SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION v. BERNARD L. MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES LLC

Adv. Pro. No. 08-01789 (SMB).

SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. BERNARD L. MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES LLC, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

August 21, 2018.

Editors Note
Nature of Suit: SS SIPA Case - 15 U.S.C. 78aaa et.seq.
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin H. Bell, Securities Investor Protection Corp, Nathanael Kelley, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Christopher H. LaRosa, Securities Investor Protection Corp & Josephine Wang, Securities Investor Protection Corp.

Russell Oasis & RAR Entrepreneurial Fund, LTD., Defendants, represented by Helen Davis Chaitman, Chaitman LLP & Gregory M. Dexter, Chaitman LLP.

Edmond A. Gorek & Marguerite M. Gorek, Defendants, represented by Margarita Y. Ginzburg, Day Pitney LLP & Thomas D. Goldberg, Day Pitney LLP.

Gerald J. Block, Defendant, represented by Jessica Mikhailevich, Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

Pamela Goldman, Defendant, pro se.

A&G Goldman Partnership, Gerald Goldman & Alan Goldman, Defendants, represented by Michael Ira Goldberg, Akerman LLP.

Marsha Peshkin, Adele Fox, Susanne Stone Marshall, Sharon Popkin & The Estate of Leonard Miller, Defendants, represented by Helen Davis Chaitman, Chaitman LLP.

Carl Glick, Prospect Capital Partners, The Sperry Fund, Prospect Hill Foundation, Antaeus Enterprises, Inc. & Lexington Capital Partners, L.P., Defendants, represented by Alec P. Ostrow, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP.

L.H. Rich Companies, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. Goodman, Garvey Schubert Barer.

HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited, HSBC Defendants & Somers Dublin Designated Activity Company, Defendants, represented by Thomas J. Moloney, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP.

El Prela Trading Investments Limited, Ashby Holdings Services Limited, El Prela Group Holding Services, El Prela Trust, Port of Hercules Trustees Limited, Individually and as Trustee of El Prela Trust, Alpine Trustees Limited, Individually and As Trustee of El Prela Trust, Ashby Investment Services Limited, The Ashby Trust & First Peninsula Trustees Limited, Individually and as Trustee of The Ashby Trust, Defendants, represented by Timothy P. Harkness, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Citi Hedge Fund Services Limited & Citicorp, North America, Inc., Defendants, represented by Carmine Boccuzzi, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

FIM Limited, FIM Advisers LLP, Carlo Grosso & Federico Ceretti, Defendants, represented by Mor Wetzler, Paul Hastings LLP.

Kingate Euro Fund, Ltd. & Kingate Global Fund, Ltd., Defendants, represented by Jordan Harap, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Rex Lee, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Robert S. Loigman, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Xochitl S. Strohbehn, Venable & Lindsay M. Weber, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP.

Kingate Management Limited, Defendant, represented by Scott W. Reynolds, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP & Erin E. Valentine, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP.

Milberg LLP and Seeger Weiss LLP Defendants, Defendant, represented by Matthew A. Kupillas, Milberg LLP.

Sidney Marks, Sidney Marks Trust 2002, Susan Lazarus, Robert A. Marks, Lawrence D. Marks, The Estate of Nancy Marks & Nancy J. Marks Trust 2002, Defendants, represented by Charles Collier Platt, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

Susan Schemen Fradin, Defendant, represented by Joseph Thompson Baio, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Epic Ventures, LLC, and Eric P. Stein, individually, and as Managing Member of Epic Ventures, LLC, Helene Cummings Karp Annuity, and Helene Cummings Karp, Joel I. Gordon, and Joel I. Gordon Revocable Trust U/A/D 5/11/94, Bam L.P., Adam Mann, Meryl Mann, Michael Mann, and Betsy Mann Polatsch, Norma Shapiro, The Norma Shapiro Revocable Declaration of Trust Under Agreement Dated 9/16/08, Trust Under Will of Philip L. Shapiro, and Martin Rosen, in his capacity as Trustee of the Trust Under W, Kelman Partners Limited Partnership, et al., Estate of Helen Shurman, Estate of Jack Shurman, Paul S. Shurman, individually, in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of Jack Shurman and Helen Shurman and as beneficiary under the wills of Jack S, Carla Goldworm, Luke Goldworm, Samuel Goldworm, S&L Partnership, a New York partnership, Trust for the benefit of Luke Goldworm, a New York trust, Trust for the benefit of Samuel Goldworm, a New York, Amy A. Hobish, Mitchell K. Hobish, Richard S. Hobish, Toby T. Hobish, LI Ram L.P., a New York limited partnership, Marital Trust under Article XXII of the Herbert W. Hobish Living Trust, a New York tr, Leslie Engelson, Alicia P. Felton, Miles J. Felton, in his capacity as Grantor of the Murray Family Trust, William D. Felton, in his capacity as Trustee of the Doris Felton Family Trust, Murray B. Fel & Toby T. Hobish and LI Ram L.P., Defendants, represented by Carole Neville, DENTONS US LLP.

