EFTA00030155.pdf
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Email thread / news article
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Summary
Internal DOJ/SDNY email thread dated June 19, 2019, circulating a Law360 article about Alan Dershowitz's legal bid to disqualify the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner from representing his accuser, Virginia Giuffre. The article details the conflict of interest allegations stemming from a 2015 interaction between Dershowitz and Boies Schiller partner Carlos Sires, and notes Judge Preska's decision to consider the motion. The email discussion confirms that the DOJ press office had not received inquiries from reporters about the case.
People (12)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Alan Dershowitz | Attorney / Defendant |
Prominent attorney and retired Harvard Law School professor accused of sexual molestation; seeking to disqualify Boie...
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Convicted Sex Offender |
Alleged to have 'lent out' accuser to Dershowitz; described as Dershowitz's friend and client.
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| Virginia Giuffre | Accuser / Plaintiff |
Name redacted in some instances but explicitly mentioned as 'Giuffre' in text; accusing Dershowitz of sexual molestat...
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| Loretta A. Preska | U.S. District Judge |
Judge presiding over the Dershowitz case in SDNY.
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| Andrew Strickler | Journalist |
Author of the Law360 article.
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| Carlos Sires | Attorney |
Partner at Boies Schiller who offered to represent Dershowitz in 2015, creating the alleged conflict.
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| Arthur L. Aidala | Attorney |
Counsel for Dershowitz.
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| Imran H. Ansari | Attorney |
Counsel for Dershowitz.
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| Joshua Schiller | Attorney |
Counsel for Giuffre; partner at Boies Schiller.
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| Sigrid McCawley | Attorney |
Counsel for Giuffre; attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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| Kenneth A. Marra | U.S. District Judge |
Ruled that prosecutors mishandled the earlier Epstein case.
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| Alex Acosta | Labor Secretary / Former Prosecutor |
Mentioned regarding the nonprosecution agreement with Epstein.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Boies Schiller Flexner LLP |
Law firm representing Virginia Giuffre; subject of disqualification bid.
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| Harvard Law School |
Former employer of Alan Dershowitz.
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| Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC |
Law firm representing Dershowitz.
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| Law360 |
Publisher of the article.
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| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Venue for the case.
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| United States Department of Justice |
Organization of the email sender (Public Affairs).
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| U.S. Attorney’s Office | Southern District of New York |
Specific office of the email sender.
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Timeline (2 events)
2015
Boies Schiller partner Carlos Sires offered to represent Dershowitz.
Unknown
2019-06-17
Judge Preska stated she would consider Dershowitz's motion to disqualify Boies Schiller.
U.S. District Court, SDNY
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Location of federal court.
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Jurisdiction for the court case.
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Relationships (3)
Article states Dershowitz played a role as Epstein's attorney and friend.
Giuffre alleged she had sex with Dershowitz.
Sires offered to represent Dershowitz in 2015 but a conflict prevented it.
Key Quotes (4)
"Dershowitz's accuser has alleged that convicted billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein 'lent her out for sex' to Dershowitz"Source
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"Professor Dershowitz is gratified that the court will consider the motion on its merits"Source
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"This is an attempt to manufacture a conflict and delay the case and prevent our client from working with the counsel she's worked with for five years"Source
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"marked off the calendar"Source
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From: [Redacted]
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:37:51 +0000
Importance: Normal
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:37:51 +0000
Importance: Normal
Yeah the other day I asked them too, and they said no – they said they’d let us know if they got any inquiries
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 16:34
To: [Redacted]
Subject: FW: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 16:34
To: [Redacted]
Subject: FW: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
By the way, I called [Redacted] to ask if he’d received any inquiries from reporters about this case in general, and he said no. He said he’d confirm with [Redacted] and [Redacted]
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 4:30 PM
To: [Redacted]
Subject: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 4:30 PM
To: [Redacted]
Subject: Law360; Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
By Andrew Strickler
By Andrew Strickler
Share us on: By Andrew Strickler
Law360 (June 18, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT) -- The New York federal judge who initially refused to hear Alan Dershowitz's request to disqualify Boies Schiller Flexner LLP from representing a woman accusing the prominent attorney and retired Harvard Law School professor of sexually molesting her said on Monday that she would consider it.
In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska allowed Dershowitz's motion to be reinstated and said he could file a 28-page memo on his request.
The order comes a week after Judge Preska said she was removing the motion because Dershowitz didn't request a premotion conference before the filing in violation of a court rule.
Dershowitz's accuser [Redacted] has alleged that convicted billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "lent her out for sex" to Dershowitz and that Dershowitz played a role as Epstein's attorney and friend in a human trafficking scheme during the late 1990s and early 2000s involving dozens of underage girls.
In a July 7 motion, Dershowitz argued that Boies Schiller shouldn't be allowed to continue to represent [Redacted] because the firm has "severe" conflicts in the case.
Those stem from an offer made in 2015 by Boies Schiller partner Carlos Sires to represent Dershowitz after Giuffre alleged in a separate Crime Victims Rights Act suit focused on Epstein's deal with prosecutors that she had sex with Dershowitz and others.
Dershowitz said in his motion he didn't learn Boies Schiller was representing his accuser in the current case until after he shared with Sires a "highly confidential" memo spelling out his legal strategy in the case. The next day, Sires informed Dershowitz that a client conflict was going to prevent him from representing Dershowitz.
Last week, Boies Schiller submitted a letter to the court stating that Dershowitz hadn't complied with the premotion conference rule; Judge Preska agreed and ordered his filing "marked off the calendar."
"Professor Dershowitz is gratified that the court will consider the motion on its merits," said Dershowitz counsel Arthur L. Aidala and Imran H. Ansari in a statement Tuesday.
Giuffre counsel Joshua Schiller of Boies Schiller submitted a letter to Judge Preska on Monday urging her to deny the disqualification request without further briefing.
Dershowitz filed the "tactical" motion months into the suit despite having known for some five years that the firm represents [Redacted] Schiller said. Moreover, Dershowitz's brief contact with Sires never resulted in the formation of an attorney-client relationship.
"Even though he knew that BSF's conflict check had not been completed, Dershowitz copied Mr. Sires into a group e-mail attaching a memorandum, which Dershowitz now claims was confidential," Schiller wrote, adding that the memo was addressed to Dershowitz's "friends" and contained no confidential information.
"This is an attempt to manufacture a conflict and delay the case and prevent our client from working with the counsel she's worked with for five years," Schiller told Law360.
Dershowitz's ties to the Epstein scandal were back in the news after a February ruling by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, who found current Labor Secretary Alex Acosta had been among several prosecutors who mishandled a decade-old sex crime case against Epstein when they signed a nonprosecution agreement with Epstein without notifying his victims.
Giuffre is represented by Joshua Schiller and Sigrid McCawley of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
Dershowitz is represented by Imran H. Ansari and Arthur L. Aidala of Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC.
The case is [Redacted] v. Dershowitz, case number 1:19-cv-03377, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
[Redacted]
Public Affairs
United States Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office | Southern District of New York
[Redacted] Press Office: (212) 637-1020
Public Affairs
United States Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office | Southern District of New York
[Redacted] Press Office: (212) 637-1020
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