Epstein Secrets

ards Fistos & Lehrman PL said in its March 19 motion that recent developments in ongoing litigation between Epstein and former Fanner Jaffe partner Bradley J. Edwards, who represented several of Epstein's victims, showed that Fowler White retained a copy of the confidential documents and that they had been passed

mer Jaffe filed its motion in bankruptcy court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the liquidation case of law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler PA, where Edwards had been practicing when he represented several of Epstein's child sex-abuse victims. Edwards is representing Farmer Jaffe in the sanctions matter.

tained images or copies of the subject documents on its computer or otherwise, the court retains jurisdiction to award sanctions in favor of Farmer, Brad Edwards or his client." The bankruptcy court permitted Fowler White access to the electronic data because the firm could make the copies and number the doc

Offender, Fla. Firm Share us on: By Nathan Hale Law360 (March 26, 2018,10:06 PM EDT) -- A federal court has been urged to order Florida law firm Fowler White Burnett PA and its former client Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted billionaire sex offender, to show why they should not be sanctioned for allegedly retaining cop

Ray said. Friday's ruling followed an April 13 hearing in Fort Lauderdale, during which Judge Ray granted motions from former Farmer Jaffe partner Bradley J. Edwards, who represented nine of Epstein's victims, and three of those victims to join Farmer Jaffe's sanctions bid. He also ordered them to file a summary

ate all the circumstances concerning the theft of privileged documents that found their way into the hands of a convicted billionaire child abuser," Edwards' counsel Jack Scarola of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA said Friday. Farmer Jaffe said In Its March 19 sanctions motion that recent de

offender. Reached Friday, his current counsel, Scott Link of Link and Rockenbach PA, told Law360, "Mr. Epstein has never had the disc In question. Brad Edwards has already admitted that fact In court. Why is Edwards afraid to make the emails public?" Link told the court that he found the CD In one of 36 bo

nces Against Fla. Firm, Billionaire By Nathan Hale Law360 (April 20, 2018, 10:23 PM EDT) -- A bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered Florida law firm Fowler White Burnett PA and convicted billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court for allegedly retaining copies

an PL brought the sanctions bid in March after recent developments in ongoing state court litigation between Epstein and former Farmer Jaffe partner Bradley J. Edwards, who represented several of Epstein's victims, revealed that a CD containing more than 27,500 pages of confidential Farmer Jaffe emails and about 3

Epstein's current counsel In early 2018. The scope of the matter was narrowed significantly at the start of Friday's hearing after Farmer Jaffe and Edwards Informed the court the day before that they wanted to voluntarily dismiss Epstein. They said the limited discovery they had performed made clear th

e sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dodged sanctions claims in a Florida federal court Friday, but a bankruptcy judge Is still weighing allegations that Fowler White Burnett PA, which used to represent him, retained copies of another firm's confidential documents in violation of a court order. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymon

ds Fistos & Lehrman PL had said in a March 19 motion that recent developments in ongoing litigation between Epstein and former Farmer Jaffe partner Bradley J. Edwards, who represented several of Epstein's victims, showed that Fowler White retained a copy of confidential documents and that they had been passed alo

nt, is wholly inappropriate," Epstein said. He added that the motion is a "transparent and frivolous attempt" to divert the court's attention from Edwards' repeated flouting of legitimate discovery requests for documents that Epstein says would kill Edwards' malicious prosecution counterclaim against E

of confidential documents in violation of a bankruptcy court order, saying he never received the documents and should not be punished if his former Fowler White Burnett PA counsel did. The recently disbanded South Florida firm of Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman PL had said in a March 19 motion that rec