/P 12 0 R 232 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Mark White, Esq. /S /TOCI 1 /. << The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. endobj /Pg 16 0 R must. >> /Pg 16 0 R << /P 508 0 R << /K 41 /P 528 0 R /Pg 20 0 R << 1992)). 328 0 obj 53 0 obj 332 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 138 0 obj /Parent 3 0 R /K 11 /P 12 0 R 14-CV-01885-RM-BNB, 2014 WL 7177378 at *2 (D.Colo. /K 16 >> 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. /P 12 0 R >> /K 1 . /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 26 0 R /P 124 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 3 >> /K [327 0 R 328 0 R] 233 0 obj /Pg 32 0 R << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << endobj This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . /K 9 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. /P 509 0 R /S /P /Parent 7 0 R Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. << /K 7 endobj 159 0 obj endobj Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. /P 505 0 R /K [26 287 0 R 28] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj << District Attorney McEachern made no response to any of the claims presented in Mr. Williams's Application. Deposit Ins. (b) The sanction must be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated. /S /P /Parent 9 0 R 162 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Pg 36 0 R /K 0 endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 217 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 /K 10 /Tabs /S << << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 107 0 obj xref << << /P 12 0 R << endobj endobj /Annots [] /Resources 478 0 R /K 10 /Pg 32 0 R /S /P >> >> /S /P 285 0 obj << /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 Legal Standards. All rights reserved. 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 << << endobj endobj 250 0 obj << /K 13 35 0 obj /Parent 11 0 R >> /PageLayout /OneColumn Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. /P 12 0 R << /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 296 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 0000006483 00000 n /P 123 0 R 6:12-cv-01293-NAM-TWD (N.D.N.Y. /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj unless the client consents after disclosure to the . /P 531 0 R >> /K 15 /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) << 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 << /StructParents 35 /Type /Page /Contents [372 0 R 373 0 R 374 0 R] /S /P /StructParents 26 HWYoF~G-I\#3 -*;Y^4N&GS/^N'jp09AYr3AG8Qw&ci`UyaFGjQ`H >pt$jxGON@QN]K+t(+|Z6*/@I f%4@Pygv,)23 j8[-h5y$#,Y+9Z2!CK >O6H)jF}ZA|k>&dn[1*.~.>u50,@Wt?fOG# i?k@;)d1GfzN]^;{f"U}2`%dC!5}| _Phf"HjjIzj[NC /Pg 22 0 R /Annots [] /P 508 0 R /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> 12-1]. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 506 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Pg 38 0 R 15 0 obj /StructParents 30 << << In Sacramento, the . /P 12 0 R 357 0 obj /Tabs /S endobj << /K 8 /P 56 0 R /Parent 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S /Pg 17 0 R << 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. << /P 529 0 R Rule 2.330 (e). /K 12 352 0 obj endobj /Pg 20 0 R /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << 00019 Plaintiff's Reply to BRIAN FROST Response on Attorney Disqualification Motion. The Commission did not receive other responses to the motion, or a reply to Cal Advocates' response. /S /P /P 508 0 R 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. >> 93 0 obj endobj /Pg 22 0 R Tenorio moves to supplement his Response to the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment with two cases: Jordan v. /Lang (EN-US) >> << /StructParents 11 /Parent 9 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. >> 1 18 U.S.C. 209 0 obj /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /S /P /P 508 0 R << /S /P /K 3 As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. << /S /P << << /Lang (EN-US) /P 55 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> /Type /Page /Producer <6954657874AE20352E352E3920A9323030302D323031352069546578742047726F7570204E5620284147504C2D76657273696F6E29> /K 2 359 0 obj /K 18 /K 0 << /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 16 0 R 139 0 obj endobj 102 0 obj /S /P /S /P >> /K 40 << 324 0 R null 325 0 R 132 0 R 326 0 R 134 0 R] /StructParents 17 >> /S /P /P 12 0 R endobj /K 0 /Pg 24 0 R {{ ! /P 55 0 R << 110 0 obj /S /H3 /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Petitioner also filed a pretrial motion seeking to disqualify the Broward County State Attorney's Office from prosecuting him and asking the court to dismiss the indictment due to prosecutorial misconduct. endobj /K 1 /Pg 37 0 R 191 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R Dentons is a global legal practice providing client services worldwide through its member firms and affiliates. /Pg 43 0 R << stream /P 12 0 R /K 15 151 0 obj ECF No. /Pg 15 0 R endobj << 136 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R << Attorneys understandably may feel apprehensive about the threat of a motion to disqualify, given the potential risk and loss of work. Co. v. Employers Ins. << endobj endobj /Resources 448 0 R << endobj Notice of Motion and Motion. 