EFTA00234487.pdf

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP AND *minim PARINWSHIPS Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street Jay F. LeNowitz. New York, New York 10022-4411 To Call Writer Directly. Facsimile: lefkovertzeakakland corn www.kkkland.com June 15, 2009 VIA FACSIMILE Ms. A. Marie Villafana, Esq. United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Marie: I am attaching a letter authored by my co-counsel, Robert Critton, on today's date. It represents our agreement with a proposal that Kathy Ezell indicated in a letter dated June 8, 2009 would be fully acceptable to her and Bob Josefsberg as a means to resolve expeditiously all outstanding fee issues regarding the attorney representative. Mr. Epstein has directed his counsel to take immediate steps to address and resolve the attorney representative's outstanding fee- related issues and we are doing so without delay. The suggestion of a Special Master, agreed to by both parties, to resolve the issues in the immediate future, will assure all parties that there will be no delay and no need for adversarial litigation regarding fees. More generally, I want to assure you that Mr. Epstein has directed all counsel to make sure that there is no filing that could constitute a breach of the NPA. Accordingly, a new internal screening process has been established to provide focused decision-making on each filing. To the extent we believe any filing may be perceived as implicating any of the issues generically addressed in the NPA (a document including sentences within paragraph 8 that even Mr. Acosta agreed were "far from simple"), we intend to address such issues with you prior to any filing and hope that you will agree to review the draft filing and inform us whether or not from your perspective it would, if filed, constitute a "breach". This will be especially important regarding issues that we believe fall at the intersection of Section 2255 and the civil litigation. We reserve our right, if you believe a proposed filing to conflict with the NPA or if you wish not to address these issues with us, thereafter to address such substantive issues with the Coup. Chicago Hong Kong London Los Angeles Munich San Francisco Washington, 0.0 EFTA00234487  KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Ms. A. Marie Villafana, Esq. June 15, 2009 Page 2 We hope that these proposals—in combination with our immediate withdrawal of the previously filed Motion to Dismiss—resolve all outstanding issues at the intersection of the NPA and 2255. Please advise if any remain. Sincerely, Enclosure cc: liaren Atkinson, Esq. EFTA00234488  BURMAN, CRITTON, LUTTIER & COLEMAN LLP 1. MICHAEL BURMA.N. PA' A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP ADFI f21p J. BENAYENTE GREGORY W COLEMAN. PA PARRLEOAL I IMKSTIDATOR ROBERT D CARTON. JR.. PA' BERNARD LEBEDEKER BARBARA M. McKENNA MARK T ULMER. PA. ASHUE STOKEN-BARINO IEPFREY C PEPIN BETIT STOKES PARRLICALS MICHAEL I PIKE HEATHER McNAMARA RUDA TIORIDA BOARD CUOMO June 15, 2009 RITA H. BUDNYK Of COUNSEL CIVIL TRIAL LAWYFJ Sent by E-mail and U.S. Mail Robert Josefsberg, Esq. Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 West Flagler Street, Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 Re: Epstein Matter Dear Bob: On June 8, 2009, Kathy Ezell wrote a letter to me regarding outstanding fee payment issues. At page 3, she stated that she was not adverse to an earlier proposal that had been discussed amongst the parties to rely on a Special Master to resolve outstanding fee-related issues. We agree with Kathy's "proposal" that we rely on a Special Master to resolve all outstanding fee issues. Let's work during our Wednesday meeting to select an appropriate Special Master and let's agree to see whether, in the interim, we can resolve these issues even before they are submitted to the S.M. Cordially yo RoberyU. Critton, Jr. RDC/clz cc: Jack Goldberger, Esq. L 'A•W•Y•E•R •S 515 N. FL&GLER DRIVE / SUITE 400 / WEST PALM BEACH. FLORIDA 33401 TELEPHONE (561) 842-2820 FAX (561) 844-6929 mailebc1claw.com EFTA00234489