response to motion to disqualify attorney

endobj << Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. << 309 0 R 308 0 R null 310 0 R 311 0 R 310 0 R null 312 0 R null 57 0 R] /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page 341 0 obj >> << /K 0 endobj However, as cited in Respondents' brief, there are specific provisions of the Washington constitution, state statutes, and case law regarding representation of the Insurance 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 23 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] endobj As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial /S /P << /K 4 endobj /Annotation /Span /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 24 0 R endobj 73 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /S /Reference endobj endobj /S /P << /S /P 323 0 obj /S /Reference endobj /StructParents 0 /Pg 19 0 R endobj >> endobj /S /P 88 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 /Pg 44 0 R 101 0 obj << endobj >> /S /P /S /P /S /H2 /Chart /Figure endobj /K 19 /Pg 41 0 R << << << 3.7." Venters, 293 Kan. at 103. /S /P By far the majority of successful motions to disqualify are brought on the basis of a conflict of interest with a former or concurrent client or imputation, but attorneys should also be aware that successful motions to disqualify have been brought on the following bases, among others: (1) lawyer as witness, (2) appearance of impropriety, (3) receipt of confidential data, (4) personal interest, (5) violation of the no contact rules, and (6) misconduct with a witness. 16 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R >> /Pg 45 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The law with respect to disqualification varies depending on the conflict relation and the poten-tially harmed party. /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R 315 0 obj endobj See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. /P 508 0 R Peters v. Dist. endobj 282 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R >> << 50 0 obj endobj 137 0 obj 132 0 obj /S /P /Pg 20 0 R /P 529 0 R /K 3 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /S /P 221 0 obj /Pg 46 0 R >> This Comment will focus on those cases in which an attorney moves to disqualify opposing counsel because the . /K 0 >> /S /P 524, 528 (D.Colo. /S /TOCI By letter dated June 10, 1997, the defendant made a demand pursuant to 28 C.F.R. /Artifact /P 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] >> /P 163 0 R The defendant may not call the prosecutors as witnesses unless there is a compelling need to do so. /Type /Pages >> << 0000013798 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] /Contents [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R] << 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." << /Lang (EN-US) /K 13 Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. 280 0 obj Defendant's Motion at 1-3. /Pg 17 0 R Beddow, Erben & Bowen, P.A Second Floor - 2019 Building 2019 3rd Avenue, North Birmingham, AL 35203. /K 30 << /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 15 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R endobj 29 0 obj /S /P endobj << 275 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) 297 0 obj /S /TOCI endobj /P 124 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /P /K 31 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 33 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. endobj /Lang (EN-US) 337 0 obj 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. /S /P >> /Parent 11 0 R 223 0 obj >> to the subject matter of this litigation. endobj << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /Pg 28 0 R /Resources 375 0 R << 274 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /Pg 18 0 R /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. >> >> endobj 3d at 812. /S /P >> /Tabs /S motion to disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) endobj FQ7#cM,u?ZFQwxduOnb'X)6&>7nM,m?GO68Gvxdmo8mbhX0&Eob;X1&Aob& s;F16cM,~c;716i96xcG96x#@&MM]Mgi gysl?/y?/y?/y?/y?/y?/mb],mr&^L3M*>qM&>mDYoIM >y'NHf08l&;f07axNo8_37d c{F=sX1`n #>k0807t!\}sWU0|psV77f Y}ps#VG77^ W}tsU`U_a>{n>Q|n>0|JsS47:) N}JscS4729L}Ns#STq>vndl>qvnXl>1OwnHpssqqq q";oDqxgyxx&m&H5s)0/-0Zx[6":)L6/f0K-d8ToXL1Nx6T5q,&EB1Qx6%)2FcIjIS-)2%ERY[gZVdUjY1X-q,Y1Y-+26eEhXYq10\(2EtVzVU8&E{"cZUdXkw.gvUEqd*2UE&E['s"cZSdZkEkM1i)265E?6)2f5E66(2m. /S /Link /P 506 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /A 515 0 R /P 509 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R >> /S /H1 %PDF-1.6 % 32 0 obj /A 513 0 R >> 62 0 obj /P 278 0 R /K 6 /P 506 0 R /P 506 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> /Pg 22 0 R Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. /K 9 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 505 0 R 354 0 obj >> >> /K [11 511 0 R] /P 12 0 R 326 0 obj /K 0 /P 123 0 R 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 12 0 R . /P 55 0 R 24 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /H1 /Lang (EN-US) The Motion was filed by Michael R. 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According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.6 The moving partys burden for a motion to disqualify is satisfied only when the motion to disqualify sets forth specific facts that point to a clear danger that either prejudices counsels client or his adversary.7. /Pg 31 0 R >> endobj /Pg 45 0 R endobj /Pg 15 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 11 >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P << /K 3 hb```e``Z B@1V ,$pyLqLY TZ Rktz xp;9FjeNA @+U}`D a IsA b1 5g1160g\ $]/4OWuu/Nbbpy*+# @q@l ==*FK = /S /P 84 0 obj /Type /Page >> /S /H3 /S /P << >> /P 12 0 R 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. /K 9 /P 12 0 R /K [6 277 0 R 8] << endobj 349 0 obj << /S /P /P 12 0 R Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. /K [12 521 0 R] /Rotate 0 /Count 5 /P 164 0 R >> 186 0 obj << /Pg 21 0 R Generally, an order either disqualifying or refusing to disqualify a law firm is not appealable. /Contents [491 0 R 492 0 R 493 0 R] 224 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. /P 530 0 R >> /K 12 /P 12 0 R 313 0 obj /Pg 37 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 /K 0 Include the date to the template with the Date option. << >> 12 [115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] /Pg 33 0 R stream << >> /Pg 16 0 R endobj << 5 0 obj 287 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. 