Exhibit A — Marshall v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC (Dkt. 149-1, E.D. Pa. No. 5:21-cv-04337)

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Exhibit A, the parties' correspondence concerning the plaintiffs' pending discovery, filed March 13, 2025 as Document 149-1 in Marshall v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC, No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It contains emails from March 3 to March 11, 2025 between plaintiffs' counsel at Bailey & Glasser and Prestamos' counsel, including Marcel S. Pratt, about the plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition and Prestamos' designees. In a March 4, 2025 email, Lawrence J. Lederer offers to forgo the Rule 30(b)(1) depositions of Nunez, Adame and Castillo if Prestamos produces Martinez for deposition on or prior to the April 9, 2025 discovery deadline. A March 11, 2025 email adds a request to depose Castillo and states that the plaintiffs will seek Judge Gallagher's intervention if Prestamos does not agree.

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EXHIBIT A 
(The Parties’ Correspondence 
Concerning Plaintiffs’ 
Pending Discovery) 
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www.ballardspahr.com 
  
 
From: Lawrence J. Lederer <llederer@baileyglasser.com>  
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:56 AM 
To: Pratt, Marcel S. <PrattM@ballardspahr.com> 
Cc: Rogers, Edward <RogersE@ballardspahr.com>; Burruss, Chesley <burrussc@ballardspahr.com>; Gallagher, Thomas J. 
<GallagherT@ballardspahr.com>; Daniel Arellano <daniel@ha-firm.com>; Roy Herrera <roy@ha-firm.com>; jillian@ha-
firm.com; Bart D. Cohen <bcohen@baileyglasser.com>; Michael L. Murphy <MMurphy@baileyglasser.com>; Justin A. 
Heller <jheller@woh.com>; Matthew M. Zapala <mzapala@woh.com>; Gabriel R. Dos Santos 
<gdossantos@baileyglasser.com>; Beatriz Aguirre <beatriz@ha-firm.com> 
Subject: RE: Prestamos - Plaintiffs' 30(b)(6) Notice of Deposition 
 
௷
௸ EXTERNAL 
Marcel and team: 
 
Good morning. As part of our proposal to substantially narrow the pending discovery, Plaintiffs also seek to 
depose Mr. Castillo under Rule 30(b)(1). We understand that we also originally proposed forgoing his 
deposition.  But that was subject to who Prestamos designates as its Rule 30(b(6) witness(es), and Prestamos still 
hasn't identified its Rule 30(b(6) designee(s) for any of the five specific topics set forth in Plaintiffs' Rule 30(b)(6) 
notice. To the extent that Castillo is Prestamos' 30(b)(6) designee for any of those five topics, Plaintiffs would also 
be willing to depose Castillo once not twice as with Martinez unless Prestamos wants the Rule 30(b)(1) and (b)(6) 
depositions separate.  
 
Plaintiffs will also forgo the 30(b)(1) depositions of Nunez and Adame in full, again subject also to Prestamos also 
answering Plainitffs' pending RFAs. Further, Plaintiffs are also amenable to limiting the time of both the Martinez 
and Castillo depositions to a maximum of up to three or four hours depending on whether they are also Prestamos' 
Rule 30(b)(6) designees.   
 
Please advise. Again, if Prestamos fails to agree to produce Martinez and Castillo for deposition and identify its 
Rule 30(b)(6) designee(s) -- who Plaintiffs continue to believe are indeed Martinez and Castillo anyway -- we will be 
forced to promptly seek Judge Gallagher's intervention. If you want to discuss any aspect of this, we can do that 
too. 
 
Thank you. 
 
