response to motion to disqualify attorney

/K 55 /PageLayout /OneColumn /K 32 /K 7 << /K 4 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /TOCI <> /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 13 endobj /K 1 /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /Parent 10 0 R /P 531 0 R >> 349 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R 155 0 obj First, identify and resolve potential conflicts, including both multiple and successive representations, before undertaking a representation or hiring a lateral. << /Pg 29 0 R /P 508 0 R /Pg 17 0 R << /P 509 0 R 119 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R 0000009248 00000 n /K 11 /Lang (EN-US) 137 0 obj 304 0 obj 156 0 obj /Rotate 0 An official website of the United States government. <> /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] << /Count 5 endobj endobj 194 0 obj (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). /StructParents 19 /Pg 15 0 R /K 39 /Parent 8 0 R 86 0 obj endobj 320 0 obj >> 2:11-cv-03473-CBM-MAN (Aug. 26, 2014) (motion to disqualify Squire Patton Boggs), www.law360.com/dockets/download/53fdfac81101ea655a00000b?doc_ url=https%3A%2F%2Fecf.cacd.uscourts. /Type /Page endobj /Lang (EN-US) One party may insist that the court bar the lawyer from representing another party through a motion to disqualify. 1992) (citations omitted). << >> /Pg 21 0 R 293 0 obj I am over twenty-one (21) years of age and am competent to make this affidavit. /K 9 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 509 0 R >> /P 308 0 R >> /K 14 /Pg 17 0 R 114 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S << Colo. RPC 1.9 does not define a substantially related matter,. endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) On the contrary, a defendant must demonstrate a compelling and legitimate need to do so. << 311 0 obj /Type /Page endobj Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. >> Sharp was sent via Federal Express this day of June, 1997, to: J. >> /S /H3 endobj endobj /K 4 /P 294 0 R << 242 0 obj The call did not result in an attorney-client relationship of any nature or duration between Steve Morris or his law firm and Chinois or any 4 5 6 >> /P 505 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /P 529 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /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 endobj /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) 17 0 obj << endobj /K 0 /Pg 16 0 R endobj /K 0 /S /P endobj 300 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 27 0 R >> /K 17 /Type /Page /P 12 0 R endobj /P 55 0 R endobj <<329FC6C22BACB2110A0030BBE330FF7F>]/Prev 482690>> /S /P /K 1 /S /TOCI >> /P 531 0 R /S /P Disqualification must be complete and a judge cannot partially disqualify or recuse themselves. << /K [0 325 0 R 13] 00019 Plaintiff's Reply to BRIAN FROST Response on Attorney Disqualification Motion. >> /S /Reference >> This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . /P 506 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << endobj /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /S /P /Pg 17 0 R 287 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Type /Pages /Lang (EN-US) 159 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R >> /StructParents 12 /Lang (EN-US) << White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. endobj /Pg 32 0 R Notice of Motion and Motion: The . %PDF-1.6 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P 66 0 obj 40 0 obj /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 32 0 R /P 12 0 R to the subject matter of this litigation. /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S 204 0 obj /S /P /Pg 44 0 R 181 0 obj endobj endobj /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] /K 8 /Lang (EN-US) In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported. /K 9 /Rotate 0 /K 24 /P 12 0 R endobj /Pg 20 0 R /K 31 <> /P 12 0 R >> Brown v. Encompass Ins. /Type /Page >> >> << endobj << >> /Rotate 0 313 0 obj 292 0 obj >> >> >> /K 6 207 0 obj << Peters v. Dist. 255 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<9A3F555EF45C79488712E0D1EABAE832>]/Index[233 34]/Info 232 0 R/Length 107/Prev 253809/Root 234 0 R/Size 267/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream 338 0 obj >> endobj endobj 250 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial /Annots [] /StructParents 26 << /K 4 >> endobj << /StructParents 0 After this hearing, M retained counsel (C.H.). /Pg 27 0 R /K 4 >> 54 0 obj endobj >> <> /S /P 295 0 obj endobj stream >> /Pg 45 0 R 195 0 obj *243 In addition, the motion was not timely. %PDF-1.6 % /Rotate 0 >> 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. endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] An attorney for Louis Angelos had sought to disqualify Rosenberg, citing his "animus" against Peter Angelos' law firm, which is among the assets whose fate is in dispute within the family . /S /P 11. /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R /S /P >> /K 14 /S /TOC /P 12 0 R << /S /P >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R (Att. endobj (a) An attorney may withdraw from a case, without leave of court where the withdrawing attorney has complied with all outstanding orders of the court and either files a notice of withdrawal where there is active co-counsel for the party represented by the withdrawing attorney, or files a substitution of counsel, signed by both the withdrawing and /S /P 319 0 obj the matters involved in both representations are substantially related, and. Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel /K 35 /K 20 /StructParents 3 Notice of Motion and Motion. /Lang (EN-US) /K 8 endobj /K 19 /Kids [20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R] /K 0 28 0 obj endobj endobj /K 14 /Pg 17 0 R >> /K 16 /Pg 18 0 R /K 0 endobj /S /P /S /P although Comment 3 to that Rule provides some context: Matters are substantially related for purposes of this Rule if they involve the same transaction or legal dispute or if there otherwise is a substantial risk that confidential factual information as would normally have been obtained in the prior representation would materially advance the clients position in the subsequent matter. /P 55 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R 192 0 obj 87 0 R 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R /Tabs /S Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /P 288 0 R /P 508 0 R endobj Dec. 16, 2014) (the court noted that [m]otions to disqualify opposing counsel are viewed with suspicion). /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 178 0 obj 25 [158 0 R 159 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) 274 0 obj /Pg 46 0 R 2022 California Rules of Court. <> Attorneys should not assume that possession of mere playbook knowledge precludes disqualification. /Type /Page /P 12 0 R 340 0 obj 106 0 obj << 0000002183 00000 n 73 0 obj /Contents [453 0 R 454 0 R 455 0 R] Motion to Disqualify an Attorney in Florida What Is a Motion to Disqualify an Attorney? >> /Lang (EN-US) >> << /S /Reference >> endobj ), aff'd, 979 F.2d 912 (2d Cir. /K 51 << /K [9 309 0 R 11] Shari, 204 P.3d at 460-62. /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 17 0 R 39 0 obj 163 0 obj District Attorney McEachern made no response to any of the claims presented in Mr. Williams's Application. /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 470 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> << endobj /Rotate 0 /S /P 72 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Underline /Span 21 0 obj endobj /S /P As the Colorado Supreme Court has noted, [v]iolation of an ethical rule, in itself, is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for disqualification, although there typically must be evidence of a violation or potential violation of attorney ethical proscriptions, such as those centered on the duties of loyalty and fairness or those intended to protect the integrity of the process. /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 44 0 R Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. 6. endobj /K [274 0 R 276 0 R 278 0 R 280 0 R 282 0 R 284 0 R 286 0 R 288 0 R 290 0 R 292 0 R /Pg 46 0 R >> /Type /Pages /K 2 /Pg 27 0 R 10. << endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 35 0 R << >> >> /Contents [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R] stream /Lang (EN-US) /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R] /P 12 0 R /Pg 29 0 R << In 3/19, C.H. Defendant's Motion at 1. Mealey's (February 27, 2023, 2:08 PM EST) -- WHEELING, W.Va. A federal judge in West Virginia denied a hydraulic fracturing company's second attempt to disqualify the counsel for landowners in a dispute over abandoned wells, ruling that there is no ethical violation on the part of the fracking operator's former employee Bryan "Wayne . /Pg 21 0 R 4. 0000006178 00000 n /Pg 16 0 R 113 0 obj /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R Myers v. Porter (In re Estate of Myers), 130 P.3d 1023, 1025 (Colo. 2006). /Resources 387 0 R /Resources 456 0 R Legal Standards. >> /Lang (EN-US) As noted, this order addresses . /Pg 19 0 R 298 0 R 299 0 R 298 0 R null 300 0 R 301 0 R 300 0 R null 302 0 R 303 0 R << << /Lang (EN-US) >> 0000005497 00000 n SHARP The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /S /P << Occasionally a Motion, Opposition, or . /S /Reference /Pg 19 0 R endobj /Contents [404 0 R 405 0 R 406 0 R] endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 8 endobj /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) 5. << << /StructParents 14 >> 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. endobj /K 3 /Pg 18 0 R /Type /Page /K 13 /Pg 17 0 R endobj << Id. /StructParents 31 /Count 5 /Lang (EN-US) 19 