IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. 50-2009CA040800XXX1MBAG
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
v.
SCOTT ROTHSTEIN individually, and J. individually,
Defendants/Counter-Plaintiff.
A Cos
## PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT JEF EPSTEIN'S RESPONSE TO COUNTER-PLAINTIFF MOTION TO CHANGE ASE CAPTION
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, Jeffrey E pstein"), responds to the Motion to Change Case Caption filed by Counter-PI ey J. (\`a), and states:
## MENT
la March 26, 2 18, to Change Case Caption asks this Court to violate deni In addition, because the issue is currently pending District Court of Appeal makes a final determination on that issue, Florida law and should on appeal, and un evaluating " .ce Because Id (as a. claims in his Motion) and setting the trial is premature. is matter has been stayed, including issues relating to (as confirmed by the Fourth District Court of Appeal on March 29, 2018), no juror confusion will result while the Fourth District Court of Appeal makes a final determination on the issue.
Pursuant to Trawick's Florida Practice and Procedure. § 6:2, "the names of the parties in the caption are never changed even when all original parties have ceased to be panics." In fact, even where there is a dispute over the proper identity of a party and a party files a motion requesting a name change, changing the case style is error without an evidentiary hearing. See Musicians Exch. Downtown Cafe, Inc. v. Mercede City Ctr., Inc., 613 So. 2d 134, 136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).
chose to file a counterclaim and be a counter-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Epstein. Epstein dismissed his claims against (without prejudice) on August 16, 2012. Since that time, has noticed this matter for trial (excluding the most recent) four tim the Court has set the matter on the trial docket seven times. Not once (before his our request), however, did seek to sever his claims or move the Court to gKang case style.
While the Court granted M.' eleventh-hour request to sever the claims, that ruling is the subject of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari. Until such time as the Fourth District Court of Appeal makes a determination on that Petition, Mi Motion is both premature and in violation
of Florida law. lithe Fourth District Court of Appeal upholds this Court's ruling, then the parties can discuss ways to address any "prejudice" or jury confusion that is concerned about.
# CONCLUSION
Accordingly, Epstein respectfully requests that the Court deny EM Motion to Change Case Caption.
## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that the foregoing document has been furnished to the • listed on the Service List below on March 29, 2018, through the Court's e-filing portal t Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516(b)(1).
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Trial Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein
**SERVICE LIST**
| Jack Scarola
Karen E. Terry
David P. Vitale, Jr.
Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A.
2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
mep@searcylaw.com
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scarolateam@searcylaw.com
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Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff
[REDACTED] J. [REDACTED]
| Philip M. Burlington
Nichole J. Segal
Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A.
Courthouse Commons, Suite 350
444 West Railroad Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
pmb@FLAppellateLaw.com
njs@FLAppellateLaw.com
kbt@FLAppellateLaw.com
Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff
[REDACTED] J. [REDACTED]
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| [REDACTED] J. [REDACTED]
Pottinger LLC
425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3268
brad@epllc.com
Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff
[REDACTED] J. [REDACTED] | Marc S. Nurik
Law Offices of Marc S. Nurik
One E. Bro [REDACTED] Boulevard, Suite 700
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
marc@nuriklaw.com
Counsel for Defendant Scott Rothstein
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| Jack A. Goldberger
Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A.
250 Australian Avenue S., Suite 1400
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
jgoldberger@agwpa.com
smahoney@agwpa.com
Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant
Jeffrey Epstein
| Paul Cassell
383 S. University
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730
cassellp@law.utah.edu
Limited Intervenor Co-Counsel for L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe
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| | Jay Howell
Jay Howell & Associates
644 Cesery Blvd., Suite 250
Jacksonville, FL 32211
jayhowell.com
Limited Intervenor Co-Counsel for L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe
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