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title: 'House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017511)'
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2 1 0 1 ] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 9 10 11 112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 have? A. You said "still require," which would have meant that I testified -- Q. Sony. A. -- previously that it was requiring them. Q. Did you require attorneys at your firm to attend your fundraisers? A. I asked them to, I urged them to, I tried to cajole them into coming, but it wasn't an absolute requirement. Do you recall between April and July of 2009 how many fundraisers you would have had? A. I do not. Q. Did you have fundraisers anywhere besides your home in 2009? A. I probably did, but I don't recall without seeing the documents. If you have the invitation or the e-mails, that would help me. Q. Did you hold fundraisers at your office in 2009? A. I may have. That wouldn't have been unusual, but I don't have a specific recollection. Q. Did you ever meet any of the plaintiffs in the Epstein case? A. I don't have a specific recollection of Page 82 that. Q. Do you recall ever revving copies of e-mails from Mr. Jenne with respect to the plaintiffs in the case that the subject matter would say "information we need to use"? A. I don't recall that one way or the other. It's certainly possible. Q. Do you recall ever reviewing anything that was titled "causes of action against Epstein"? A. I do not have a specific recollection of that one way or the other. Q. Do you recall ever reviewing with Mr. Jenne or any other investigator in your firm any information regarding Mr. Epstein's house staff or airplane staff? A. I do don't recall that one way or the other. I may have, 1 may not have. Q. Who is Bill Berger? A. A former Palm Beach judge that we hired. Q. Okay. What was his role at your firm? A. He was a shareholder. . What kind of practice? A. Litigating cases. Q. What kind of practice did he litigate? What kind of cases did he litigate? A. I don't recall specifically. 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 117 118 19 20 21 2.2 23 24 25 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 83 FRIEDMAN, LOMBARDI & OLSON 305-371-6677 Q. When did you hire him? A. 2008 or 2009. I don't have a specific recollection. Q. If you hired lawyers who didn't have a book of business, what kind of practice did they do at your office? A. It depended upon the lawyer. I would have tried to get them to work with other lawyers in an area that they either were proficient in or wanted to become proficient in. Q. Okay. You had a meeting at your office during which you were asking about information regarding referring attorneys, attorneys who had referred business to the firm. Do you know what I'm talking about? I believe it was back in December of '08 or early 2009. A. The way you are characterizing that meeting, I had a lot of meetings like that. Q. What was the purpose of those? A. You are going to have to be more specific for me, Tonja. Q. Let's start generally then. What was -- you said you had many meetings like that. Tell me what these meetings were for? A. Making sure that we were maximizing Page 84 generation of business into the law form. Q. What kind of business, legitimate business or the other -- A. Legitimate business. Q. Sorry, I couldn't hear you. A. Legitimate business. The general meetings that you are discussing, that was legitimate business. Q. So there was a meeting for all attorneys to attend regarding generating business, those meetings were for the legitimate business? A. If it was addressed to all attorneys, yes. Q. Okay. And if an e-mail went out to all attorneys, did paralegals and support staff get it as well or was it just directed to the attorneys? A. Certain support staff probably were on that list, like my CFO and COO, and perhaps my IT people, but it was general for the attorneys. Q. With respect to your IT people, did you have the capability to review e-mails and internet activity of all of your employees? A. I did. Q. Including attorneys? A. 1 did. Q. Did you ever utilize that tool? A. Very infrequently. It was a pain because 1 Page 85 22 (Pages 82 to 85) 5ed93085-0554-447f-bcdd-ca2d8fe941df HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017511