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Home Court filings Bofa Ca Unemployment In re: Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation — S.D. Cal., No. 21-md-02992 Exhibit PX27 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-28, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

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Exhibit PX27 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-28, 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. 634-28 · 2026-01-09 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRI CT OF CALIFORNIA 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LITIGATION, 
This Document Relates to All 
Actions 
Case No. 
3:21- md-
02992-GPC-
MSB 
CONFIDENTIAL DEPOSITION OF THOMAS MONTAG 
New York, New York 
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 
Reported by: 
Jeremy Frank, MPM 
JOB NO. 1995561 
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September 24, 2025 
2:40 p.m. 
Deposition of THOMAS MONTAG, held at the 
offices of Goodwin Procter LLP, 620 Eighth 
Avenue, New York, New York, pursuant to 
Notice, before Jeremy Frank, a Stenographic 
Court Reporter and Notary Public of the State 
of New York. 
STENO.COM 
(888) 707-8366 
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APP E ARANCES : 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY LLP 
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the 
Pr oposed Class 
840 Malcolm Road 
Burlingame, CA 94010 
BY: 
BRIAN DANI TZ, ESQ. 
BDanitz@cpmlegal . com 
(650 ) 697 - 6300 
GOODWIN PROCTER, LLP 
Attorneys for Defendants 
1900 N Street, N.W. 
Washington , D.C . 20036 
BY : 
SABRINA M. ROSE- SMITH, ESQ. 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw . com 
ANGELICA RANKINS, ESQ. 
ARankins@goodwinlaw . com 
(202) 346-4029 
ALSO PRESENT: 
RICHARD MORALES, v ideographer 
STENO.COM 
(888) 707-8366 
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by 
and between counsel for the respective 
parties hereto, that the filing, sealing and 
certification of the within deposition shall 
be and the same are hereby waived; 
IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that 
all objections, except as to the form of the 
question, shall be reserved to the time of the 
trial; 
IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that 
the within deposition may be signed before any 
Notary Public with the same force and effect 
as if signed and sworn to before the Court. 
STENO.COM 
(888) 707-8366 
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 
Good 
afternoon, we are now on the 
record. 
My name is Richard 
Morales of Steno. 
Today is 
September 24th, 2025, the time is 
approximately 2:40 p.m. Eastern 
time. 
This deposition is being 
held at the office of Goodwin 
Procter. 
The caption of the case 
is in Re Bank of America Cal i-
fornia Unemployment Benefits 
Litigation . 
The name of the 
witness is Thomas Montag. 
At this time will the 
attorneys identify themselves and 
the parties they represent, after 
which The Court Reporter, Jeremy 
Frank, wil l swear in the witness 
and we can proceed. 
MR . DANITZ: 
Brian Danitz 
for t he p l aintiffs. 
MS. ROSE- SMITH: 
Sabrina 
Rose - Smith of Goodwin Procter on 
behalf of Bank of America and the 
STENO.COM 
(888) 707-8366 
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C E R T I F I C A T E 
STATE OF NEW YORK 
ss. 
COUNTY OF NEW YORK 
I, Jeremy Frank, a Notary Public within 
and for the State of New York, do hereby 
certify: 
That THOMAS MONTAG, the witness whose 
deposition is hereinbefore set forth, was duly 
sworn by me and that such deposition is a true 
record of the testimony given by the witness. 
I further certify that I am not related 
to any of the parties to this action by blood 
or marriage, and that I am in no way 
interested in the outcome of this matter. 
IN WI TNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby 
set my hand on the 26th day of September, 
2025. 
0-r~ 
~RANK, MPM 
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Docusign Envelope ID: E0FE0DBD-3F74-4ED8-A5E4-75206388D814 
In re Bank of America California U11employment Benefits Litigation 
Case No. 3:21-MD-02992-GPC-MSB 
Errata for Deposition of Thomas Montag, September 24, 2025 
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Docusign Envelope ID: E0FE0DBD-3F74-4ED8-A5E4-75206388O814 
In accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, I have read the entire transcript of my 
testimony or it has been read to me. I have listed my changes on the above Enata Sheet, listing 
page and line numbers. I request that these changes be entered as part of the record of my 
testimony, and request and authorize that this Enata Sheet be appended to the transcript of my 
testimony and be incorporated therein. 
Executed this~ day of october 
2025. 
________ 
_, 
[fu::~ ~LJua 
l,0/'<E4115fdl596433 ... 
Thomas K. Montag 
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