UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 22-cv-23753-MOORE/BECERRA

EDWIN GARRISON, et al., on behalf of 

themselves and all other similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, et al.,

Defendants.

/

REPLY IN SUPORT OF MOTION BY THE 

“CELEBRITY DEFENDANTS” TO SET BRIEFING PAGE 

LIMITS AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR THEIR MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Plaintiff’s Response (ECF No. 128) takes no position on the request submitted by 

Defendants Thomas Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Kevin O’Leary, David Ortiz, Udonis Haslem, 

Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors, LLC, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, and 

Lawrence Gene David (collectively, the “Celebrity Defendants”) requesting the Court establish 

the page limit and briefing schedule for briefing on the motions to dismiss. (See ECF No. 125

(“Motion”).) Therefore, the request should be granted and the proposed order attached as the 

exhibit to the Motion [ECF No. 125-1] and submitted in Word format to the Court should be 

entered.

The Celebrity Defendants file this Reply only to address specifically one matter mentioned 

by Plaintiff in its Response that identifies by name one of the lawyers (Roberto Martinez) for some 

of the Celebrity Defendants. The Response states:

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As a result, Undersigned Counsel specifically wrote to Mr. Roberto Martinez, 

counsel for many of the FTC Celebrity Defendants, and signatory on all of the 

group pleadings in this matter. The email was sent at 10:55am this morning, 

enclosing a courtesy copy of our Motion for Mr. O’Neal and asked him specifically 

to: “Just let us know any good time to set a Zoom and we can discuss organizing 

this matter. Thx., Adam.” That email was never mentioned in Mr. Carver’s Local 

Rule 7.1 Certification, so either Mr. Martinez and Mr. Carver have not spoken, or 

the email was simply left out. Undersigned Counsel simply hope that we can have 

more cooperation and professionalism as we advance in this litigation.

(Response at 2.)

The Response, however, does not fully describe the content of Plaintiff’s email to Mr. 

Martinez.

1 The purpose of the email sent by Plaintiff was to tell Mr. Martinez that he should get

retained by Mr. O’Neal.

2 Mr. Martinez informed Plaintiff that his firm does not represent Mr. 

O’Neal.

The undersigned felt compelled to file this Reply to correct the record since the Plaintiff

identified the undersigned specifically by name and the email had nothing to do with conferring 

on the form and length of the motion to dismiss.

Dated: April 10, 2023.

COLSON HICKS EIDSON, P.A.

255 Alhambra Circle, Penthouse

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

Telephone: (305) 476-7400

Facsimile: (305) 476-7444

By: /s/ Roberto Martínez

Roberto Martínez

Florida Bar No. 305596

1 The Response also mischaracterizes the communications between another lawyer 

(Christopher Carver) and Plaintiffs’ counsel, who reached out to Plaintiffs’ counsel to coordinate 

a discussion of the requests in the Motion – and not to discuss “his Motion to Dismiss,” Resp. at 1 

– but those communications are properly described in the Local Rule 7.1(a)(3) Certification in the 

Motion and need no further discussion here. See ECF 125 at 5.

2 Because SDFL Local Rule 7.7(b) prohibits attorneys from furnishing the Court with copies 

of correspondence between or among counsel, the undersigned is not submitting the email 

exchange. However, the undersigned is prepared to do so should the Court request it. 

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bob@colson.com

Stephanie A. Casey

Florida Bar No. 97483

scasey@colson.com

Zachary Lipshultz

Florida Bar No. 123594

zach@colson.com

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Andrew Clubok (pro hac vice)

 andrew.clubok@lw.com

Susan E. Engel (pro hac vice)

 susan.engel@lw.com

Brittany M.J. Record (pro hac vice)

 brittany.record@lw.com

555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000

Washington, D.C. 20004-1304

Tel: +1.202.637.2200

Fax: +1.202.637.2201

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Marvin S. Putnam (pro hac vice)

 marvin.putnam@lw.com

Jessica Stebbins Bina (pro hac vice)

 jessica.stebbinsbina@lw.com

Elizabeth A. Greenman (pro hac vice)

 elizabeth.greenman@lw.com

10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1100

Los Angeles, California 90067

Tel: +1.424.653.5500

Fax: +1.424.653.5501

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Michele D. Johnson (pro hac vice)

 michele.johnson@lw.com

650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor

Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925

Tel: +1.714.540.1235

Fax: +1.714.755.8290

Attorneys for Defendants Thomas Brady, Gisele 

Bündchen, and Lawrence Gene David

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AKERMAN LLP

201 East Las Olas Boulevard – Suite 1800

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

Tel.: 954-463-2700

Fax: 954-468-2454

By: /s/ Christopher S. Carver

Christopher S. Carver

Florida Bar No. 993580

christopher.carver@akerman.com

Jason S. Oletsky, Esq.

