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Exhibit PX22 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-23, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)
Filed January 9, 2026 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation; one of 1415 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California |
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| Filed | 2026-01-09 |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 634-23 · 2026-01-09 · Docket on CourtListener
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS LITIGATION,
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO ALL
ACTION
CASE NO.
3:21 - MD-02992-GPC -
MSB
REMOTE VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM J. FOX
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025
JOB NO.:
10157865
REPORTED BY HEIDI FUEHRER, CSR 14145
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William J, Fox
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation
VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM J. FOX, TAKEN ON BEHALF
OF THE PLAINTIFFS, AT 9:01 A . M., THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2025, AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, BEFORE
HEIDI FUEHRER, CSR NUMBER 14145 .
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL :
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS AND THE PROPOSED CLASS:
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
BY :
CONNIE K. CHAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
---AND---
COLIN C. JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW
177 POST STREET
SUITE 300
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108
415-362-8064
CCHAN@ALTBER . COM
---AND---
COTCHETT , PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP
BY :
BRIAN DANITZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW
---AND- --
KARIN B . SWOPE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
840 MALCOLM ROAD
SUITE 200
BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA 94010
650-697-6000
BDANITZ@CPMLEGAL .COM
www.aptusCR.com
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William J. ,Fox
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL (CONTINUED}:
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PLAINTIFFS :
SWIGART LAW GROUP, APC
BY:
ILANA PLATKIEWICZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW
2221 CAMINO DEL RIOS
SUITE 308
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92108
866-219-3343
JOSH@SWIGARTLAWGROUP . COM
---AND---
SHAY LEGAL, APC
BY:
DANIEL SHAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW
2221 CAMINO DEL RI OS
SUITE 308
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92108
619-222-7429
DAN@SHAYLEGAL . COM
FOR THE DEFENDANT :
GOODWIN PROCTER, LLP
BY :
SABRINA ROSE - SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW
---AND---
JACQUELINE ODUM, ATTORNEY AT LAW
---AND---
ANNE BAYLY BUCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW
1900 N STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20036
202-346-4000
SROSESMITH@GOODWINLAW . COM
ALSO PRESENT:
SPENCER BENVENISTE, VIDEOGRAPHER
www.aptusCR.com
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA;
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025, 9:01 A.M.
(Prior to the deposition commencing,
all counsel stipulated to waive the
reporter read on and read off pursuant
to Federal Rule 30.)
THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
We are now on the record.
Today's date is February 13, 2025, and the time is 9:01
Pacific time .
This is the remote video deposition of
William Fox via Zoom videoconference being taken in the
matter of the Bank of America Unemployment Benefits
Litigation.
My name is Spencer Benveniste appearing for
Aptus Court Reporting located at 401 West A Street,
suite 1680 in San Diego, California 92101.
I am the
official videographer, and this is the only authorized
video recording of this deposition .
The audio and video
recording will take place at all time unless all counsel
agree to go off the record.
Will counsel please identify yourselves and
state who you represent, after which, the court
reporter, Heidi Fuehrer, will swear in the witness.
MS. CHAN:
Connie Chan of Altshuler Berzon on
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William J. Fox
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benens Litigation
behalf of the class plaintiffs, and with me today is my
colleague Colin Jones.
MS. ROSE-SMITH:
Sabrina Rose-Smith on behalf
of Bank of America and the witness, and with me today is
my colleague Jackie Odum, and, also, I believe online my
other colleague Bayly Buck.
THE COURT REPORTER:
And then just for the
record, my name is Heidi Fuehrer, and my l icense number
is 14145.
WILLIAM J. FOX,
HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY SWORN BY THE REPORTER,
WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
EXAMINATION
BY MS. CHAN:
Q
okay.
Thank you very much, Mr. Fox.
I
appreciate you being here today.
A
sure.
Q
I asked you before we started, but have you
been deposed before?
A
Just one other time in an, associated with
the bank action.
Q
And you were --
A
But other than that, no.
www.aptusCR.com
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
ss.
I, HEIDI FUEHRER, CSR No. 14145, in and for t he
State of California, do hereby certify:
That prior to bei ng exami ned, the witness named
in the foregoing deposition was by me duly sworn to
testify to t he truth, the whole trut h, and noth i ng but
the truth;
That said deposition was taken down by me in
shorthand at the time and place therein named and
thereafter reduced t o typewriting under my direction,
and the same is a true, correct, and complete transcript
of said proceedings;
That if the foregoing pertains to the original
transcript of a deposition in a Federal Case, before
completion of the pr oceedi ngs, review of the transcript
{ } was { X} was not required.
I further certify that I am not interested in
the event of the action .
2025.
witness my hand this 26th day of February,
Certified Shorthand Reporter
for the State of California
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/11 re Bank of America California Unemploy111e11I Benefits Litigation
Case No. 3:21-JlfD-02992-GPC-MSB
Errata for Deposition of William J. Fox, February 13, 2025
Change
Reason
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In accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedme, I have read the entire transcript of my
testimony or it bas been read to me. I have listed my changes on the above En ata Sheet, listing
page and line numbers. I request that these changes be entered as pa11 of the record of my
testimony, and request and authorize that this Eirnta Sheet be appended to the trnnscript of my
testimony and be incorporated therein.
Executed this ~
day of _-'----"'~f--'--~--..,.,___, 2025.
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