January 30, 2023

Judge K. Michael Moore

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse

400 North Miami Avenue, Room 13-1

Miami, Florida 33128

Re: Garrison v. Bankman-Fried et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-23753-KMM

Podalsky et al. v. Bankman-Fried et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-23983-KMM 

Dear Judge Moore:

I am writing as counsel for the Plaintiffs in the above-captioned cases 

pending before your honor. 

As I believe the Court is aware, the United States Attorney for the Southern 

District of New York is currently prosecuting a criminal case against Mr. Sam 

Bankman-Fried, who is a defendant in the pending actions. We have been 

contacted by the US Attorney, who seeks a stay of proceedings against Mr. 

Bankman-Fried, as well as a stay of discovery with respect to certain cooperating 

witnesses, pending a trial in October of this year. 

We will be discussing this issue with counsel for defendants and hope to 

prepare a proposal for your honor that is agreeable to all parties and to the US 

Attorney. In the meantime, I wanted to bring this matter to the Court’s attention in 

the event that the Court wanted to have a conference either with the parties and/or 

with the US Attorney prior to the parties meeting to discuss a proposal.

Respectfully yours,

David Boies

Cc: All Counsel of Record:

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Roberto Martinez

Stephanie Anne Casey

Zachary Andrew Lipshultz

Colson Hicks Eidson

255 Alhambra Circle

Coral Gables, FL 33134-2351

(305) 476-7400

bob@colson.com

scasey@colson.com

zach@colson.com

Christopher Stephen Carver

Akerman LLP

Three Brickell City Centre, Suite 110098 

Southeast Seventh Street

Miami, FL 33131

(305) 982-5572

christopher.carver@akerman.com

Katherine A. Johnson

Jason Samuel Oletsky

Akerman LLP 

201 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1800 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

(954) 463-2700 

katie.johnson@akerman.com

jason.oletsky@akerman.com 

Andrew Clubok

Jessica Stebbins Bina

Latham & Watkins LLP

10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(424) 653-5500

Andrew.clubok@lw.com

Jessica.stebbinsbina@lw.com

Stephen N. Zack

Ursula Ungaro

Tyler Ulrich

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

100 SE 2nd Street, Suite 2800

Miami, FL 33131-2144

(305) 539-8400

szack@bsfllp.com

uungaro@bsfllp.com

tulrich@bsfllp.com

Marc Ayala

Brooke Alexander

Alexander Boies

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

333 Main Street

Armonk, NY 10504

(914) 749-8200

mayala@bsfllp.com

balexander@bsfllp.com

aboies@bsfllp.com

Adam M. Moskowitz

Joseph M. Kaye

The Moskowitz Law Firm, PLLC

2 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 601

Coral Gables, FL 33134

(305) 740-1423

adam@moskowitz-law.com

joseph@moskowitz-law.com

Thane Rehn

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Attorney’s Office

Southern District of New York

One Saint Andrew’s Plaza

New York, New York 10007

(212) 637-2354

nathan.rehn@usdoj.gov

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Tommy Lydon

McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC

1320 Main Street, 10th Floor

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 227-2292

tlydon@mgclaw.com

Michael J. Kahn

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

555 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921

(415) 393-8316

MJKahn@gibsondunn.com

Jeffrey A. Neiman

Marcus Neiman Rashbaum & Pineiro LLP

100 Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 805

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394

(954) 462-1200

jneiman@mnrlawfirm.com

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