8/9/2019 SOBERT Trial Testimony 21

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was putting on the industry at the time.

So a gentleman that worked underneath me, Mike

Landry, came to me and said, I need to give him an increase,

are you okay with that? I said I need to approve it through

Chris, which is the CEO majority shareholder, and he approved

me to do it. So I turned around and gave Michael Landry the

authority to give Dr. Smith and a few other physicians the

necessary increase to keep the company moving forward.

Q. Let me show you what's been marked as Government

Exhibit --

MR. CHARTASH: May I approach, Your Honor?

THE COURT: You may.

Q. (By Mr. Chartash) -- 3-A and ask you to identify it. I'll

show you 3-A, 3-B, 3-C and ask if you can identify those? Take

a look through them.

A. Right. This is the, I refer to it as the MSO.

Q. What's the MSO?

A. Management Service Organization and this is the

Comprehensive Practice Management Agreement that --

Q. Agreement between who and who?

A. It's between -- the first one is between the company and

Dr. Smith.

Q. What date is that?

A. This is January 1st of 2002.

Q. And are you familiar with that?