Page 1 of 5

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

In re: Case No.: 22-12790-EPK

Chapter 7

EXCELL AUTO GROUP, INC. WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION

Debtor(s).

__________________________________/

RESPONSE TO TRUSTEE’S EXPEDITED MOTION TO COMPEL SCOTT ZANKL, IN 

HIS CAPACITY AS CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE OF DEBTOR, TO APPEAR 

FOR RULE 2004 EXAMINATION

The Debtor, EXCELL AUTO GROUP, INC., and SCOTT ZANKL, through undersigned 

counsel files this Response to the Trustee’s Expedited Motion to Compel Scott Zankl, in his 

Capacity as Corporate Representative of Debtor, to Appear for Rule 2004 Examination (“Motion 

to Compel”), and state:

1. A motion to compel attendance at a deposition is premature until the party fails to 

appear following service of a properly noticed deposition. Tian-Rui Si v. CSM Inv. Corp., 2007 

WL 9232170, at *1 (N.D. Cal. July 25, 2007) (“At this time, Defendant Chen has not failed to 

appear because the deposition date is still in the future. Accordingly, the motion to compel [is] 

premature and must be denied without prejudice.”). The same principle should apply to a Rule 

2004 examination.

2. Here, the Motion to Compel does not allege that in response to a Notice of Rule 

2004 Examination, Scott Zankl, in his capacity as Corporate Representative of the Debtor, failed 

to attend his deposition. The Motion to Compel should therefore be denied as premature. See,

DeepGulf, Inc. v. Moszkowski, 330 F.R.D. 600, 606 (N.D. Fla. 2019).

3. The Trustee’s attempt to portray Mr. Zank’s request for access to the Debtor’s 

records as nothing more than a delaying tactic is belied by the emails attached to her Motion which 

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 1 of 8
Page 2 of 5

reflect that the Debtor’s current predicament of not having access to its financial records was the 

result of matters beyond its control, to wit: the records having been seized by Moshe Farache, a 

principal of the Debtor’s landlord. 

4. Accurate disclosure of a debtor's financial situation is perhaps the primary duty of 

debtors seeking relief under the Bankruptcy. In re Kelton, 389 B.R. 812, 818 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 

2008). Clearly, having access to the actual records reflecting a debtor’s financial situation is a key 

to a debtor being able to fulfill that duty even more so in a case where the Trustee is investigating 

“numerous allegations of fraud and/or gross mismanagement of the Debtor and related entities.” 

(Mot. 1.)

5. The Trustee admits in her Motion that she “has recovered sufficient books and 

records to commence the Rule 2004 examination of Scott Zankl in his corporate capacity.” (Id.)

Yet in a case involving numerous financial transactions, the Trustee now seeks to force Mr. Zankl 

to answer deposition questions from memory without having had had the opportunity to review

his company’s records in advance (and to deprive him of his ability to be able to refer to specific 

records in answering questions). The refusal to allow access to records under the unique 

circumstances of this case will likely result in a needlessly prolonged Rule 2004 examination 

deposition and is unfairly prejudice to the Debtor and Mr. Zankl.

6. Allowing Mr. Zankl access to the records in no way prejudices the Trustee as the 

Debtor is merely requesting copies of its own records, noting more. See, In re Kearney, 590 B.R. 

913 (Bankr. N.M. 2018) (Chapter 11 debtor-income beneficiary of trust was entitled to production 

of documents from company whose stock was held by trust only to the extent company had already 

produced documents in state court action). In fact, the Motion to Compel admits at paragraph 23 

that the Trustee previously gave Scott Zankl the option of testifying from the “Karma of Broward 

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 2 of 8
Page 3 of 5

location, in front of his computer, to answer questions, the Trustee has no objection as long he 

identifies the document(s) he is reviewing.” Furthermore, the Trustee’s counsel at the 341 meeting 

of creditors stated that he did not care if the deponent guessed or even speculated and would need 

more than another seven hours of 2004 examination.

7. Finally, there is no support for the Trustee’s assertion that the request for access to 

the records is being made to “indefinitely” delay the Rule 2004 examination or that the request for 

access to the Debtor’s records were “threats”. Asserting a legal right (due process) is never a threat 

and nothing in the attached emails threatened to take any action other than to seek court protection. 

