gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1219.17.pdf

Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-17 Filed 07/15/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------X .......................................... VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, v. 15-cv-07433-RWS ...... GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. --------------------------------------------------X Declaration of Mary E. Borja I, Mary E. Borja, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed in the District of Columbia. 2. I am familiar generally with the subject matter of this action, No. 15-cv-07433-RWS (S.D.N.Y.). 3. From 2015 to the present time I have been representing Professor Alan Dershowitz in Edwards v. Dershowitz, No. CACE 15-000072 (Fla. Cir. Ct.). Although Ms. Giuffre is not a party to the Florida state court action, central to that action are her allegations that she was the victim of “sexual trafficking.” 4. Based on my knowledge of the Florida action and this action, I believe Professor Dershowitz and Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell have a common interest, namely, of defending against allegations by and on behalf of Ms. Giuffre regarding alleged abuse. 5. During the course of my representation of Professor Dershowitz, I have on various occasions exchanged information via email with Ms. Maxwell’s counsel Laura Menninger. These emails are attorney work product because the information we exchanged implicates my or  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-17 Filed 07/15/21 Page 2 of 2 Ms. Menninger’s or both of our mental impressions, conclusions, opinions and/or theories concerning the defense of Ms. Giuffre’s allegations and related factual and legal matters. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 19, 2016. s/ Mary E. Borja Mary E. Borja CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on August 19, 2016, I electronically served this Declaration of Mary E. Borja via ECF on the following: Sigrid S. McCawley Paul G. Cassell Meredith Schultz 383 S. University Street BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP Salt Lake City, UT 84112 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 [email protected] Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] [email protected] J. Stanley Pottinger Bradley J. Edwards 49 Twin Lakes Rd. FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS South Salem, NY 10590 & LEHRMAN, P.L. [email protected] 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] /s/ Nicole Simmons Nicole Simmons 2