Sharon A. Raddock, Stuart Zlotolow, in his capacity as executor of the Estate of Beatrice Bader and as former trustee of the Trust Created Under the Last Will and Testament of Beatrice Bader, James Doyle, in his capacity as trustee of the Trust Created Under the Last Will and Testament of Beatrice Bader, Trust Created Under the Last Will and Testament of Beatrice Bader, Estate of Beatrice Bader, Philip Cahners, Nancy L. Cahners, individually and in her capacity as Trustee of the Helene R. Cahners Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1, Robert M. Cahners, individually and in his capacity as Trustee of the Helene R. Cahners Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1, Rachel Cahners Caveney, ESTATE OF HELENE R. CAHNERS KAPLAN, Helene R. Cahners Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1, Arthur B. Page, in his capacity as Trustee of the Helene R. Cahners Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1, Robert Fishbein, in his capacity as Trustee of the Norma Fishbein Revocable Trust, Estate of Norma Fishbein, Norma Fishbein Revocable Trust, Robert Fishbein, in his capacity as the Personal Representative of the estate of Norma Fishbein, James P. Marden, Merritt Kevin Auld, Patrice M. Auld, The Murray & Irene Pergament Foundation, Inc., The Horowitz & Libshutz Family Foundation, Inc., James P. Marden, as trustee of Bernard Marden Profit Sharing Plan, Patrice M. Auld, as trustee of Bernard Marden Profit Sharing Plan, Bernard Marden Profit Sharing Plan, Patrice M. Auld & Certain Other Avoidance Defendants Represented by Pryor Cashman LLP, Robert Fried & Certain Other Avoidance Defendants Represented by Pryor Cashman LLP & Stanley Plesent, Defendants, represented by Richard Levy, Jr., Pryor Cashman LLP.

Pati H. Gerber, Defendant, pro se.

SG Hambros Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Limited, in its capacity as trustee of the Panagiotis Sakellariou Settlement, an Irrevocable Trust u/a/d 12/17/92 & Panagiotis Sakellariou Settlement, an irrevocable trust u/a/d 12/17/92, Defendants, represented by John F. Zulack, Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP.

Estate of Sheldon Shaffer, Defendant, represented by Brendan M. Scott, Klestadt Winters Jureller Southard & Stevens, LLP.

Nine Thirty Partners Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company & Nine Thirty Capital Partners LLC, Defendants, represented by Richard A. Kirby, FisherBroyles LLP.

Mercedes P. Rea & Richard M. Glantz, RICHARD M. GLANTZ, individually, as trustee of the Richard M. Glantz 1991 Living Trust, the Edward R. Glantz Living Trust, the Thelma Glantz Living Trust, the Glantz-Ostrin Trust I, and the Glantz-Ostrin Trust II, and as personal representative of the Est, Defendants, represented by Richard E. Signorelli, Law Office of Richard E. Signorelli.

Queensgate Foundation, Defendant, represented by David J. Eiseman, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LL.

Elaine S. Stein Revocable Trust & Elaine S. Stein, Defendants, represented by Douglas L. Furth, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, LLP.

Evelyn Fisher, individually, and in her capacity as Trustee for TRUST U/W/O DAVID L. FISHER and TRUST U/T/A 8/20/90, Trust u/t/a 8/20/90, Trust U/W/O David L. Fisher, Linda Sohn & Neal M. Goldman, Defendants, represented by Terence William McCormick, Mintz & Gold LLP.

KENNETH CITRON, individually and as trustee for Trust f/b/o [A.J.C., [K.F.C.] AND [L.C.C.], as amended, DAVID SHAPIRO, individually and as trustee for Trust f/b/o [W.P.S.] & [J.G.S.] & STANLEY SHAPIRO, individually, as general partner of S&R Investment Co., as trustee for LAD Trust, as trustee for David Shapiro 1989 Trust, as amended, and as trustee for Leslie Shapiro 1985 Trust, as, Defendants, represented by Barry R. Lax, Lax & Neville LLP.

TRUST F/B/O [A.J.C.], [K.F.C.] AND [L.C.C.], as amended, Defendant, pro se.

