UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

MIAMI DIVISION

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

EDWIN GARRISON, et al., on behalf of

themselves and all similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, et al.,

Defendants.

/

MOTION BY THE “CELEBRITY DEFENDANTS” TO SET BRIEFING PAGE LIMITS 

AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR THEIR MOTIONS TO DISMISS

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”) respectfully request

that the Court establish the page limits for briefing their motions to dismiss due by April 14, 2023,

see PAPERLESS ORDER [ECF No. 49], and also establish a briefing schedule for the motions.1

Plaintiffs’ position on these requests is unknown, as explained in the Local Rule 7.1(a)(3) 

Certification below.

In support of this motion, the Celebrity Defendants state:

1. The operative Amended Class Action Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial

[“Amended Complaint”; ECF No. 16] was filed on December 16, 2022.

1 By filing this motion, no Celebrity Defendant waives any defense to Plaintiffs’ claims, 

including, but not limited to, personal jurisdiction or inadequacy of service, and all such defenses 

are preserved.

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2. The Amended Complaint has 280 numbered paragraphs of allegations and is 97

pages long, not including the 20-page purported “expert report” attached as its exhibit.

3. The Amended Complaint names twelve “FTX Brand Ambassador Defendants,” 

who are the Celebrity Defendant movants, Defendant Naomi Osaka, and Defendant Shaquille 

O’Neal. See id. ¶¶ 30-42.

2 The pleading also names five “FTX Insider Defendants” and Defendant 

Samuel Bankman-Fried – who is obviously an FTX “insider,” but not identified as such. See id.

¶¶ 43-38 & ¶¶ 75-76.

4. Under the Local Rules, the twelve “FTX Brand Ambassador Defendants” would be 

entitled to 20 pages each for their individual motions to dismiss – i.e., 240 pages of briefing. See 

Local Rule 7.1(c)(2). Altering the normal briefing rules, the PAPERLESS PRETRIAL ORDER 

[ECF No. 5] requires that “Multiple ... Defendants shall file joint motions with co-parties unless 

there are clear conflicts of position. If conflicts of position exist, parties shall explain the conflicts 

in their separate motions.” Id. at 1-2 (emphasis omitted).

5. The Celebrity Defendants recognize that the PAPERLESS PRETRIAL ORDER

requires them as a group to file joint motions because their positions are broadly in alignment, and 

they seek through this filing to structure the briefing for their motions. 

6. However, the Celebrity Defendants’ positions are distinct and separate from the 

positions of the FTX Insider Defendants and of Defendant Bankman-Fried, both as pled by 

Plaintiffs in the Amended Complaint and as a result of external factors resulting from the wideranging criminal and civil enforcement and bankruptcy issues into the “FTX” issues. 3 In addition, 

2 No counsel for Defendant Osaka has appeared in this action, although she was purportedly 

served. See PAPERLESS ORDER [ECF No. 101] at 1. Defendant O’Neal has not been served, as 

far as undersigned counsel are aware. To the extent either defendant appears, the Celebrity 

Defendants will endeavor to coordinate with Ms. Osaka and Mr. O’Neal to the extent practical.

3 The Celebrity Defendants note that press reports indicate that several of the “FTX Insider 

Defendants” have pled guilty to federal charges. See, e.g., David Yaffe-Bellany & Matthew 

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of these defendants, only counsel for Defendant Bankman-Fried have filed appearances, see ECF 

Nos. 83-86, which makes coordination impossible even if it were desirable (which it is not). 

7. Accordingly, and given the clear divergence of their positions, the Celebrity 

Defendants do not intend to brief “jointly” with the FTX Insider Defendants or Defendant 

Bankman-Fried.

8. With respect to their dismissal briefing, the Celebrity Defendants request that the 

Court authorize the following briefs and brief lengths, with all page limits as calculated under 

Local Rule 7.1(c)(2),4 for the motions and memoranda of law, responses, and replies:

a. A joint Rule 12(b)(6) motion and memorandum of law of up to 40 pages, 

which would be for issues common to all Celebrity Defendants.

b. A joint Rule 12(b)(2) motion and memorandum of law of up to 20 pages, 

for those Celebrity Defendants who wish to raise a personal jurisdiction 

challenge.

c. To the extent applicable, individual motions and memoranda of law of up 

to 5 pages, for those Celebrity Defendants seeking to raise unique issues or 

defenses not encompassed by the joint Rule 12(b)(6) or joint Rule 12(b)(2) 

motion – e.g., a challenge to adequacy of service of process.

