/S /P /Rotate 0 << /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 9 0 R /K 33 /Pg 19 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) disqualify the plaintiff's attorney in a suit in which the attor-ney's former 6client was not a party. 337 0 obj /Type /Page 10. /P 12 0 R Secure .gov websites use HTTPS /K 22 endobj /S /P Federal courts have the inherent power to supervise the professional conduct of attorneys appearing before the courts, which includes the authority to disqualify an attorney. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 25 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /Kids [20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) 3 [null 304 0 R 305 0 R 304 0 R null 306 0 R 307 0 R 306 0 R null 308 0 R /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /Annotation /Span /Pg 39 0 R 269 0 obj When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /Pg 23 0 R << /Pg 15 0 R >> /Pg 17 0 R << 68 0 obj /Superscript /Span endobj PDF Seeking a Recusal - Starnes Law endobj 364 0 obj 201 0 obj >> 107 0 obj >> /S /H1 << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /TOCI /K 14 endobj PDF STATE OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /S /TOCI /A 517 0 R /K 2 II. /Pg 15 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /A 513 0 R /K 7 endobj /P 508 0 R As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /S /TOCI >> /Lang (EN-US) << >> /Pg 16 0 R /P 300 0 R /K 14 /P 12 0 R /K 9 /P 12 0 R endobj >> This comment makes clear that attorneys are permitted, under some circumstances, to engage in representations that are adverse to a former client. /S /Reference /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 303 0 obj /K 5 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 284 0 obj PDF Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Petition/Motion Cover Sheet Dec. 10, 2014) (order disqualifying Jones Day), assets.law360news.com/ 0606000/606910/Celgard-LGC%20Order%20disqualifying%20 Jones%20Day.pdf. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R 295 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R /ModDate (D:20190627090514-04'00') >> 175 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 18 /Lang (EN-US) 343 0 obj >> /Pg 45 0 R /S /P /Tabs /S >> /P 12 0 R PDF J-a23009-21 Matthew Darrow in The Superior Court of Pennsylvania Ppl << << endobj /K 11 /S /P /K 8 /Rotate 0 >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 33 0 R /S /P /Pg 44 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /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 282 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 1. /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. >> << 261 0 obj << endobj /P 12 0 R endobj /P 56 0 R /Pg 36 0 R endobj 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. Health, Education & Family Services Division . /Lang (EN-US) 10 0 obj >> /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Attorneys understandably may feel apprehensive about the threat of a motion to disqualify, given the potential risk and loss of work. << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R Shari, 204 P.3d at 460-62. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ANTITRUST DIVISION 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Rm. >> << /Pg 29 0 R 207 0 obj /S /P The attorney may know the clients bottom line for settlement or how the client prefers to approach litigation. /Pg 44 0 R 113 0 obj >> /P 12 0 R << endobj /K 0 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] in writing. /Type /Page The Disqualification of Attorneys | New York Law Journal 209 0 obj h[o\{ C@9\`d-X" ?[]&5>fR*UVSO?>|/qnou':._^:WZ.Z.Fw7w/>{_?xw?>G}N/_>}}z>xVp~/zOy_}xwMQm|_}{}?^~'v>'_]/Fkum-i^iz]:JZ_^_^_^_^_^_Y_Y_Y_Yu|]u|}u_5wuRWmVmVmV:C:C:P:~ /]2Vcu9Vcu9Vcu9.X][oW2WWsu5WWs\>rt=9u8Zk[s~VWZNNNNNNiuuu~m^|])^)^)^yuNNNNZuu&?:wmO]$uMuM7~vz?u=uHs[P;?D[R;of}f[oCchO\o^=7o?]N+B/r^No~{>#n?'_~xp@x."Zyc4k4&omcVmnX:5oM[iKfz&lrQ,eM,~e? << /S /P /Tabs /S /K [46 297 0 R 48] /K 0 /S /Link endobj 173 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj >> /K 3 . hearing. /P 12 0 R 82 0 obj 245 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R /Tabs /S /Type /Page 92 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << /Type /Page 237 0 obj /S /P /S /P >> >> << 338 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 26 0 R /K 35 221 0 obj /K 4 138 0 obj 195 0 obj 26 [160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R null 327 0 R null 328 0 R null 329 0 R 162 0 R 282 0 R null 284 0 R 285 0 R 284 0 R null 286 0 R 287 0 R 286 0 R null /Lang (EN-US) << << /StructParents 25 << >> /P 528 0 R 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. /S /P /P 12 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 43 355 0 obj 438 30 32 [180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R] endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 40 0 R << << A Judge should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding where he or she: Has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party; . /StructParents 22 endobj 356 0 obj /K 0 << << People v. Harlan, 54 P.3d 871, 877 (Colo. 2002). 