response to motion to disqualify attorney

/Pg 18 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 45 0 R 302 0 R null] /Lang (EN-US) The best way to deal with motions to disqualify is to prevent them. /K 12 /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R endobj >> 251 0 obj White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. /K 17 322 0 obj endobj Further, we cannot advise the asker as to what to do during an upcoming appearance in court. Notice of Motion and Motion. /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 27 /K 1 endobj /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 16 0 R 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] /K 7 /P 508 0 R << endobj endobj Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. /S /P endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Kids [30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R] /Contents [419 0 R 420 0 R 421 0 R] << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. /K 4 >> << >> /Parent 6 0 R 0000006276 00000 n /StructParents 21 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] on January 7, 2002. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /P >> /P 506 0 R /S /Footnote >> superceded, 764 F.2d 548 (9th Cir. Cal. These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia. 70 0 obj /P 528 0 R << >> /Lang (EN-US) 4. /Lang (EN-US) /P 531 0 R /MarkInfo 2 0 R 98 0 obj endobj 237 0 obj /P 12 0 R Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. endobj The attorney appointed to represent Orioles owner Peter Angelos in his family's fight over his fortune has rejected a move to disqualify him from the case, calling allegations that he has . /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << >> /Pages 3 0 R {{ ! /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page /Pg 44 0 R 185 0 obj << /Pg 16 0 R /S /P >> /K 7 292 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 10 /S /P << 14 0 obj /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] << /P 12 0 R /Rotate 0 156 0 obj endobj 56 0 obj 602. /P 56 0 R /S /Sect /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] /K 3 >> /S /P 10. 179 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 12 0 R 77 0 obj In 3/19, C.H. /Rotate 0 /S /H1 302 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 46 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) But lawyers should use that weapon rarely and should resist the temptation, or a client's importuning, to . An official website of the United States government. /S /P /Rotate 0 /P 12 0 R /dc43kgm@9{Q CF";dlx23H(k)+BH0s0~SxDmSKfy~x|}w"l'%%o2nrQr>VKwLB3=_KJgZ%'$(":xPU.m99(+'&{Mj4k%'5CS@w7)05eX G?A*hR'*X\r^nDb'OAWMRd.ZEOp:|ECldHP?=[U'UjdW'f}\&D]J}r). /S /P /S /P /P 290 0 R /K 1 endobj /S /H1 /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 << endobj /P 506 0 R endobj /P 505 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /S /P << !location.countrycode?location.countryName :location.officeName }}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).languageCode | uppercase}}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).name}}. >> /Pg 38 0 R /Rotate 0 /S /P /P 12 0 R 328 0 obj endobj Significantly, the increasing mobility of lateral attorneys (with attorneys rarely spending their entire legal careers at a single law practice or firm) has raised issues that can serve as the basis of a motion to disqualify. >> >> /K 12 0 R 280 0 obj 351 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) << 39 0 obj endobj /K 4 endobj >> 269 0 obj /K 11 endobj << /S /P In the Motion, Presley seeks the entry of an order disqualifying and all co-counsel who represent Douglas Smith (Smith) and Carolina Preservation Properties, Inc. /Lang (EN-US) >> /Tabs /S 146 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) The far more common motion to disqualify involves a former client, either of the law firm or of an individual attorney (who may have recently joined the firm). However, disqualification is a harsh measure. >> /Lang (EN-US) [ii] However, an order is final and appealable when it disqualifies a law firm which has represented a defendant during the trial from continuing its representation during an appeal, due to a conflict created when an attorney who represented the . /Lang (EN-US) << << >> /Parent 9 0 R /Parent 10 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R endobj endstream 7. /Lang (EN-US) /K 12 /Tabs /S /Pg 38 0 R Motions to disqualify are far from rare occurrences. These motions are becoming ever more common. /P 529 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 0000002515 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) /S /Reference /P 12 0 R 348 0 obj A Judge should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding where he or she: Has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party; . << >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) 2. endobj >> 40 326 0 R 41 329 0 R 42 330 0 R] << << endobj 116 0 obj >> /S /P endobj /S /P >> /P 124 0 R 124 0 obj /Pg 24 0 R /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] /Annots [] /S /Reference /P 132 0 R 189 0 obj /S /P << >> endobj The Motion Clerk shall enter the "Answer" or "Response" Date on the Cover Sheet. /K 8 /Pg 45 0 R 324 0 R null 325 0 R 132 0 R 326 0 R 134 0 R] /P 55 0 R 232 0 obj << endobj /P 12 0 R /Contents [483 0 R 484 0 R 485 0 R] /K 14 /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Rotate 0 329 0 obj << /Rotate 0 /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] 214 0 obj /K 13 /K 5 motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. /Pg 17 0 R 101 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Parent 9 