Case 0:16-cv-61511-WJZ Document 56 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/02/2017 Page 1 of 4   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 0:16-CV-61511-WJZ CAROL WILDING, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DNC SERVICES CORP., d/b/a DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants. DEFENDANTS’ REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS’ JUNE 1, 2017 NOTICE Defendants respectfully submit this filing in response to Plaintiffs’ “Notice,” (ECF No. 55) describing a phone call that their counsel, Elizabeth Lee Beck, advises their secretary received, in which a caller purportedly asked for and received public information about this litigation. See Ex. to Notice at 1. Ms. Beck states that the caller ID indicated the phone call came from a number associated with the Aventura field office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. See id. However, after investigation, it does not appear that the call did in fact originate with that office. Defense counsel first learned of this call by way of the email from Ms. Beck, attached to the Notice filed by Plaintiffs, sent at 6:17 p.m. last night. See id.1 Immediately upon receipt of Ms. Beck’s email, defense counsel contacted a client representative, who has inquired and confirmed that no one on Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz’s staff, including the Congresswoman herself, has any knowledge of any such call being made, nor was any such call authorized. Further, it is highly unlikely that the call did in fact originate with that office, as no one is currently working in the office associated with the subject number—nor has anyone been working there for several months—due to ongoing repairs.                                                              1  Less than an hour later, Defendants received notification, via the ECF filing system, that Ms. Beck had filed Plaintiffs’ Notice with the Court.    Case 0:16-cv-61511-WJZ Document 56 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/02/2017 Page 2 of 4   Defendants are very concerned that this was a “spoofing” incident, whereby a caller unaffiliated with the Congresswoman or her office, used one of any number of means to place a call that would appear, on the recipient’s caller ID, to be coming from that office. Given that the matter involves congressional phone lines, the incident has been reported to Capitol Police.   Dated: June 2, 2017 Respectfully submitted, s/ Gregg D. Thomas Gregg D. Thomas Florida Bar No. 223913 Mark R. Caramanica Florida Bar No. 110581 THOMAS & LOCICERO PL 601 South Boulevard P.O. Box 2602 (33601) Tampa, FL 33606 Telephone: (813) 984-3060 Facsimile: (813) 984-3070 gthomas@tlolawfirm.com mcaramanica@tlolawfirm.com s/ Elisabeth C. Frost Marc E. Elias (admitted pro hac vice) Bruce V. Spiva (admitted pro hac vice) Graham Wilson (admitted pro hac vice) Elisabeth C. Frost (admitted pro hac vice) Ruthzee Louijeune (admitted pro hac vice) PERKINS COIE LLP 700 13th Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 654-6200 Facsimile: (202) 654-9959 melias@perkinscoie.com bspiva@perkinscoie.com gwilson@perkinscoie.com efrost@perkinscoie.com rlouijeune@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Defendants 2 Case 0:16-cv-61511-WJZ Document 56 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/02/2017 Page 3 of 4   ____________________________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ______________________________________________________________________________ I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant’s Reply to Plantiffs’ June 1, 2017 Notice was served by CM/ECF on June 2, 2017 on all counsel or parties of record on the service list. s/ Gregg D. Thomas Attorney 3   Case 0:16-cv-61511-WJZ Document 56 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/02/2017 Page 4 of 4   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 0:16-CV-61511-WJZ CAROL WILDING, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DNC SERVICES CORP., d/b/a DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants. SERVICE LIST Jared H. Beck Elizabeth Lee Beck Email: jared@beckandlee.com Email: elizabeth@beckandlee.com BECK & LEE TRIAL LAWYERS 12485 SW 137th Ave., Suite 205 Miami, FL 33186 Tel: 305-234-2060 Fax: 786-664-3334 Antonio Gabriel Hernandez Email: hern8491@bellsouth.net ANTONIO G. HERNANDEZ P.A. 4 SouthEast 1st Street, 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-282-3698 Fax: 786-513-7748 Cullin Avram O'Brien Email: cullin@cullinobrienlaw.com CULLIN O'BRIEN LAW, P.A. 6541 NE 21st Way Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 Tel: 561-676-6370 Fax: 561-320-0285   4