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). /P 12 0 R /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) In determining whether to disqualify an attorney on the ground that he or she will likely be a witness, the court is guided, but not bound by, the standards set forth in Rule 3.7, and whether to disqualify an attorney rests in the sound discretion of the Court. /Pg 21 0 R /K 12 0000002515 00000 n >> >> endobj 291 0 obj endobj /Pg 24 0 R NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R 132 0 R 133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R /K 11 endobj endobj Government Caught Between a Recusal Motion and Desperation /Lang (EN-US) /S /P Northwoods Educational Foundation, Inc.'S Reply to Plaintiff'S Response /S /Footnote /P 528 0 R endobj /Pg 45 0 R /S /P 1 [233 0 R 234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R 237 0 R 238 0 R 239 0 R 240 0 R 241 0 R 242 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /K 25 /K 4 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 12 0 R << << << 1. /S /P >> /Pg 16 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R /P 509 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /StructParents 13 62 0 obj 25 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 The instant motion was filed eleven days after all the testimony had been taken and five days after the judge had announced his ruling. /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R endobj /K 5 endobj 5. 193 0 obj /K [315 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R] 78 0 obj /P 12 0 R << << /Pg 15 0 R endobj << >> law-disqualification of counsel | attorney as fact witness in same endobj /K 1 << /Type /Page >> /S /P >> << >> >> endobj /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /Pg 45 0 R >> endobj << >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 19 0 R /P 531 0 R >> endobj /Type /Page /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 1 0 obj 20 0 obj /S /P /K 14 << endobj << << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R >> endobj 244 0 obj 299 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> 191 0 obj /S /P /S /P Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Exclude /K [9 309 0 R 11] /Pg 24 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Rotate 0 endobj >> /Pg 45 0 R 144 0 obj /K 19 /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R << Ct., 704 P.2d 851, 853 (Colo. 1985)). << CV1810311PADFMX, 2020 WL 2374947 (C.D. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 30 0 R /P 55 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /P 531 0 R /Pg 20 0 R endobj /S /P endobj endobj /StructParents 26 endobj Second, take effective steps to mitigate, if not eliminate, risks that a former clients confidences and secrets might be accessible to attorneys working on a matter involving the former client. /P 529 0 R /K 7 0 >> >> 332 0 obj /K 42 177 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /S /P He then filed a Motion for Discovery on January 29, 2002, and a Motion for Evidentiary Hearing on February 1, 2002. /S /Reference 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. /S /P >> /Pg 38 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P << /P 529 0 R >> endobj << 288 0 R 289 0 R 288 0 R null 290 0 R 291 0 R 290 0 R null 292 0 R 293 0 R /Type /Page >> >> 297 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /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). /P 12 0 R Defendant Brian Frost submits this response in opposition to the Motion to Disqualify filed. /Parent 9 0 R /K 2 endobj endobj 108 0 obj 314 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 24 0 R /S /P << /Pg 15 0 R /Parent 3 0 R Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. 146 0 obj /S /TOCI << >> /K [10 314 0 R 12] << >> /K 6 /Parent 10 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /H3 /P 12 0 R endobj /K 0 165 0 obj /Parent 11 0 R endobj << /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) 141 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 11 0 R >> /Pg 41 0 R >> /K 24 >> >> endobj 309 0 R 308 0 R null 310 0 R 311 0 R 310 0 R null 312 0 R null 57 0 R] << /Type /Page 181 0 obj /K 8 >> /P 80 0 R endobj /Type /StructTreeRoot /Pg 40 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 162 0 obj /K 43 << /K 16 /Annots [] and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [441 0 R 442 0 R 443 0 R] << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R /K 2 /S /P Typically, a former client seeking to disqualify a former attorney from representing an opposing party must identify specific, cogent information that the attorney possesses and show that the information is confidential and implicates the duty of loyalty. /P 528 0 R endobj >> /P 531 0 R endobj /Pg 26 0 R << /Rotate 0 << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] [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 . /S /P 150 0 obj /S /P 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 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.. /K [2 275 0 R 4] /K 16 /Type /Pages /K 20 327 0 obj 247 0 obj 168 0 obj << /Pg 19 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /H1 Mr. /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << /S /P /StructParents 29 /StructParents 12 /S /TOCI /Resources 448 0 R 75 0 obj 95 0 obj << /S /H1 endobj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 21 /Type /Page /Count 5 endobj /Type /Pages >> These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia. >> Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /Lang (EN-US) 334 0 obj << HarrisT19@michigan.gov . >> /K [0 325 0 R 13] /Pg 20 0 R 57 0 obj >> 316 0 obj endobj << /K 8 >> /K 0 /K 14 287 0 obj endobj endobj /Annots [] /K [34 291 0 R 36] /S /P 174 0 obj /S /Footnote Almost five years later, the Wife's former counsel filed a notice of appearance, and on December 29, 2016, almost seven years after the initial motion was filed, the Wife filed a "renewed motion to disqualify." The 2016 motion alleged not only that the Husband's attorney prepared the agreement and would be a /S /P /S /P RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Motion to Disqualify an Attorney in Florida What Is a Motion to Disqualify an Attorney? File the forms. /Rotate 0 229 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 508 0 R /S /P << /Pg 37 0 R /K 13 filed a motion to disqualify the judge under CCP 170.1 [challenge of trial judge for cause] based on purported bias that the judge demonstrated during the first. 