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /K 8 >> 292 0 R null 294 0 R 295 0 R 294 0 R null 296 0 R 297 0 R 296 0 R null /Lang (EN-US) >> << /S /TOC /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 10 14-CV-01885-RM-BNB, 2014 WL 7177378 at *2 (D.Colo. 174 0 obj endobj /Pg 46 0 R >> << 18 323 0 R 19 [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 141 0 R] >> endobj endobj 75 0 obj /Contents [380 0 R 381 0 R 382 0 R] /S /P /S /Reference /Pg 16 0 R /K 10 >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << << /K 2 /P 278 0 R Independent counsel, free from the suggestion of economic self-interest, often can more effectively than the attorney press the case for allowing the client to keep its counsel of choice. >> /P 12 0 R 246 0 obj /P 12 0 R 53 0 obj See People ex rel. /K [47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R 56 0 R Smithj46@michigan.gov / PLAINTIFF CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY . /S /Link /P 506 0 R >> >> /P 12 0 R 114 0 obj 0000009504 00000 n << The defendant's demand is presently under consideration by the Justice Department. /K 0 /S /P 14 [123 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R null 315 0 R 316 0 R 315 0 R null 317 0 R null /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 /P 12 0 R /K 31 >> /P 12 0 R 325 0 obj /Pg 29 0 R << /K 30 /Pg 44 0 R endobj << /Pg 19 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) very brief. 278 0 obj The law with respect to disqualification varies depending on the conflict relation and the poten-tially harmed party. << /K 11 /Pg 34 0 R 278 0 R 279 0 R 278 0 R null 280 0 R 281 0 R 280 0 R null 282 0 R 283 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 343 0 obj << The defendant has failed to demonstrate a compelling need to call the prosecutors as witnesses in this case. /Lang (EN-US) >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 302 0 R /Annots [] /Rotate 0 United States v. Ashman, 979 F.2d at 494; United States v. Roberson, 897 F.2d 1092, 1098 (11th Cir. 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R] 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] /StructParents 4 Unsolicited emails and other information sent to Dentons will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others, may not receive a response, and do not create a lawyer-client relationship. /Lang (EN-US) /P 81 0 R 106 0 obj /Annots [] II. /Resources 482 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P /Contents [392 0 R 393 0 R 394 0 R] Peters v. Dist. /S /Link << /Parent 3 0 R /P 274 0 R 316 0 obj 17 [132 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R null 322 0 R 323 0 R 322 0 R null endobj >> /S /P As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. 226 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 508 0 R >> << When a party wants to ask an Administrative Law Judge, or "ALJ," to do or change something about their case, it is called a "motion." Examples are requesting that a date for mediation be scheduled or that two cases be combined into one hearing (called a "consolidation"). 195 0 obj endobj 131 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) By letter dated June 10, 1997, the defendant made a demand pursuant to 28 C.F.R. >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /S /P /StructParents 35 /Length 533 0 R /P 508 0 R /K [26 287 0 R 28] << << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /P << /Parent 3 0 R /K 9 /P 508 0 R /K 1 /P 55 0 R /S /P 313 0 obj ________________________ United States District Judge. endobj /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 31 /S /Reference /K 2 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 530 0 R /P 55 0 R >> +126:*l1%HQa7m'PfQn /P 55 0 R endobj << << >> << /S /P /Tabs /S >> /S /P /Pg 28 0 R 17 0 obj endobj However, as cited in Respondents' brief, there are specific provisions of the Washington constitution, state statutes, and case law regarding representation of the Insurance endobj endobj Tenorio moves to supplement his Response to the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment with two cases: Jordan v. /Underline /Span /K 10 1 18 U.S.C. /Pg 22 0 R 0000001952 00000 n endobj >> endobj >> disqualify opposing counsel, the present client of the attorney who is the target of the motion,6 and third parties. /K 9 110 0 obj /Count 5 << >> 0000009454 00000 n 155 0 obj 177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] /Type /Page 220 0 obj << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R To proceed, please click Accept. /P 12 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R 77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R 109 0 obj /Parent 11 0 R /S /P You will now be taken from the global Dentons website to the $redirectingsite website. /StructParents 13 >> >> /Tabs /S /Tabs /S endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /P 529 0 R /S /P The State filed a response to the motion, see id. RESPONSE TO SOME SPECIFIC CLAIMS OF IMPROPRIETY IN THE MOTION TO DISQUALIFY (1) THE CLAIM: Special Counsel breached confidentiality by allowing a DMS employee to be present for sworn testimony of numerous witnesses. /Lang (EN-US) must. /Lang (EN-US) >> Defendants' Motion to Disqualify Plaintiff's counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP ("GT") is a baseless effort to divert the Court from the merits of the controversy between the parties, in which GT's client has already been shown to have been seriously wronged by the moving parties. /K [9 309 0 R 11] /Pg 41 0 R /K 17 /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) /Count 5 /TextBox /Art /P 12 0 R endobj /P 506 0 R /P 12 0 R /K [315 