Notice - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. RAFAEL MARTINEZ,

What This Document Is

A one-page notice of appearance filed March 3, 2022, by which Randall W. Jackson of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP appeared as attorney of record for Martinez and requested service of all papers — the companion filing to Michael S. Schachter's same-day appearance (Doc. 8).

Factual Summary

The notice states that Jackson "hereby appears as attorney of record for Defendant Rafael Martinez" and requests service of all papers on him at Willkie Farr's 787 Seventh Avenue, New York office, giving the firm telephone number and his firm email. It is dated New York, March 3, 2022, and signed electronically. Filed under the pre-indictment magistrate caption two days after Martinez's release on the $10 million bond, it completed the Willkie Farr side of the two-firm defense team alongside Morvillo Abramowitz (Abramowitz and Kasulis, Docs. 6-7). Jackson appeared throughout the case's substantive phases: at the August 11, 2022 scheduling conference, on the motion-to-dismiss briefing, at the January 17, 2023 Curcio hearing (where the court examined Martinez about Willkie associate Steven Bellew's prosecutor-office application), at the February 17, 2023 arraignment on the superseding indictment, and on the March 23, 2023 waiver of indictment.

Key Facts

• Filed 2022-03-03 as Doc. 9, under the pre-indictment magistrate caption 22 MJ 1988.
• Enters the appearance of Randall W. Jackson, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, for Martinez.
• Companion to Doc. 8 (Schachter) and Docs. 6-7 (Morvillo Abramowitz counsel), all filed 2022-03-03.

Source Caveats

• Administrative filing only; no substantive case content.
• The caption's "No. S1 22 MJ. 1988 (UA)" is the magistrate-court designation used before indictment, unrelated to the January 2023 superseding indictment's S1 prefix.