Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
1 Thereupon: Page 4 2 SCOTT ROTHSTEIN 3 was called as a witness and, having been duly sworn, 4 was examined and testified as follows: 5 THE WITNESS: I do. 6 MR. GAY: Can we just get appearances on the 7 record? 8 Scott, good morning again. We've met a few 9 times, at least over the wire here. I'm David Gay 10 with Berger Singerman representing Herbert Stettin, 11 Chapter 11 Trustee of RRA. 12 MR. LICHTMAN: You know me by now. 13 THE WITNESS: Good morning. 14 MR. SALIM: Bill Salim, Moskowitz, Mandell, 15 Salim & Simowitz on behalf of Domenick Tonacchio, 16 Josephine Tonacchio, T & L, and Tona. 17 MR. RUDOFSKY: Ed Rudofsky -- 18 THE WITNESS: Good morning. 19 MR. RUDOFSKY: Good morning. 20 Ed Rudofsky, co-counsel for T & L. 21 MR. PHILLIPS: Gary Phillips on behalf of 22 Barry Lipsitz and Harriet Lipsitz. 23 MS. VARELA: Laura Varela on behalf of 24 Barry Lipsitz and Harriet Lipsitz. 25 MR. TONACCHIO: Domenick Tonacchio.
1 MR. LIPSITZ: Barry Lipsitz. Page 5 2 MR. LAVECCHIO: And Laurence LaVecchio on 3 behalf of the government. 4 MR. GAY: And for the record, Chuck 5 Lichtman with Berger Singerman. 6 DIRECT EXAMINATION 7 BY MR. GAY: 8 Q. Mr. Rothstein, I know you are familiar with 9 the procedure for deposition so I'll dispense with all 10 the introductory type comments and just get straight 11 to a few substantive questions. 12 Do you know Domenick Tonacchio? 13 A. I do. 14 Q. And what about Barry Lipsitz? 15 A. I do. 16 Q. If you could just tell me a little bit about 17 how you came to know both of those gentlemen. 18 A. To the best of my recollection, I met them 19 through Ron Picou. I actually met Barry first and 20 then I met Domenick through Barry. 21 Q. Do you remember when you met Mr. Lipsitz? 22 A. I do not. 23 Q. Approximate year? 24 A. I do not. 25 Q. If I were to tell you that Mr. Lipsitz, to
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- Page 3: 1 ALSO PRESENT: 2 Domenick Tonacchi
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- Page 11 and 12: 1 A. It was an investment vehicle.
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- Page 15 and 16: 1 A. Yes, it's certainly possible.
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- Page 23 and 24: 1 Q. And this is an e-mail in June
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- Page 33 and 34: 1 A. I do. Page 33 2 Q. Is that pho
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1 The<strong>re</strong>upon:<br />
Page 4<br />
2 SCOTT ROTHSTEIN<br />
3 was called as a witness and, having been duly sworn,<br />
4 was examined and testified as follows:<br />
5 THE WITNESS: I do.<br />
6 MR. GAY: Can we just get appearances on the<br />
7 <strong>re</strong>cord?<br />
8 <strong>Scott</strong>, good morning again. We've met a few<br />
9 times, at least over the wi<strong>re</strong> he<strong>re</strong>. I'm David Gay<br />
10 with Berger Singerman <strong>re</strong>p<strong>re</strong>senting Herbert Stettin,<br />
11 Chapter 11 <strong>Trustee</strong> <strong>of</strong> RRA.<br />
12 MR. LICHTMAN: You know me by now.<br />
13 THE WITNESS: Good morning.<br />
14 MR. SALIM: Bill Salim, Moskowitz, Mandell,<br />
15 Salim & Simowitz on behalf <strong>of</strong> Domenick Tonacchio,<br />
16 Josephine Tonacchio, T & L, and Tona.<br />
17 MR. RUDOFSKY: Ed Rud<strong>of</strong>sky --<br />
18 THE WITNESS: Good morning.<br />
19 MR. RUDOFSKY: Good morning.<br />
20 Ed Rud<strong>of</strong>sky, co-counsel for T & L.<br />
21 MR. PHILLIPS: Gary Phillips on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />
22 Barry Lipsitz and Harriet Lipsitz.<br />
23 MS. VARELA: Laura Va<strong>re</strong>la on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />
24 Barry Lipsitz and Harriet Lipsitz.<br />
25 MR. TONACCHIO: Domenick Tonacchio.
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