Goldstein, Third Top FTX Executive Pleads Guilty in Fraud Investigation, N.Y. TIMES (Feb. 28, 

2023), https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/technology/ftx-guilty-plea-fraud.html. Further, yet 

another a superseding indictment was recently filed against Defendant Bankman-Fried in the 

expansive criminal action against him. See United States v. Bankman-Fried, No. 22-cr-673 (LAK) 

(S.D.N.Y.). Those extensive criminal proceedings alone pose a significant impediment to any 

attempts to coordinate with those defendants, whether or not counsel for them has appeared.

4 Local Rule 7.1(c)(2) provides, “As long as no substantive part of the submission appears 

on the same page(s), the following items do not count toward page limitations for purposes of this 

rule and any other rules or orders setting forth page limitations: title pages preceding the first page 

of text, tables of contents, tables of citations, ‘request for hearing’ sections, signature pages, 

certificates of good faith conferences, and certificates of service.”

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d. Plaintiffs’ responses to each motion would be the same lengths as 

authorized for the motions – i.e., 40 pages for Plaintiffs’ Rule 12(b)(6) 

response, 20 pages for Plaintiffs’ Rule 12(b)(2) response, and 5 pages for 

Plaintiffs’ responses to any individual Celebrity Defendant motion.

e. A joint reply supporting the joint Rule 12(b)(6) motion of up to 20 pages.

f. A joint reply supporting the joint Rule 12(b)(2) motion of up to 10 pages.

g. Individual replies supporting the individual motions of up to 3 pages.

9. In addition, the Celebrity Defendants request that the Court set the following 

briefing schedule to follow their April 14, 2023, filings:

a. Plaintiffs’ responses shall be filed on Monday, May 15, 2023 – i.e., 31 days 

following the Celebrity Defendants’ April 14 dismissal filings.

b. The Celebrity Defendants’ replies shall be filed on Wednesday, June 14, 

2023 – i.e., 30 days following Plaintiffs’ responses. The Celebrity 

Defendants note that their joint replies must be coordinated with counsel for 

up to twelve Celebrity Defendants, which necessitates additional time for 

finalizing any such reply.

10. Therefore, Celebrity Defendants request that the Court authorize and establish the 

briefing lengths and schedule set forth above. 

CONCLUSION

WHEREFORE, the Celebrity Defendants respectfully request that the Court (i) authorize 

the Celebrity Defendants to file a joint Rule 12(b)(6) motion and memorandum of law of up to 40 

pages, a joint Rule 12(b)(2) motion and memorandum of law of up to 20 pages, and individual 

motions and memoranda of law of up to 5 pages, authorize equivalent page limits for Plaintiffs’ 

responses, and authorize the Celebrity Defendants to file replies of 20 pages, 10 pages, and 3 pages, 

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respectively, (ii) set May 15, 2023, as the deadline for Plaintiffs’ responses and June 14, 2023, for 

the Celebrity Defendants’ replies, and (iii) grant such other and further relief as the Court deems 

just and proper.

A proposed order granting this motion is attached as Exhibit A and will be submitted to the 

Court via e-mail in Word format in accordance with S.D. Fla. CM/ECF NextGen Admin. 

Pro. 3I(6).

Local Rule 7.1(a)(3) Certification

On April 6, 2023, Christopher S. Carver, counsel for Defendants David Ortiz and Udonis 

Halsem, placed telephone calls to Plaintiffs’ counsel Adam Moskowitz, Joseph Kaye, and Howard 

Bushman to try to arrange a pre-filing meet-and-confer telephone conference to discuss these

requests. He was successful in reaching Mr. Bushman, who requested that an e-mail be sent to 

Plaintiffs’ counsel putting the request for a conference in writing. The requested e-mail was sent 

at 11:30 a.m. EDT on April 6; Plaintiffs’ counsel responded at 1:34 p.m. EDT that day, stating that 

Plaintiffs’ counsel were only available for a telephone conference on Monday or Tuesday the 

following week. In view of the imminency of the April 14, 2023, deadline for filing motions and 

the need for a ruling by the Court sufficiently in advance of that deadline, Mr. Carver responded 

by sending Plaintiffs’ counsel a .pdf draft of this Motion in near-final form at 3:34 p.m. EDT on 

April 6 (copying all Celebrity Defendants’ counsel), which draft specified the exact briefing and 

scheduling requests, and requesting Plaintiffs’ position by noon today (April 7). Mr. Carver’s 

response further advised Plaintiffs that the Motion would be filed by 2:00 p.m. EDT today. 

As of the time of filing this Motion, no response has been received from Plaintiffs’ counsel. 

Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ position on the briefing and scheduling requests set forth in this Motion is 

unknown.

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Dated: April 7, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197

Phone: 213.229.7155

Email: JMacEbong@gibsondunn.com

Attorneys for Defendant Golden State Warriors, 

LLC

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