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`Vicki and Joel Blumenfeld
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`Honorable Denise L. Cote
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`US. District Judge
`Southern District of New York
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`500 Pearl Street
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`New York, NY 10007
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`April 5, 2021
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`Dear Judge Cote,
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`We are writing to you to in support of our son-in-law, Dan Kamensky.
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`We were first introduced to Dan on a Sunday afternoon in June 2000, when our daughter Amy
`brought him to our home to meet us. Shortly after Dan and Amy arrived, we sat down in our
`kitchen and Dan noticed a comical printout on our refrigerator titled, “Application to Date My
`Daughter.” Vicki received this as a gag gift from a friend and it had been displayed in our
`kitchen for a while. Had we thought about it in advance, we probably would have removed it
`from the refiigerator lest it be awkward during an initial visit with our daughter’s suitor, but alas,
`it was there and when Dan saw the application, he smiled. Though he knew it was a joke, he
`pulled off the magnet, politely asked for a pen, and proceeded to fill out the form at our kitchen
`table. We all had a good laugh. That silly questionnaire turned out to be a terrific ice breaker.
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`Dining our first conversation, we got to know a bit about each other. Dan learned that Vicki was
`a junior high school English teacher in Forest Hills, and that I, at that time, was a judge in
`Queens Supreme Court Criminal Term. We spoke about Dan’s upbringing in Chicago, his
`experiences at Georgetown University, and how he had recently moved to New York to be a
`first-year associate at Simpson Thacher and Bartlett after completing a federal clerkship in
`Florida’s 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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`After that initial meeting, Amy would often bring Dan to our home for Sabbath dinner on Friday
`nights (a tradition that continues to this day, but is now usually held at Amy and Dan’s home)
`and it was during those meals around our dining room table that we became better acquainted.
`Dan was raised in a Jewish home, but one with a different level of observance than ours. Dan’s
`inquisitive mind and respectful nature led to interesting conversations about Jewish philosophy,
`traditions and customs. He possesses an innate curiosity and was genuinely interested in
`expanding his understanding and practice. In addition to conversations about religion, we talked
`about his work at the law firm, we discovered we shared a passion for books about American
`history, and we learned a lot about his family back in Chicago. It was abundantly clear to us how
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`at these Sabbath dinners and he and Dan quickly forged a special bond of their own talking about
`everything from backyard gardening to fluctuations in the stock market. Years later, as my father
`aged, Dan helped us care for him. And when it was clear my father’s death was imminent, Dan
`dropped everything he was doing at his Manhattan office and raced out to a hospital in Flushing,
`Queens to be at my father’s bedside to say goodbye.
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`Though Dan’s sharp intellect and pleasant nature was evident from the start, what impressed us
`most about this young man was his kindness, compassion, and heart.
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`Though you would never know it by looking at her, Amy has an extensive medical history.
`When she was thirteen-years-old, she underwent surgery to attach a rod to her spine to correct
`for a severe case of scoliosis. She was in a body cast for three months prohibiting her from
`attending school, riding in a car, and even sitting upright for long periods of time. One month
`after the cast was removed and she returned to her normal routine, Amy came home from school
`with what we thought was a virus. It turned out to be Hodgkin’s lymphoma. For the next eleven
`months she received chemotherapy at a nearby hospital. At the end of the course we were told
`she was in remission. One month after being declared in remission, her symptoms returned. We
`transferred her treatment to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where we were informed
`by doctors that it was unlikely that she would respond favorably to more conventional
`chemotherapy. The best option was high doses of both radiation and chemotherapy followed by
`an autologous bone marrow transplant – a procedure Sloan Kettering had never performed on an
`adolescent with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Amy would be the first.
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`In preparation for the high-dose radiation, Amy’s medical team recommended a surgery where
`they would shift her ovaries out of the line of radiation prior to her treatment in order to try to
`preserve her fertility. Of course there were no guarantees, but we agreed to the operation in order
`to give her the best quality of life in the future if she were to survive the transplant.
