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UNITED STATES COURT


SOUTHERN OF NEW YORK
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ROWEENTERTAINI fNT,etaI.,
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98 Civ. 8272
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ORDER
THEWILLIAM AGENCYINC.,etal.,

TheCourthasl!erivedthesubmissionliledFebruary 11,2014from DentonsLLP,which
includedtheDeclaratinbfEdward1. Reich insupportofthemotionforcontemptofcourt
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againstLeonardRowel ofEdward.T. ReichinSupp.ofMot. forContemptofCourt
("ReichDecl."), Feb. lil,12014, ECFNo.915),andsevenattachedexhibits. (ReichDecl.,Exs.
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1-7.)
Thesubmissiorl filed insupportofamotionfortheCourtto holdLeonardRowein
contemptofthe Court' 6, 2013 Orderfora PermanentInjunction(the"Permanent
InjunctionOrder"),infhichtheCourtenjoinedLeonardRowefrom, inter alia:
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"filingih stateorfederal court,orinthepublicrecordsofanystate,county,
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ormunifidality,anylien, financing statement, UCC-l statement,security
agreeml:lnttfinanceagreement,affidavit, instrumentorotherdocumentpurporting
toattac+1ncumber,orotherwiseaffectthepropertyorassetsofWMEandthe
William10rrisAgency, Inc. (together,"WME");any WMEpartner,agentor
Dentons;and/oranycurrentorformerLoebattorneyorany
currentrrtormerDentonsattorney, includingbutnotlimitedto MichaelP.
Zweig,telenGavaris,Michael Beck,ChristianD. Carbone,TalE. Dickstein,
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Michael MartinR. Gold,RaymondJ. Heslin,ChristineLepera,Richard
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Primoff,f;l1iott Portnoy, EdwardJ. ReichandJosephAndrew(collectively,"the
Attorneysh,"(Orderfor aPermanentInjunction("InjunctionOrder")at3, 1,
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Dec. 6, 2d13,ECFNo. 883);
"takingaqyactionthatis intendedorlikelyto interferewith, harm,injureor
damaget*propertyorassets, whetherrealorpersonal,ofWME; anyWME
partner, oremployee;Loeb; Dentons;and/oranyof theAttorneys,"(id. at4,
1114);
and"comtpunicatingwithorattemptingto contactWME; anyWMEpartner,
agentor Loeb; Dentons;and/oranyoftheAttorneys,relatingin any
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waytothiS action." (Id. at4, 5.)
TheCourtfoundqnJanuary24, 2014,afterahearingatwhichMr. Rowetookpartby
telephone,thatMr. RowelhadviolatedthePermanentInjunctionOrder,(Tr. ofJan. 24,2014
Hr'g("1124114 Hr'gTr.")at 53), bycontactingDentonsattorneysMartinR. Gold, EdwardJ.
Reich,ElliottI.Portnoy,Joseph1. Andrew, RaymondHeslin,ChristineLepera, andRichard
Primoff,amongothers,andthreateningto file commercialliensagainsttheDentonsattorneys
andDentonsLLP. (See Decl.of MartinJ. Goldin Supp. ofMot.to ShowCauseonMot. for
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ContemptofCourt LeonardRowe("GoldDecl.")at 1-5,Jan. 7, 2014,ECFNo. 890.)
Atthathearing,thF CourtmadecleartoMr. Rowethattilingcommerciallienswasa
mostseriousviolationof {he Court'sPermanentInjunctionOrder, buttheCourtlimitedreliefto
theevidencepresentedbyi Dentonsby finding Mr. Roweincontemptforcontactingtheabove-
namedindividualsin ofparagraphfiveofthePermanentInjunctionOrder. (1/24114
Hr'gTr. at 53 (citingInjuhctionOrderat4,
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Fromthe reviewofthe Dentonsfiling ofFebruary 11,2014,itis clearthatMr.
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Rowehasfiled, or to befiled, commercialliensattheCountyCourtofDeKalbCounty,
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Georgiaagainst: DentonsLLPonFebruary4,2014,(ReichDecl., Exs. 1,4);againstMartinR.
GoldonFebruary5, (id.,Ex. 2);andagainstChristineLeperaon February7, 2014. (Id.,
Ex. 3.) It isalsoclear LeonardRowemadeemailcontactwithChristineLepera,JosephJ.
Andrew,Elliott1. Portn9Y, DavidM. Klein,andRichardPrimoffon February7, 2014and
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February8, 2014. (Id., Ex. 5.) Thiscontactis inviolationoftheCourt'sPermanentInjunction
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Orderanddefiesthe findingofcontemptonJanuary24,2014,againstMr. Rowefor
contactingDentonsattorpeys.
Accordingly,THfCOURTORDERSTHATLeonardRoweappearinpersonorby
telephoneonFriday,February 14,2014at2p.m. to showcauseasto whyhe shouldnotbe held
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incontemptforfiling commercialliens againsttheDentonsattorneys as wellas the otherrelief
requestedbyDentons;
ORfile withthisCourtproofthathehaswithdrawnall UCC FinancingStatementsand
otherdocuments filed withany governmentalagencyinanyjurisdictionagainstDentonsLLPor
any Dentonsattorneys.
SO ORDERED
Dated:NewYork,NewYork
February 12,2014
RobertP. Patterson,Jr., U.S.DJ.
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