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Samuel Pisar

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International lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor (1929 to 2015). Born in Bialystok, Poland, Samuel Pisar survived Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Dachau, later becoming a prominent New York and Paris attorney, an adviser to the Kennedy administration, and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He was for decades the personal lawyer and confidant of media proprietor Robert Maxwell. After Robert Maxwell's 1991 death, Jeffrey Epstein moved into a role advising the Maxwell family on their finances (see the FBI interview of James Hatt, EFTA01246381). Pisar appears in Jeffrey Epstein's address book, and Epstein's JPMorgan account paid Pisar's law office. His daughter Leah Pisar corresponded directly with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2002 to 2003. As a matter of public record (not established by the EFTA corpus), his widow Judith Pisar's son from a prior marriage is Antony Blinken, later U.S. Secretary of State; the EFTA corpus contains no communication or transaction linking Blinken to Jeffrey Epstein, only press clippings that name him in his official capacity.

Key Findings

  • EFTA00191467 / EFTA02779392: Listed in Jeffrey Epstein's address book ('black book') as 'Pisar, Samuel' with Aspen and French (011 33) contact numbers; the same court-record black book page also carries daughter Leah Pisar's work and private numbers.
  • EFTA01482517 / EFTA01526292: Jeffrey Epstein's JPMorgan Private Bank statement records an August 3, 2004 book transfer of $10,000.00 to 'LAW OFFICE OF SAMUEL PISAR PC,' New York, referenced 'ATTN: MR. PROROK REF 2003 SERVICES.'
  • EFTA02810827: The USVI v. JPMorgan court production lists the same $10,000.00 payment to 'Law Office of Samuel Pisar PC' in a schedule alongside other law-office payments by Epstein (Michael Salnick $15,000; Law Office of W. Trent Steele), consistent with a legal-services fee.
  • EFTA00728946: Named as an Honorary Vice President in materials for the 'Remembering for the Future' Holocaust scholarship conference (alongside historian Martin Gilbert), found among Jeffrey Epstein's files.
  • EFTA01246381: The FBI's FD-302 interview of James Hatt describes Jeffrey Epstein as the money manager Kevin Maxwell was instructed by his father Robert Maxwell to use, and states that after Robert Maxwell's death funds Epstein held had to be managed and distributed to the Maxwell family, the same family Pisar had long served as lawyer.

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Most Connected With #

Jeffrey Epstein (7)Ghislaine Maxwell (6)Andrew Windsor (5)Darren Indyke (5)Ehud Barak (5)Les Wexner (5)Marvin Minsky (5)Richard Barnett (5)

Documents (7) #

request_8_exhibit_10_part_2.pdf

EFTA00191467DOJ↗ Dataset 9

EFTA00728946DOJ↗ Dataset 9

EFTA01482517DOJ↗ Dataset 10

EFTA01526292DOJ↗ Dataset 10