Court filing
Notice of Intent to Use Amended Expert Witness Disclosure Evidence by Eric Dean Sheppard — USA v. Sheppard (Dkt. 94, S.D. Fla.)
Filed September 19, 2023 in USA v. Sheppard; one of 253 filings from this case.
Record facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
|---|---|
| Filed | 2023-09-19 |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB · Doc. 94 · 2023-09-19 · Docket on CourtListener
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FORIDA CASE No. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM/OTAZO-REYES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, Defendant. ____________________________________/ DEFENDANT’S AMENDED NOTICE OF INTENT TO UTILIZE EXPERT TESTIMONY Defendant, Eric Dean Sheppard, hereby files this Amended Notice of Intent to Utilize Expert Witness Testimony. Pursuant to Rule 16(B) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Defendant provides this amended notice that Defendant may call the following expert witness in his case at trial. The qualifications of the expert witness, Scott Bouchner of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors (“BPBA”), are described in his CV, which was provided to counsel for the government via email. Mr. Bouchner is a partner at BPBA and the director-in-charge of forensic accounting and business valuation services. His practice areas include bankruptcy, insolvency, litigation support, expert witness testimony, forensic accounting investigations, due diligence investigations, and more. At this juncture, Mr. Bouchner is expected to testify: (1) about the cash flows of certain of Defendant’s companies, including source of funding and use of funds; (2) that the proceeds from the loans at issue were applied to pay workers and other business expenses; (3) that Defendant’s Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB Document 94 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/19/2023 Page 1 of 2 2 accounts were funded with sufficient funds outside of the government loans to cover personal expenses; and (4) that money is fungible. Mr. Bouchner’s testimony will draw upon his expertise and experience. With respect to financial documents, to date Mr. Bouchner is relying on bank and credit card documents produced by the Government, QuickBooks records for Mr. Sheppard’s companies produced by the Government, and other similar QuickBooks business records that Defendant will produce. Dated: September 19, 2023. Respectfully submitted, NELSON MULLINS One Biscayne Tower, 21st Floor 2 S. Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: 305.373.9400 Facsimile: 305.995.6449 By: /s/ Jayne C. Weintraub Jayne C. Weintraub Florida Bar No. 320382 Christopher Cavallo Florida Bar No. 0092305 Jonathan Etra Florida Bar No. 686905 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on September 19, 2023, a copy of the foregoing was electronically filed using the Court’s CM/ECF system and electronic notice was provided to the Office of the United States Attorney. By: /s/ Jayne C. Weintraub Jayne C. Weintraub Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB Document 94 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/19/2023 Page 2 of 2
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