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`Fortunately, Amy not only survived, she thrived. After nearly two months in a reverse isolation
`room, she was strong enough to be discharged. She returned to her New York City public high
`school for the start of 10th grade with a scarf wrapped around her bald head. She excelled
`academically and cultivated wonderful friendships, many of which continue to this day. She
`went on to graduate from Barnard College, Columbia University’s Graduate School of
`Journalism, and have a successful career as a writer/editor. It was while she was working on staff
`at George magazine that she met Dan.
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`So, in the spring of 2001, and after many months of Friday night dinners and various other
`gatherings, Dan reached out and asked if he could meet Joel to have lunch. He brought
`sandwiches to Joel’s chambers – which at the time was at the courthouse in Long Island City –
`and it was there at Joel’s desk that Dan asked for our blessing to marry our daughter. We knew
`from Amy that Dan was well aware of her health history and the question marks that loomed
`over their future. The fact that this lovely young man was undaunted by the prospect of potential
`relapse, secondary cancer, or infertility was heartwarming.
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`Amy and Dan wed in June 2002, and around that time, Amy was asked to speak publicly about
`her experiences as a pediatric cancer survivor at various events for Sloan Kettering. She even
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`spoke at a hospital fundraiser the day before their wedding and Dan’s family members, who were
`in town for their nuptials, stood in the back of the packed conference room to show their support.
`Dan and Amy donated a portion of their wedding gifts to the pediatrics department at Memorial
`Sloan Kettering.
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`After they married, Amy and Dan learned that the radiation she received had scarred her uterus
`too severely for her to carry a pregnancy to term. True to his word, Dan remained loving and
`supportive and together they explored gestational surrogacy. Given that New York State law did
`not permit gestational surrogacy at that time, Amy and Dan found an experienced surrogate in
`Phoenix, Arizona. Amy’s eggs were harvested and used to create embryos at Yale University
`Fertility Center. They flew the surrogate from Phoenix to Connecticut for the embryo transfer at
`Yale, and in February, 2006, our first grandchild, Mia Natalie Kamensky, was born in Phoenix,
`Arizona. Dan’s parents and our extended family traveled to Phoenix to join Amy and Dan for
`this miraculous milestone.
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`In Judaism, religion is inherited through matrilineal decent. The “mother” of a child is defined as
`the woman from whose womb the child emerged. Even though Amy is Mia’s biological/genetic
`mother, Mia emerged from the womb of a surrogate who was not Jewish. Because it was very
`important to Amy and Dan that Mia be considered Jewish, they consulted several rabbinic
`authorities and decided to officially “convert” their already biologically Jewish daughter to the
`strictest interpretation of Jewish law by submerging Mia in a mikvah, a ritual bath. Dan was
`tasked with fully submerging his infant daughter underwater and this was not easy for him. He
`had lost a brother to drowning. Dan was scared to hold his newborn underwater, but he
`summoned the strength and courage to do so.
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`In 2011, we traveled with Amy, Dan, and Mia to Israel. During that trip we went on a bus tour
`organized by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The Israeli JNF tour guide on that trip was a
`young man about Dan’s age. Dan and the tour guide clicked immediately. That tour guide was
`the person who connected Dan to the JNF office in New York and initiated his involvement with
`the organization. Shortly after Dan became active at JNF, he was asked to introduce the honoree
`at their annual gala dinner here in New York. That honoree was the Israeli General Doron
`Almog. Dan and General Almog then established a friendship. When Dan learned about General
`Almog’s son’s disabilities and the rehabilitation village he was creating for those facing similar
`challenges, Dan was adamant about helping. That is how Dan became involved with Aleh
`Negev. And when Dan was honored by JNF for his leadership and commitment in 2017, General
`Almog flew to New York for 24 hours just to introduce Dan at the event.
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`In addition to JNF, Dan has been actively involved with other charities. He has served on the
`boards of the Solomon Schechter School of Long Island and Temple Beth Israel in Port
`Washington, and he has also been a supporter of our synagogue – the Hollis Hills Bayside
`Jewish Center. Amy, Dan, and Mia typically spend the Jewish high holidays as well as
`occasional Sabbath services at our synagogue where we have been active members since Amy
`was a toddler. This community watched Amy grow up and were tremendous sources of strength
`for all of us when she was ill. Over the years, Dan has gotten to know our friends very well and
`he has been embraced by them all. He has counseled some of their children who are interested in
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`law or finance and is always happy to take a phone call, meet in person, or help network. Dan
`has never been anything but lovely, kind, and generous to everyone.
