SPIEGEL & UTRERA, P.A. v. Reis

Filing 43

ORDER on Informal Discovery Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Andrea M. Simonton on 6/7/2011. (mmn)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 10-23890-CIV-PAS
SPIEGEL & UTRERA, P.A.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
FRED REIS,
Defendant.
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ORDER ON INFORMAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE
This matter came before the Court on an informal discovery conference held
before the undersigned on June 3, 2011. The Honorable Patricia A. Seitz, United States
District Judge, has referred discovery matters in this case to the undersigned Magistrate
Judge (DE ## 25, 31). Having heard from the Parties and for the reasons stated on the
record, it is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. In response to Defendant’s request for production #6, and the revised
language agreed to by the parties prior to the hearing, Plaintiff shall produce any
documents reflecting complaints by clients or consumers of the General Counsel’s Club
or Spiegel & Utrera, P.A. regarding legal services provided from 2007 to the present.
2. In response to Defendant’s request for production #7, and the revised
language agreed to by the parties prior to the hearing, Plaintiff shall produce all
documents reflecting termination and/or cancellation of the General Counsel’s Club
contracts with any clients or consumers from 2007 to the present.
3. Plaintiff shall produce documents from 2007 to the present in accordance with
Defendant’s request for production numbers 14, 16 and 19.

4. In response to Defendant’s request for production #22, and the revised
language agreed to by the parties prior to the hearing, Plaintiff shall produce all
marketing materials, including advertisements, to promote the legal services of the
General Counsel’s Club from 2007 to the present.
5. In response to Defendant’s interrogatory #5, and the revised language agreed
to by the parties prior to the hearing, Plaintiff shall state whether Plaintiff has been a
party to a lawsuit brought by a client or former client from the year 2007 to the present
regarding legal services provided; and, shall provide the nature of the action, the date
and the Court in which the suit was filed, and the status of the final disposition of the
action.
6. In response to Defendant’s interrogatory #6, Plaintiff shall provide a list of all
members of the General Counsel’s Club from 2007 to the present, but may redact names
and addresses and identify the members by member number or initials. If, after
reviewing the discovery produced pursuant to this order, defendant believes the
identities are necessary, he may request a further hearing by calling the chambers of the
undersigned magistrate judge within 30 days after production. Plaintiff shall be prepared
to provide an unredacted list within 24 hours of a future order.
7. Plaintiff shall respond to Defendant’s interrogatory #8 in its entirety for years
2007 to the present. Defendant is hereby ordered to use any bar complaints provided by
Plaintiff solely for the purpose of this present litigation, and is further ordered to hold
said bar complaints in confidence and not to disseminate said bar complaints publically.
8. Plaintiff shall provide a better answer to Defendant’s interrogatory #13, which
shall include the elements of the damages sought and the manner in which the damages
are computed.
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9. Plaintiff shall comply with all aforementioned directives in this discovery order
by Monday, June 27, 2011.
10. The remaining disputed requests for production and interrogatories were
withdrawn.
DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, on June 7, 2011.

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ANDREA M. SIMONTON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Copies furnished via CM/ECF to:
Counsel of Record

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