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Paul J. Cambria, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 177957, 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

Email: pcambria@lglaw.com

emccampbell@lglaw.com

Counsel for Defendant Michael Lacey

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

Whitney Z. Bernstein (Cal. Bar No. 304971, admitted pro hac vice)

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350

San Clemente, California 92673

Telephone: (949) 369-3700

Facsimile: (949) 369-3701

Email: tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

Counsel for Defendant James Larkin

Additional counsel listed on next page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Michael Lacey, et al.,

Defendants. 

No. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL

EMERGENCY NOTICE OF MATERIAL 

DEVELOPMENT

Hon. Steven P. Logan

Date: November 16, 2018

Time: 9:00 a.m.

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Gary S. Lincenberg (Cal. Bar No. 123058)

Ariel A. Neuman (Cal. Bar No. 241594)

BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM, 

DROOKS, LINCENBERG & RHOW, P.C. 

1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067-2561

Telephone: (310) 201-2100

Facsimile: (310) 201-2110

Email: glincenberg@birdmarella.com

aneuman@birdmarella.com

Counsel for Defendant John Brunst

Bruce Feder (AZ Bar No. 004832)

Feder Law Office, P.A.

2930 E. Camelback Road, Suite 160

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Telephone: (602) 257-0135

Email: bf@federlawpa.com

Counsel for Defendant Scott Spear

It is expected that excludable delay under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(D) will occur as 

a result of this motion or an order based thereon.

On Friday, November 9, 2018, Defendants Michael Lacey, James Larkin, John 

Brunst, and Scott Spear (“Defendants”) filed Doc. 366, Joinder in Emergency Motion to 

Stay Seizure of Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 360) and Request to Extend Temporary Relief. In 

their Joinder, Defendants requested that the Court extend its stay Order (Doc. 361) to 

include other attorney trust accounts for which the government has obtained and is seeking 

to execute seizure warrants. Defendants explained that the government had indicated that 

unless counsel wired funds to the government by close of business on November 13, 2018, 

the government would serve the seizure warrants on the respective banks. 

Despite Defendants’ pending Joinder and Request to Extend Temporary Relief, 

which the Court has yet to rule on, and despite the fact that the Court has granted a related 

Ex Parte application filed by attorney Anne Chapman which seeks exactly the same relief 

sought by Defendants, undersigned counsel understand that the government is nonetheless 

moving forward with these seizures and has given the holders of the respective IOLTA 

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accounts a deadline of 5:00 p.m. EST today, November 13, 2018 by which to wire funds. 

Undersigned counsel for Mr. Lacey contacted government counsel to request that the 

government at least await a ruling from this Court on the pending Request for Temporary 

Relief, but was told that the government still intends to proceed with its seizures. 

Undersigned counsel further believes that given the deadline set by the government, some 

counsel may have already wired funds to the government under threat of compulsion.

Defendants respectfully renew their request for this Court to grant temporarily 

relief as requested in Docs. 366 & 366-1.

Dated: November 13, 2018 Respectfully submitted,

 BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

/s/ Whitney Z. Bernstein

Attorneys for James Larkin

Pursuant to the District’s Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and 

Procedures Manual (May 2018) § 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.

/s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr.

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

/s/ Bruce Feder

FEDER LAW OFFICE PA

Attorneys for Scott Spear

/s/ Gary S. Lincenberg

BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT 

NESSIM DROOKS LINCENBERG AND 

RHOW

Attorneys for John Brunst

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this 13th day of November 2018, I electronically transmitted a 

PDF version of this document to the Clerk of the Court, using the CM/ECF System, for 

filing and for transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF 

registrants listed below.

/s/ Toni Thomas

Toni Thomas

David Lawrence Botsford, Botsford & Roark, dbotsford@aol.com

Erin E. McCampbell, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, emccampbell@lglaw.com

Daniel James Quigley, Daniel J Quigley PLC, quigley@djqplc.com

Michael L. Piccarreta, Piccarreta Davis Keenan Fidel PC, mlp@pd-law.com

Anthony R. Bisconti, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, tbisconti@bmkattorneys.com

Kenneth M. Miller, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, kmiller@bmkattorneys.com

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

Whitney Z. Bernstein, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, 

wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

K. C. Maxwell, Maxwell Law PC, kcm@kcmaxlaw.com

Adam Christian Page, Karp & Weiss PC, apage@karpweiss.com

Stephen M. Weiss, Karp & Weiss PC, sweiss@karpweiss.com

Ariel A. Neuman, Bird Marella, aan@birdmarella.com

Gary S. Lincenberg, Bird Marella, gsl@birdmarella.com

Gopi K. Panchapakesan, Bird Marella, gkp@birdmarella.com

Michael D. Kimerer, Kimerer & Derrick PC, MDK@kimerer.com

Rhonda Elaine Neff, Kimerer & Derrick PC, rneff@kimerer.com

Bruce S. Feder, Feder Law Office PA, bf@federlawpa.com

Andrew C. Stone, Assistant U.S. Attorney, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov

John Jacob Kucera, Assistant U.S. Attorney, john.kucera@usdoj.gov

Kevin M. Rapp, Assistant U.S. Attorney, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov

Margaret Wu Perlmeter, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov

Reginald E. Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, reginald.jones@usdoj.gov

Peter Shawn Kozinets, Assistant U.S. Attorney, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov

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