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`In 2013, Amy learned that she had early stage breast cancer and would need a double
`mastectomy. For us, it felt like the other shoe had dropped. We had always known a secondary
`cancer was a possibility and though we were hopeful it would not happen, we were grateful Amy
`had been so vigilant about her follow-up care. For Dan, however, this was an initiation. He had
`experienced minor health scares with her in the past, but nothing this significant. Though it was
`not easy, he rose to the occasion. He stood by her side and managed to balance his work
`obligations with that of being a compassionate caretaker and loving father. Amy has since
`experienced other long-term effects from her high-dose and experimental pediatric cancer
`treatments, and while each episode proves to be scary, Dan is steadfast in his support, love, and
`partnership.
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`As mentioned earlier, we have a long standing family tradition of getting together every Friday
`night for Shabbat dinner. When we were raising our children, Joel’s parents were at our weekly
`Friday night Shabbat meals. Amy and Dan are carrying on that tradition hosting in their home
`and it is undoubtedly the highlight of our week as it is typically a time to hear about the events
`taking place in their and Mia’s individual lives. Vicki has been suffering with Parkinson’s
`disease since 2008 and each week when we drive over to their house, Dan greets us with the
`Rollator walker they keep for Vicki at their home. At the end of the night, Dan walks us out to
`the driveway and helps us get settled in the car.
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`Dan has also been supportive of and attentive to his father, Marvin, who also suffers from
`Parkinson’s disease. Dan has flown down to Florida to help his mother care for his father. As this
`is being written, Dan’s father has been scheduled to have a feeding tube inserted into his stomach
`this coming week as he is having great difficulty swallowing. Vicki and Marvin were diagnosed
`with Parkinson’s disease a year apart and since then, Dan has contributed to the Michael J. Fox
`Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and has participated in their fundraising activities.
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`One of the highlights of our weekly Shabbat dinners was the planning for our granddaughter
`Mia’s Bat Mitzvah in 2018. She is a very talented artist who has had her work displayed at JFK
`Airport and local museums. As a “Mitzvah Project” for her Bat Mitzvah, she decided to create a
`book of her artwork called “Art for the Cure” so that she could support research to find a cure for
`both Parkinson’s disease and pediatric cancer. She held an exhibition at a studio in Great Neck to
`raise funds for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s department of pediatrics and the
`Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. She sold copies of her book surrounded by
`hangings of her art and raised thousands of dollars divided equally between the two research
`institutes. Dr. Tanya Trippett, one of Amy’s follow-up care doctors from Memorial Sloan
`Kettering, attended the exhibition on behalf of Memorial Sloan Kettering. When she related her
`personal dream of building a state of the art cancer facility in Ghana, Africa, Dan didn’t hesitate
`to assist, and he ultimately became very involved in fundraising activities for the Eugene Gasana
`Jr. Foundation.
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`Over the years, the conversations at Shabbat dinner about Dan’s life often touched upon his
`work. We have seen him through his days at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Lehman Brothers,
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`Paulson & Co., and since 2015, Marble Ridge Capital. We were there when he wrestled with the
`decision to leave Paulson to establish his own firm. We listened as he told us about meeting with
`investors, hiring employees, looking for office space to rent, and what it was like for him to open
`the doors of his office for the very first time. It was abundantly clear to us how deeply Dan cared
`for his investors and employees and what a priority it was for him to maintain a positive and
`healthy work environment for the staff. He hired an executive coach to be a sounding board and
`help him navigate the challenges of being a new business owner and we found it fascinating that
`he asked his employees to regularly evaluate him with “360 Reviews.” There was no pride or ego
`about it for Dan. He just wanted to be the best leader he could be.
