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Document A-5783
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Summary: The deposition transcript discusses Ms. Edelstein's reaction to learning about a suspended lawyer named Catherine Conrad and whether Juror No. 1 could be the same person. Ms. Edelstein initially thought it was impossible due to Juror No. 1's voir dire responses, specifically her education level. The questioning focuses on whether further investigation was warranted to verify Juror No. 1's identity.
Significance: This document is potentially important because it reveals the questioning of a key individual (Ms. Edelstein) about a potentially significant issue: whether Juror No. 1 is the same person as a suspended attorney with a similar name.
Key Topics:
Juror No. 1's identity and background
Catherine Conrad, a suspended New York attorney
Voir dire responses and investigation steps
Key People:
- Ms. Edelstein - deponent
- Catherine Conrad - suspended New York attorney and potentially Juror No. 1
- Juror No. 1 - juror in a trial
Full Text
C2GFDAU3 Edelstein 326
1 mentioned there was a suspended lawyer with the name of
2 Catherine Conrad. The connection that I think she was drawing
3 was that we had received a note from Juror No. 1 that raised
4 certain legal concepts, and that was the connection. I did not
5 ask what the basis was for knowing that there was a suspended
6 lawyer named Catherine Conrad, no, I did not.
7 Q. Wasn't that a highly significant fact to find out that
8 there was a suspended New York attorney with the same name as
9 Juror No. 1?
10 A. Actually, my reaction was it was, I thought it was
11 impossible that they would be the same person based on Juror
12 No. 1's voir dire responses.
13 Q. It is correct, is it not, that if you have two people with
14 similar names that you can do simple, take simple steps to try
15 to increase or decrease the possibility that the two people
16 were the same one. Would you agree with me?
17 A. Hypothetical, if that's what you were doing in a different
18 situation. We were discussing the fact that there was a
19 suspended lawyer with the name of Catherine Conrad. We then
20 were discussing that Juror No. 1 on voir dire in response to
21 the unambiguous question what is your highest level of
22 education said that she had a BA in English. To me that ruled
23 out the possibility that they were the same person.
24 Q. Ms. Edelstein, could you just answer my question that I
25 asked? Are there steps that you can take if you have one
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00010066