The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION,

 

v.

 Plaintiff,

JOHN J. BRAVATA, RICHARD J. 

TRABULSY, ANTONIO BRAVATA, 

BBC EQUITIES, LLC AND BRAVATA 

FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

 Defendants,

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SHARI A. BRAVATA,

 Relief Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2:09-cv-12950-

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NOTICE TO THE COURT OF RETURN OF

INDICTMENT AGAINST COUNSEL ON 

BEHALF OF THE BRAVATA DEFENDANTS

NOW COMES Gregory Bartko, Esq., of the Law Office of Gregory Bartko, 

LLC, and on his own behalf, hereby provides this Notice to the Court of a Return 

of Indictment Against Counsel on Behalf of the Bravata Defendants. In brief, and 

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The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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without waiving any and all rights held by the undersigned counsel, the 

following Notice is hereby given:

1. On November 20, 2009, counsel for the Bravata Defendants received 

an email from Senior Trial Counsel, James G. Lundy, a complete copy of which is 

attached to this Notice as Exhibit “A

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.” Mr. Lundy is one of three SEC

enforcement lawyers that have made an appearance in this case.

Exhibit “A” includes a "link" which directs the recipient of the email 

to a press release issued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina with respect to the return of a joint Indictment 

unsealed on November 18, 2009 naming the undersigned counsel as a defendant 

as well as a former business partner of the undersigned counsel. Exhibit "B

3. Mr. Lundy’s email of November 20, 2009 was apparently 

disseminated to all counsel that have appeared in this case.

" to 

this Notice is a copy of the referenced press release.

4. Mr. Lundy, on behalf of the Plaintiff, U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, indicates in Exhibit “A” that the undersigned had a duty to notify 

the Court of the return of the Indictment relative to criminal charges that have no 

bearing, relationship or connection with the case at bar. SEC counsel implied in 

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The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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Exhibit “A

5. Upon review of this Court’s Local Rules and the Michigan Code of 

Professional Responsibility, an affirmative duty to advise this Court as well as 

any bar association or disciplinary body thereof of the initiation of criminal 

charges against an attorney, ripens upon a conviction of any crime—not upon 

the charges themselves.

” that if notice of the return of the Indictment against the undersigned 

counsel was not timely made to this Court—the SEC would then take it upon 

itself to notify the Court as well as possibly the Bravata Defendants.

6. However, in the spirit of full candor to the Court, Notice is hereby 

given of the facts contained in the attached Exhibit “B,

7. After discussing the matters asserted in the Indictment with 

Defendant, John J. Bravata, no objection was raised by the Bravata Defendants to 

the undersigned continuing as counsel in this action. 

” the Government's 

November 18, 2009 press release.

8. A considerable aspect of the law practice the undersigned is 

engaged in relates to the defense of SEC civil enforcement actions in a number of 

Federal District Courts in several states, including Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, 

and Michigan as well as before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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7. Although Mr. Lundy’s motives in sending his email of November 

20, 2009 to the undersigned are unclear, the Court should be notified of the 

information set forth herein. 

8. Accordingly, the undersigned counsel hereby provides this Notice 

and stands ready and willing to provide any other non-privileged information 

the Court may request in connection with Exhibit “A” or Exhibit “B

Dated this 24th day of November, 2009.

” attached to 

this Notice.

Respectfully Submitted, 

By: 

Law Office of Gregory Bartko, LLC

/s/ Gregory Bartko

Gregory Bartko, Esq.

Michigan Bar No. P30052

Counsel for Bravata Defendants

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400

Atlanta, GA 30326

Telephone: (404) 238-0550

Facsimile: (866) 342-4092

gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com

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The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

U.S. SECURITIES AND 

EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

 

v.

 Plaintiff,

JOHN J. BRAVATA, RICHARD J. 

TRABULSY, ANTONIO BRAVATA, 

BBC EQUITIES, LLC AND 

BRAVATA FINANCIAL GROUP, 

LLC 

 Defendants,

and

SHARI A. BRAVATA,

 Relief Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2:09-cv-12950-

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing NOTICE 

TO THE COURT OF RETURN OF INDICTMENT AGAINST COUNSEL ON 

BEHALF OFTHE BRAVATA DEFENDANTS was filed electronically this 24th

day of November, 2009 with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify 

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The Securities Regulation Law Firm” 

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400 ● Atlanta, GA 30326 ● Phone (404) 238-0550 ● Fax (866) 342-4092

Email: gbartko@securitieslawcounsel.com ● www.securitieslawcounsel.com

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that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of record and 

any pro se parties identified on the attached Service List via e-mail and U.S. mail, 

either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or 

via U.S. mail to those parties that have formally appeared of record but are who 

are not authorized to receive electronic Notices of Electronic Filing.

Respectfully Submitted,

By: /s/ Gregory Bartko

Law Office of Gregory Bartko, LLC

Gregory Bartko, Esq.

Counsel for Bravata Defendants

3475 Lenox Road, Suite 400

Atlanta, GA 30326

Telephone: (404) 238-0550

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