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`As exciting and heady a time as it was for Dan, it was also one of increasing stress and growing
`pressure. To know Dan is to know that he tries to be a source of support for everyone who needs
`him. He is a helper by nature and people regularly seek his advice and guidance on matters big
`and small. It is not entirely surprising that his daily life had become a flurry of ringing phones,
`emails flooding his inbox, multiple screens, constant distractions, and snap decisions that needed
`to be made. Yes, he managed much of that at his previous jobs, but being a boss is different, and
`he felt the weight of the role. He was wanted and needed everywhere. While he greatly enjoyed
`the intellectual challenges, the incessant intensity was having an impact. He was “on” all the
`time. With his growing business and all the charitable work he was doing for so many
`organizations, along with the desire to be home for Amy and Mia, it was simply too much. He
`was spread too thin. Dan has a heart of gold, but he is just one man.
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`On Friday, July 31, 2020, we went over to Dan, Amy, and Mia’s home for Sabbath dinner. As
`we were about to recite the prayers and begin the meal, there was a call on their house phone.
`We could hear a man leaving a message on the answering machine asking for Dan to return his
`call. Dan excused himself and went upstairs to return the call. It turned out to be a lawyer
`involved in the Neiman Marcus bankruptcy Dan had been working on. The four of us were at the
`dinner table for a while without Dan. Eventually, he returned to the dining room but became
`quiet and suddenly appeared pale. He didn’t speak until a few minutes later when he excused
`himself to return upstairs to make another call.
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`The four of us knew nothing about the substance of any of Dan’s phone calls that day or evening.
`We did learn subsequently about them, and to Dan’s credit, even though he could have exercised
`his right to remain silent, he wanted to express his sincere regret as soon as possible. During his
`interview with the U.S. Trustee on August 16, his first words after being sworn in under oath
`were, “I want to come right out and say I made a series of terrible mistakes over the course of a
`few hours during which I was under extreme stress and time pressure that I will never forget and
`forever regret.” He then went on to apologize, saying “Anything I have done to put that process
`at risk is unacceptable, and I apologize to the Court, to the U.S. Trustee, to the committee, and
`the professionals who worked so hard to make this case a success.” The U.S. Trustee’s Report of
`August 19 acknowledged that Dan took the opportunity to admit he had made mistakes and that
`he would take responsibility for his actions.
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` few weeks later, on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 6:30am, we received a frantic phone call
`from Amy to inform us that numerous FBI agents had just entered their home and arrested Dan.
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`They were awakened that morning by pounding on the front door of their house and high beam
`lights flashing over the windows. Dan answered the door in his underwear and was immediately
`handcuffed in their dining room. At the time of the arrest, Mia was in bed and did not know that
`the people who had invaded her home were government agents. She thought they were burglars.
`It wasn’t until an FBI agent followed Amy around upstairs as she gathered Dan’s clothing,
`medicine, and passport that Amy was able to explain to Mia that Dan was okay. Mia thought that
`while she lay under the covers upstairs, the intruders had killed her father downstairs.
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`We arrived within an hour after the arrest and spent the remainder of the day with Amy and Mia
`at our son’s house. Amy was physically shaking at points during the day. They spent the next
`couple of days living at our house because they were too traumatized to return to their home.
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`In the seven months since then, the ripple effect of Dan’s arrest has been widespread and
`ongoing. Dan and Amy have entered marriage counseling for the first time in their relationship.
`Amy has had to find a way to explain to Mia that Dan is still the loving and sweet father Mia has
`always known, that he is still an ethical and upstanding person of great integrity, but that
`sometimes, even the best people are capable of making mistakes. Amy has also explained to Mia
`what Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
`in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
`controversy."
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`I, Joel, have seen many prosecutors contact defense attorneys to arrange for clients to surrender
`throughout my career in criminal law. After graduating law school in 1968, I spent two years as a
`parole officer before becoming an attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City. In
`1978, I became the attorney in charge of the Bronx office of the Legal Aid Society where, in
`addition to trying cases, I had the privilege of supervising and training the young attorneys on
`staff. Among the people I trained there were Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld who ultimately
`founded the Innocence Project. In 1987, I was appointed by then New York City Mayor Ed Koch
`to be a Criminal Court Judge in the City of New York. In 1996, I was assigned to Queens
`Supreme Court Criminal Term. Additionally, for over twenty-five years, I taught students,
`coached the mock trial team, and was the presiding judge for all faculty demonstrations in the
`Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School advising
`students about trial preparation, courtroom procedure, and proper attorney and judicial ethics.
