ROTSTAIN v. MENDEZ

No. 19-11131.

986 F.3d 931 (2021)

Peggy Roif ROTSTAIN, Plaintiff, Official Stanford Investors Committee, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Annalisa MENDEZ; Jana L. Amyx; Carlos Barbieri; Dorris Burchett; Giancarlo Delon et al., Movants-Appellants, v. Trustmark National Bank; The Toronto-Dominion Bank; SG Private Banking (Suisse) S.A.; HSBC Bank, P.L.C.; Blaise Friedli; Independent Bank, formerly known as Bank of Houston; Societe Generale Private Banking, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine Z. Pamphilis , Michael Wilson , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Andrew Glenn , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Movants-Appellants.

Joshua Eli Abraham, Esq. , Peter Daniel Morgenstern, Esq. , Butzel Long, P.C., New York, NY, Scott M. Berman , Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, L.L.P., New York, NY, Kerry J. Miller , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee Official Stanford Investors Committee.

Robin C. Gibbs , Scott Anthony Humphries , Ashley McKeand Kleber, Esq. , Colin C. Pogge , Gibbs & Bruns, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Trustmark National Bank.

Lynn K. Neuner , Peter Eric Kazanoff , Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, L.L.P., New York, NY, Charles Rodney Acker , Ellen Bush Sessions , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Noelle M. Reed , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Allen L. Lanstra , Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee SG Private Banking (Suisse) S.A.

Roger B. Cowie , Taylor Freytag Brinkman , Locke Lord, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Susan Allison Kidwell , John K. Schwartz , Locke Lord, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee HSBC Bank, P.L.C.

Brian A. Herman , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., New York, NY, Ryan Coel Wooten , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Blaise Friedli.

Paul Christopher Watler , Edwin McAllister Buffmire , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Independent Bank, formerly known as Bank of Houston.

Noelle M. Reed , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Societe Generale Private Banking.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Davis and Southwick, Circuit Judges.


This case arises from the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by R. Allen Stanford, his co-conspirators, and the entities Stanford owned or controlled. Plaintiffs, who are Stanford investors, brought suit against defendants, who provided banking services to Stanford. Appellants, who moved to intervene, are also Stanford...

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