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R << >> >> /P 12 0 R endobj %%EOF /Lang (EN-US) Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. Turn in your completed forms by mail or efiling. /S /Reference >> >> << << /Lang (EN-US) << /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] >> /K 24 /K 3 >> /P 12 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> >> /P 508 0 R << << endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /Parent 10 0 R /Pg 16 0 R 344 0 obj endobj /K 17 /P 508 0 R /K 6 /A 520 0 R /P 508 0 R endobj endobj . /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 <> 37 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 14 >> /Lang (EN-US) 142 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /K [10 279 0 R 12] /Pg 20 0 R >> 153 0 obj Attorney General . /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << >> endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> << << /Lang (EN-US) /S /P II. << /S /P endobj endobj endobj << >> motion to disqualify for a hearing. >> endobj Defendant Brian Frost submits this response in opposition to the Motion to Disqualify filed. /S /Reference /K 23 >> Fill out the forms. /Lang (EN-US) 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /S /H2 >> /K 16 /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R >> /P 528 0 R >> endobj /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /S /P >> >> >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge. /S /H3 << /K 3 endobj /Pg 20 0 R /S /P /K 2 endobj /K 11 /Pg 37 0 R /Pg 16 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations.5 After all, parties filing disqualification motions based on multiple representation conflicts are typically strangers to the attorneyclient relationship. /P 56 0 R /K 10 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 20 0 R 13 [118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R] 1857 0 obj <>stream /K 1 >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 507 0 R << /S /H1 /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P 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. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 4 325 0 obj endobj << endobj 46 0 obj << /S /P /K 0 36 0 obj endobj /Annots [] << 80 0 obj endobj 6 313 0 R 7 314 0 R 8 [84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R] /Rotate 0 endobj /P 12 0 R << /P 12 0 R Such motions are sometimes followed by either a grievance or a legal malpractice claim. endobj /S /Table << << Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). /P 55 0 R By letter dated June 10, 1997, the defendant made a demand pursuant to 28 C.F.R. 226 0 obj 81 0 obj 285 0 obj >> /Pg 15 0 R 31 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R endobj << /S /P 10-0101 San Francisco, CA 94102-3478 (415) 436-6660 (415) 436-6683 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff the United States of America Also filed on behalf of 10 Plaintiff States (See signature block) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION endobj /Pg 44 0 R 81 0 R 314 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R] /K 15 << /Contents [445 0 R 446 0 R 447 0 R] /K 26 /Lang (EN-US) >> /Contents [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R] /K 4 >> << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R <> /S /P /P 55 0 R endobj /Length 532 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /A 526 0 R /Pg 34 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj << /S /P /S /P 251 0 obj 265 0 obj Case 2:19-cv-11661-DPH-DRG ECF No. 21 [144 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R] /A 513 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 0000001952 00000 n /Count 5 /Pg 18 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) 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 /Parent 3 0 R << A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. >> /S /P /P 508 0 R 40 326 0 R 41 329 0 R 42 330 0 R] << /Resources 407 0 R 172 0 obj >> However, as cited in Respondents' brief, there are specific provisions of the Washington constitution, state statutes, and case law regarding representation of the Insurance /S /P /Rotate 0 33 [184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R 188 0 R 332 0 R 333 0 R 334 0 R 335 0 R 336 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << endobj /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R 29 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 7 0 R /P 12 0 R 107 0 obj >> /P 509 0 R /Tabs /S >> << Because motions to disqualify seek to deprive the opposing /Pg 16 0 R Here, Tenorio complied with LR 7-2(g) by filing a motion for leave to file supplemental authorities rather than filing a notice of supplemental authorities. 