68 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /K 0 >> >> /K 5 /S /P 0000002381 00000 n /P 308 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> >> << /K 12 /P 508 0 R HarrisT19@michigan.gov . /Pg 28 0 R << /K 5 /P 12 0 R 267 0 obj /Pg 37 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 28 0 R Beddow, Erben & Bowen, P.A Second Floor - 2019 Building 2019 3rd Avenue, North Birmingham, AL 35203. /Contents [449 0 R 450 0 R 451 0 R] << 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. 309 0 obj /Rotate 0 /P 12 0 R endobj /S /P /K 14 endobj /S /P /K 2 /Pg 44 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. /P 506 0 R >> endobj endobj /S /P /S /P /S /P Defendant's Motion at 1. << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P << /Annots [412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R] 193 0 obj /P 528 0 R 2 [54 0 R null 274 0 R 275 0 R 274 0 R null 276 0 R 277 0 R 276 0 R null /K 6 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. /P 12 0 R << >> 341 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) are satisfied. 251 0 obj 9 0 obj 301 0 obj /S /P You are switching to another language. /S /P /Parent 7 0 R /K 2 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << << disqualify Attorney Burt; and (3) plaintiff's motion to disqualify Attorneys Will and Wyatt. /Pg 17 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. 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 43 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << 0000000016 00000 n /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 16 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. /S /P /S /P /Tabs /S He then filed a Motion for Discovery on January 29, 2002, and a Motion for Evidentiary Hearing on February 1, 2002. /K 19 /S /P /P 12 0 R Motions to disqualify are far from rare occurrences. /Pg 42 0 R /K 23 177 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R >> /S /P << endobj 291 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 172 0 obj endobj 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] >> /K 0 /Pg 15 0 R /K 6 << << /Resources 486 0 R /K 21 288 0 obj /K [58 303 0 R 60] /K 24 /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) The instant motion was filed eleven days after all the testimony had been taken and five days after the judge had announced his ruling. /Pg 44 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 508 0 R >> >> /K 10 endobj << << /Rotate 0 endobj /Pg 33 0 R >> << >> /P 163 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 35 0000001974 00000 n /K 4 /Resources 462 0 R >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Two important pre-motion strategies are effective. Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. /K 1 << the entire judicial process' when deciding a motion to disqualify an attorney pursuant to K.R.P.C. /S /P /K 17 /S /P /K 5 /Type /Pages /K 7 /S /P /Annots [] endobj /Pg 22 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 132 0 R 145 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << endobj /P 12 0 R Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. 253 0 obj 186 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial /InlineShape /Figure >> >> /P 507 0 R <<329FC6C22BACB2110A0030BBE330FF7F>]/Prev 482690>> /Pg 16 0 R /Tabs /S /S /H3 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << 47 0 obj Attorney Mulcahey's representation of [Appellant] ended almost four years ago. /K [8 510 0 R] /Tabs /S /Resources 391 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << 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. << 69 0 obj 67 0 R 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R 73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Rotate 0 185 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 15 0 R 25 0 obj endobj endobj /P 296 0 R Two Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank Eldredge and James Hawkins, were present during the entirety of the meeting between the defendant and the prosecutors and are available to testify to the events in question. 