EFTA01102444.pdf

JEFFREY EPSTEIN, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN Plaintiff, AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA VS. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, CASE NO. 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG and BRADLEY J, EDWARDS, individually. Defendants. I PLAINTIFF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S MOTION FOR AN ENLARGMENT OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO MEDIATE Plaintiff Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein"), by and through his undersigned counsel and pursuant to Rule 1.090(b) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby requests this Honorable Court for an enlargement of time of ninety (90) days within which to comply with the Court's order or mediation. As grounds therefore, Epstein would state: I. At Plaintiff's request, this Court entered an Order on April 19, 2012 directing the parties to participate in Mediation within sixty (60) days; to wit: on or before June 19, 2012. 2. Undersigned counsel was not counsel for Plaintiff on the date upon which this Order was entered. 3. Undersigned counsel has been reviewing the volumes of documents that have been produced in this case to date to prepare for all upcoming scheduled matters, including Mediation, and to comply with other deadlines imposed by both the Court and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. 4. Undersigned counsel has also been diligently preparing for multiple hearings on this case, including hearings scheduled for June II, 2012 (which was cancelled on June 10, 2012) and June 12, 2012, and multiple hearings in the ancillary cases that are prevalent to this case. 5. Due to the busy schedules of the parties involved, including co-counsels, the Plaintiff, the co-defendant and opposing counsels, undersigned counsel has been EFTA01102444 unable to coordinate the scheduling of the mediation within the time frame provided in the Court Order. 6. Plaintiff is requesting an additional ninety (90) days within which to comply with the Court Order. 7. This motion is being made in good faith and not for the purposes of delay. 8. Since Plaintiff was the party who requested the Mediation and is now requesting an enlargement of time, there is no prejudice suffered by an enlargement of the time frame within which to comply. 9. Undersigned counsel has made a good faith attempt to confer with opposing counsel for Mr. Edwards regarding the enlargement of time. Wherefore, Plaintiff Jeffrey Epstein requests this Honorable Court grant Plaintiff's motion for enlargement of time. WE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served, via electronic and US Mail, to all parties on the attached service list, this June 12, 2012. Tonja Haddad Coleman, Esq. Florida Bar No.: 176737 Tonja Haddad, PA 524 South Andrews Avenue Suite 200N Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 facsimile) Attorneys for Plaintiff EFTA01102445  SERVICE LIST CASE NO. 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Jack Scarola, Esq. Searcy Denney Scarola et al. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Jack Goldberger, Esq. Atterbury, Goldberger, & Weiss, PA 250 Australian Ave. South Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Marc Nurik, Esq. 1 East Broward Blvd. Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Bradley J. Edwards, Esq. Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos Lehrman 425 N Andrews Avenue Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Lilly Ann Sanchez, Esq. LS Law Firm Four Seasons Tower 15th Floor 1441 Brickell Avenue Miami, Florida 33131 EFTA01102446