THE FLORIDA SENATE

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100

COMMITTEES: Health Regulation, Vice Chair Banking and Insurance Budget Budget - Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations Budget - Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Environmental Preservation and Conservation Reapportionment Rules - Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections

SENATOR ELEANOR SOBEL

31st District

August 4, 2011

The Honorable Pam Bondi Attorney General Office of the Attorney General The Capitol Tallahassee, Fl 32399 Dear Attorney General Bondi: A number of troubling questions have come to our attention involving past and current employees of the Attorney Generals office and at least one mortgage processing company currently under investigation. In particular, we are especially concerned with the sudden departure to Lender Processing Services of your former special counsel, Joe Jacquot, and the subsequent dismissal of two apparently top notch foreclosure fraud attorneys June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards - from the Department of Legal Affairs. To help better understand the circumstances surrounding their dismissal, this letter is to formally request under Floridas public records laws, Chapter 119, F.S. the following records: 1) A list of attendees (both physically present and those attending remotely) of all employees, attorneys and officers of Lender Processing Services (LPS), as well as all assistant and deputy attorneys general involved in an introductory meeting with LPS on Friday, March 4, 2011. 2) Any and all notes, memorandums, reports, summaries, emails, and other notations, in electronic or paper form, concerning the meeting above, generated prior to, during, as a result of, or subsequent to that meeting, from any and all employees within your office. 3) Any and all correspondence, emails, memos, notes, in electronic or paper form, concerning or originated by Lender Processing Services and Provest, generated by or received by the following individuals: a. Joe Jacquot b. Carlos Muniz c. Richard Lawson

REPLY TO: The "Old" Library, First Floor, 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Florida 33020 (954) 924-3693 222 Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100 (850) 487-5097 Senates Website: www.flsenate.gov

MIKE HARIDOPOLOS President of the Senate

MICHAEL S. "MIKE" BENNETT President Pro Tempore

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4) Any and all computer-generated or Blackberry or similar device-generated instant messages, PINs, text messages or any other form of electronic communications involving the above individuals and any officer, employee or representative of Lender Processing Services and Provest, from November 1, 2010 until the present. Please note that in each of these records requests, the information sought includes, but is not limited to, any and all electronic documentation resident in any delete or recycle bin or similar purged files. Should any or all of this public records request be denied, please cite the specific legal exemption under which you are asserting such a claim. We look forward to your timely compliance and thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Sincerely,

Senator Eleanor Sobel

Representative Darren Soto