Message-ID: <25960487.1075862205024.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:38:14 -0800 (PST) From: mlk@pkns.com To: b..sanders@enron.com Subject: New York Counsel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Michael Kirby" @ENRON X-To: Sanders, Richard B. X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \RSANDER (Non-Privileged)\Sanders, Richard B.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Sanders-R X-FileName: RSANDER (Non-Privileged).pst I am concerned about your leisurely work habits after getting a 3:15 a.m. v= oicemail today ( recognizing it was 2 hours later in Houston). I wanted to = follow up on the conversation we had on the flight to Portland about the di= fficulty of finding satisfactory counsel in New York for that IP litigation= . Recognizing you have a million things on your plate, I pass this on to co= nsider when you get to it. I would recommend you contact Jim Benedict of Cl= ifford Chance Rogers & Wells. He was the lead defense counsel in my class a= ction against Merrill Lynch, so my only dealings were as an adversary for o= ver 4 years, first in San Diego and then in New Jersey. Unlike many of the = NY attorneys I have encountered, Jim has actually been in trial and does we= ll, i.e.,is comfortable in a courtroom. I still know his number 212-878-827= 4, which is a sign of too many calls. If any of your new securities class a= ctions are in the NY area, or you are doing interviews for counsel anywhere= , he would do a good job for you. I suspect he would go into shock if he kn= ew I was on the defense side now.