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1 trial, correct?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Do you remember who was on those e-mail exchanges that
4 identified Robert Conrad as the father?
5 A. I believe Theresa Trzaskoma and David Benhamou.
6 Q. Were you informed of that at the time?
7 A. No.
8 Q. By the way, what was your role, what was your principal
9 duty in connection with the trial, the defense of David Parse?
10 A. I don't know that I had a principal role. I was involved
11 in various parts of it. I focused on the opening and the
12 closing statements, the expert testimony, several of the
13 witnesses.
14 Q. Voir dire?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Did you assist in voir dire?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Not at all?
19 A. Well, I participated in a couple of meetings where jurors
20 were discussed prior to voir dire and then my role really at
21 that time was to focus on the opening statement.
22 Q. Now, you received the dossier from, well, the link to the
23 dossier and examined it, are you saying after you received a
24 copy of the Catherine Conrad letter?
25 A. I wouldn't characterize it as a dossier. I received the
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300
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Case 1:20-cr-00330 Document 615-2 Filed 02/24/22 Page 107 of 130
A-5792
C2GFDAU3 Edelstein 335
1 trial, correct?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Do you remember who was on those e-mail exchanges that
4 identified Robert Conrad as the father?
5 A. I believe Theresa Trzaskoma and David Benhamou.
6 Q. Were you informed of that at the time?
7 A. No.
8 Q. By the way, what was your role, what was your principal
9 duty in connection with the trial, the defense of David Parse?
10 A. I don't know that I had a principal role. I was involved
11 in various parts of it. I focused on the opening and the
12 closing statements, the expert testimony, several of the
13 witnesses.
14 Q. Voir dire?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Did you assist in voir dire?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Not at all?
19 A. Well, I participated in a couple of meetings where jurors
20 were discussed prior to voir dire and then my role really at
21 that time was to focus on the opening statement.
22 Q. Now, you received the dossier from, well, the link to the
23 dossier and examined it, are you saying after you received a
24 copy of the Catherine Conrad letter?
25 A. I wouldn't characterize it as a dossier. I received the
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300
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1 trial, correct?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Do you remember who was on those e-mail exchanges that
4 identified Robert Conrad as the father?
5 A. I believe Theresa Trzaskoma and David Benhamou.
6 Q. Were you informed of that at the time?
7 A. No.
8 Q. By the way, what was your role, what was your principal
9 duty in connection with the trial, the defense of David Parse?
10 A. I don't know that I had a principal role. I was involved
11 in various parts of it. I focused on the opening and the
12 closing statements, the expert testimony, several of the
13 witnesses.
14 Q. Voir dire?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Did you assist in voir dire?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Not at all?
19 A. Well, I participated in a couple of meetings where jurors
20 were discussed prior to voir dire and then my role really at
21 that time was to focus on the opening statement.
22 Q. Now, you received the dossier from, well, the link to the
23 dossier and examined it, are you saying after you received a
24 copy of the Catherine Conrad letter?
25 A. I wouldn't characterize it as a dossier. I received the
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1 trial, correct?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Do you remember who was on those e-mail exchanges that
4 identified Robert Conrad as the father?
5 A. I believe Theresa Trzaskoma and David Benhamou.
6 Q. Were you informed of that at the time?
7 A. No.
8 Q. By the way, what was your role, what was your principal
9 duty in connection with the trial, the defense of David Parse?
10 A. I don't know that I had a principal role. I was involved
11 in various parts of it. I focused on the opening and the
12 closing statements, the expert testimony, several of the
13 witnesses.
14 Q. Voir dire?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Did you assist in voir dire?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Not at all?
19 A. Well, I participated in a couple of meetings where jurors
20 were discussed prior to voir dire and then my role really at
21 that time was to focus on the opening statement.
22 Q. Now, you received the dossier from, well, the link to the
23 dossier and examined it, are you saying after you received a
24 copy of the Catherine Conrad letter?
25 A. I wouldn't characterize it as a dossier. I received the
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00010075