Exhibit C - Dennis S. Ellis Bio (Dkt. 248.3)

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Exhibit C (Document 248-3) in Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA, entered on the FLSD docket 04/26/2021, is a Browne George Ross page on Dennis S. Ellis, a partner based in the firm's Century City office. It states that his practice concentrates on consumer class actions, unfair competition (Section 17200), business torts, product liability defense, environmental law and breach of contract actions. It also states that he graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1990 and cum laude from Howard University School of Law in 1995, and served as a Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellow and a legislative aide to Assemblywoman Carol Bentley. Its listed representations include New World TMT Limited v. PrediWave Corporation, et al., in which Mr. Ellis was lead attorney.

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EXHIBIT C
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BG 2 BROWNE GEORGE Ross ABOUT US ATTORNEYS PRACTICE AREAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONSULTING NEWS
O BriEN ANNAGUEY & ELLIS LLP

Dennis S. Ellis

Partner
Century City
dellis@bgrfirm.com

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Dennis S. Ellis is based in the firm's Century City office, and his practice concentrates on
consumer class actions, unfair competition (Section 17200), business torts, product liability
defense, environmental law, and breach of contract actions. He has worked for a diverse group
of clients, including major retail chains, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing
companies, and internationally-known celebrities. Mr. Ellis is the author of several articles that
have appeared in various legal publications, including a law review article entitled “A Product
Liability Claim By Any Other Name Remains A Product Liability Claim: California Courts
Should Not Permit Plaintiffs To Recast A Product Liability Claim In The Terms Of Fraud,” 25
Whittier L. Rev. 441 (2003). He also wrote a practitioner's treatise entitled Enforcement of
Judgments: A Practitioner's Guide to Recovery, published by ALM Media LLC in July 2016.

Before studying law, Mr. Ellis was one of 18 individuals selected from a nationwide pool of over
350 applicants to work for the California State Assembly as a Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly
Fellow. After completing the year-long Fellowship program, he was hired as a legislative aide
to Assemblywoman Carol Bentley. As Assemblywoman Bentley's chief legislative advisor, Mr.
Ellis briefed the Assemblywoman on pending legislation and was responsible for drafting
many of the bills she introduced.

Mr. Ellis graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1990, where he was a
scholarship student-athlete and starting offensive lineman on the Titan football team. He
graduated cum laude from Howard University School of Law in 1995. While there, Mr. Ellis was
first runner-up in the Charles H. Houston Moot Court Competition, a member of the National
Moot Court Team, and a member of the Howard Law Journal.

Recent Representations
Dennis has successfully represented clients in these matters:

¢ Consumer Class Action Defense: Mr. Ellis has a thriving practice representing consumer
packaged goods companies across the country. He has successfully defended such
cases by obtaining motions to dismiss at the pleading stage and denial of motions for
class certification.

¢ New World TMT Limited v. PrediWave Corporation, et al.: Mr. Ellis was lead attorney in
the case which resulted in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever obtained by
a Chinese firm in a U.S. court. In New World, Mr. Ellis led a team of attorneys who
successfully brought a motion for terminating sanctions against PrediWave Corporation,
eight PrediWave-related companies, and their CEO, Jianping “Tony” Qu. In its order, the
court struck all the defendants’ answers and cross-claims, and ordered that default be
entered against them and in favor of Mr. Ellis’ client, New World. A default hearing to
prove compensatory and punitive damages resulted in a total judgment in excess of $2.8
billion.

¢ Pacific Coin Management v. BR Telephony Partners, L.P., et al.: Mr. Ellis was part of a
trial team that obtained a $97.2 million jury verdict on behalf of their client in this
lawsuit involving claims of unfair competition and other related claims regarding the
alleged failure to disclose material information in an investment solicitation.

¢ Broadlink Communications, Inc. v. MRV Communications, Inc.: Mr. Ellis was the lead trial
lawyer in the Broadlink case, assisted only by a junior associate, where they represented
iTouch Communications, Inc. (“iTouch"), a division of MRV Communications, Inc. (“MRV"),
in a case of breach of contract for sale of goods. A collection agency brought the case in
Sonoma County Superior Court on behalf of bankrupt Broadlink. After deliberating for
three and a half hours, the jury returned a defense verdict on all counts in favor of Mr.
Ellis’ clients, iTouch and MRV.

e Mr. Ellis was the lead trial lawyer in a three-month long trial handling the opening,
closing, and direct and cross-examination of all the major witnesses. This case involved a
$16 million lawsuit filed by a Santa Barbara-based preventative medical scanning
company. The jury concluded that the company’s demise was due to a downward
industry trend in the full-body scanning market and its own poor management
decisions, rather than the company's claims of malfunctioning equipment
manufactured by Mr. Ellis’ client, a major healthcare company.

¢ Confidential JAMS Arbitration: Mr. Ellis served as lead counsel for Claimant in an
environmental case, where Claimant alleged Respondents failed to pay their agreed
portion of response costs related to an enforcement action brought by the Regional
Water Quality Control Board. At the conclusion of the arbitration, the panel of three
retired judges ordered Respondents to pay their full portion of response costs in the
amount of $2,045,279.40 and an additional $651,638.81 in prejudgment interest. The
panel also found that Claimant was the prevailing party and entitled to attorneys’ fees in
excess of $2,000,000.

Accolades and Recognitions
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¢ Member, International Association of Defense Counsel

¢ Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America’s Trial Lawyer Honorary Society

e Named as a “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles magazine (2007-2021)

e John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles; Legacy of Leadership Award (2016)
¢ California Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer magazine (2006)

* Named as one of the “Top 20 Lawyers under 40” by the Daily Journal (2006)

e Included in “Who's Who in Black Los Angeles”

Professional and Community Involvement
¢ Former General Counsel and Member, Board of Directors, Zeitgeist Community Learning
Center, a community-based after school program for students grades three through five,
in South Central Los Angeles
¢ Member, Board of Visitors, Howard University School of Law
Bar Admissions
¢ California

Education

¢ Howard University School of Law, J.D., 1995 (cum laude)
¢ California State University, Fullerton, B.A. 1990

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