Larry  
 
 
___________________________ 
Lawrence J. Lederer 
Partner 
Bailey & Glasser, LLP 
T: 202.548.7787
From: Lawrence J. Lederer <llederer@baileyglasser.com>  
Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 5:41 PM 
To: Marcel S. Pratt <PrattM@ballardspahr.com> 
Cc: Edward Rogers <RogersE@ballardspahr.com>; Chesley Burruss <burrussc@ballardspahr.com>; Thomas J. Gallagher 
<GallagherT@ballardspahr.com>; Daniel Arellano <daniel@ha-firm.com>; Roy Herrera <roy@ha-firm.com>; jillian@ha-
firm.com; Bart D. Cohen <bcohen@baileyglasser.com>; Michael L. Murphy <MMurphy@baileyglasser.com>; Justin A. 
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From: Lawrence J. Lederer <llederer@baileyglasser.com>  
Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 2:54 PM 
To: Pratt, Marcel S. <PrattM@ballardspahr.com>; Rogers, Edward <RogersE@ballardspahr.com>; 
Longley, Henry <longleyh@ballardspahr.com>; Burruss, Chesley <burrussc@ballardspahr.com>; 
Gallagher, Thomas J. <GallagherT@ballardspahr.com>; Daniel Arellano <daniel@ha-firm.com>; Roy 
Herrera <roy@ha-firm.com>; jillian@ha-firm.com 
Cc: Bart D. Cohen <bcohen@baileyglasser.com>; Michael L. Murphy <MMurphy@baileyglasser.com>; 
Heller, Justin A. <jheller@woh.com>; Zapala, Matthew M. <mzapala@woh.com>; Gabriel R. Dos Santos 
<gdossantos@baileyglasser.com> 
Subject: RE: Prestamos - Plaintiffs' 30(b)(6) Notice of Deposition 
  
௷
௸ EXTERNAL 
Marcel and team:  
  
I write on behalf of plaintiffs following today’s status conference with the Court. Plaintiffs are 
willing to forgo three of the four Rule 30(b)(1) depositions plaintiffs noticed last week – specifically, 
Nunez, Adame and Castillo – if Prestamos agrees to timely produce Martinez for deposition on or 
prior to the April 9, 2025 discovery deadline. This assumes Martinez would also be Prestamos’ Rule 
30(b)(6) designee as to at least two of the five specific Rule 30(b)(6) topics plaintiffs noticed – 
including specifically topic one as to Prestamos’ use of the Loan Documents, and topic five as to 
Prestamos’ policies and procedures regarding PPP lending. In addition, please advise us whether 
Martinez would also be Prestamos’ Rule 30(b)(6) designee as to the three other Rule 30(b)(6) 
topics, as to which we reserve our rights. Further, as part of this proposal to narrow the pending 
discovery, plaintiffs would also a) agree to depose Martinez once as both a 30(b)(1) witness and 
Prestamos’ 30(b)(6) witness, and b) expect Prestamos to provide timely answers and substantive 
responses to plaintiffs’ RFAs rather than just objections.  
  
Happy to further discuss if and as you want. Either way, please promptly advise as to defendant’s 
position.  
  
Thank you. 
  
Larry  
  
  
_________________________________________ 
Lawrence J. Lederer
Partner
Tel:  
202.548.7787 
Cell:  
267.977.0898 
Fax:  
304.342.1110 
Email:  
llederer@baileyglasser.com  
Office: 
 
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Suite 540
Washington, D.C. 20007
Connect: 
BaileyGlasser.com | Firm Biography
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From: Gabriel R. Dos Santos <gdossantos@baileyglasser.com>  
Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 3:24 PM 
To: Pratt, Marcel S. <PrattM@ballardspahr.com>; Rogers, Edward <RogersE@ballardspahr.com>; 
Longley, Henry <longleyh@ballardspahr.com>; Burruss, Chesley <burrussc@ballardspahr.com>; 
Gallagher, Thomas J. <GallagherT@ballardspahr.com>; Daniel Arellano <daniel@ha-firm.com>; Roy 
Herrera <roy@ha-firm.com>; jillian@ha-firm.com 
Cc: Lawrence J. Lederer <llederer@baileyglasser.com>; Bart D. Cohen <bcohen@baileyglasser.com>; 
Michael L. Murphy <MMurphy@baileyglasser.com>; Heller, Justin A. <jheller@woh.com>; Zapala, 
Matthew M. <mzapala@woh.com> 
Subject: Prestamos - Plaintiffs' 30(b)(6) Notice of Deposition 
  
Counsel,  
  
Please, see attached Plaintiffs’ Notice of Deposition Pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6). Should you have 
any trouble opening the attachment, please do not hesitate to contact me.  
  
Thank you.  
  
___________________________ 
Gabriel R. Dos Santos 
Bailey & Glasser, LLP 
309 East 5th Street 
Suite 202B 
Des Moines,  IA  50309
T: 515.416.9050
F: 304.342.1110
 
gdossantos@baileyglasser.com  
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