`Given my experience in the criminal justice system, I fail to comprehend why an early morning
`home arrest was necessary in Dan’s case and why a surrender to the U.S. Attorney’s office was
`not arranged through Dan’s attorney. Dan had no criminal history and possessed a track record
`of admitting his mistakes as well as cooperating with the authorities. There was no reason to
`believe he would not be cooperative once again. Instead, his wife and daughter were
`traumatized, and his wife – a multiple cancer survivor with a compromised immune system –
`was exposed to an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 because numerous FBI agents were
`congregating in her home during a pandemic when we were all advised by the government to
`limit the number of people gathering indoors. I know the courts have been operating virtually in
`order to socially distance and protect all parties involved; I’m not sure why Dan’s wife and child
`were not extended the same courtesy, particularly given Dan’s clean criminal record, history of
`cooperation, and prior voluntary testimony under oath.
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`What you should know about Dan is that he is honorable. The irony in all of this is that Dan was
`trying to right a wrong by standing firm against Ares Management, who had siphoned out over a
`billion dollars of value from Neiman Marcus. Dan stuck to his principles but had to fight a
`lengthy battle that started in Texas State Court in 2018, then moved to New York State Court in
`2019, and eventually to the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas. Each step of the
`way Dan would tell us that he felt as if he were David confronting Goliath. Dan’s position was
`ultimately vindicated when the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors found in their
`bankruptcy report that Ares engaged in a fraudulent conveyance. Ares agreed, but only under the
`threat of litigation, to contribute approximately $150 million for the benefit of unsecured
`creditors. But it was all too late for Dan. The pressure had built up and, like the straw that broke
`the camel’s back, Dan broke a day later on Friday, July 31, 2020. What occurred that day is truly
`an anomaly in Dan’s life. It is wholly uncharacteristic of the man we have known and loved for
`over two decades.
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`What is admirable about Dan is that upon realizing his mistake, he immediately sprang into
`action. Not only did he voluntarily apologize under oath for his mistakes shortly after they
`occurred, but he sought to make himself as well as the entire process whole by taking tangible
`restorative actions even beyond what the civil process might have imposed on him – and this was
`all done before his civil dispute became a criminal one when he was arrested on September 3,
`2020. All of these were Dan’s ideas. He made the arrangements on his own and suggested
`making it a part of his settlement with the Texas bankruptcy court.
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`He closed his business and agreed to subordinate 100% of any Neiman Marcus claims held for
`his benefit.
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`He donated $100,000 to a variety of charities, including establishing and helping to fund the
`Diane Livingstone Memorial Scholarship for Public Service in Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
`at the University of Houston Law Center (Houston is the venue for the Neiman Marcus
`bankruptcy). The award, named in honor of a graduate of the school and member of the Houston
`legal community who lost her life to Covid-19, will go to a deserving 3L student beginning this
`spring who will be working in government service as either a prosecutor, law clerk, or other
`capacity. Dan continues to contact lawyers in the local community to sponsor outreach to raise
`awareness and funds for the School’s scholarship.
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`Dan also agreed, without any prompting from the bankruptcy court or opposing parties, to attend
`15 hours of CLE ethics classes and perform 200 hours of community service.
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`As I’m writing this letter now, Dan is at the Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead, Long
`Island packaging and distributing meals for the hungry. He has also volunteered at the Met
`Council Food Pantry locations in Brooklyn and Queens. He has already donated over 100 hours
`and will continue spending time there because he truly enjoys it.
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`In March, 2021, Dan gave guest lectures at NYU Stern School of Business, the Wharton School
`of the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia Business School about the bankruptcy process,
`ethical and legal obligations, and the impact of stress on decision-making so that he could turn
`his momentary lapse into a cautionary lesson for future generations. He is scheduled to teach
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`again later this month at NYU Law School, and he is currently creating a case study for Harvard
`Business School about the same issues and hopes to give the presentation to students there next
`spring. I commend Dan not only for turning this tragic lesson around so swiftly to use it for
`good, but for his willingness to set aside the embarrassment and shame he feels in the midst of
`his current situation in order to candidly reflect and offer insight about the burdens of leadership
`and the human aspects of risk management.
