response to motion to disqualify attorney

endobj /P 531 0 R /K 2 >> Ct. App . /P 12 0 R /Pg 38 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /Contents [419 0 R 420 0 R 421 0 R] /P 506 0 R Thus, any alleged confidential or proprietary information that he may have obtained would be obsolete. endobj 33 0 obj 244 0 obj /P 506 0 R /K 28 %PDF-1.7 % /K [58 303 0 R 60] 318 0 R null 319 0 R 123 0 R 320 0 R 123 0 R 321 0 R 123 0 R] /S /P /P 55 0 R endobj /S /P 57 0 obj << /S /TOCI << 332 0 obj >> /S /P /S /H3 167 0 obj endobj /Underline /Span >> /Rotate 0 260 0 obj /P 12 0 R 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 << 212 0 obj 170 0 obj /K 1 /Annotation /Span << /Lang (EN-US) ; Utica Mut. << 221 0 obj 12-1]. Rule 2.330 (e). >> 371 FILED 6/23/97. >> Spears, 797 S.W.2d at 656; see also TEX. /Pg 46 0 R /K 2 241 0 obj /K 14 95 0 obj /K 0 49 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /K 10 /K 1 endobj /K 7 << /S /P /Pg 33 0 R /Parent 6 0 R endobj >> /K 8 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 3 /K 26 /K 0 << 275 0 obj /S /H1 /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 15 0 R /P 508 0 R 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. << endobj /Annots [] /S /P /S /P << /S /P 68 0 obj /P 12 0 R >> /StructParents 4 /Pg 30 0 R endobj << << /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 21 0 R 336 0 obj endobj 0000003370 00000 n /Type /Page << >> /Pg 22 0 R endobj endobj 331 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> << >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /P 55 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /K 14 /S /P /P 12 0 R /S /TOCI 189 0 obj /S /P /Bibliography /BibEntry << /K 30 /K [22 285 0 R 24] << /Rotate 0 /K 4 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. 0000002415 00000 n /Pg 20 0 R 355 0 obj /P 274 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 56 0 obj /K 28 << endobj /S /P >> /S /P /S /P >> 285 0 obj endobj /Contents [487 0 R 488 0 R 489 0 R] /Tabs /S << /P 12 0 R /P 509 0 R 122 0 obj endobj /Pg 15 0 R 323 0 obj endobj /Type /Page >> motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. /P 508 0 R 65 0 obj . >> /K 2 endobj 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R] /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /P /S /P /P 306 0 R /S /TOCI << endobj 176 0 obj /K 6 329 0 obj /S /P 21 [144 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R] << /Resources 498 0 R /K 0 /Pg 45 0 R 84 0 obj 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << /Lang (EN-US) /K 34 /S /P 70 0 obj << Such motions are sometimes followed by either a grievance or a legal malpractice claim. /Tabs /S /P 508 0 R 308 0 obj /K 2 position as district attorney. /Pg 26 0 R /S /Link /Pg 16 0 R /P 296 0 R 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. << >> >> 205 0 obj endobj << /K [14 523 0 R] /S /P >> 6:12-cv-01293-NAM-TWD (N.D.N.Y. Once the above requirements are met, the judge must enter an order granting disqualification if the motion to disqualify is "legally sufficient.". /S /Reference /Rotate 0 << Attorney Mulcahey's representation of [Appellant] ended almost four years ago. /Lang (EN-US) 113 0 obj >> /Pg 15 0 R endobj >> Introduction endobj /Pg 29 0 R >> 3d at 812. << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R 12 0 obj endobj 17, 2020), the Central District of California decided a motion to disqualify brought by the defendant based on two grounds: (1) a purported conflict based on plaintiff's counsel's prior employment by the defendant; and (2) plaintiff's counsel's improper receipt of information, procured /Endnote /Note << /K 5 /P 12 0 R /S /P /K 0 As noted, this order addresses . /Contents [400 0 R 401 0 R 402 0 R] He also made /Pg 16 0 R /S /P endobj << 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 /S /P 19 0 obj >> 103 0 obj 129 0 obj /P 509 0 R /P 12 0 R /Tabs /S >> /Kids [35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R] /K 1 Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. /Parent 8 0 R /K 11 /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] /Pg 46 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 294 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. /S /P /P 505 0 R /P 531 0 R 365 0 obj /S /P /K 39 << /A 515 0 R 160 0 obj /S /P /StructParents 14 << /P 505 0 R /P 12 0 R You are switching to another language. /K 32 /Lang (EN-US) 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 187 0 obj /K 59 << The Motion Clerk shall enter the "Answer" or "Response" Date on the Cover Sheet. v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., No. >> /P 12 0 R /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] endobj << /K 9 /Type /Page endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 32 0 R 0000008829 00000 n 739, 743-44 (S.D.N.Y. << >> /K 7 85 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 35 0 R >> /P 506 0 R We are hired both to file and pursue disqualification, and to represent lawyers in resisting disqualification. Co. v. Employers Ins. >> << See Swisher, The Practice and Theory of Lawyer Disqualification, 27 Geo. << The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . >> /S /P /P 310 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /K 4 << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) Dentons is a global legal practice providing client services worldwide through its member firms and affiliates. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P The facts stated in Mrs. Landes' Response to the Motion to Disqualify, are true and correct, including the fact that I do not have Mr. Cuzdey's client file. /K 1 /P 12 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R endobj >> /Pg 15 0 R /K 42 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 201 0 obj << >> 218 0 obj Legal Standards. /Pg 15 0 R >> In assessing motions to disqualify based on conflicts, Colorado courts also consider (1) a clients preference for a particular counsel, (2) the clients right to confidentiality in communications with his or her attorney, (3) the integrity of the judicial process, and (4) the nature of the particular conflict of interest involved.10 Below are some important concepts that have emerged in the context of motions to disqualify.11, The Colorado Rules do not bar attorneys from representing current clients against former clients. >> 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. /StructParents 13 /Type /Page >> /K 19 /P 531 0 R endobj /P 531 0 R !location.countrycode?location.countryName :location.officeName }}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).languageCode | uppercase}}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).name}}. /K 4 /S /P /Pg 16 0 R endobj An oral motion on the record, by an attorney of record, IS a formal motion, even if not accepted and demanded by the court to be submitted in writing. << /Lang (EN-US) endobj As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. /P 509 0 R >> /Pg 37 0 R /Annots [] /P 12 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /Reference endobj /S /TOCI endobj endobj /Pg 16 0 R 32 [180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R] /Pg 15 0 R /Type /Page /Pg 19 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj Secure .gov websites use HTTPS /Pg 30 0 R 147 0 obj endobj >> << endobj endobj << /Rotate 0 >> disqualify Attorney Burt; and (3) plaintiff's motion to disqualify Attorneys Will and Wyatt. 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. /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) 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. /P 508 0 R Smithj46@michigan.gov / PLAINTIFF CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY . /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] Attorney Advertising. >> /S /P << /Tabs /S <>stream >> 330 0 R 162 0 R] %PDF-1.6 % /Lang (EN-US) /K 13 endobj /K 1 239 0 obj /Lang >> endobj >> 265 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 24 0 R /K 27 endobj /Pg 22 0 R /K 0 << endobj endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /K 16 /P 12 0 R /Pg 42 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) /Count 5 /Pg 23 0 R << DONE AND ENTERED THIS _________ day of ____________ , 1997. 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. /Pg 22 0 R << Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) << >> 340 0 obj /Type /Pages 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 /Annots [] /Pg 17 0 R /S /Link << /K 0 216 0 obj Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. 6. White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. /P 12 0 R /S /P /K 36 /Pg 45 0 R Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). /Contents [433 0 R 434 0 R 435 0 R] by plaintiff Plaintiffs motion is unsupported by any applicable legal authority and is not . /Lang (EN-US) 344 0 obj << 270 0 obj 242 0 obj endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /P 508 0 R >> << endobj /K 1 RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC(an Arizona Corporation), Ed Magedson(an individual). /K 5 >> endobj 7 0 obj For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . /K 7 /K [6 277 0 R 8] endobj endobj /S /Table 161), filed on October 7, 2020" . /Lang (EN-US) << /K 0 Id. endobj /Pg 22 0 R 97 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 22 0 obj /P 508 0 R endobj /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] /Marked true << As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial /S /P /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /K 12 0 R endobj Rodriguez v. Dist. Attorneys should not assume that possession of mere playbook knowledge precludes disqualification. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 17 0 R >> /S /Reference /Contents [376 0 R 377 0 R 378 0 R] /P 12 0 R << /P 12 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) >>