Leslie Shapiro 1985 Trust, as amended, David Shapiro 1989 Trust, as amended, LAD Trust & S&R Investment Co., Defendants, represented by Robert Miller, LAX & NEVILLE LLP & Brian Neville, Lax & Neville LLP.

LESLIE SHAPIRO CITRON, Defendant, pro se.

TRUST F/B/O [W.P.S.] & [J.G.S.], Defendant, pro se.

RACHEL SHAPIRO, Defendant, pro se.

RENEE SHAPIRO, individually, as general partner of S&R Investment Co., as trustee for LAD Trust, as trustee for David Shapiro 1989 Trust, as amended, and as trustee for Leslie Shapiro 1985 Trust, as a, Defendant, pro se.

Peter G. Chernis Revocable Trust, as amended & Evelyn Chernis Revocable Trust Agreement for Samantha Eyges dtd October 6th 1986, et al., Defendants, represented by Michael R. Lastowski, Duane Morris LLP.

Banque J. Safra (Suisse) S.A., Defendant, represented by Marisa Glassman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP & Robinson B. Lacy, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Ariel Fund Limited And Gabriel Capital, L.P., Defendant, represented by Jordan W. Siev, Reed Smith LLP.

J. Ezra Merkin & Gabriel Capital Corporation, Defendants, represented by Mariel R. Bronen, Dechert LLP & Neil A. Steiner, Dechert LLP.

Certain Transferee Defendants, Defendant, pro se.

Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Defendant, represented by Peter E. Kazanoff, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

Lawrence Elins, Elins Daughters Trust for the Benefit of Julie Lynn Eilns Dated December 12, 1989, a California Trust, Elins Daughters Trust For The Benefit of Jamie Ann Elins Dated December 12, 1989, A California Trust, Elins Family Trust, a California Trust, Julie Elins Banks, Jamie Elins Sabet & Linda Elins, Defendants, represented by Matthew J. Gold, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C.

Marion B. Roth & Benjamin W. Roth, Defendants, represented by Michele L. Pahmer, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Ascot Fund Ltd. & Ascot Partners, L.P., Defendants, represented by Judith A. Archer, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP & Jami Mills Vibbert, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP.

C&P Associates, Ltd., C&P Associates, Ltd., C&P Associates, Inc., C&P Associates, Inc., Pamela Christian, Pamela Christian, Steven B. Mendelow, Steven B. Mendelow, Cara Mendelow, Cara Mendelow & FGLS Equity LLC, FGLS Equity LLC, Defendants, represented by Alex Reisen, Arkin Solbakken LLP.

The Wiener Family Limited Partnership, Wiener Family Holding Corp., Marvin M. Wiener and Sondra M. Wiener,Charles E. Wiener and Carolyn B. Wiener, Defendant, represented by Richard M. Meth, Fox Rothschild LLP.

Stuart Perlen and Myra Perlen, in their capacities as trustees for the Trust F/B/O Melissa Perlen U/A Dated 9/12/1979, Trust F/B/O Melissa Perlen U/A Dated 9/12/1979, Myra Perlen in her capacity as Trustee for the Stuart Perlen Revocable Trust and individually, Stuart Perlen in his capacity as Grantor and Trustee for the Stuart Perlen Revocable Trust and individually, Stuart Perlen Revocable Trust dtd 1/4/08, Stuart Perlen, in his capacity as Trustee of the Myra Perlen Revocable Trust, Myra Perlen, individually and in her capacity as Trustee of the Myra Perlen Revocable Trust & Myra Perlen Revocable Trust, Defendants, represented by Jonathan L. Flaxer, Golenbock, Eiseman, Assor, Bell & Peskoe, LLP.

Legacy Capital, Ltd., Defendant, represented by Nicholas F. Kajon, Stevens & Lee, P.C.

Estate of Muriel B. Cantor, Defendant, pro se.

Atlas, in her capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of Muriel B. Cantor, Nancy, Defendant, pro se.

Public Institution for Social Security, Defendant, represented by Gregory W. Fox, Goodwin Procter LLP.

Grosvenor Aggressive Growth Fund Limited, Grosvenor Balanced Growth Fund Limited, Grosvenor Private Private Reserve Fund Limited & Grosvenor Investment Management Ltd., Defendants, represented by Gregg Mashberg, Proskauer Rose LLP.

Banque Syz SA, Trincastar Corporation & M&B Capital Advisers Sociedad De Valores, S.A., Defendants, represented by Richard B. Levin, Jenner & Block LLP.

