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162 Thereupon, oe a | Q. And when you say "all day,” what time period PAUL G. CASSELL, 0005:31 2 are you referring to? having been first duly sworn, was examined and testified 00.0532 3 A. 9:00 to 5:00. as follows: oo0533 4 Q. 9:00 to 5:00. Okay. And was that through THE WITNESS: I do. ooosss § funch; you just stayed through eight hours; is that -- CONTINUED DIRECT EXAMINATION o.0s40 6 what's your recollection of that? BY MR. SIMPSON: coos 7 A. Yeah, I remember we were working very hard cooser 8 Q. Good morning -- oaos4a 8 on-- on it, so I think we had, if I recall correctly, oooa01 9 A. Good morning. ooosas 9 had lunch brought in and worked straight through that. oo.0401 10 Q. -- Mr. Cassell. ooos4aa 10 Q. Any other meetings in person with oo-0403 11 As of December 30th, 2014, had you ever met oo0s:53 14 Miss Roberts before December 30th of 2014? cooaos 12 with Virginia Roberts in person? cooss7 12 A. No. o00410 13 A. Yes. oo0ss7 13 Q. Any telephone calls with her that you -- you oo.0410 14 Q. And how many times had you met with her in oo0803 14 had, obviously, before December 30th, 2014? coos 15 person? ono607 15 A. I believe there were a couple of -- of oo0ata 16 A. Once. cooses 16 telephone calls. ooosis 17 When was that? ooos09 17 Q. And can you tell us when those were? coos 18 Approximately May 2014. ooos12 18 A. Let's see. Roughly September 2014. Give or 0004-20 19 May of 2014? 000618 19 take a month. I mean, you know, sometime after May and 00.04.21 20 Yes. 000622 20 before December 30th. 00:04:21 21 Who was present for that meeting? 00:06:23 21 Q. Okay. And were those telephone calls between on:05.24 22 I'm just pausing for a second because I 00.0627 22 just you and Miss Roberts, or was anyone else on the 000422 23 don't -- I think we're -- 000631 23 line? 00:04:28 24 Q. 1-- I'm not -- 00.06:32 24 A. No. It was just the two of -- just oo0a30 25 A. =~ clearly not trying to get into oo06:4 26 Miss Roberts and I. ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SOLUTIONS ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SOLUTIONS (954) 331-4400 (954) 331-4400 161 163 000431 1 attorney/client communication. oo0s:3s | 1 Q. Okay. And are you able to distinguish the ooogs2 2 Q. I'm not asking you for what was said at this 000638 2 calls in your mind as two separate telephone calls? 000434 3 point. I'm just asking you who was present. I'm going cove | 3 A. 1--I think there were either one or two ooo4:38 4 to ask you where it was, those kind of questions. onosa3 4 calls. I think there may have been two, but it -- it ooossa «= § A. Sure. Yeah, The main person who was present ooosas § would not have been more than two that I can recall. oooea2 § Was Bradley J. Edwards, my Co-Plaintiff in this case. oovesg 6G Q. Okay. How long did each of the telephone onoas «67 Q. Okay. And Miss Roberts obviously was coosst 7 calls last? oo0s47 8 present? cooss2 8 A. Less than five minutes. oo:0ga7 9 A. Yes. oooess 9 Q. I'm going to ask you a question now, but 0:04.48 10 Q. Anyone else present? ooo6se 10 before you answer it, pause, because I believe you will oo-oaa 11 A. You know, there were -- this was at the 00.0701 11 be instructed not to answer it -- oooas3 12 Farmer, Jaffee office here, and so persons who were oo07.03 12 A. Okay. 00.0486 13 associated with the law firm were assisting, but those oo.0703 13 Q. -- but want to -- I think -- we disagree on oo-0s:c0 14 were the main people. 000707 14 the privilege -- ooos00 15 Q. Okay. Do you remember any of those other oo.07.07 15 A. Sure. o0:0s02 16 people associated with the law firm who were present? oo.o707 16 Q. -- we believe it's been waived. ooosos 17 A. Present for, you know, coming in and 000707 17 My question is: During the meeting, did you oo.0508 18 assisting, I believe Brad's assistant, Maria, was there, oo07:11 18 discuss Professor Dershowitz? 00.0513 19 and perhaps others at the firm, but it was -- it was oo0713 19 MS. McCAWLEY: I'm going to object to any ooost7 20 basically Brad and I. coors 20 discussion of what my client told you during any 00.0513 21 Q. Was there anyone else who attended for the ooo71e 21 situation where you were representing her as 00.05:21 22 entire meeting or a substantial portion of the meeting? 000721 22 an -- an attorney. 00:05:23 23 A. No. 0007-22 23 MR. SIMPSON: So -- and I think we had an 00.0523 24 Q. Okay. How long did the meeting last? 000724 24 agreement yesterday, if you follow your own o0-0526 25 A. Approximately all day. o0.07-28 25 counsel's instruction on not answering, are you 3 of 46 sheets ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SOLUTIONS (954) 331-4400 Page 160 to 163 of 335 ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SOLUTIONS (954) 331-4400 10/20/2015 01:08:15 PM HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010843