Rather, Mr. Zankl merely seeks access to the records and a reasonable time (10 days in advance 

of the examination) to review the records.

WHEREFORE, the Debtor and SCOTT ZANKL, request this Court enter an Order denying

the Trustee’s Motion to Compel.

Dated: May 27, 2022. Respectfully submitted,

WEISS, HANDLER & CORNWELL, PA

Attorneys for Karma of Broward, Inc.

One Boca Place, Suite 205-E

2255 Glades Road

Boca Raton, FL 33431

Telephone: (561) 997-9995

By: /s/ Harry Winderman

HARRY WINDERMAN, ESQ. 

 Florida Bar No. 209562

hw@whcfla.com

filings@whcfla.com

gg@whcfla.com

LOCAL RULE 9011-4(B)(1) CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that I am admitted to the bar of the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Florida, and I am in compliance with the additional qualifications to practice 

in this court set forth in Local Rule 2090-1(A).

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 3 of 8
Page 4 of 5

By: /s/ Harry Winderman

HARRY WINDERMAN, ESQ. 

Florida Bar No. 209562

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY on May 27, 2022, I filed the foregoing with the Court by uploading 

to the CM/ECF system for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida

and that a true and correct copy was served as indicated on the service list below via Notice of 

Electronic Filing and via U.S. Mail.

WEISS, HANDLER & CORNWELL, PA

Attorneys for Karma of Broward, Inc.

One Boca Place, Suite 205-E

2255 Glades Road

Boca Raton, FL 33431

Telephone: (561) 997-9995

By: /s/ Harry Winderman

HARRY WINDERMAN, ESQ. 

 Florida Bar No. 209562

hw@whcfla.com

filings@whcfla.com

gg@whcfla.com

SERVICE LIST

Via ECF:

• Joaquin J Alemany joaquin.alemany@hklaw.com, jose.casal@hklaw.com

• Zachary J Bancroft zbancroft@bakerdonelson.com, sdenny@bakerdonelson.com, 

bkcts@bakerdonelson.com

• Eyal Berger eyal.berger@akerman.com, jeanette.martinezgoldberg@akerman.com

• Stephen C Breuer stephen@breuer.law, genna@breuer.law, 

stephen@ecf.courtdrive.com

• Alan R Crane acrane@furrcohen.com, rrivera@furrcohen.com, ltitus@furrcohen.com, 

