# UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS,

Case No. 22-cv-10904-JSR

Plaintiff,

v.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

Defendant / Third-Party Plaintiff

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

Third-Party Plaintiff,

v.

JAMES EDWARD STALEY,

Third-Party Defendant.

# AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN MCNICHOLS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
# DECLARATION OF JOHN MCNICHOLS
I, John McNichols, do declare as follows:

- 1. I am a partner at & Connolly LLP, 680 Maine Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024.
- 2. I am a member in good standing of the bars of Maryland. Virginia. and the District of Columbia.
- 3. I have never been convicted of a felony.
- 4. I have never been censured, suspended, disbarred, or denied admission or readmission by any court.

- 5. There are no pending disciplinary proceedings against me in any state or federal court.

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

Dated: August 18. 2023

Subscribed and sworn to before me

This it day of /4 ticidSt

lartnabeAt 4214e. Notary Public

My Commission Expires