vendor Invoice Nos. Amount Cavalier Reporting and Videography Invoice for the Deposition Transcript of Mary Joanna Jones $ Diane Daffron, Rpr, Ccr Transcript For $ November 12, 2015 Hearing On Motion To Compel Gilbert Frank Halasz Invoice for Trial Transcripts 14MAR16 $ Krista Liscio Harding, Ocr, Rmr Invoice for October 23, 2015 Hearing on Motion to Dismiss Krista Liscio Harding, Ocr, Rmr Invoice for trial transcripts Planet Depos Deposition Transcript Of Karen Owen, Ph.D. Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Gonzolo Aida Brescia and Rebecca Lee Slutsky Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of John Douglas Smith, Ph.D. Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript Of Allan J. Lichtman, Ph.D., Vol. 1 Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Yair Ghitza, Ph.D. Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Allan Lichtman, Ph.D., Vol. 2 Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Lorraine Minnite, Ph.D. Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Barbara Lee Veritext Los Angeles Reporting Co. Deposition Transcript of Jonathan Rodden, Ph.D. 617 $ $1, $2, SF $2, CA $2, CA $1, SF $1, CA $1, SF $3, SF $1, SF $2,

4 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 3 of 7 PageID# 6342 Vendor And Transcript Type Vendor Invoice Nos. Amount Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of Susan Lee Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of Sheri Vaughan and David Pierce Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of Matthew Davis and Martha Brissette transcript and exhibits Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of Charles Judd Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of Nikki Sheradan Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd., Deposition Transcript of James Alcorn Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd. Deposition Transcript of Myron Mcclees Zahn Court Reporting, Ltd. Deposition Transcript of Daniel Palazzolo $ $1, $1, $1, $ $ $1, $1, Total $28, Fees for copies of papers necessarily obtained for use in the case are taxable under 28 U.S.C. 1920(4), including certain costs including associated with producing documents in response to Plaintiffs requests for production. See Country Vintner of N. Carolina, LLC v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc., 718 F.3d 249 (4th Cir. 2013) (finding document production costs incurred for the conversion of native files to TIFF and PDF formats and the transfer of files are taxable). The total taxable costs for fees for copies of papers necessarily obtained for use in the case are $20, The relevant invoices are attached as Exhibit 2. Those fees are detailed in the chart below: 3

5 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 4 of 7 PageID# 6343 Vendor And Purpose Invoice No. Amount Bizport Invoice for copies of the direct examination binders for use in direct examinations of Defendants witnesses Matthew Davis and Myron McClees. Bizport Invoice for producing copies of binders prepared for use in direct examination of Defendants witness Edgardo Cortes. Digital One Legal Solutions Invoice for processing, converting and numbering Defendants trial exhibits $ $ SF $1, Digital One Legal Solutions copying and processing Defendants SF $5, trial exhibits for use by Court and Plaintiffs (Invoice total of $7, includes costs of producing 4 sets of trial exhibits. Defendants have reduced this amount by 25% to exclude cost for reproduction of the fourth set of trial exhibits prepared for Defendants counsel convenience). Arent Fox Litigation Support Fees (as detailed in paragraph 7 Various $11, below). Total: $20, Defendants necessarily incurred certain taxable costs related to its production in response to Plaintiffs discovery requests, which amounted to 134,856 pages, bearing Bates numbers VSBE to VSBE , and approximately 92 gigabytes of data. As the Fourth Circuit determined in Country Vintner of N. Carolina, LLC v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc., 718 F.3d 249 (4th Cir. 2013), document production costs related to converting native files to TIFF and PDF formats and transferring files for production are taxable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1920(4). Following the decision in Country Vintner of N. Carolina, LLC v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc., district courts in the Fourth Circuit have continued to tax costs associated with bates labeling. Hanwha Azdel, Inc. v. C & D Zodiac, Inc., 6:12-CV-00023, 2015 WL , at *6 (W.D. Va. Mar. 27, 2015) (citing Nobel Biocare USA, LLC v. Technique D'usinage Sinlab, Inc., 1:12CV730 LMB/TCB, 2013 WL , at *7 (E.D. Va. Mar. 4, 2013). As a subset of paragraph 6, I have reviewed Arent Fox LLP s invoices for Litigation Support fees billed for this matter to identify fees taxable under 28 U.S.C. 1920(4). I have identified fees for the following tasks performed by Arent Fox s litigation support related to the production of documents in response to Plaintiffs discovery requests: (1) file conversion; (2) Bates numbering; 4

6 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 5 of 7 PageID# 6344 (3) preparation of production disk; and (4) preparation of encryption for production. 1 These fees total $11, and are detailed in the chart below. Date Description of Work Hours 10/5/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /7/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /8/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 10/13/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /14/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 10/27/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /28/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption. 11/9/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /10/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 11/24/2015 Prepare Production Disk and Prepare Encryption /7/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 12/7/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /8/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 12/24/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 12/26/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling /29/2015 File Conversion; Bates Labeling; Prepare Production Disk; and Prepare Encryption 12/31/2015 File Conversion and Bates Labeling 3.3 1/5/2016 File Conversion and Bates Labeling 1.5 1/6/2016 File Conversion and Bates Labeling These fees exclude any costs arising from the hashing of personal identifying information as required by this Court s order. D.I

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8 Case 3:15-cv HEH-RCY Document 230 Filed 05/31/16 Page 7 of 7 PageID# 6346 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served via the Court s CM/ECF system on May 31, 2016, to the following: Marc E. Elias Bruce V. Spiva Elisabeth C. Frost Aria C. Branch Perkins Coie LLP th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC Joshua L. Kaul Perkins Coie LLP 1 East Main Street, Suite 201 Madison, WI /s/ Dana J. Finberg DANA J. FINBERG Arent Fox LLP Counsel for Defendants 7

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41 Lee et al v. Virginia State Board of Elections, et al, Docket No. 3:15-cv (E.D. Va. Jun 11, 2015), Court Docket General Information Court Federal Nature of Suit Docket Number Status United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Civil Rights - Voting[441] 3:15-cv Closed 2016 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service // PAGE 41