NEWS RELEASE Contact: Zachary Mack

Attorney for Christian Velasquez

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chistian Velasquez for State Senate
July 27, 2022

Christian Velasquez has been named in a lawsuit in the Midland County Circuit Court captioned
as Sharon Schram v. Dow Silicones Corp., et al. We are unable to comment in detail on the
lawsuit given its early stages, and because it also has its origins in previous litigation between the
plaintiff Ms. Schram and Dow to which Christian was not a party. Further, the present litigation
in the Midland County Circuit Court surrounds terms of an alleged agreement between Ms.
Schram and Dow to which, again, Christian was not a party or signatory to. Efforts have been
made to obtain a copy of that agreement from Ms. Schram’s counsel, but they are unwilling to
provide it at this time.

Reference has also recently been made to an opinion and order entered in the previous litigation
involving Ms. Schram and Dow filed in 2016. That opinion and order was actually entered in
response to a motion for summary judgment. From a legal perspective, and as a matter of law,
when courts rule on motions for summary judgment they are absolutely required to take all
evidence, including circumstantial evidence, and view it in a light most favorable to the non-
moving party to see if there is any genuine issue of material fact for a jury to later determine the
truth or falsity of. In that case the non-moving party was Ms. Schram. Moreover, the court is
not allowed to make credibility judgments, and must essentially take all statements as true for
purposes of ruling on the motion. Accordingly, any past or recent inferences about what was or
was not stated or implied in that opinion, and especially as it related to Christian as an employee
of Dow and a witness in the case, should be viewed in that light. There were no factual
determinations made – only suggestions about what could potentially be inferred from the
alleged circumstantial evidence. The case never went to a jury and was dismissed with prejudice
in 2018.

Christian and his campaign intend to vigorously defend this present case filed in the last week –
the timing of which is not lost on his campaign. In the meantime, Christian would simply like to
reiterate that in his 29 year career with Dow and Dow Corning, he earned a solid reputation for
being fair and strongly advocating for the advancement of others’ careers regardless of their
gender. Suggestions to the contrary, including in the recent skewed attacks, are just further
examples of career politicians and their supporters engaging in the type of mudslinging Christian
would like removed from politics.

Zachary B. Mack (Of Counsel) | mack@sppplaw.com | Detroit office | Admitted in Michigan