Bank Austria Worldwide Fund Management Ltd., Defendant, represented by Franklin B. Velie, Sullivan & Worcester LLP.

Banca Carige S.p.A., Defendant, represented by David J. Mark, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.

ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Defendant, represented by Michael S. Feldberg, Allen & Overy, LLP.

Northern Trust Corporation, Barfield Nominees Limited, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc (now known as Lloyds Bank plc), Patrick Littaye, Access Partners SA, Access Management Luxembourg SA, Access International Advisors Ltd., Zeus Partners Limited & RBC Foreign Defendants, Defendants, represented by Anthony L. Paccione.

Fullerton Capital Pte. Ltd., Platinum All Weather Fund Limited & Atlantic Security Bank, Defendants, represented by Anthony D. Boccanfuso, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

KBC Investments Limited, Defendant, represented by Alan Unger, Sidley Austin LLP.

UBS Deutschland AG, Defendant, represented by Marshall R. King, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.

Schroder & Co Bank AG, Defendant, represented by Robert S. Fischler, Ropes & Gray LLP.

ZCM Asset Holding Company (Bermuda) LLC, Defendant, represented by Jack G. Stern, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP.

Unifortune Conservative Fund & Unifortune Asset Management SGR SPA, Defendants, represented by David Noah Greenwald, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Six Sis AG, Defendant, represented by Andreas A. Frischknecht, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP & Erin E. Valentine, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP.

LGT Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. & LGT Bank Ltd., Defendants, represented by Dorothy Heyl, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.

Odyssey Alternative Strategy Fund, Ltd., Defendant, pro se.

Andrew H. Cohen, Defendant, represented by Gregory Goett.

Donald J. Weiss, Defendant, represented by Ronald L. Israel, Wolff & Samson PC.

Patricia DeLuca, Defendant, represented by Robert A. Rich, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC, BNP Paribas Appellees, BNP Paribas Bank & Trust (Cayman) Limited, BNP Paribas Securities Services S.A. & BNP Paribas S.A., Defendants, represented by Breon Peace, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP.

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank & Credit Agricole S.A., Defendants, represented by Lawrence B. Friedman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Parson Finance Panama S.A., Defendant, represented by Eugene F. Getty, Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman, LLP.

Certain Defendants Represented by Loeb & Loeb LLP, Defendant, represented by Daniel B. Besikof, Loeb & Loeb LLP.

The Transferee Defendants, which are listed in Exhibit 2 to the Consolidated Opposition, Defendant, pro se.

Transferee Defendants listed on Exhibit 1 of this letter, Defendant, pro se.

Irving H. Picard, Trustee, represented by Jonathan R. Barr, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Seanna Brown, Baker & Hostetler LLP, John J. Burke, Baker Hostetler LLP, Bik Cheema, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Nicholas Cremona, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Brian K. Esser, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Jessie Morgan Gabriel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Lalit K. Jain, Law Offices of Lalit K Jain Esq, Thomas L. Long, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, John Moscow, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Keith R. Murphy, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Geraldine E. Ponto, Baker & Hostetler, Lauren Resnick, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Jorian L. Rose, Baker Hostetler LLP, Elizabeth A. Scully, Baker & Hostetler LLP, David J. Sheehan, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Howard L. Simon, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, Jennifer M. Walrath, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Ona T. Wang, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Oren Warshavsky, Baker & Hostetler LLP & Catherine Elizabeth Woltering, Baker Hostetler LLP.

Irving H. Picard, Trustee, pro se.

Kenneth M. Krys and Charlotte Caulfield as Joint Liquidators and Foreign Representatives of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sigma Limited, and Fairfield Lambda Limited, Liquidator, represented by Elizabeth A. Molino, Brown Rudnick LLP.

Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Counter-Claimant, represented by Martin J. Auerbach.

Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, Counter-Defendant, represented by Seanna Brown, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Nicholas Cremona, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Regina Griffin, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Edward John Jacobs, Baker Hostetler LLP, Lalit K. Jain, Law Offices of Lalit K Jain Esq, Thomas L. Long, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Matthew B. Lunn, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Keith R. Murphy, Baker & Hostetler LLP, David J. Sheehan, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Howard L. Simon, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, Ona T. Wang, Baker & Hostetler LLP & Oren Warshavsky, Baker & Hostetler LLP.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DENYING RELIEF

SIPA LIQUIDATION (Substantively Consolidated)

Dean Loren, in his capacity as executor of the Estate of Evelyn Goldberg ("Evelyn"), seeks certain substantive relief and requests discovery from Irving H. Picard, the trustee ("Trustee") of the estate...

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