staff1@furrcohen.com

• Mitchell A Dinkin mdinkin@madlegal.net, lucyd@madlegal.net

• Dana L Kaplan dana@kelleylawoffice.com, cassandra@kelleylawoffice.com, 

debbie@kelleylawoffice.com, craig@kelleylawoffice.com, 

kelleycr75945@notify.bestcase.com, scott@kelleylawoffice.com

• Mark A Levy mark.levy@brinkleymorgan.com, sandra.gonzalez@brinkleymorgan.com, 

brinkleymorganecf@gmail.com

• James Randolph Liebler jrlii@lgplaw.com, mkv@lgplaw.com

• Nathan G Mancuso ngm@mancuso-law.com

• David B Marks brett.marks@akerman.com, charlene.cerda@akerman.com

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 4 of 8
Page 5 of 5

• Nicole Testa Mehdipour nicolem@ntmlawfirm.com, 

cm_ecf_service@ntmlawfirm.com, atty_mehdipour@bluestylus.com, 

cmecfservice@gmail.com, mehdipournr85783@notify.bestcase.com

• Nicole Testa Mehdipour Trustee@ntmlawfirm.com, 

TRUSTEE_CMECF_Service@ntmlawfirm.com, FL80@ecfcbis.com, 

ntm@trustesolutions.net, BCasey@ntmlawfirm.com

• James B Miller bkcmiami@gmail.com

• James C. Moon jmoon@melandbudwick.com, ltannenbaum@melandbudwick.com, 

mrbnefs@yahoo.com, jmoon@ecf.courtdrive.com, ltannenbaum@ecf.courtdrive.com, 

phornia@ecf.courtdrive.com

• Office of the US Trustee USTPRegion21.MM.ECF@usdoj.gov

• John E Page jpage@slp.law, dwoodall@slp.law, pmouton@slp.law, 

pmouton@ecf.courtdrive.com, jpage@ecf.courtdrive.com

• Eric S Pendergraft ependergraft@slp.law, dwoodall@slp.law, dlocascio@slp.law, 

bshraibergecfmail@gmail.com, pmouton@slp.law

• Hampton Peterson legalservices@PBCTax.com

• Jordan L Rappaport office@rorlawfirm.com, 1678370420@filings.docketbird.com

• David A Ray dray@draypa.com, sramirez.dar@gmail.com, 

cm_ecf_service@ntmlawfirm.com

• Ivan J Reich ireich@nasonyeager.com, msmith@nasonyeager.com

• Jason S Rigoli jrigoli@furrcohen.com, rrivera@furrcohen.com, staff1@furrcohen.com

• Harry J Ross hross@hjrlaw.com, jerri@hjrlaw.com

• John D. Segaul john@segaul.com, court@segaulstoll.com, melissa@segaul.com, 

segaullawfirmpa@jubileebk.net

• Zach B Shelomith zbs@lss.law, info@lss.law, zshelomith@ecf.inforuptcy.com

• Bradley S Shraiberg bss@slp.law, dwoodall@slp.law, dwoodall@ecf.courtdrive.com, 

pmouton@slp.law

• Eric J Silver esilver@stearnsweaver.com, jless@stearnsweaver.com, 

fsanchez@stearnsweaver.com, cgraver@stearnsweaver.com, 

mfernandez@stearnsweaver.com

• David R. Softness david@softnesslaw.com

• Peter D Spindel peterspindel@gmail.com, peterspindelcmecf@gmail.com

• Mark E Steiner MES@lgplaw.com, pm@lgplaw.com

• Aaron A Wernick awernick@wernicklaw.com, awernick@ecf.courtdrive.com, 

crubin@wernicklaw.com, dkariotis@wernicklaw.com, mlaverriere@wernicklaw.com

• Paul Wilson pwilson@paulwilsonesq.com

• Harry Winderman harry4334@hotmail.com, lynoramae@gmail.com, lm@whcfla.com, 

filings@whcfla.com

• Thomas G Zeichman tzeichman@bmulaw.com, G67999@notify.cincompass.com

Via US Mail:

See Attached Address Matrix

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 5 of 8
 Label Matrix for local noticing 1001 Clint Moore, LLC Ally Bank Lease Trust - Assignor to Vehicle 

 113C-9 6560 W Rogers Circle 4515 N Santa Fe Ave. Dept. APS 

 Case 22-12790-EPK Suite B27 Oklahoma City, OK 73118-7901 

 Southern District of Florida Boca Raton, FL 33487-2746 

 West Palm Beach 

 Mon May 23 15:35:08 EDT 2022 

 Auto Wholesale of Boca, LLC BAL INVESTMENTS, LLC BENIDT INVESTMENTS/SLINGER, LLC 

 6560 W Rogers Circle c/o Zachary J. Bancroft, Esq. c/o Eric J. Silver, Esq. 

 Suite B27 Baker Donelson, et al. 150 West Flagler Street 

 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2746 200 S. Orange Ave., Ste. 2900 Suite 2200 

 Orlando, FL 32801-3448 Miami, FL 33130-1545 

 

 Chapford Credit Opportunities Fund LP Chapford Specialty Finance LLC DCG 2008 Irrevocable Wealth Trust 

 c/o James C. Moon, Esq. c/o James C. Moon, Esq. c/o Ivan J. Reich 

 Meland Budwick, P.A. Meland Budwick, P.A. 750 Park of Commerce Blvd, Suite 210 

 200 South Biscayne Blvd., Ste 3200 200 South Biscayne Blvd., Ste 3200 Boca Raton, FL 33487-3611 

 Miami, FL 33131-5323 Miami, FL 33131-5323 

 

 Daimler Trust EXCELL Auto Group, Inc. Excell Auto Sport and Service, Inc. 

 c/o Paul Wilson 1001 Clint Moore Road c/o Nathan G. Mancuso 

 1776 N. Pine Island Rd., Suite 308 Suite 101 7777 Glades Rd., Suite 100 

 Plantation, FL 33322-5235 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2830 Boca Raton, FL 33434-4150 

 FVP Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited lia FVP Opportunity Fund III, LP FVP Servicing, LLC a Delaware limited liabil 

 c/o David R. Softness, Esq. c/o David R. Softness, Esq. c/o David R. Softness, Esq. 