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`After teaching in March, the professors emailed some student reviews to Dan. The following is a
`sampling of those comments which speak to the impact he is already having on his industry and
`society at large.
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`• “It takes courage and humility to share his story with us and tell us what real life is
`professionally when it comes to risk…I would like to tell Dan that I admire him from the
`bottom of my heart and his story will have without a doubt on our careers.”
`• “The lesson I took from Dan’s discussion was that people can make big mistakes during
`times of high stress moments. Sometimes those mistakes can happen so fast that you
`don’t even realize something went wrong…This is a valuable lesson to me – to always
`keep a clear mind when making decisions…”
`• “I think hearing and seeing the emotional impact the misstep and consequences had on
`him firsthand was very real. I thought it was a powerful conversation and very useful.”
`• “I really admired Dan's courage for open discussion of what he had experienced. That
`makes me think a lot about myself and makes me ask myself of what I really want for my
`life. Sometimes when you stand on a higher position, you face much higher risk too. But
`I also believe that as smart and courageous as Dan is, his life will finally be carved into
`an art by these suffering and experience.”
`• “I truly appreciated his honesty…Being able to reflect and offer advice in the midst of his
`current situation is quite admirable and I learned a lot about growing from mistakes…”
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`Dan’s commitment to service before and after July 31 speak to his genuine desire, dedication,
`and intention to be a positive contributor to our system of justice and society. He admitted from
`the start to his wrongful conduct, and to whatever extent this has made him an easy example for
`others to see and learn from (and publicly castigate), he has never shirked from owning his
`mistakes. Dan isn’t just talking the talk, he is walking the walk. By being open, vulnerable, and
`sincere, he is already making a tremendous difference by teaching society how to learn from his
`mistakes. This is someone we want in the world.
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`Religion teaches us that no one is perfect. We need to confess our sins, ask forgiveness from
`people we have offended, make amends to those people, and then vow to make ourselves better.
`Dan is a model of repentance. He is human and fallible and cracked under pressure, but he is
`sincerely sorry and is making amends for his actions and already emerging as a better person.
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`One of the most rewarding and positive experiences I had as a judge was a year-long assignment
`in a drug treatment court. It was a rare opportunity to truly see people turn their lives around. The
`Office of Court Administration took the position that the system was incarcerating too many
`people who suffered from addiction. The defendants needed help, but jail was not the answer.
`Instead, I sent them to treatment programs which helped put them on a path to success. I saw
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`people mend family relationships, go back to school, and I even attended some of their
`graduations from college and officiated at some of their weddings.
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`Vicki and I respectfully request that Your Honor exercise her discretion to give Dan a sentence
`that does not require incarceration and that allows him to continue to rehabilitate himself and any
`additional requirements this court deems fit to impose. I see no deterrent effect of jail time, either
`on a personal level or as a general deterrent to others. The once in a generation lapse in judgment
`was unlikely to repeat itself even before this became a criminal matter, and his civil settlement
`alone has become a cautionary tale for anyone considering the role of Members on Official
`Committees in a bankruptcy process.
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`Please do not incarcerate Dan so that he has an opportunity to rebuild his family’s life, to teach
`the next generation to learn from his mistakes, and to continue the community service that he has
`always done for the poor, the hungry, the Jewish community and the medical community. Dan
`has already acknowledged and paid dearly for his mistake. And not only has he paid, so have
`Amy and Mia.
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`Though this is a very difficult time for our family, our love for Dan remains as strong as ever.
`We know this is aberrant behavior. He is human. He is fallible. And we have witnessed first-
`hand how the stress of leading his own company as well as the pressures of this industry have
`impacted his mental health and daily life. But the fact remains, he is a wonderful soul and a
`mensch. All things considered, we couldn’t imagine a better son-in-law. We would still approve
`his application to date, and marry, our beloved daughter.
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