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From: To: "'Ocariz, Humberto H. (SHB)'" Subject: RE: Update Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:18:41 +0000 Importance: Normal Hi Bert — Judge Davis was selected. I think Jeff Sloman called him on Thursday or Friday. Mr. Epstein has delayed his guilty plea until November asserting that his attorney was unavailable on the scheduled day. From: Ocariz, Humberto H. (SHB) [mallto Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:05 AM To: Subject: RE: Update Hi I wanted to follow up and find out if Epstein had pled and Judge Davis selected as a special master because I would like him to consider me. Thanks. Bert Ocariz From: Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:30 PM To: Ocariz, Humberto H. (SHB) Subject: Update Hi Bert — The office has decided that to avoid an appearance of favoring any lawyer or law firm, a Special Master will select the attorney representative and that we cannot even provide the Special Master with a list of attorneys from which to choose. Retired Judge Davis is going to be the Special Master and he is at Akerman Senterfitt. I was allowed to provide a list of criteria for the selection, as follows: I. Experience doing both plaintiffs' and defense litigation. 2. Experience with state and federal statutory and common law tort claims. 3. The ability to communicate effectively with young women (the victims' current ages are between 16 and 24). 4. Employment with a firm large enough to handle the possibility of at least a dozen trials at the same time. EFTA00214894 5. Experience litigating against large law firms and high profile attorneys. 6. Sensitivity to the nature of the suit and the victims' interest in maintaining their privacy. 7. Experience litigating in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. 8. The resources to hire experts and others, while working on a contingency fee basis, in order to prepare for trial, if a settlement cannot be reached. 9. The ability to negotiate effectively. I will leave it to you whether you or someone in your firm wants to contact Judge Davis. I apologize that this process has become so cumbersome. It has reminded me why government bureaucracy moves so slowly. Thank you for your willingness to step up and undertake this difficult project. Regards, Mail Gate made the following annotations on Mon Oct 29 2007 08:04:34 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. EFTA00214895