response to motion to disqualify attorney

/Lang (EN-US) startxref 282 0 R null 284 0 R 285 0 R 284 0 R null 286 0 R 287 0 R 286 0 R null /P 12 0 R /K 2 /P 12 0 R endobj Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). >> 35 0 obj /K 0 >> endobj >> /P 284 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 296 0 R /Pg 29 0 R endobj /K 15 /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) <> 278 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Strikeout /Span /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 >> /Pg 35 0 R /Pg 46 0 R /Pg 46 0 R 11 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R endobj /Count 5 /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) /K 3 /S /P /Pg 39 0 R /K 1 >> The State filed a response to the motion, see id. /Resources 494 0 R << /Resources 466 0 R << 332 0 obj /S /TOC /Lang (EN-US) J. >> >> << /S /P /S /Link 286 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. /Lang (EN-US) endobj 146 0 obj Under the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (Colorado Rules or Colo. RCP), an attorney must safeguard client confidences and secrets, subject to a few exceptions.2 The attorney is also obligated to elevate the clients interests above the interests of the attorney and the law firm. 238 0 obj /Contents [487 0 R 488 0 R 489 0 R] >> 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. /K 38 endobj << /S /P >> 0000006588 00000 n /S /P /S /Reference /K 10 >> << endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /K 14 /S /P << >> /Pg 16 0 R /StructParents 11 /StructParents 23 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 32 0 R /P 12 0 R 9. /K 1 >> /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /K 1 << << << 26 0 obj /TextBox /Art /K 0 important announcement Transparency Online Contact Us Interpreters FAQ Photos Holidays Menu Important Announcement Home Search Courts Probation Jury Self Help Forms Careers Media Administration Contact us Interpreters FAQ Photo Gallery Holiday Schedule Motions (a) Motion and opposition (1) Except as these rules provide otherwise, a party wanting to make a motion in a reviewing court must serve and file a written motion stating the grounds and the relief requested and identifying any documents on which the motion is based. 260 0 obj 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R endobj /S /H2 /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /K 4 /P 12 0 R /Pg 19 0 R 125 0 obj /K 1 299 0 obj << >> /K 30 /Lang (EN-US) /P 55 0 R << 338 0 obj 269 0 obj endobj /Diagram /Figure endobj << /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P /S /Link << /S /P >> /K 1 /S /P /K 331 0 R /K 3 /P 12 0 R << << /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] << Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). 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. /Lang (EN-US) << /K [16 518 0 R] Defendant's Motion at 1. /P 506 0 R 187 0 obj 36 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R << << >> /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Pages /K 28 endobj endobj Because motions to disqualify seek to deprive the opposing /P 506 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. /Pg 45 0 R >> >> /Type /Page /S /P See Fed. . >> /Annots [] 179 0 obj endobj 241 0 obj /K [2 329 0 R 9 330 0 R 11] << /Pg 22 0 R 302 0 obj >> Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. /S /P /Annots [] 190 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 1, WSBA Public Information on Mary Ann Strickler). /Type /Page /K [10 314 0 R 12] (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 << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Pg 15 0 R endobj endobj 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 /Lang (EN-US) 124 0 obj /K [304 0 R 306 0 R 308 0 R 310 0 R 312 0 R] 213 0 obj /StructParents 25 294 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /StructParents 31 /Pg 29 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Serve the other party . /K 3 << As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. Occasionally a Motion, Opposition, or . /S /P /S /Reference 0000002183 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) >> 16.21 et seq. /Pg 15 0 R << /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R 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 /S /Footnote A Motion to Disqualify: Tempting, but Dangerous - Corporate Counsel /ParentTreeNextKey 43 /P 12 0 R 7 0 obj Motions to disqualify counsel are orchestrated for two primary reasons: Either an attorney or law firm have been unduly abusive or they have been so effective in defending or prosecuting a case. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 228 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 12 0 R >> `%qs2"Z(-> ^eZAst`zqz~5{=rvvl6r7rhi_WSztQa%_`e.~QFCPN!Px:v7Pp}VDl|RUjND,a5KFVo}W4+7H/)fJ%o5mgS9BFcQ7HP13+Fxk{N25 wx7O)&[ /iCw %Fk|7on6 r9rH_wFS&`E9T8`jPDlm(n /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Drew Mazzeo and his firm should be disqualified from further representation of Landes in this matter, due to ethical obligations toward Cuzdey as a former client, incurred when Mr. Mazzeo purchased the practice of << /S /TOCI >> /S /P /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] /Tabs /S >> << /S /P /K 7 /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 8 0 R /StructParents 12 /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] << /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 /S /P /Parent 8 0 R /S /P endobj /P 282 0 R /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] >> /P 508 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /StructParents 0 323 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /S /P PDF Respondents' Reply to Response to Motion to Disqualify - Mike Kreidler Spears, 797 S.W.2d at 656; see also TEX. /Pg 42 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /K 8 The conflict is imputed to everyone