Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
1 sir. Page 188 2 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 3 Q. And you decided that you weren't going to 4 honor your waiver of the parental rights and you were 5 going to fight him over that, right? 6 MR. GAY: Objection to form. 7 THE WITNESS: Yes, after a certain period 8 of time and a lot of soul searching, I made the 9 decision that I wanted to have a relationship with my 10 daughter. 11 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 12 Q. So after you committed a bad act, you 13 decided to reach within yourself and soul search, you 14 wanted to correct your evil ways, correct? 15 MR. GAY: Objection to form. 16 MR. PHILLIPS: I'll withdraw the question. 17 THE WITNESS: What? 18 MR. PHILLIPS: I'll withdraw the question. 19 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 20 Q. Now, on Page 60 of the deposition transcript 21 from last Monday, on June 4th, Mr. Lichtman asked you 22 about certain ethical responsibilities that attorneys 23 at RRA had with respect to the maintenance of trust 24 accounts. Do you recall that? 25 A. I do.
1 Q. And do you recall saying that if the Page 189 2 attorneys knew that you were utilizing the trust 3 accounts for illegal purposes, they would have turned 4 you into the Florida Bar. Do you recall that? 5 A. Certain of them, yes, sir. 6 Q. Do you also recall back when you were a 7 member of the Florida Bar that every year you had to 8 check off a box and acknowledge that you as an 9 attorney reviewed the trust accounts within the law 10 firm and they were properly maintained? 11 A. I don't remember what the form specifically 12 says, but yes, I remember there being something on the 13 form saying that either I or my firm that I worked for 14 was in compliance with the Florida Trust Accounting 15 Rules. 16 Q. Did any of those attorneys ever ask you if 17 you were in compliance with the trust accounting 18 rules? 19 A. No, sir. 20 Q. And you agree that if any of those attorneys 21 you were talking about checked off the box stating you 22 were in compliance, that would have been a 23 misrepresentation and a lie to the Florida Bar, 24 correct? 25 MR. GAY: Objection to form.
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1 sir.<br />
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2 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
3 Q. And you decided that you we<strong>re</strong>n't going to<br />
4 honor your waiver <strong>of</strong> the pa<strong>re</strong>ntal rights and you we<strong>re</strong><br />
5 going to fight him over that, right?<br />
6 MR. GAY: Objection to form.<br />
7 THE WITNESS: Yes, after a certain period<br />
8 <strong>of</strong> time and a lot <strong>of</strong> soul searching, I made the<br />
9 decision that I wanted to have a <strong>re</strong>lationship with my<br />
10 daughter.<br />
11 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
12 Q. So after you committed a bad act, you<br />
13 decided to <strong>re</strong>ach within yourself and soul search, you<br />
14 wanted to cor<strong>re</strong>ct your evil ways, cor<strong>re</strong>ct?<br />
15 MR. GAY: Objection to form.<br />
16 MR. PHILLIPS: I'll withdraw the question.<br />
17 THE WITNESS: What?<br />
18 MR. PHILLIPS: I'll withdraw the question.<br />
19 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
20 Q. Now, on Page 60 <strong>of</strong> the deposition transcript<br />
21 from last Monday, on June 4th, Mr. Lichtman asked you<br />
22 about certain ethical <strong>re</strong>sponsibilities that attorneys<br />
23 at RRA had with <strong>re</strong>spect to the maintenance <strong>of</strong> trust<br />
24 accounts. Do you <strong>re</strong>call that?<br />
25 A. I do.
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