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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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CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Filed2026-01-09

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. 
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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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