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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
11th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO. 01-10180 CA 25
ROSENTHAL, ROSENTHAL, RASCO,
STOK & WOLF, a Florida general partnership,
Plaintiffs,-.vs.
STEPHAN LAWRENCE, individually, and
BEAR, STEARNS & CO., INC., a New York
corporation,
Defendants.
STEPHAN J. LAWRENCE,
Counter-Plaintiff/
Third Party Plaintiff
vs.
ROSENTHAL, ROSENTHAL, RASCO, STOK & WOLF,
a Florida general partnership,.
Counter-Defendant
and
ROBERT STOK,
Third Party Defendant.
Dade County Courthouse
73 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida
January 20, 2006Friday, 9:10 a.m.
The above-entitled cause came on for
Hearing before the Honorable HERBERT STETTIN,
Circuit Court Judge, taken before TERI
NAAR-COHEN, Registered Professional Reporter and
Notary Public in and for the State of Florida at
Large.
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1APPEARANCES:2JEFFREY P. SHAPIRO, ESQUIRE
One S.E. Third Avenue3Suite 1450
Miami, Florida 33131
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Appearing on behalf of Stephan Lawrence,Shapiro, Ramos, P.A.
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STEPHENS, LYNN, KLEIN, LACAVA, HOFFMAN &6PUYABy: SHERRYLL MARTENS DUNAJ, ESQUIRE79130 South Dadeland Boulevard
Penthouse I8Miami, Florida 33156
Appearing on behalf of Stok.9
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1THEREUPON:2(The following proceedings were had:)3THE COURT: Let's go on the record. This4is Rosenthal, Rosenthal, Rasco, Stok and Wolf,5plaintiff versus Stephan Lawrence.6MS. DUNAJ: The Rosenthal firm is the7plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure and suit on a8promissory note that was against Stephan Lawrence.9THE COURT: And in turn Mr. Lawrence has
10counterclaimed against the Rosenthal firm and others.11MS. DUNAJ: And a third party claim against12Mr. Stok.13THE COURT: And the motion before me now is14a motion to recuse myself. Under the law I'm required15to rule on that before dealing with any other matters.16Now let me tell you my memory of this before17I tell you what I'm going to do. First, I represented18the trustee of a trust established by Mr. Lawrence.
19The issues arose in the bankruptcy setting and I was,20as part of my representation, working directly with Mr.21Stok. That is, dealing with him as a party in the2 2litigation, and there were some issues on which we23
cooperated and a number on which we did not because we
2 4had the trustee as our client and were independent of25the beneficiary, Mr. Lawrence.Q.......71c...Nem4=4-
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1And, of course, I continued in that role for2about a year or two. I think I was still doing it when3I stopped practicing and started sitting again as a
4senior judge.5In addition, I also had an opportunity a6number of years back to represent the Keith, Mack firm
7when Mr. Shapiro was a partner in that firm, including
8one fairly lengthy jury trial and a couple of other9pieces of litigation during which I got to know Mr.
10Shapiro and work with him.11Under these circumstances I'm going to12recuse myself on my own motion. I do not think it13appropriate that I sit on a case in which -- off the14record for a minute.15(Discussion had off the record.)16THE COURT: Back on the record. And I17therefore recuse myself. Thank you.
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1REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE2
3STATE OF FLORIDA)4:SS5COUNTY OF DADE)6
7I, Teri Naar-Cohen, Registered Professional8Reporter, certify that I was authorized to and did9stenographically report the foregoing proceedings and1 0that the transcript is a true record thereof.1 1I further certify that I am not a relative,1 2employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties,1 3nor am I a relative or employee of any of the parties'1 4attorney or counsel connected with the action, nor am I1 5financially interested in the action.1 6
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