in the law firm, and most certainly the firm will require more than one week to respond to the motion to disqualify. >> /Pg 44 0 R /K 0 /Pg 44 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Count 5 /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] It is only appropriate to disqualify an attorney due to her status as a potential witness if the attorney's testimony is /Lang (EN-US) 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 endobj << 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. /Pg 17 0 R /K 4 endobj /K 13 00021 Motion to Strike Defendant BRIAN FROST's Affirmative Defenses. /K 10 >> and specifically allege the facts and reasons relied on to show the grounds for disqualification and shall be sworn to . endobj /Pg 27 0 R However, by understanding the underpinnings of this ethical issue, attorneys will be better prepared to anticipate, respond to, or even avoid motions to disqualify. /P 508 0 R /S /P >> For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . /RoleMap 14 0 R at 241-47 . endobj endobj 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. >> >> As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial >> endobj trailer 354 0 obj 00016 Brian Frost Response to Motion to Disqualify Pigg - Google /Contents [491 0 R 492 0 R 493 0 R] /Parent 11 0 R >> >> /K 0 /P 508 0 R The trial court heard oral argument on the motion, and on August 9, /S /P >> 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. /Pg 28 0 R PDF Bikkani v. Lee - Supreme Court of Ohio NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. /Kids [6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R] endobj /Lang (EN-US) << endobj /Pg 36 0 R 113 0 obj 144 0 obj 35 [192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 196 0 R 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R >> >> 214 0 obj endobj 302 0 R null] /Pg 19 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /K [12 514 0 R] Attorneys should not assume that possession of mere playbook knowledge precludes disqualification. /Rotate 0 /Parent 3 0 R /Type /Catalog In Sacramento, the . /K 19 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /K 2 << /P 509 0 R << In this case, the defendant has failed to demonstrate a compelling need for the prosecutors' testimony or that the information sought cannot be obtained from an alternative source. /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /K 2 365 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R endobj /Parent 9 0 R /S /P endobj 346 0 obj /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R /Type /Page endobj /P 505 0 R by plaintiff Plaintiffs motion is unsupported by any applicable legal authority and is not . /CropBox [0 0 612 792] <> 3.7." Venters, 293 Kan. at 103. /P 310 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 17 0 R Please click Confirm below to continue. /K 2 /StructParents 17 /S /P /Count 7 /P 505 0 R /Resources 383 0 R <> 315 0 obj For the reasons that follow, the two motions to disqualify are denied, and the motion to strike is granted in part and denied in part. /P 162 0 R /K 4 >> /StructParents 14 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Dec. 10, 2014) (order disqualifying Jones Day), assets.law360news.com/ 0606000/606910/Celgard-LGC%20Order%20disqualifying%20 Jones%20Day.pdf. >> >> >> When it's warranted, a motion to disqualify the opposing counsel can be a potent weapon. /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 << << /P 12 0 R /S /P /K 20 endobj /Outline /Span xref 121 0 obj << << << /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) 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 . /Pg 17 0 R endobj endobj >> << /Pg 15 0 R The Attorney General's Response to the Motion to Disqualify him and his Office from this matter is essentially this: rules are fine for everyone else, but I don't have to follow them. /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] 46 0 obj /P 12 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ANTITRUST DIVISION 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Rm. /P 302 0 R /K 0 Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. THE RESPONSE: The employee in question was Matthew Minno, who is a staff attorney with DMS. 287 0 obj /S /P Defendant's Motion at 1-3. Increasingly, courts nationwide have recognized and accepted timely, effective ethics screens as a positive factor for permitting an attorney to continue the representation, although sometimes a screen is not enough to avoid the ramifications of an imputed conflict.12 Nonetheless, if the attorneys choose to employ a screen, it is important that it be erected before the involvement of the conflicted attorney in the new representation.13. 104 0 obj /K 8 /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> 39 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /TOCI /P 12 0 R /K 3 /Kids [35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R] /Tabs /S /Annots [] /Annots [] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 6 0 R /Pg 44 0 R /K 2 endobj 19 0 obj /P 12 0 R The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . Tenorio moves to supplement his Response to the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment with two cases: Jordan v. /Contents [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R] /Pg 41 0 R /P 505 0 R >> /S /P /P 12 0 R % /Resources 444 0 R 4. /Type /Page But lawyers should use that weapon rarely and should resist the temptation, or a client's importuning, to . /Pg 45 0 R Motions - California Colo. RPC 1.9 does not define a substantially related matter,. Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- << endobj /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] endobj /K 31 209 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 endobj Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. << >> >> Motion to Disqualify an Attorney in Florida What Is a Motion to Disqualify an Attorney? /P 528 0 R /S /TOCI /S /P Dentons is a global legal practice providing client services worldwide through its member firms and affiliates. 