>> endobj See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. Disqualification must be complete and a judge cannot partially disqualify or recuse themselves. /K 0 /Pg 45 0 R << /K 2 /K 30 /Lang endobj /K 17 endobj << /Type /Pages Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj 158 0 obj The defendant has moved to have prosecutors Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp disqualified from conducting the trial in this matter due to the ethical prohibition against a lawyer conducting a trial in which he or she will be a necessary witness. 23 0 obj >> /Pg 46 0 R >> motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. /StructParents 9 >> /P 12 0 R /Resources 452 0 R 271 0 obj >> /K 32 %PDF-1.6 % /S /H3 /P 506 0 R 524, 528 (D.Colo. 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. /Lang (EN-US) >> 360 0 obj /StructParents 14 trailer << << 213 0 obj << /S /P Beddow, Erben & Bowen, P.A Second Floor - 2019 Building 2019 3rd Avenue, North Birmingham, AL 35203. /ParentTreeNextKey 43 Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. << /S /P endobj /K 10 >> /S /P 153 0 obj /P 509 0 R /K 0 739, 744 (S.D.N.Y. >> Cal. /S /H1 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 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) motion to disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /P She must asker lawyer. 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R null] endobj 355 0 obj endobj /StructParents 1 >> << >> >> >> << >> /K [6 323 0 R 8] << /Resources 486 0 R /P 508 0 R 229 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> 251 0 obj CV1810311PADFMX, 2020 WL 2374947 (C.D. endobj endobj 46 0 obj Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . Introduction /K 20 0000004782 00000 n 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] /StructParents 29 /Lang (EN-US) Here, as in Brothers, the defendant has other sources of evidence available, namely two FBI agents, that must be exhausted before the prosecutors are called as witnesses. << /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [368 0 R 369 0 R 370 0 R] << /S /P /Type /Pages /Tabs /S 194 0 obj Co. v. Employers Ins. /Type /Page /MediaBox [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 . 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 /P 12 0 R /StructParents 4 United States v. Prantil, 764 F.2d 548, 551 (9th Cir. 75 0 obj Turn in your completed forms by mail or efiling. /S /H1 /S /P 242 0 obj << 163 0 obj /K 34 67 0 obj endobj /Tabs /S RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC(an Arizona Corporation), Ed Magedson(an individual). endobj /K 9 << /Tabs /S 156 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /Pg 43 0 R >> >> /P 56 0 R /Contents [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R] 34 [345 0 R 346 0 R 347 0 R 348 0 R 349 0 R 350 0 R 351 0 R 352 0 R 353 0 R 354 0 R /Pg 15 0 R 88 0 obj /K [18 283 0 R 20] /K 3 << /Pg 16 0 R /S /P 2. /P 124 0 R << 349 0 obj 337 0 obj Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. endobj /S /P /S /P /Pg 15 0 R 330 0 obj 77 0 obj Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). /P 12 0 R >> endobj endobj 352 0 obj /P 12 0 R /S /P /K 15 /K 1 For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . 68 0 obj [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 . /K 11 /StructParents 22 >> Few things are worse for an attorney than getting a new big matter, starting work on it, and then facing a motion to disqualify. Brown v. Encompass Ins. /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 321 0 obj 89 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Rotate 0 /StructParents 21 << /Lang (EN-US) << /K 0 According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.. 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? /CropBox [0 0 612 792] In the motion, Petitioner alleged he was . 248 0 obj /S /TOCI /P 12 0 R Serve the other party . 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 . /S /Footnote /Contents [459 0 R 460 0 R 461 0 R] /S /P endobj 29 [171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /S /P << /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) 168 0 obj endobj /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) 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. >> /Pg 45 0 R /K 1 endobj 342 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /K 19 147 0 R 148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R 152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R /P 505 0 R 10. /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P endobj /P 132 0 R endobj /S /P /Pg 25 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Parent 11 0 R 6 313 0 R 7 314 0 R 8 [84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R] /P 505 0 R Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). << /Lang (EN-US) motion to disqualify, the district court must strictly adhere to an exacting standard to discourage a party from using the motion as a dilatory tactic. 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. 195 0 obj /K 14 4 0 obj 113 0 obj >> endobj /Pg 15 0 R << /Pg 18 0 R /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /A 520 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /Reference 161), filed on October 7, 2020" . 87 0 obj 25 [158 0 R 159 0 R] /Pg 15 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) 170 0 obj /K 5 /Kids [15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R] /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Ct., 704 P.2d 851, 853 (Colo. 1985)). gdYBC;:::@Jht Mkhml$Y*$&\@$#m ` D*e d!