Baker & Hostetler LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, Marc E. Hirsch-field, Esq., Marc D. Powers, Esq., David J. Sheehan, Esq., Of Counsel., Dechert LLP, Attorneys for Defendants J. Ezra Merkin & Gabriel Capital Corporation, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Andrew J. Levander, Esq., Gary J. Mennitt, Esq., Jonathan D. Perry, Esq., Neil A. Steiner, Esq., M. Katherine Stroker, Esq., Of Counsel., Reed Smith LLP, Attorneys for Defendants Gabriel Capital, L.P. & Ariel Fund Ltd., 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Casey D. Laffey, Esq., James C. McCarroll, Esq., Jordan W. Siev, Esq., Of Counsel., Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Attorneys for Defendant Ascot Partners, L.P., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103, Judith A. Archer, Esq., David L. Barrack, Esq., Daniel M. Glosband, Esq., Christopher R. Newcomb, Esq., David B. Schwartz, Esq., Joseph A. Schwartz, Esq., Matthew T. Tulchin, Esq., Jami Mills Vib-bert, Esq., Of Counsel., Sadis & Goldberg LLP, Attorneys for Ascot Fund Ltd., 551 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10176, Douglas R. Hirsch, Esq., Jennifer A. Rossan, Esq., Of Counsel.