Opinion
21-cv-4777 (LJL)
08-13-2021
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. HARMEL S. RAYAT, et al. Defendant.
ORDER
LEWIS J. LIMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
At the Initial Pretrial Conference held yesterday, defense counsel announced that one of the lawyers who would be appearing for the Defendant was Jonathan Pressman. As I informed counsel at the conference, Mr. Pressman was an associate at the firm then known as Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering at the time that I was a partner there, and before I departed in 2003. As I also stated at the conference, I do not see any basis for recusal. The parties shall inform the Court promptly if they request that I recuse myself.
SO ORDERED.