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1 A P P E A R A N C E S
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ERIC C. REED, Esquire
3 Shutts & Bowen, LLP
300 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1000
4 Orlando, Florida 32801
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JAMES A. KOWALSKI, JR., Esquire
7 James A. Kowalski, Jr., PL
12627 San Jose Boulevard, Suite 203
8 Jacksonville, Florida 32223
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12 ALSO PRESENT:
13 Paulette Williams.
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1 I N D E X
2 WITNESS:
4 MINDY LEETHAM
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12 E X H I B I T S
13 FOR IDENTIFICATION
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5 DIRECT EXAMINATION
6 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
8 A Mindy Leetham.
9 Q M-i-n-d-y?
10 A L-e-e-t-h-a-m.
14 before?
15 A No, I haven't.
20 they were going and they would know where you were
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4 minute.
11 A Yes.
17 A Yes.
21 classification?
22 A Compliance specialist.
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6 deposition today?
14 A G-r-a-h-a-m.
21 compliance department.
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3 you.
17 resolution department?
20 an employee trainer.
21 Q Go ahead.
24 Q Go ahead.
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3 department.
4 Q Go ahead.
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5 case?
16 example?
18 case-by-case basis.
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4 Q Where it is now?
5 A Yes.
7 A Yes.
9 is?
12 Q Holtz, H-o-l-t-z?
13 A Just Z, no T.
14 Q H-o-l-z?
15 A Uh-huh.
19 A General counsel.
20 Q For SPS?
21 A Yes.
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2 A Yes.
4 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
6 handed it to you?
7 A Yes.
11 A Yes.
14 entity?
17 that.
22 them.
24 of a general proposition.
25 A Uh-huh.
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6 that?
13 A Typically.
16 A No, I haven't.
21 A I haven't.
25 A No.
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4 York as a corporation?
5 A No.
7 trying to ask.
15 A Yes.
17 right, and you and Mr. Reed were kind enough to let
19 A Yes.
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1 A Yes.
4 A That's correct.
6 we're going to be up to 6.
8 this?
12 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
17 A No.
22 A That's correct.
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3 SPS?
4 A That's correct.
13 A Yes.
17 A That's correct.
19 York?
20 A Correct.
22 New York?
23 A Correct.
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2 A That's correct.
14 A Okay.
18 (Off-the-record discussion.)
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11 servicer.
20 A Out of order?
23 it in.
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8 Q Yes, ma'am.
15 trustee?
16 A Yes.
20 here in a second?
21 A I don't.
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1 separately as 2.
3 (Off-the-record discussion.)
4 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
7 A Uh-huh, yes.
11 your left --
12 A Yes.
13 Q -- or to your right?
14 A (Nods head.)
20 A Oh. Yes.
25 correct?
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1 A Yes.
5 case, right?
6 A No.
12 KLT screen?
13 A Yes.
14 Q Which is Exhibit 6.
20 (Short break.)
21 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
25 look at Exhibit 3?
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1 A Yes.
3 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
6 A Okay.
9 A Correct.
18 Q Okay.
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14 A Okay.
20 A Yes.
25 Corporation of Florida?
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3 A No.
10 A Uh-huh.
11 Q Is that a yes?
12 A Yes.
16 Exhibit 2, correct?
17 A Correct.
21 A Yes.
23 A Yes.
25 Officer?
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1 A Yes, it was.
12 handle that.
15 A Yes.
17 control --
18 A No.
19 Q -- is that correct?
20 A That's correct.
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3 hand on that.
18 A Possibly. Or it could be in -- in a
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1 A I don't know.
10 and that the bank's case was doomed from the outset.
19 A Yes.
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2 it.
21 Q In --
22 A -- the person.
23 Q You're right.
24 A Or in 2004.
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16 judgment?
17 A No.
18 Q Why not?
24 it --
25 A Uh-huh.
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5 representative.
7 information somewhere?
8 A Yes.
17 New York?
22 for a minute.
23 (Short break.)
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11 the issue.
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7 don't know.
17 transferred --
18 A Uh-huh.
21 A Yes.
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3 forth in Exhibit 2?
9 A Yes.
13 A Yes.
15 A Correct.
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23 4?
24 A Yes.
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3 A Uh-huh, yes.
8 A Yes.
13 A Yes.
20 Merger before.
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5 A Yes.
9 years earlier?
12 Corporation of Florida."
17 A That's correct.
21 A Yes.
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25 A Yes.
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1 Q What is Exhibit 5?
7 2004.
10 A That's correct.
13 A Correct.
19 mortgage?
23 one.
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13 minute?
14 Q Not at all.
15 A Okay.
18 (Short break.)
19 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
21 A Yes.
24 October of 2004.
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2 New York.
7 A Yes.
15 A Okay.
18 A Yes.
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1 note?
6 find --
7 A 130?
11 A Okay.
13 139.
17 this stack.
19 actually.
22 your question.
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2 with a document.
19 mortgage?
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8 mortgage.
9 A I don't know.
10 Q We --
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2 September of '04.
3 A Okay.
7 A I don't.
14 A Correct.
17 A Yes.
21 A Yes.
24 A Correct.
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3 correct?
4 A Correct.
6 February 2006?
16 all.
19 Exhibit 2, sorry.
21 A Which --
24 A Yes.
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12 that.
20 Exhibit 1?
21 A That's correct.
25 (Off-the-record discussion.)