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R 213 0 R 214 0 R 215 0 R 216 0 R 217 0 R 218 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /P 280 0 R >> /K [58 303 0 R 60] /Pg 15 0 R Rule 1.432 requires that a motion to disqualify be made within a reasonable time after discovering the facts upon which the motion is based. /Rotate 0 /P 531 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 106 0 R endobj >> /S /TOCI 79 0 obj << 98 0 obj /K 32 /K 10 /Pg 15 0 R 191 0 R] << /K [4 316 0 R 6] >> /Pg 17 0 R 253 0 obj /K 8 >> 308 0 obj >> >> endobj << /K 6 0000002415 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 20 0 R << << /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) endobj Co. of Wausau, No. /S /P 166 0 obj >> >> 128 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 222 0 obj 47 0 obj /K 2 65 0 obj /K [5 307 0 R 7] >> /K 0 <> 18 0 obj << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) << /K 2 Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /S /P /S /P 266 0 obj /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] /Type /Page /Parent 9 0 R /Pg 15 0 R Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. /P 12 0 R 32 0 obj >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> /P 134 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) 77 0 obj /K 10 330 0 obj /K [14 523 0 R] 345 0 obj At that point, the attorney is put in the awkward position of either explaining to the client why he or she should pay more money to keep the attorney, or absorbing the fees associated with defending the motion to disqualify. endobj /Pg 31 0 R 51 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 162 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /P 505 0 R 3 Rules 4-1.6, 4-1.7, and 4-1.9 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar generally govern in attorney conflict of interest disqualification matters. >> /Pg 22 0 R /K 6 /Pg 29 0 R /A 522 0 R /K 4 /K 1 /K 3 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The trial court heard oral argument on the motion, and on August 9, Ct., 704 P.2d 851, 853 (Colo. 1985)). This is because it must be presumed that a client shared confidences with its attorney pursuant to the attorneyclient relationship.9 Appreciating this distinction is important to successfully making or defeating a motion to disqualify. Notice of Motion and Motion. endobj endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 1. endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 12 0 R << << See. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /K 22 /Pg 15 0 R << /S /P /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] /S /TOCI /Type /Page Smithj46@michigan.gov / PLAINTIFF CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY . >> 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. /Tabs /S Mr. /S /H1 /Pg 16 0 R 332 0 obj /Pg 37 0 R /StructParents 35 305 0 obj >> endobj /K [38 293 0 R 40] /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /Reference << /S /P /Pg 41 0 R /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Courts differ on how they address motions to disqualify, especially because such motions are at times simply a litigation tactic by an opposing party in search of a strategic advantage.3 Additionally, courts are usually reluctant to interfere with a clients choice of counsel unless the conflict is real and there are few options other than to grant disqualification.4. endobj 333 0 obj endobj /K 1 /S /P >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) << 44 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) 126 0 obj /K 30 /Lang (EN-US) 67 0 obj The defendant asserts that the prosecutors are material witnesses in this case because they "have personal knowledge of material, exculpatory information which is crucial to the defense." /Tabs /S UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION, 15 U.S.C. endobj endobj {{ ! /S /P /Pg 17 0 R /K 2 /Resources 375 0 R 2. /Pg 42 0 R >> 337 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Parent 7 0 R >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /K 37 /K 7 /S /P 263 0 obj /K 0 130 0 obj /P 528 0 R endobj 116 0 obj See Rule 2.330 (f). 263 0 R 264 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R 267 0 R 268 0 R 269 0 R 270 0 R 271 0 R 272 0 R endobj << /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Parent 7 0 R /S /TOCI /K 1 1992). 4 [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 67 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 19 0 R 364 0 obj 27 0 obj endobj >> << << endobj 223 0 obj In those circumstances, courts are generally protective of confidences or secrets that the law firm or attorney may possess or to which the firm or attorney has access as a consequence of either the prior or the existing representation. 235 0 obj /Tabs /S /S /P >> /Kids [35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R] /P 12 0 R << /Pg 45 0 R << endobj endobj 327 0 obj /S /H2 /P 123 0 R 151 0 obj /Pg 24 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify.

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