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Opposing Counsel Timeline

OPPOSING COUNSEL COMMUNICATIONS TIMELINE

Litman v. Goldberg, Index No. 524343/2025

NY Supreme Court, Kings County | Hon. Brian L. Gotlieb, J.S.C.

Generated: 2026-04-16 | Total communications: 49

Opposing Counsel

Name Role Email Firm
Aaron H. Gould Partner agould@connellfoley.com Connell Foley LLP
Leo J. Hurley, Jr. Partner lhurley@connellfoley.com Connell Foley LLP

Firm: Connell Foley LLP, Harborside 5, 185 Hudson Street, Suite 2510, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Other Connell Foley Staff on NYSCEF Notifications

Statistics

Direction Count
Gould to Litman 10
Hurley to Litman 5
Litman to Gould/Hurley 20
NYSCEF notifications 8
Thread exchanges 6
Total 49

Date range: Aug 16, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026

Note: These emails are sourced from Richard Litman's Gmail (rclitman@gmail.com). No Gould/Hurley emails exist in the NGM-produced discovery sets (ND0001/ND0002). 29 emails have native .eml files in evidence/gould_hurley_emails/. 20 additional entries are documented from the prior GOULD_HURLEY_EMAIL_CORRESPONDENCE.md analysis (thread-level detail from Gmail reading sessions). Additional 17 forwards to Daniel Litman (nephew) exist in the same directory and are listed in the CSV but not in this timeline.

CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE

1. 2025-08-16 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

2. 2025-08-17 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

3. 2025-11-28 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

4. 2025-12-08 | NYSCEF Notification

5. 2025-12-08 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

6. 2025-12-08 | NYSCEF Notification

7. 2025-12-08 | NYSCEF Notification

8. 2025-12-12 | GOULD -> Litman

9. 2025-12-19 | GOULD -> Litman

10. 2025-12-22 | HURLEY -> Litman

11. 2026-01-05 | GOULD -> Litman

12. 2026-01-09 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

13. 2026-01-09 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

14. 2026-01-09 | HURLEY -> Litman

15. 2026-01-09 | NYSCEF Notification

16. 2026-01-12 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

17. 2026-01-14 | NYSCEF Notification

18. 2026-01-15 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

19. 2026-01-20 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

20. 2026-01-23 | GOULD -> Litman

21. 2026-01-27 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

22. 2026-01-28 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

23. 2026-01-29 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

24. 2026-01-30 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

25. 2026-02-10 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

26. 2026-02-11 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

27. 2026-02-13 | GOULD -> Litman

28. 2026-02-17 | GOULD -> Litman

29. 2026-02-18 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

30. 2026-02-20 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

31. 2026-02-21 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

32. 2026-02-23 | Thread Exchange

33. 2026-02-23 | GOULD -> Litman

34. 2026-02-24 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

35. 2026-02-24 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

36. 2026-02-24 | GOULD -> Litman

37. 2026-02-25 | NYSCEF Notification

38. 2026-02-25 | NYSCEF Notification

39. 2026-02-25 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

40. 2026-02-27 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

41. 2026-03-01 | HURLEY -> Litman

42. 2026-03-04 | GOULD -> Litman

43. 2026-03-09 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

44. 2026-03-09 | HURLEY -> Litman

45. 2026-03-10 | GOULD -> Litman

46. 2026-03-16 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

47. 2026-03-16 | Litman -> Gould/Hurley

48. 2026-03-16 | HURLEY -> Litman

49. 2026-03-19 | NYSCEF Notification

KEY EVIDENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Critical Admissions / Statements by Opposing Counsel

  1. Gould admitted email never revoked (Mar 16-17, 2026):

    "I note that your access to your two NGM e-mail accounts has never been revoked and you have been able to access these e-mails at all relevant times."

  2. Contradicts July 18, 2025 email elimination (Finding #23) and 8,024+ post-elimination emails (Finding #106)

  3. Gould AI accusation (Feb 23, 2026):

    "Please advise if you have been using AI to state your legal positions relying upon case law"

  4. Shows awareness of quality of Litman's pro se filings

  5. Hurley condescension (Mar 1, 2026):

    "Your status as a Pro Se Plaintiff does not change your status as a member of the bar (albeit of Virginia) with decades of practice experience... Be guided accordingly."

  6. Gould on public records (Mar 16-17, 2026):

    "The USPTO records are all public and searchable by Customer Number. Please stop asserting that Defendant controls these public records."

  7. Contradicts: Goldberg personally signed 16+ POAs and controls CN-37833

  8. Gould on quarterly payments (Jan 15, 2026):

    "The payments are quarterly per the agreement. We had that discussion already and I do not want to rehash it."

  9. Contradicts Goldberg's March 2021 commitment to "$25,000/month as a W-2 advance" (Exhibit L)

Discovery Obstruction Pattern

  1. Customer Number 37833 refused 4+ times: Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 24, Mar 9, 2026
  2. Goldberg deposition no-show (Feb 24, 2026): Three emails with Zoom credentials; Goldberg failed to appear
  3. "Public information" objection: Used to refuse production of documents in defendant's possession
  4. "Rolling basis" evasion: Open-ended production promise without date certain until Mar 10
  5. Joint document database refused: "We will not agree to a joint document database"

Financial Productions

  1. Q4 2025 records (Jan 23, 2026): 17 attachments -- Trust Bank Journals, Listings, Register Reports, Transfer Journals, Payment Allocation Reports (Oct-Dec 2025)
  2. $1.4M unidentified AR (Feb 21, 2026): 477 matters with no client name, $0 collections, all >120 days past due
  3. RFA responses (Feb 17, 2026): Multiple evasive responses challenged by Litman

Case Milestones Reflected

  1. Litman still generating NGM business during litigation (Aug 2025): Kuwait opportunity forwarded through counsel
  2. Federal case voluntary dismissal (Jan 9, 2026): "Thank you for your courtesies"
  3. Scott Woller retained (Mar 18, 2026): Wachtel Missry LLP enters; NYSCEF recorded Mar 19
  4. Production deadline committed (Mar 10, 2026): First rolling production by Mar 24; substantially complete by Apr 10

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