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. << >> 9 [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 0 >> 72 0 obj /P 509 0 R /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) << /P 528 0 R /P 133 0 R /P 12 0 R >> endobj << 337 0 R 338 0 R 339 0 R 340 0 R 341 0 R 342 0 R 343 0 R 344 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) x+ | /Lang (EN-US) 164 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R <> /P 508 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) 6 313 0 R 7 314 0 R 8 [84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R] /P 507 0 R /Pg 38 0 R << /K [8 510 0 R] endobj endobj >> /S /P /K [315 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R] /S /P endobj While the government takes exception to the defendant's statement of "facts" in his Motion, it is evident that neither prosecutor Rosman nor Sharp was a witness to any events that occurred on June 21, 1995, before they met with the defendant. /K 1 (quoting People ex rel. << /S /TOCI /K 15 /Pg 17 0 R /K 6 << /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P << 322 0 obj >> 350 0 obj /Filter /FlateDecode /P 508 0 R /S /P 22 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> 181 0 obj /S /H1 endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /K 1 /P 12 0 R >> /Annots [] << 0000008092 00000 n /K 35 endobj /Pg 35 0 R /Type /StructTreeRoot /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> 105 0 obj and specifically allege the facts and reasons relied on to show the grounds for disqualification and shall be sworn to . << << << /P 508 0 R /S /P /Pg 34 0 R /K 17 endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P 312 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 0 /S /H3 /Pg 36 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K 47 /K 2 /P 506 0 R /Rotate 0 0000009248 00000 n /P 509 0 R endobj 348 0 obj >> >> /K 2 at 241-47 . /P 12 0 R /Count 5 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 1 /S /Reference /StructParents 25 /Parent 3 0 R 141 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 367 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /K 14 Mar. /P 531 0 R In New York, that motion requires: the existence of a prior attorney-client relationship between the moving party and opposing counsel. << 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] endstream /Lang /S /P Myers v. Porter (In re Estate of Myers), 130 P.3d 1023, 1025 (Colo. 2006). /K 7 /Lang (EN-US) << Introduction Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) << /P 12 0 R /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 508 0 R For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . 119 0 obj /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] /Type /Page UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION, 15 U.S.C. 22 [149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R] /Parent 7 0 R >> motion to disqualify for a hearing. /K 10 << /K 4 >> /P 12 0 R /K 8 /S /H3 /Type /Page << << endobj endobj 159 0 obj THE RESPONSE: The employee in question was Matthew Minno, who is a staff attorney with DMS. 199 0 obj /K 10 /Lang (EN-US) 197 0 obj 1. /StructParents 17 /P 55 0 R /K 35 /Pg 20 0 R at 391. /S /P /Pg 20 0 R /Parent 8 0 R << /Pg 29 0 R endobj /P 290 0 R 325 0 obj For example, if you need more time to answer a complaint or petition, you can file a motion to extend the time to answer. /P 528 0 R 142 0 obj /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R Motions to disqualify are far from rare occurrences. ; Utica Mut. /K 331 0 R << >> << >> /Lang (EN-US) 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) /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 7 0 R endobj 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 >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /P 12 0 R << endobj /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R 346 0 obj endobj /K 13 endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K 3 << /Resources 486 0 R /K 31 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 /S /P 43 0 obj /K 7 /K 21 /S /P /K 3 >> endobj /Rotate 0 endobj endobj /P 12 0 R Frequently, a former client accuses the attorney of having insider information regarding the client that does not rise to the level of a client confidence. /S /H3 by the party Response to Motion to Disqualify Counsel and Law Firm [Doc. /Lang (EN-US) /P 508 0 R Ins. /P 55 0 R 245 0 obj endobj Brennan, No. 291 0 obj 252 0 obj /K 12 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 46 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R >> >> /P 81 0 R 324 0 R null 325 0 R 132 0 R 326 0 R 134 0 R] 253 0 R 254 0 R 255 0 R 256 0 R 257 0 R 258 0 R 259 0 R 260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R /S /P /Parent 11 0 R /K 0 /Count 5 /P 531 0 R /Parent 3 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R << endobj /P 505 0 R disqualify opposing counsel, the present client of the attorney who is the target of the motion,6 and third parties. The motion is legally sufficient if it shows the party's well-grounded fear that the party will not receive a fair trial. Co. v. Isham, 782 F.Supp. /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 462 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 4 << Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge. 307 0 obj /P 162 0 R endobj /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 25 0 R 285 0 obj 111 0 obj /K 8 endobj << >> When a party wants to ask an Administrative Law Judge, or "ALJ," to do or change something about their case, it is called a "motion." Examples are requesting that a date for mediation be scheduled or that two cases be combined into one hearing (called a "consolidation"). << /P 529 0 R /Pg 19 0 R % 298 0 obj /K 10 << 218 0 obj << 127 0 obj /Resources 444 0 R Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, and Carrie J. Williams, Assistant Attorney General, pursuant to this Court's October 12, 2022 order, hereby responds to Mr. Syed's motion to disqualify the Office of the Attorney General as counsel for the State of Maryland or strike the State as a party to the appeal and states as follows: I.

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