King v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, No. 2:2024cv01499 - Document 25 (D. Nev. 2024)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 18 Verified Petition for Permission to Practice Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Roberto Montes, Jr. for Carriel King and approving Designation of Local Counsel for Attorney Jason Kuller. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 1 0/11/2024. Any Attorney not yet registered with the Court's e-filng system shall register on the PACER website www.pacer.gov (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)

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THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA Vicky Avila Custodian of Records STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS 1 2 3 4 Date of Cause Application 07/15/24 2:24-CV-00908-APG-DJA Title of Court Administrative Body or Arbitrator Was Application Granted or Denied Nevada District Court 5 6 7 8 EXCELLENCE | COMMITMENT| RESULTS R AFII & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS Granted AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT MONTES, JR. IN SUPPORT OF VERIFIED PETITION 1 FOR PERMISSION TO PRACTICE IN THIS CASE 2 I, Robert Montes, Jr., declare as follows: 3 1. 4 I am an attorney duly admitted to practice before this Court and all the Courts of the 5 State of California. I am attorney with the law firm of Rafii & Associates, P.C., counsel of record for 6 Plaintiff Carriel King. 2. 7 I submit this Affidavit in Support of the Verified Petition for Permission to Practice on 8 the instant matter. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein, except as to those stated EXCELLENCE | COMMITMENT | RESULTS RAFII & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 9 on information and belief and, as to those, I am informed and believe them to be true. If called as a 10 witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters stated herein. 3. 11 Rafii & Associates, P.C., (“Firm”) opened a Nevada office in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 12 September 2022. Since the Firm opened it has hired 3 attorneys who are actively practicing on the 13 Firm’s cases. As head the Firm’s Employment Practice I have been actively seeking to hire additional 14 attorneys given the Firm’s current case list. Unfortunately, the Firm has been unable to find suitable 15 candidates. 4. 16 As such I have been admitted to practice on seven cases as provided in Paragraph 8, 17 and assisted the Las Vegas office. 5. 18 I registered for the July 2024 bar, but given my responsibilities (both practicing and 19 administrative), I have had to withdraw that application and plan on taking the February 2025 bar 20 exam. 21 22 DATED: September 12, 2024 23 24 25 RAFII & ASSOCIATES, P.C. /s/ Robert Montes Robert Montes, Jr. Jason Kuller Attorneys for Plaintiff 26 27 28 2 AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT MONTES, JR. IN SUPPORT OF VERIFIED PETITION FOR PERMISSION TO PRACTICE IN THIS CASE

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