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DOJ Assistant U.S. Attorney Requests Removal of Certain Plaintiffs' Attorneys Over Potential Conflict

The email shows internal coordination within the U.S. Attorney's Office to exclude specific private lawyers from a case due to perceived impropriety. While it hints at possible influence over litigati Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann Marie Villafatia asks colleague Jay Lefkowitz to remove Ted Babbitt and Concern expressed about “appearance of impropriety” with Babbitt and a “bad report” on Searcy. Vil

Date
November 11, 2025
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House Oversight
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House Oversight #012625
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The email shows internal coordination within the U.S. Attorney's Office to exclude specific private lawyers from a case due to perceived impropriety. While it hints at possible influence over litigati Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann Marie Villafatia asks colleague Jay Lefkowitz to remove Ted Babbitt and Concern expressed about “appearance of impropriety” with Babbitt and a “bad report” on Searcy. Vil

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attorney-selectionconflict-of-interestdojlitigation-strategyinternal-communicationlegal-exposurehouse-oversightlaw-enforcement-coordination

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—_ \ \(USAFLS\)" ; cc bec 09/26/2007 11:01 AM Subject RE: Other attomeys Hi Jay — Can you give mea call at RE his morning? | am meeting with the agents and want to give them their marching orders regarding what they can tell the girls. Also, please remove Babbitt and Searcy from the list. There is too great a chance of an appearance of impropriety with Babbitt and I received a bad report about Searcy last night. Thank you. A. Marie Villafatia Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:37 PM To: ‘Jay Lefkowitz’ Subject: Other attorneys Hi Jay — These four people were recommended. I have not contacted them to find out what their rates are. All are very active in the plaintiffs’ bar in the West Palm area. Ted Babbitt would be my first choice of these four but I think he is conflicted out because one of his partners is married to an AUSA here. Stuart Grossman is probably my second choice. Ted Babbitt -- http://www.babbitt-johnson.com/tbabbitt. html Stuart Grossman -- http://www.grossmanandroth.com/sgrossman.htm Chris Searcy -- h www.searcylaw.com/CHRISTIANDSEARC Y/tabid/935/default.aspx Lake Lytal, Jr. -- http://www.lytalreiter.com/index.php?page_id=37

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