Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
1 THE WITNESS: No, because we led most of Page 190 2 the lawyers to believe that those accounts were all 3 in compliance. It's like working in my large firm, I 4 don't think that everyone in a large firm with 1,000 5 lawyers calls up the trust accounting department and 6 says, "Hey, are we in compliance with our trust 7 accounting" before they check that box. I think if 8 you work for a large firm and things seem to be in 9 order you assume it. 10 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 11 Q. So you are saying then that in your opinion 12 it's okay for lawyers just to assume you are in 13 compliance and check it off, whether they are in 14 knowledge or not where they really are? 15 MR. GAY: Objection to form. 16 THE WITNESS: Actually, no. After what I 17 did, I think that a greater burden actually should be 18 placed on lawyers. I think it would help law firms 19 prevent things like what I did from happening. So I 20 don't think the rules are strict enough, no, sir. 21 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 22 Q. Did you set up any trusts for your daughter? 23 A. No, sir. 24 Q. Have you ever spoken to Harriet Lipsitz? 25 A. You are talking about Barry's wife, Harriet?
1 Q. Yes. Page 191 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Did you ever discuss any of those 4 transactions with Harriet? 5 A. I don't have a specific recollection one way 6 or the other. 7 Q. By the way, in your background, weren't you 8 also a law professor at Nova University Law School? 9 A. Yes, I was adjunct. 10 Q. While you were adjunct there, did you have 11 sexual relations with one or more of your students? 12 A. I did. 13 Q. By the way, just for the jury, because we 14 are trying our case to a jury, do you have a job in 15 prison? 16 MR. GAY: Objection to form. 17 MR. PHILLIPS: What's wrong with the form? 18 MR. NURIK: Jeff. 19 MR. GAY: That assumes a lot. That's not 20 before any of us today. 21 MR. PHILLIPS: Well, we demanded a jury 22 trial, correct? 23 MR. GAY: I understand that, but you are 24 not trying anything to anyone. 25 MR. KAPLAN: We object to what goes on --
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1 Q. Yes.<br />
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2 A. Yes.<br />
3 Q. Did you ever discuss any <strong>of</strong> those<br />
4 transactions with Harriet?<br />
5 A. I don't have a specific <strong>re</strong>collection one way<br />
6 or the other.<br />
7 Q. By the way, in your background, we<strong>re</strong>n't you<br />
8 also a law pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Nova University Law School?<br />
9 A. Yes, I was adjunct.<br />
10 Q. While you we<strong>re</strong> adjunct the<strong>re</strong>, did you have<br />
11 sexual <strong>re</strong>lations with one or mo<strong>re</strong> <strong>of</strong> your students?<br />
12 A. I did.<br />
13 Q. By the way, just for the jury, because we<br />
14 a<strong>re</strong> trying our case to a jury, do you have a job in<br />
15 prison?<br />
16 MR. GAY: Objection to form.<br />
17 MR. PHILLIPS: What's wrong with the form?<br />
18 MR. NURIK: Jeff.<br />
19 MR. GAY: That assumes a lot. That's not<br />
20 befo<strong>re</strong> any <strong>of</strong> us today.<br />
21 MR. PHILLIPS: Well, we demanded a jury<br />
22 trial, cor<strong>re</strong>ct?<br />
23 MR. GAY: I understand that, but you a<strong>re</strong><br />
24 not trying anything to anyone.<br />
25 MR. KAPLAN: We object to what goes on --
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