15 316 0 R 16 [127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R] /S /TOCI /P 322 0 R /S /P 162 0 obj endobj /Count 5 /A 517 0 R /S /Footnote In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported.1 Many disqualification motions are well-founded. /S /H1 /K 3 Shari, 204 P.3d at 460-62. ), op. << endobj /Superscript /Span (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). >> << endobj /P 12 0 R /K 55 /S /P /K [10 527 0 R] >> 236 0 obj APG/Z=p L_uQ7EVr+MHIRh2)Qg^HWjBY:],h(8BToqSirY[DHWBo~djX$dXS&U.uJ%Tj )].fm_ujmbzY'f}hHm=r5[9Bm^wcrz7zW>~/N endobj endobj /Pg 19 0 R 226 0 obj 152 0 obj . /Type /Page << >> /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /K 5 /S /P /Pg 33 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 124 0 R /P 12 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /S /P ECF No. /P 12 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /Annots [] 2 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 26 0 R 138 0 obj /K 10 /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R 18 323 0 R 19 [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 141 0 R] Co. v. Isham, 782 F.Supp. << An important requirement contained in rule 2.160 (e) is that a disqualification motion must be made within 10 days after the "discovery of the facts constituting the grounds" for the motion. 107 0 obj 118 0 obj /P 276 0 R 21 [144 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R] endobj /K [503 0 R 504 0 R] /Tabs /S << >> << /Lang (EN-US) 349 0 obj 137 0 R 138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 141 0 R 142 0 R 143 0 R 144 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R >> /P 507 0 R /K 0 endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj << /K 10 /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 20 0 R According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.. << /Pg 16 0 R /P 290 0 R /P 509 0 R >> 2. /S /P /Pg 15 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) 325 0 obj /K 1 /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /P endobj /Pg 16 0 R >> /Pg 24 0 R /Lang (EN-US) RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC for Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Arizona District Court Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al Filing 39 Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al Filing 39 /StructParents 16 << endobj << /Rotate 0 /P 506 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 38 0 R /P 124 0 R endobj << /Lang (EN-US) 0000009248 00000 n endobj /P 12 0 R /Annots [] 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 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 /P 509 0 R << /Pg 19 0 R << >> /K 7 69 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 243 0 obj /Type /Pages Beddow, Erben & Bowen, P.A Second Floor - 2019 Building 2019 3rd Avenue, North Birmingham, AL 35203. /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 264 0 obj 0000005497 00000 n Cal. /Resources 452 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R >> /Chart /Figure /S /P endobj /P 294 0 R /P 12 0 R 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 . /Contents [376 0 R 377 0 R 378 0 R] >> /P 530 0 R to the subject matter of this litigation. Attorney Disqualification in Florida Following State Farm v. K.A.W /Annots [] Co. of Wausau, No. >> 140 0 obj /K 11 /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . are satisfied. File the forms. /P 12 0 R endobj << 311 0 obj endobj >> /P 508 0 R 345 0 obj /S /P >> /Contents [471 0 R 472 0 R 473 0 R] 339 0 obj endobj /P 12 0 R << /Rotate 0 /S /P >> /Pg 15 0 R /StructParents 28 /P 506 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /K 51 /Pg 22 0 R /Contents [372 0 R 373 0 R 374 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R <> PDF Writing, Scheduling, and Opposing or Replying to Motions Guides for endobj /Annots [] 2. 273 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R /Type /Page /K 5 /P 55 0 R /Resources 474 0 R /K 5 See Rule 2.330 (f). /Pg 15 0 R endobj >> /K [58 303 0 R 60] /S /P /K 0 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. 102 0 obj 1986 :: Florida Supreme Court Decisions - Justia Law endobj /K [327 0 R 328 0 R] /S /P << Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations. /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 43 0 R /Contents [463 0 R 464 0 R 465 0 R] I am over twenty-one (21) years of age and am competent to make this affidavit. 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 282 0 obj >> /Resources 470 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 12 0 R 81 0 obj /K 17 << /P 56 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /K 37 317 0 obj Sharp was sent via Federal Express this day of June, 1997, to: J. However, disqualification is a harsh measure. Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Exclude /K 0 /S /P endobj << /K 1 /Rotate 0 /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) <> 2023 Dentons. endobj /K [14 516 0 R] << 233 0 obj <> endobj /Tabs /S 79 0 obj /S /P << << /Pg 21 0 R /K 5 >> /Pg 38 0 R >> 243 0 R 244 0 R 245 0 R 246 0 R 247 0 R 248 0 R 249 0 R 250 0 R 251 0 R 252 0 R 64 0 obj endobj The instant motion was filed eleven days after all the testimony had been taken and five days after the judge had announced his ruling. << endobj /P 12 0 R endobj /K 12 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 30 0 R /P 528 0 R /K 14 /Pg 22 0 R PDF Franklin Circuit Court Division I Case No. 18-ci-379 Electronically Filed Mark White, Esq. /P 12 0 R endobj Possessing general knowledge about a client may not, by itself, be enough for disqualification. /Type /Page 193 0 obj /K 2 endobj endobj /S /P the entire judicial process' when deciding a motion to disqualify an attorney pursuant to K.R.P.C.