On April 16, 2018 a
Answer
was filed
involving a dispute between
Black Barry,
Black Brenda,
Black Rodney,
Fishman Douglas S.,
Fishman Jessica H.,
Sivak Stephen,
Spinavaria Joanne,
Spinavaria Vincent,
and
First Financial Tax Group Inc.,
Kornfeld Barry,
Kornfeld Ferne,
Shapiro Robert,
for Securities Litigation Case (General Jurisdiction)
in the District Court of Los Angeles County.
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Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 10/17/2019 12:39 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Pryor,Deputy Clerk
1 HO-EL PARK (SBN 235473)
LAW OFFICE OF HO-EL PARK, P.C.
2 333 City Blvd. West, Ste. 1700
Orange, California 92868
3 Tel:(714) 523-2466
Fax:(714) 503-0788
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Attorney for Defendants:
5 FERNE KORNFELD, an individual;
BARRY KORNFELD, an individual;
6 FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC.,
A Florida Corporation
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DISTRICT (UNLIMITED CIVIL)
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11 BARRY BLACK, as Trustee of the Black CASE NO: BC 702279
Tel:(714) 523-2466 Fax:(714) 503-0788
Family Revocable Trust dated May 5,
LAW OFFICE OF HO-EL PARK, P.C.
333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1700
12 2004; BRENDA BLACK, an individual; Case Assigned to: Dept. 36
RODNEY BLACK, an individual; Hon. Gregory W. Alarcon
13 DOUGLAS S. FISHMAN, an individual;
Orange, CA 92868
JESSICA H. FISHMAN, an individual; ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST
STEPHEN SPIVAK, as Trustee of the AMENDED COMPLAINT BY FERNE
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Spivak Family Trust; VINCENT KORNFELD, BARRY KORNFELD, AND
SPINAVARIA, an individual; JOANNE FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC.
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SPINAVARIA, an individual; Action Filed: 4/16/2018
16 FSC: 12/4/2019
Trial: 12/11/2019
17 Plaintiffs,
18 vs.
19 FERNE KORNFELD, an individual;
BARRY KORNFELD, an individual;
20 FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC.,
A Florida Corporation;
21 ROBERT SHAPIRO, an individual; and
DOES 1-30, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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COMES NOW, defendants FERNE KORNFELD, BARRY KORNFELD, and FIRST
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FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC. (collectively, the “Answering Defendants”), for themselves only
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and respond to the unverified first amended complaint (“Complaint”) of plaintiffs as follows:
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1. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, Section 431.30, the Answering Defendants
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deny, generally and specifically, each and every allegation, and all the allegations, and each and
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ANSWER TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT BY DEFENDANTS
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Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 10/17/2019 12:39 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Pryor,Deputy Clerk 1 HO-EL PARK (SBN 235473) LAW OFFICE OF HO-EL PARK, P.C. 2 333 City Blvd. West, Ste. 1700 Orange, California 92868 3 Tel:(714) 523-2466 Fax:(714) 503-0788 4 Attorney for Defendants: 5 FERNE KORNFELD, an individual; BARRY KORNFELD, an individual; 6 FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC., A Florida Corporation 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DISTRICT (UNLIMITED CIVIL) 10 11 BARRY BLACK, as Trustee of the Black CASE NO: BC 702279 Tel:(714) 523-2466 Fax:(714) 503-0788 Family Revocable Trust dated May 5, LAW OFFICE OF HO-EL PARK, P.C. 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1700 12 2004; BRENDA BLACK, an individual; Case Assigned to: Dept. 36 RODNEY BLACK, an individual; Hon. Gregory W. Alarcon 13 DOUGLAS S. FISHMAN, an individual; Orange, CA 92868 JESSICA H. FISHMAN, an individual; ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST STEPHEN SPIVAK, as Trustee of the AMENDED COMPLAINT BY FERNE 14 Spivak Family Trust; VINCENT KORNFELD, BARRY KORNFELD, AND SPINAVARIA, an individual; JOANNE FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC. 15 SPINAVARIA, an individual; Action Filed: 4/16/2018 16 FSC: 12/4/2019 Trial: 12/11/2019 17 Plaintiffs, 18 vs. 19 FERNE KORNFELD, an individual; BARRY KORNFELD, an individual; 20 FIRST FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC., A Florida Corporation; 21 ROBERT SHAPIRO, an individual; and DOES 1-30, inclusive, 22 Defendants. 23 24 COMES NOW, defendants FERNE KORNFELD, BARRY KORNFELD, and FIRST 25 FINANCIAL TAX GROUP, INC. (collectively, the “Answering Defendants”), for themselves only 26 and respond to the unverified first amended complaint (“Complaint”) of plaintiffs as follows: 27 1. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, Section 431.30, the Answering Defendants 28 deny, generally and specifically, each and every allegation, and all the allegations, and each and -1- ANSWER TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT BY DEFENDANTS