DOJ-OGR-00009370.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Case 1:26-cv-003366-PAB** **A** **curDocument 6162/2/20 Filed 02/24/22 Page Page 81 of 130** **A-5766** **C2grdav2** Brune - direct MR. SHECHTMAN: I do, your Honor. Would it be an appropriate time to take a short break? THE COURT: Yes, it would be. MS. DAVIS: I apologize, your Honor. I lost track of the time. THE COURT: It's all right. We'll take a ten-minute recess and resume. (Recess) THE COURT: Mr. Shechtman, you may inquire. MR. SHECHTMAN: Thank you, Judge. CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. SHECHTMAN: Q. Ms. Brune, when your firm exercised its challenges for cause and its peremptory challenges, did you believe Catherine Conrad, Juror No. 1, was a suspended lawyer? A. No. Q. Why not? A. During the voir dire we believed that her sworn responses to Judge Fauley's questions ruled that out. Q. If you had believed that she was a suspended lawyer, indeed a suspended lawyer with an alcohol dependency, would you have wanted her on the jury? A. No. Q. Why not? A. First of all, the case involved lawyers, and I think that SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 **DOJ-OGR-00009370**