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DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF

PROPOSED CHANGES TO JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. (CA Bar No.135311, admitted pro hac vice)

Whitney Z. Bernstein (CA Bar No. 304917, admitted pro hac vice)

BIENERT KATZMAN LITTRELL WILLIAMS LLP

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350

San Clemente, California 92673

Telephone: (949) 369-3700

Facsimile: (949) 369-3701

tbienert@bklwlaw.com

wbernstein@bklwlaw.com

Attorneys for James Larkin

Paul J. Cambria, Jr. (NY Bar No. 1430909, admitted pro hac vice)

Erin McCampbell (NY Bar. No 4480166, admitted pro hac vice)

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120

Buffalo, New York 14202

Telephone: (716) 849-1333

Facsimile: (716) 855-1580

pcambria@lglaw.com

emccampbell@lglaw.com

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

Additional counsel listed on next page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:18-cr-00422-PHX-SMB

DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT 

OF DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED 

CHANGES TO JUROR

QUESTIONNAIRE 

(Oral argument requested)

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DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF

PROPOSED CHANGES TO JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Gary S. Lincenberg (CA Bar No. 123058, admitted pro hac vice)

Ariel A. Neuman (CA Bar No. 241594, admitted pro hac vice)

Gopi K. Panchapakesan (CA Bar No. 279856, admitted pro hac vice)

BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM,

DROOKS, LINCENBERG & RHOW PC

1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor

Los Angeles, California 90067-2561

Telephone: (310) 201-2100

Facsimile: (310) 201-2110

glincenberg@birdmarella.com

aneuman@birdmarella.com

gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com

Attorneys for John Brunst

Bruce Feder (AZ Bar No. 004832)

FEDER LAW OFFICE PA

2930 E. Camelback Road, Suite 160

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Telephone: (602) 257-0135

bf@federlawpa.com

Attorney for Scott Spear

David Eisenberg (AZ Bar No. 017218)

DAVID EISENBERG PLC

3550 N. Central Ave., Suite 1155

Phoenix, Arizona 85012

Telephone: (602) 237-5076

Facsimile: (602) 314-6273

david@deisenbergplc.com

Attorney for Andrew Padilla

Joy Malby Bertrand (AZ Bar No. 024181)

JOY BERTRAND ESQ LLC

P.O. Box 2734

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

Telephone: (602)374-5321

Facsimile: (480)361-4694

joy.bertrand@gmail.com

Attorney for Joye Vaught

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DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF

PROPOSED CHANGES TO JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE (DOC. NO. 1360)

Defendants and the government agree: prostitution ads that propose sex for money are not 

constitutionally protected.1

 Doc. 1360 at 2:19-23. However, the fundamental, foundational 

presumption that the government continues to misunderstand and misrepresent to the Court is 

that the First Amendment protects Defendants unless the government proves otherwise,

beyond a reasonable doubt, with admissible evidence. The government has the presumption

backwards when it argues that ads are illegal and unprotected and puts a burden to show otherwise 

on Defendants. Instead, ads are presumed legal and protected with the burden squarely on 

the government to prove otherwise. 

Put simply, the government must prove that which it asks this Court to erroneously

presume – that the ads at issue were in fact for sex for money prostitution and that Defendants 

knew this at the time the ads were published – before the government can say that the First 

Amendment and constitutional protections do not apply to Defendants’ publishing. 

Defendants maintain their request for oral argument to the extent the Court disagrees with 

Defendants’ proposed revisions contained in Doc. No. 1348 or is inclined to accept any changes 

proposed by the government but objected to by Defendants in Doc. 1352.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 25th day of October 2021,

BIENERT KATZMAN LITTRELL 

WILLIAMS LLP

s/ Whitney Z. Bernstein

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.

Whitney Z. Bernstein

Attorneys for James Larkin

1 An ad that proposes lawful activity, but actually is associated with prostitution, is

constitutionally protected. Valle Del Sol Inc. v. Whiting, 709 F.3d 808, 822 (9th Cir. 2013) (“Central 

Hudson’s legality requirement [] has traditionally focused on the content of affected speech—i.e.,

whether the speech proposes an illegal transaction—instead of whether the speech is associated with unlawful activity.)

(emphasis added); Backpage.com, LLC v. McKenna, 881 F. Supp. 2d 1262, 1281 (W.D. Wash. 2012) 

(“The third-party publication of offers to engage in illegal transactions does not fall within ‘welldefined and narrowly limited classes of speech’ that fall outside of First Amendment protection.”) 

(quoting Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568, 571-72 (1942)).

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DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF

PROPOSED CHANGES TO JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE (DOC. NO. 1360)

Pursuant to the District’s Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual (Oct. 2020) § 

II(C)(3), Whitney Z. Bernstein hereby attests that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf this filing is 

submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized its filing.

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr.

Paul J. Cambria, Jr.

Erin McCampbell Paris

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT 

NESSIM DROOKS LINCENBERG AND 

RHOW PC

s/ Gary S. Lincenberg

Gary S. Lincenberg

Ariel A. Neuman

Gopi K. Panchapakesan

Attorneys for John Brunst

FEDER LAW OFFICE PA

s/ Bruce Feder

Bruce Feder

Attorneys for Scott Spear

DAVID EISENBERG PLC

s/ David Eisenberg

David Eisenberg

Attorneys for Andrew Padilla

JOY BERTRAND ESQ LLC

s/ Joy Bertrand

Joy Bertrand

Attorneys for Joye Vaught

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on October 25, 2021, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice 

of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants who have entered their appearance as counsel of 

record. 

/s/ Toni Thomas 

Toni Thomas

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