| Omar Amanat Hiring Patterson
Belknap Under Question Before SDNY Judge
Gardephe
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 4 – Omar Amanat, described
as a high flying tech
entrepreneur and producer of
some of the "Twilight" films
until his indictment for
fraud, now faces sentencing.
But the law firm
seeking to represent him may
not be able to.
On May 4, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul G. Gardephe held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
At issue was
whether Judge Gardephe's long
ties with the law firm of
Patterson, Belknap, Webb &
Tyler LLP means either he
would be recused - unlikely,
given the word he has put into
the wider case - or Patterson
Belknap be barred from putting
in a notice of
appearance.
Judge Gardephe to
his credit ran though his
connections to Patterson
Belknap. He was an associate
there from 1983 to 1987, then
a partner from 2003 to 2008
when he took the bench. Many
of his law clerks have been
hired there, and two of him
mentors from there have photos
on the wall of his
chambers.
The Patterson
Belknap representative
acknowledged the unlikelihood
of recusal but said they
though appearing for the
sentencing would be different.
Judge Gardephe
requested submission on the
issue, including from
Assistant US Attorney Daniel
Tracer.
Sentencing was
tentatively set for August 19,
two days after the sentencing
of Omar's brother Irfan
Amanat.
A request was
made to lift the separation
order the brothers have been
subject to in the MDC; Judge
Gardephe directed Tracer to
tell the MDC it is lifted.
The case is USA
v. Tuzman et al., 15-cr-536
(Gardephe)
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