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14 A Yes.
19 A Yes.
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3 A Yes.
22 A Yes.
25 contested foreclosure?
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1 A That's correct.
3 A Yes.
6 A No.
17 remained pending?
19 history?
22 A Contact history.
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2 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
12 contact history?
17 in your documents.")
19 right?
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18 A Uh-huh.
19 Q Yes?
20 A Yes.
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5 of the case.
11 A Yes.
13 A Yes.
25 A Yes.
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3 A Yes.
7 A Yes.
9 A Yes.
16 representative.
18 Mr. Coleman?
19 A Yes.
23 example?
24 A He is either a director or a
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3 knowledge of him?
4 A Yes.
6 in Salt Lake --
7 A Uh-huh.
10 from?
16 Noble or Nobles?
17 A It's Noble.
19 A Yes.
21 was?
25 A Yes.
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4 A Yes.
6 doing in 2006?
7 A Yes.
12 A He may have.
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18 City?
20 Lake.
22 contact with?
23 A Probably 25 or 30.
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12 A In 2004.
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1 a typical matter?
5 York knows that the 2004 and 2006 cases are pending?
6 A No.
8 A I don't know.
11 it?
12 A I don't know.
20 A Yes.
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1 A That's correct.
3 A No.
7 A That's correct.
12 A Yes.
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7 straightforward?
8 A I don't know.
10 clear?
11 A No.
12 Q Why not?
18 A No.
22 A No.
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2 paragraph.
8 Q Right.
12 A Okay.
14 this . . .
19 you need to. I'm also going to ask you to read page
20 eight.
21 A Okay.
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12 problem."
14 Q Your lawyers.
15 A The foreclosure . . .
23 Eric again?
24 Q Absolutely.
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3 A Okay.
6 A Yes.
7 Q -- Exhibit 8?
8 A Yes, I have.
25 Q Why not?
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13 Court of Appeal.
22 the outset?
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22 case?
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7 was glaring.
10 outset?
12 Q Do you disagree --
13 A Yeah, I do.
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4 A Uh-huh.
5 Q Yes?
6 A Yes.
13 is that correct?
14 A Uh-huh, yes.
23 A Yes.
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8 your testimony.
9 A Okay.
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7 correct?
8 A Correct.
13 A That's correct.
21 A Yes.
24 contract?
25 A The servicer.
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2 authority to do so --
3 A Correct.
5 contract?
6 A Yes.
10 A Yes, yes.
15 A Yes.
18 correct?
19 A Yes.
23 A Yes.
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3 (Short break.)
4 BY MR. KOWALSKI:
12 that?
13 A Yes.
17 And let me ask you first off, are you aware that
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23 A Yes.
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2 I start?
4 narrow it.
25 amount received.
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6 65 --
8 we go.
11 Q You're on 107?
24 A Yes.
25 Q From NationsCredit?
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1 A Yes.
3 A Yes.
5 107?
6 A That's correct.
18 A No.
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1 one.
4 message"?
21 A Okay.
24 A Yes.
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1 A Uh-huh.
3 the note?
4 A Yes.
7 A Uh-huh.
24 said okay."
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6 documents.
21 her and waive some fees and make up for it. And she
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1 balance.
3 A KLT, uh-huh.
4 Q Exhibit 6?
5 A Yes.
13 loan?
20 February of '02?
21 A Yes.
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1 $822 check.
3 A Page two.
5 A Yes.
8 correct?
9 A Yes.
12 is?
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5 A Yes.
7 servicing began?
8 A Yes.
10 A Yes.
13 space.
17 Q Okay.
18 A Okay.
22 A Uh-huh.
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1 A That's correct.
5 A Yes.
12 Ms. Williams?
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1 that she didn't get credit for that money that came
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6 A From NationsCredit?
7 Q Yes, ma'am.
9 read them?
11 abbreviation.
17 made.
20 everything"?
24 like that.
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11 A Yes.
22 A Yes.
24 A Yes.
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7 at it to let us know.
9 physically generated?
21 Q On another screen?
22 A Yes.
24 is?
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17 department?
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4 A Yes.
10 A Uh-huh, yes.
14 in Hatboro.
16 collections?
17 A Yes.
19 it go to at 90?
21 City.
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2 A Which --
7 A Yes.
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18 number.
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5 A Uh-huh, yes.
8 A Yes.
9 Q Is that correct?
10 A Yes.
13 Request --
19 A No.
22 A Supposed to.
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1 A Yes.
7 updated title.
10 A Uh-huh.
13 documents?
21 A Oh, sorry.
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21 A Yes.
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12 A Yes.
22 want to.
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1 CERTIFICATE OF OATH
3 STATE OF FLORIDA)
4 COUNTY OF DUVAL )
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Katharine M. Henderson, RMR
18 and Notary Public
State of Florida at Large
19 DD 631109
My commission expires:
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3 STATE OF FLORIDA)
4 COUNTY OF DUVAL )
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Katharine M. Henderson, RMR
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1 E R R A T A S H E E T
2 STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DUVAL
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I, MINDY LEETHAM, the undersigned
4 deponent, have this date read the foregoing pages of
my deposition, numbered 1 through 91, and with the
5 suggestions noted below, if any, these constitute a
true and accurate transcription of my deposition
6 given on the 15th day of January 2008, at the time
and place stated therein.
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