336 0 obj Others are nothing more than a litigation tactic, forcing attorneys to scramble to protect valued client relationships. ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Disqualify is GRANTED and Andrew J. Cevasco, Esquire is disqualified pursuant to New Jersey Rule of Professional Conduct 3.7 from serving as legal counsel for the Defendants at the trial in this matter; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to R. 1:5-1(a) that a copy of this Order will be Such motions are sometimes followed by either a grievance or a legal malpractice claim. /Pg 34 0 R /P 12 0 R 267 0 obj /K 37 endobj << >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 27 0 R %%EOF >> << In addition, if the motion is made by a former client, attorneys should consider providing notice of a potential circumstance to their legal malpractice insurer. 23 0 obj /K 1 northwoods educational foundation, inc.'s reply to plaintiff's response to motion to disqualify and response to motion for sanctions /Rotate 0 << >> /S /P 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. >> 100 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R /P 55 0 R << 151 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.. 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R null] /S /Reference endobj << /Parent 8 0 R /Contents [453 0 R 454 0 R 455 0 R] Mar. /Lang (EN-US) endobj << As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial (b) The sanction must be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated. endobj >> /S /P /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /StructParents 19 /S /P >> endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 302 0 obj 292 0 R null 294 0 R 295 0 R 294 0 R null 296 0 R 297 0 R 296 0 R null 1 18 U.S.C. >> /StructParents 0 >> /Lang (EN-US) /K 59 /Rotate 0 endobj /P 508 0 R Defendant's Motion at 1. /Lang (EN-US) 220 0 obj /Pg 46 0 R >> << endobj /Pg 39 0 R See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. /K 17 /S /P endstream endobj startxref /ParentTree 13 0 R /Count 5 Finally, assess whether the firm or different counsel should defend the motion to disqualify. >> Co. v. Employers Ins. /K 13 endobj /S /P >> /Pg 29 0 R /K 3 >> 238 0 obj However, by understanding the underpinnings of this ethical issue, attorneys will be better prepared to anticipate, respond to, or even avoid motions to disqualify. 206 0 obj Attorney General . /Lang (EN-US) /A 499 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /Rotate 0 /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Type /Page /Parent 9 0 R << /Type /Page x+ | /Pg 22 0 R The law with respect to disqualification varies depending on the conflict relation and the poten-tially harmed party. See. /K 7 31 0 obj /StructParents 23 319 0 obj /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R << 2. endobj /Pg 15 0 R /P 528 0 R endobj /K 1 /StructParents 28 309 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /K 2 Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. Prohibition is used as the justification for allowing judges to rule on their own motions to disqualify, as attorneys are given another means to have a judge disqualified. endobj << /Pg 33 0 R << 354 0 obj /Parent 3 0 R A motion is usually made in writing. /P 508 0 R >> /S /P "response to General Michael T. Flynn's Motion to Disqualify Judge Emmet Sullivan, United States v. Flynn, 17-cr-232 (Doc. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 1 /Pg 16 0 R /S /P /K 3 /Annots [412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R] endobj Box 30758 . The best way to deal with motions to disqualify is to prevent them. /Count 5 /Lang (EN-US) Id. /P 12 0 R /S /P ), aff'd, 979 F.2d 912 (2d Cir. /Lang (EN-US) /K 3 /P 508 0 R << << endobj /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) Ct. App . /K 23 /Type /Page /K 13 255 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 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R << /S /TOCI A Motion to Disqualify: Tempting, but Dangerous - Corporate Counsel /Resources 395 0 R << /Pg 45 0 R endobj 147 0 obj >> /Annots [] << /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 16 >> /P 509 0 R 161), filed on October 7, 2020" . /K 26 Please do not message me here on Avvo. 355 0 R 356 0 R 357 0 R 358 0 R 359 0 R 360 0 R 361 0 R 362 0 R 363 0 R 190 0 R /S /Sect /K 1 308 0 obj >> << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Official websites use .gov >> /Pg 17 0 R /K 30 /Lang (EN-US) Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. << endobj The State filed a response to the motion, see id. /Rotate 0 >> 91 0 obj /K [14 523 0 R] /Resources 436 0 R _______________/s/_______________ MARK R. 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