EXHIBIT A

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Jonathan A. Shapiro (257199) MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO PC 44 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 Tel: (415) 432-6000 Fax: (415) 432-6001 JAShapiro@mintz.com Andrea J. Robinson (pro hac vice) Timothy J. Perla (pro hac vice) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Tel: (617) 526-6000 Fax: (617) 526-5000 andrea.robinson@wilmerhale.com timothy.perla@wilmerhale.com Attorneys for Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation, and DOES 1-50 Defendant.

Case No.: CV 10-9198-JVS(RNBx) [CORRECTED] DECLARATION OF JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO

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[CORRECTED] DECLARATION OF JONATHAN SHAPIRO, 10-09198-JVS(RNBx)

[CORRECTED] DECLARATION OF JONATHAN SHAPIRO

I, Jonathan A. Shapiro, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of California and

before this Court. I am a Member of the law firm of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and

Popeo PC and represent Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW”) in

the above-entitled action. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if called

as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto.

2. On April 9, 2013, Joel Fleming and I spoke by telephone with Jeanette

Barzelay of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, counsel for Plaintiffs in the above-

entitled action. During that conversation, we asked Ms. Barzelay whether Plaintiffs could

identify a date by which they expected to update Plaintiffs’ Responses to LSW’s

Interrogatory No. 10, which asks Plaintiffs to state the names of all members of the

Illustrations Subclass. Ms. Barzelay replied that she would “get back” to us. We have

heard nothing further from Plaintiffs about this issue.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed

this 3rd day of May, 2013, at San Francisco, California.

By: /s/ Jonathan A. Shapiro

Jonathan A. Shapiro

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