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A When I met with him the first meeting -- so he asked me in that first phone call if I would meet with him to discuss it further. And in that first meeting, to the best of my recollection, he mentioned a couple of people who we knew in common. Q And who were those people? A Larry Summers I recall him mentioning and Reid Weingarten, who was a prominent criminal defense attorney. Q And for the first phone call you mentioned -- the "cold call" I'll refer to it as -- was anyone else present on this call with you? A No. Q And in this first in-person meeting with Mr. Epstein, was there anyone else present at that meeting? A Not during the meeting, no. Ms. Tolan. And you said you had just started working at Latham & Watkins in July 2014 as well. Was that correct? Ms. Ruemmler. Yes. In fact, when he called the law firm, I hadn't actually started working yet. It was in the public that I was going -- I was leaving the White House and I was going to return to Latham & Watkins, but I actually hadn't formally started yet. And so when he called the main receptionist in New York, it was routed to somebody else, and then that person said, "Hey, this person has a potential new matter." So it was right before I started, but I actually hadn't technically started yet. I didn't have an office yet, I didn't have a computer, I didn't have a Latham & Watkins email, I didn't have a phone number yet. Ms. Tolan. Yeah. And was it just a few days or a couple weeks or -- Ms. Ruemmler. It was when -- when I had the first meeting with him, I believe it was the Friday before I started at the firm on a Monday.