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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2004



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.<BR>
<B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">California<BR>
<B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">68-0383568<BR>
<B>I.R.S. Employer Identification No.</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1776 W. March Lane, Suite&nbsp;250<BR>
Stockton, California 95207<BR>
<B>(Address of principal executive offices<BR>
including zip code)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.<BR>
1999 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
<B>(Full title of the plan)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">H. Ravi Brar<BR>
Chief Financial Officer



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1776 W. March Lane, Suite&nbsp;250<BR>
Stockton, California 95207<BR>
(209)&nbsp;926-3300<BR>
<B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies of all communications to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Michael T. Wolf<BR>
Jenner &#038; Block LLP<BR>
One IBM Plaza, 40th Floor<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60611


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per share (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $0.001</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,500,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.79</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,185,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the Pac-West
Telecomm, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan described herein by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration that results in
an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For purposes of computing the registration fee only. The proposed
maximum offering price was calculated with respect to 1,500,000 shares
based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the
consolidated reporting system on August&nbsp;11, 2004 (approximately $0.79),
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><A href="#101">EXPLANATORY NOTE
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><A href="#102">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SIGNATURES
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register 1,500,000
additional shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;) authorized for issuance under the Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Company&#146;s shareholders approved an amendment
and restatement of the Plan providing for an increase in the number of shares
of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 5,751,750 shares to
7,251,750 shares on June&nbsp;16, 2004 at the Company&#146;s annual meeting of
shareholders. The Company previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8
covering Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan on December&nbsp;17,
1999, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-93053, December&nbsp;22, 2000, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-52588, and March&nbsp;19,
2003, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-103929 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). In accordance with
General Instruction E of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of additional securities, the contents of the Prior Registration
Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2004, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;10, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to
in paragraph (1)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, filed on November&nbsp;1, 1999.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement
and to be part thereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Neumiller &#038; Beardslee, with respect to the legality
of the securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Neumiller &#038; Beardslee (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, and in the capacity indicated, in the City of Stockton, State of
California, on the 12th day of August, 2004.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. Ravi Brar</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">H. Ravi Brar</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Its:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Henry R. Carabelli and H. Ravi Brar, and
each of them, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any of all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his/her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed on August&nbsp;12,
2004, by the following persons in the capacities indicated:

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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ Henry R. Carabelli<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Henry R. Carabelli</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ H. Ravi Brar<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
H. Ravi Brar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ Peggy McGaw<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Peggy McGaw</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President Finance<BR>
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ Wallace W. Griffin<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Wallace W. Griffin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ A. Gary Ames<BR>
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A. Gary Ames</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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David G. Chandler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ Jerry L. Johnson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jerry L. Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

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John K. LaRue</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">/s/ Thomas A. Munro<BR>
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Director</TD>
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Melinda Guzman-Moore</TD>
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Director</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2004
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
68-0383568
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250
Stockton, California 95207
(Address of principal executive offices
including zip code)
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
1999 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
H. Ravi Brar
Chief Financial Officer
1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250
Stockton, California 95207
(209) 926-3300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Michael T. Wolf
Jenner & Block LLP
One IBM Plaza, 40th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Title of securities to
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
be registered
registered (1)
offering price per share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.001
1,500,000
$
0.79
$
1,185,000
$
150.14
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Pac-West
Telecomm, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan described herein by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration that results in
an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common
Stock.
(2)
For purposes of computing the registration fee only. The proposed
maximum offering price was calculated with respect to 1,500,000 shares
based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the
consolidated reporting system on August 11, 2004 (approximately $0.79),
pursuant to Rule 457(c).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Neumiller & Beardslee
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register 1,500,000
additional shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 ("Common
Stock") authorized for issuance under the Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Company's shareholders approved an amendment
and restatement of the Plan providing for an increase in the number of shares
of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 5,751,750 shares to
7,251,750 shares on June 16, 2004 at the Company's annual meeting of
shareholders. The Company previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8
covering Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan on December 17,
1999, Reg. No. 333-93053, December 22, 2000, Reg. No. 333-52588, and March 19,
2003, Reg. No. 333-103929 (the "Prior Registration Statements"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). In accordance with
General Instruction E of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of additional securities, the contents of the Prior Registration
Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
(1)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2004;
(2)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2004;
(3)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2004, filed with the Commission on August 10, 2004;
(4)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to
in paragraph (1) above; and
(5)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, filed on November 1, 1999.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement
and to be part thereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Neumiller & Beardslee, with respect to the legality
of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Neumiller & Beardslee (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, and in the capacity indicated, in the City of Stockton, State of
California, on the 12th day of August, 2004.
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
/s/ H. Ravi Brar
By:
H. Ravi Brar
Its:
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Henry R. Carabelli and H. Ravi Brar, and
each of them, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any of all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his/her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed on August 12,
2004, by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Capacity
/s/ Henry R. Carabelli
Henry R. Carabelli
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ H. Ravi Brar
H. Ravi Brar
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Peggy McGaw
Peggy McGaw
Vice President Finance
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Wallace W. Griffin
Wallace W. Griffin
Chairman
Signature
Capacity
/s/ A. Gary Ames
A. Gary Ames
Director
David G. Chandler
Director
/s/ Jerry L. Johnson
Jerry L. Johnson
Director
John K. LaRue
Director
/s/ Thomas A. Munro
Thomas A. Munro
Director
/s/ Samuel A. Plum
Samuel A. Plum
Director
/s/ Melinda Guzman-Moore
Melinda Guzman-Moore
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Neumiller & Beardslee, with respect to the legality
of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Neumiller & Beardslee (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).