$4RLd` 224 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 252 0 obj /Pg 43 0 R 210 0 obj /S /P You are responsible for serving the other party with a copy of your filed forms, usually by mail or e-service. /Pg 17 0 R /K 2 135 0 obj << >> /P 531 0 R /S /P . /K 15 << /P 12 0 R 30 0 obj /Rotate 0 /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 << >> 120 0 obj endobj /Pg 16 0 R /K 3 endobj /Pg 26 0 R << /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) >> (quoting People ex rel. /Pg 25 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << Among our firm's growing practice areas is litigation where one party files a motion seeking to disqualify another party's lawyers. >> endobj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K [1 305 0 R 3] In denying the defendants' motion, the court relied on the fact that there were other investigating agents present at the meeting who could testify to what occurred during the meeting. >> endobj /Pg 17 0 R /K 3 << 53 0 obj 97 0 obj 13 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 12 endobj << 56 0 obj endobj /StructParents 28 /Pg 44 0 R /P 55 0 R /P 506 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] 0000002381 00000 n /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 506 0 R 200 0 obj >> /Annots [] /P 12 0 R In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported. /Pg 15 0 R /P 292 0 R << << /S /P /P 509 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj endobj >> 152 0 obj endobj << /S /P /K 2 Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. 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 353 0 obj /K [5 307 0 R 7] /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 124 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) 361 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 44 0 R ), aff'd, 979 F.2d 912 (2d Cir. /S /Reference /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page /P 56 0 R R. Evid. /S /P /S /P The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . /K 1 /K 9 /Count 5 /Lang (EN-US) A Judge should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding where he or she: Has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party; . /Parent 11 0 R /K 16 /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R 286 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /TOCI /K 17 >> >> endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 20 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /A 515 0 R /P 12 0 R 0000001974 00000 n 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 >> /Lang (EN-US) at 390-91. 6. 187 0 obj endobj << /S /P /S /P >> Mark White, Esq. 240 0 obj /Type /Page /Pg 22 0 R >> >> The Motion was filed by Michael R. Presley, Esq. 274 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R {{ ! /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) >> 253 0 obj << endobj Possessing general knowledge about a client may not, by itself, be enough for disqualification. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 19 0 R /P 12 0 R 220 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 28 0 R >> 38 0 obj << /P 529 0 R Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel endobj >> /Type /Page 294 0 obj 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 /Type /Page >> /S /P 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. 190 0 obj endobj 100 0 obj endobj /K 18 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 32 0 R Notice of Motion and Motion. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 0000009145 00000 n endobj /K 16 Attorney Mulcahey's representation of [Appellant] ended almost four years ago. /P 12 0 R >> 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 /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> disqualify opposing counsel, the present client of the attorney who is the target of the motion,6 and third parties. 29 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) . endobj /Lang (EN-US) 1990); United States v. Brothers, 856 F. Supp. << endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /Type /Page /Parent 7 0 R 238 0 obj << << /StructParents 8 /K [34 291 0 R 36] 160 0 obj /S /TOCI /K 10 /Pg 40 0 R << Ensure that the info you add to the Motion To Disqualify Counsel Sample Texas is up-to-date and accurate. /Annots [] endobj /StructParents 34 /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI 140 0 obj /S /P /K 12 /S /TOCI /Pg 15 0 R endobj /P 528 0 R 90 0 obj /P 12 0 R /K 13 /P 528 0 R << 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. 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. /K 5 /P 12 0 R Generally, an order either disqualifying or refusing to disqualify a law firm is not appealable. /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P endobj << /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R << >> Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. endobj << /Pg 16 0 R /Type /Page 169 0 obj /Type /Page /P 12 0 R 81 0 obj /S /Link /S /TOCI /S /P 186 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /S /P /Pg 29 0 R 0000001860 00000 n /Annots [] /K 2 /K 2 /StructParents 26 If you are not already a client of Dentons, please do not send us any confidential information. 249 0 obj endobj << /Tabs /S endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [419 0 R 420 0 R 421 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) In New York, that motion requires: the existence of a prior attorney-client relationship between the moving party and opposing counsel. >> /Tabs /S /K 6 /P 509 0 R /P 302 0 R 129 0 obj << /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) <>stream /Lang (EN-US) 0000001952 00000 n /Pg 29 0 R endobj 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. `%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 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) Please do not message me here on Avvo. << /Annots [] /K 30 >> 146 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 18 0 R /Parent 3 0 R /S /P endobj /Pg 16 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 /P 12 0 R endobj 58 0 obj /K 7 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. People v. Nozolino, 298 P.3d 915, 919 (Colo. 2013) (Disqualification of a partys chosen attorney is an extreme remedy and is only appropriate where required to preserve the integrity and fairness of the judicial proceedings.) (citation omitted). endobj Ct. App . General Use: Description. /S /P endobj /Pg 16 0 R >> 0000006588 00000 n /K [0 319 0 R 13 320 0 R 15 321 0 R 17] 178 0 obj /K [14 281 0 R 16] 27 0 obj /Tabs /S 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