From: Roy Thompson <roythompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 24, 2019 at 2:31:16 PM PDT
Reply-To: Roy Thompson <roythompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As you may know, my firm represents Rob and Eva Johnson in regards to the
American Eagle/American Equities matter. They have been instrumental in
arranging a meeting involving as many of you (and your legal counsel) that
can attend and participate regarding the following issues:
1) Selection of a legal team;
2) Legal options available;
3) How to collectively reach out to law enforcement, and other federal and
state agencies; and
4) The creation of a fund pool for expected attorney fees and costs.
The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, July 25, 2019 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at
the Oregon State Bar, 16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd., Tigard, OR 97224,
Columbia Suite B.
Because some of you have scheduling conflicts or cannot attend due to
distance issues, we have made arrangements for a general conference call-in
number so that you may be able to listen in on the meeting. Unfortunately,
we will not allow questions to be posed by those calling into the meeting due
to technology and time constraints.
The information for the conference call-in is as follows:
Call-in Number : 1-888-740-4219
When prompted enter the Participant Code : 792021
One of the important issues to discuss during this meeting is that the scope
of this project may require involving several law firms. I want to stress
that this law firm cannot work on this proposed project alone - we will need
legal partners to work collectively together to make this proposal feasible.
I will be there with other representatives of my law firm, but we are hopeful
that other legal counsel, including any legal counsel you wish to invite to
participate, will also be willing to participate and discuss various concerns
with this project. We are inviting any legal counsel who cannot attend
personally to listen in by phone and email me if there any questions or
ideas.
As Rob and Eva Johnson have already stated, one of the more important issues
to be addressed during this meeting will be the anticipated costs and
expenses (which would necessarily include attorney fees, legal filing fees,
depositions and other reasonable legal costs) that would likely be incurred
over the course of any litigation. In our experience, those anticipated
costs will be onerous if incurred individually. That is why we wish to
discuss during the meeting, the creation of a general fund pool to which we
would all contribute to cover the legal fees and other costs mentioned above.
In addition to the above, we are asking any and all of you to bring and/or
provide a list of the AE pools you belong to and how much you are owed in
each. Your latest statements or 1099’s would be most beneficial.
We look forward to meeting with you tomorrow. In the event that either
yourself or your legal counsel cannot participate, please let us know if you
still have interest in working towards a mutual goal as described above.
Roy B. Thompson
THOMPSON BOGRAN, P.C.
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