 201 South Biscayne Boulevard #2740 201 South Biscayne Boulevard #2740 201 South Biscayne Boulevard #2740 

 MIami, FL 33131-4332 Miami, FL 33131-4332 Miami, FL 33131-4332 

 Franklin Capital Funding, LLC Graves Directional Drilling Inc. a/k/a Grave MMS Ultimate Services, Inc. 

 c/o Shraiberg Page, PA c/o Kelley, Fulton, Kaplan & Eller PL 7241 Catalina Isle Drive 

 2385 NW Executive Center Dr., #300 1665 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.,Ste. 1000 Lake Worth, FL 33467-7746 

 Boca Raton, FL 33431-8530 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-2109 

 Mercedes Benz Financial Services USA, LLC. Milco Atwater, LLC Millco Atwater, LLC 

 14372 Heritage Parkway c/o Eyal Berger 201 E Las Olas Blvd #1800 

 Fort Worth, TX 76177-3300 201 Las Olas Blvd #1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4442 

 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4442 

 Palm Beach County Tax Collector Prestige Luxury Cars, LLC Savannah Row Development Company, LLC 

 c/o Hampton Peterson Esq c/o Thomas G. Zeichman c/o M.A. Dinkin Law Firm, P.L.L.C. 

 POB 3715 2385 Executive Center Drive, Suite 250 3319 SR 7, Suite 303 

 West Palm Beach, FL 33402-3715 Boca Raton, FL 33431-8511 Wellington, FL 33449-8147 

 Shrayber Land, Inc. Tulocay Farm, Inc. Westlake Flooring Company, LLC 

 c/o Joaquin J. Alemany, Esq. c/o Peter Spindel, Esq., P.A. c/o Liebler Gonzalez & Portuondo 

 HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP POB 835063 44 West Flagler Street 

 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3300 Miami, FL 33283-5063 25th Floor 

 Miami, FL 33131-2898 Miami, FL 33130-1808 

 

 Westlake Services, LLC Woodside Credit, LLC 22 Capital 

 c/o Liebler Gonzalez & Portuondo c/o Zach B. Shelomith, Esq. 1900 Glades Road 

 44 West Flagler Street 2699 Stirling Rd # C401 Suite 540 

 25th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312-6598 Boca Raton, FL 33431-7378 

 Miami, FL 33130-1808 

 

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 6 of 8
 A&A Publishing Corp d/b/a The Boca Raton Obs AJA Realty AMEX TRS Co., Inc. 

 7700 Congress Avenue Ste 3115 16850 Charles River Drive c/o Becket and Lee LLP 

 Boca Raton, FL 33487-1357 Delray Beach, FL 33446-0010 PO Box 3001 

 Malvern PA 19355-0701 

 

