Opinion
Case No. 11-20129 Case No. 11-20066 Case No. 12-20387
09-24-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SCOTT WILLIAM SUTHERLAND et al. Defendants. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JEFF GARVIN SMITH et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SMILEY VILLA et al., Defendants.
ORDER CONFIRMING DEFENDANTS' PROPOSED
IDENTIFICATION OF GROUP LIAISON COUNSEL
The defendants, in unison, have proposed the attorneys listed below to act as liaison counsel (or alternate) in each defendant group for such purposes set forth in the court's order of 09/07/12 [Doc #462], principally to operate as the primary contact and organizational leader for each of the groups, but having no responsibility for formally representing any defendant within the group other than liaison counsel's own client.
Liaison counsel (or alternate) shall participate in every status or telephonic conference, and no other counsel will be required to attend the conference. Other, non-liaison counsel may attend, at their election, with reasonable cause. Therefore,
The court is obligated to bear in mind efficiency in the management of this case, and seeks to avoid the accumulation of unnecessary expenses. Accordingly, it should be noted that a non-liaison attorney who is specifically not required to attend rudimentary and non-critical scheduling conferences, as the court contemplates herein, but who elects to attend, especially repeatedly and without meaningful participation, could be seen as engaging in unproductive work, billing for which under the Criminal Justice Act may be subject to further inquiry, reduction, or disallowance.
IT IS ORDERED that the proposal is ACCEPTED and each of the following attorneys is APPOINTED AS LIAISON OR ALTERNATE LIAISON COUNSEL until further order of the court: Group 1 - Liaison: Mark A. Satawa; Alternate Liaison: Jerome Sabotta Group 2 - Liaison: Loren Dickstein; Alternate Liaison: Sidney Kraizman Group 3 - Liaison: Margaret S. Raben; Alternate Liaison: Michael J. McCarthy Group 4 - Liaison: William W. Swor; Alternate Liaison: Gerald J. Gleeson
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record on this date, September 24, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
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