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R] endobj endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 169 0 obj UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY PROSECUTORS MARK R. ROSMAN AND KAREN J. >> /S /P << /S /P endobj /K 6 /K 0 /P 123 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /StructParents 32 /S /TOCI /Pg 22 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /TOCI << 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R null] 13 0 obj /S /P << >> /K 1 309 0 obj 66 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Rotate 0 The Motion was filed by Michael R. Presley, Esq. endobj /K 15 /K [50 299 0 R 52] << /S /P /P 531 0 R /K 0 /Pg 42 0 R endobj /S /P endobj /S /P /S /P 349 0 obj endobj /Annots [] endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /H2 /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 << endobj >> endobj 219 0 obj endobj 82 0 obj /Rotate 0 << /P 507 0 R /S /Link /Resources 367 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /K 0 << /K 11 endobj /Rotate 0 319 0 obj << /Pg 18 0 R /K 2 endobj /Lang (EN-US) A motion to disqualify should be made with "reasonable promptness" after the party becomes aware of the conflict so that it cannot be used as a strategic tool to deprive his opponent of counsel after a substantial amount of time has been spent on a case. 68 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 45 0 R 142 0 obj /S /Link >> 173 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P >> 739, 744 (S.D.N.Y. >> /Pg 20 0 R Rule 4-1.6 provides that, except in limited circumstances, "a lawyer shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client. 65 0 obj /K 20 /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /K [327 0 R 328 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R >> ; Utica Mut. 19 0 obj /P 505 0 R /K 38 140 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> >> endobj /Pg 45 0 R << /P 12 0 R Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge. endobj (quoting People ex rel. 1992) (citations omitted). /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << However, Comment 3 to Colo. RPC 1.9 sets a minimum baseline: In the case of an organizational client, general knowledge of the clients policies and practices ordinarily will not preclude a subsequent representation.. >> /Type /Pages endobj >> As the prosecutors have no personal knowledge of the events prior to their meeting with the defendant, they are not material witnesses to those events and should not be called to testify. /P 4 0 R 283 0 obj endobj 125 0 obj /K 2 /Pg 46 0 R In Brothers, the defendants tried to disqualify the prosecuting attorneys for being potential trial witnesses because the prosecutors had participated in a meeting in which the defendant was offered immunity. 00019 Plaintiff's Reply to BRIAN FROST Response on Attorney Disqualification Motion. 89 0 obj << /Annots [] 12 0 obj << /Pg 24 0 R /P 12 0 R Two Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank Eldredge and James Hawkins, were present during the entirety of the meeting between the defendant and the prosecutors and are available to testify to the events in question. /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 28 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /P 531 0 R /Pg 15 0 R 205 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R 258 0 obj /Contents [376 0 R 377 0 R 378 0 R] >> /StructParents 3 Co. v. Employers Ins. 323 0 obj /K 12 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 15 0 R /K 29 /K 18 >> endobj >> /Pg 20 0 R /K 13 285 0 obj %%EOF endobj by the party >> /Parent 8 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /P << >> /K [14 523 0 R] >> >> and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). /K 6 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 147 0 obj startxref 30 0 obj /Chart /Figure /K 0 /Annots [] /P 12 0 R << >> /P 163 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 31 0 obj 249 0 obj << >> /K 20 >> >> /Lang (EN-US) RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY DREW MAZZEO By: Drew Mazzeo Bauer Pitman Snyder Huff Lifetime Legal, PLLC 1235 4th Ave E #200 Olympia, WA 98506 (360) 754-1976 dpm@lifetime.legal Attorney for Petitioner FILED SUPREME COURT STATE OF WASHINGTON 1012212019 8 :00 AM BY SUSAN L. CARLSON CLERK /K [12 514 0 R] /Pg 34 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 57 0 R 58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R >> Instead, Colo. RPC 1.9(a) provides that, [a] lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that persons interests are materially adverse to the interests of the former client unless the former client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing. /Type /Page /P 528 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 29 0 R << 739, 743-44 (S.D.N.Y. << /Filter /FlateDecode >> << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 46 0 R /S /Reference /Parent 3 0 R >> endobj >> %PDF-1.6 % << endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] ), aff'd, 979 F.2d 912 (2d Cir. endobj As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 44 0 R Colo. RPC 1.9 does not define a substantially related matter,. /P 12 0 R /S /P 334 0 obj /S /H3 /S /P are satisfied. /S /P 157 0 R 158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R /K 15 /Pg 16 0 R << << << /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R 215 0 obj /P 296 0 R /S /P 1 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 26 0 R 265 0 obj /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] 13 [118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R] endobj /Pg 37 0 R

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