 Alpine Business Capital Auto Wholesale Boca BAL Investments 

 99 Wall Street 6560 West Rogers Circle 1114 Ashton Trace 

 New York, NY 10005-4301 Suite B27 Atlanta, GA 30319-2681 

 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2746 

 DCG Trust Ed Brown Fedex Corporate Services Inc 

 c/o Kenny Goodman 152 Bears Club Drive 3965 Airways Blvd, Module G, 3rd Floor 

 1928 Thatch Palm Drive Jupiter, FL 33477-4203 Memphis, TN 38116-5017 

 Boca Raton, FL 33432-7457 

 Geoffrey Thomas Keable Get Backed MXT Solutions, LLC 

 Lawrence A. Caplan, P.A. 2101 Interstate 35 2101 Interstate 35, 4th Floor 

 1375 Gateway Blvd 4th Floor Austin, TX 78741-3800 

 Boynton Beach, FL 33426-8304 Austin, TX 78741-3800 

 Mike Halperin Office of the US Trustee Parkview 

 5820 Harrington Way 51 S.W. 1st Ave. 400 Main Street 

 Boca Raton, FL 33496-2511 Suite 1204 Stamford, CT 06901-3000 

 Miami, FL 33130-1614 

 Phil Gori Prestige Luxury Motors Savannah Row 

 195 W. Alexander Palm Road 4301 Oak Circle 30 SE 15th Avenue 

 Boca Raton, FL 33432-8602 Suite 25 Boca Raton, FL 33432 

 Boca Raton, FL 33431 

 Shrayber Land 

 15700 Dallas Parkway 33431-4258 

 Shrayber Land Spin Capital TBF 

 15700 Dallas Parkway, Suite 11 1968 S. Coast Highway 333 River Street 

 Dallas, TX 75248-3306 Suite 5021 Hoboken, NJ 07030-5856 

 Laguna Beach, CA 92651-3681 

 

 TVT Wing Lake Capital Partners Alexey Alekseyevich Gorodova 

 1407 Broadway 32300 Northwestern Highway 1100 S Miami Avenue 

 New York, NY 10018-5100 Suite 200 Apt 1210 

 Farmington Hills, MI 48334-1501 Miami, FL 33130-4164 

 Andrew Greenberg Chad Zakin David Amsel 

 c/o Jordan L Rappaport c/o Mark A. Levy c/o Breuer Law, PLLC 

 1300 N Federal Hwy #203 100 SE Third Avenue, 23rd Floor 6501 Congress Avenue 

 Boca Raton, FL 33432-2848 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-0002 Suite 240 

 Suite 240 

 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2840 

 Edward Brown Harry Winderman John Wittig 

 c/o Eyal Berger Harry Winderman, ESQ. c/o Eyal Berger 

 201 Las Olas Blvd #1800 2255 Glades Road 201 Las Olas Blvd #1800 

 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4442 Suite 205e Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4442 

 Boca Raton, FL 33431-7391 

 

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 7 of 8
 Kristen Zankl Moshe Farache (p)NICOLE TEST MEHDIPOUR 

 16937 Pierre Circle c/o James B. Miller, P.A. 6278 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY SUITE 408 

 Delray Beach, FL 33446-3693 19 West Flagler St. FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33308-1916 

 Suite 416 

 Miami, FL 33130-4419 

 

 Philip T. Gori Richard Applegate Richard Greenberg 

 c/o Eyal Berger c/o Jordan L. Rappaport c/o Jordan L Rappaport 

 201 Las Olas Blvd #1800 Suite 203, Squires Building 1300 N Federal Hwy #203 

 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4442 1300 North Federal Highway Boca Raton, FL 33432-2848 

 Boca Raton, FL 33432-2801 

 

 Scott Zankl Stefano Riga Steven Graves 

 16937 Pierre Circle c/o Jordan L Rappaport, Esq c/o Kelley, Fulton, Kaplan & Eller PL 

 Delray Beach, FL 33446-3693 1300 N Federal Hwy, Ste 203 1665 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Ste. 1000 

 Boca Raton, FL 33432-2848 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-2109 

 Svetlana Petrovna Gorodova Tarek Aboualazzm Tim Olesijuk 

 1100 S Miami Avenue c/o Jordan L. Rappaport, Esq c/o John D. Segaul 

 Apt 1210 1300 N Federal Hwy, Ste 203 300 S. Pine Island Road, Suite 304 

 Miami, FL 33130-4164 Boca Raton, FL 33432-2848 Plantation, FL 33324-2621 

 The preferred mailing address (p) above has been substituted for the following entity/entities as so specified 

 by said entity/entities in a Notice of Address filed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 342(f) and Fed.R.Bank.P. 2002 (g)(4). 

 Nicole Testa Mehdipour 

 United States Bankruptcy Trustee 

 6278 North Federal Highway Suite 408 

 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33308 

 The following recipients may be/have been bypassed for notice due to an undeliverable (u) or duplicate (d) address. 

 (u)West Palm Beach (u)Johnie Floyd Weems, III End of Label Matrix 

 Mailable recipients 71 

 Bypassed recipients 2 

 Total 73 

Case 22-12790-EPK Doc 114 Filed 05/27/22 Page 8 of 8