Florida Bar No. 9301

jason.oletsky@akerman.com

Katherine A Johnson

Florida Bar No. 1040357

katie.johnson@akerman.com

Attorneys for Defendants David Ortiz

and Udonis Haslem

MARCUS NEIMAN RASHBAUM 

& PINEIRO LLP

100 Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 805

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394

Tel: (954) 462-1200

2 South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2530

Miami, Florida 33131

Tel: (305)-400-4260

By: /s/ Jeffrey Neiman

Jeffrey Neiman 

jneiman@mnrlawfirm.com

Fla Bar. No. 544469

Jeffrey Marcus 

jmarcus@mnrlawfirm.com

Fla. Bar No. 310890

Michael Pineiro

mpineiro@mnrlawfirm.com

Fla. Bar No. 041897

Brandon Floch

bfloch@mnrlawfirm.com

Fla. Bar No. 125218

BERK BRETTLER LLP

9119 Sunset Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA 90069

Tel.: (310) 278-2111

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Andrew B. Brettler (pro hac vice)

abrettler@berkbrettler.com

Attorneys for Defendant Kevin O’Leary

DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.

Offices at Grand Bay Plaza

2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B 

Miami, Florida 33133

Telephone: (305) 374-1920

Facsimile: (305) 374-1961

By: /s/ David A. Rothstein

David A. Rothstein, Esq.

Fla. Bar No. 995762

DRothstein@dkrpa.com 

Alexander M. Peraza, Esq.

Fla. Bar No. 107044

APeraza@dkrpa.com

Eshaba Jahir-Sharuz, Esq.

Fla. Bar No. 1038846

Eshaba@dkrpa.com 

MCANGUS GOUDELOCK & COURIE LLC

2000 Market Street, Suite 780

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(484) 406-4334

Eric A. Fitzgerald (pro hac vice)

eric.fitzgerald@mgclaw.com

Hillary N. Ladov (pro hac vice)

hillary.ladov@mgclaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant William Trevor Lawrence

McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (212) 547-5768

Facsimile: (305) 347-6500

By: /s/ Nathan Bull

Nathan Bull 

nbull@mwe.com

Fla. Bar No. 1029523

McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

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Jason D. Strabo (to file pro hac vice)

 jstrabo@mwe.com

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3200

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 788-4125

Facsimile: (310) 277-4730

McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

Sarah P. Hogarth (to file pro hac vice)

 shogarth@mwe.com

500 North Capitol Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: (202) 756-8354

Facsimile: (202) 756-8087

Attorneys for Defendant Stephen Curry

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

/s/ Edward Soto

Edward Soto (Fla Bar. No. 0265144)

Edward.soto@weil.com

1395 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1200

Miami, FL 33131-3368

Phone: (305)-577-3100

Attorney for Defendant Shohei Ohtani

COLSON HICKS EIDSON, P.A.

255 Alhambra Circle, Penthouse

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

Telephone: (305) 476-7400

Facsimile: (305) 476-7444

By: /s/ Roberto Martínez

Roberto Martínez

Florida Bar No. 305596

bob@colson.com

Stephanie A. Casey

Florida Bar No. 97483

scasey@colson.com

Zachary Lipshultz

Florida Bar No. 123594

zach@colson.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

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By: /s/ Matthew S. Kahn

Matthew S. Kahn (Pro Hac Vice Pending)

Michael J. Kahn (Pro Hac Vice Pending)

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921

Phone: 415.393.8379

Email: MKahn@gibsondunn.com

Email: MJKahn@gibsondunn.com

Jamila MacEbong (Pro Hac Vice Pending)

333 South Grand Avenue

Suite 4600

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197

Phone: 213.229.7155

Email: JMacEbong@gibsondunn.com

Attorneys for Defendant Golden State Warriors, 

LLC

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