Party Discovery: Marc Pergament Esq Trustee Melissa Gace Bryant, ESTATE OF v. Government Employees Insurance Company GEICO, Picciano & Scahill, Llp, Gilbert J. Hardy Esq, Neil H Greenberg Esq., Neil H. Greenberg & Associates, Pc

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                                FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 04/23/2024 12:48 PM                                                      INDEX NO. 609083/2018
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 390                                                                           RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024




           SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
           COUNTY OF NASSAU
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           MARC PERGAMENT, ESQ., as Chapter 7 Trustee of the
           Estate of MELISSA GACE BRYANT,                                          Index No.: 609083/2018

                                                                                   AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT
                                              Plaintiff,                           OF MOTION TO ENFORCE
                                                                                   SUBPOENA
                            -against-

           GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE
           COMPANY, (“GEICO”), PICCIANO & SCAHILL, LLP
           and GILBERT J. HARDY, ESQ., NEIL H. GREENBERG
           & ASSOCIATES, PC, and NEIL H. GREENBERG,
           ESQ.,

                                               Defendants.
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                  GREGORY R. BENNETT, ESQ., being an attorney duly admitted to practice before the

          Courts of the State of New York, affirms the following to be true pursuant to CPLR 2106:

                  1.       I am a Partner with the law firm of Traub Lieberman Straus and Shrewsberry, LLP,

          attorneys for Defendants Picciano & Scahill, LLP and Gilbert J. Hardy (collectively, the “P&S

          Defendants”), and I am fully familiar with the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter.

                  2.       I submit this affirmation in support of the P&S Defendants’ motion for an Order,

          pursuant to N.Y. C.P.L.R. §2308(b) and CPLR 3124, to compel the compliance by non-party Craig

          Robins, Esq. with the terms of a Subpoena Duces Tecum and Ad Testificandum, dated November

          13, 2023 (the “Robins Subpoena”), previously served on him by Defendant Government

          Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”).

                  3.       For the sake of judicial economy, the P&S Defendants adopt into this affirmation

          the exhibits and factual recitation set forth in GEICO’s Affirmation in Support of the motion

          relating to the Robins Subpoena (NYSCEF Doc. Nos. 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380,




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FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 04/23/2024 12:48 PM                                              INDEX NO. 609083/2018
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 390                                                                   RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024




          381, 382, 383), as well as all of the arguments contained in GEICO’s memorandum of law in

          support of its motion to enforce the Robins Subpoena (NYSCEF Doc. No. 385).

                 WHEREFORE, it is respectfully requested that the Court issue an order enforcing the

          Robins Subpoena, together with such other and further relief as may be justice.

          Dated: Hawthorne, New York
                 April 23, 2024
                                                                      Gregory R. Bennett
                                                                      Gregory R. Bennett




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