353 0 obj Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . /S /P The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . /K 42 /Contents [433 0 R 434 0 R 435 0 R] 31 0 obj /S /Footnote 149 0 obj 0000001952 00000 n %PDF-1.7 % >> << >> >> >> /P 12 0 R 166 0 obj 140 0 obj /S /P /P 274 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 30 0 R /K 4 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> << /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) ANSWER or RESPONSE DATE. /A 520 0 R endobj endobj /S /P 202 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /S /P /K 16 /K [38 293 0 R 40] /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /K 27 . /Parent 10 0 R << >> /Type /Pages /Contents [479 0 R 480 0 R 481 0 R] >> /Lang (EN-US) 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 508 0 R endobj /S /P endobj Petitioners' Pro Se Emergency Motion to Disqualify Counsel for Defendants Doug Smith and CPP. Ins. endobj >> /Parent 8 0 R << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] (See Defendant's Motion Exhibit 2.) << /Pg 44 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 Serve the other party . . Introduction /A 526 0 R /Pg 37 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /K 22 /Tabs /S /Pg 29 0 R /Contents [459 0 R 460 0 R 461 0 R] << /Annots [] /P 531 0 R /Resources 456 0 R << endobj << 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 /Pg 16 0 R 231 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /H1 Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. endobj /Parent 9 0 R endobj /Pg 22 0 R 200 0 obj /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 23 155 0 obj The attorney appointed to represent Orioles owner Peter Angelos in his family's fight over his fortune has rejected a move to disqualify him from the case, calling allegations that he has . Where a conflict exists, an effective written consent is the best defense to a motion to disqualify. endobj disqualify opposing counsel, the present client of the attorney who is the target of the motion,6 and third parties. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 176 0 obj endobj << /Pg 22 0 R >> /S /P /S /P /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R motion to disqualify for a hearing. endobj /K 18 /Pg 34 0 R 122 0 obj /P 81 0 R endobj >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 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 << 330 0 obj 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. /Pg 27 0 R 118 0 obj << /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] endobj /K [0 319 0 R 13 320 0 R 15 321 0 R 17] Make certain each and every area has been filled in properly. 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. /P 505 0 R endobj /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 13. 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 << /Parent 8 0 R endobj 195 0 obj 211 0 obj /K 0 2023 Dentons. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P >> << << >> endobj /Pg 45 0 R If you are not already a client of Dentons, please do not send us any confidential information. /P 12 0 R << /K 3 /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P /Contents [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R] Here, two FBI agents were present during the defendant's meeting with the prosecutors and are available to testify as to what took place during the meeting. /K 34 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << << /Rotate 0 /S /P /K 55 /S /P /StructParents 14 247 0 obj 438 0 obj /S /Reference << >> << /S /P 192 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 >> /P 506 0 R /Annots [] /S /Reference /Pg 45 0 R 103 0 obj /P 56 0 R >> 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. << >> 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. /Lang (EN-US) /K 6 /Pg 15 0 R /S /P The Motion is Granted Without Modification This decision grants SoCalREN's motion without modification. /K 8 /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 22 0 R >> 252 0 obj /S /P >> 266 0 obj <>stream endobj 240 0 obj /S /P /K 10 /Pg 15 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 32 >> /P 162 0 R endobj 273 0 obj >> /K 39 160 0 obj /Contents [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R] /Pg 46 0 R /K 30 /K 1 >> << << << /S /P >> << 116 0 obj Following this, they have two options - either to transfer the case to another judge immediately or to file a written answer with the clerk. and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). /P 56 0 R /Pg 22 0 R 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. /P 509 0 R /S /P << >> /Pg 44 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R /K 4 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 181 0 obj 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. /P 12 0 R /S /Reference /S /H3 /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Such motions are sometimes followed by either a grievance or a legal malpractice claim. 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 endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj 30 0 obj /P 12 0 R endobj /S /P 322 0 obj 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 . endobj endobj << endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [487 0 R 488 0 R 489 0 R] /S /P Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. endobj endstream endobj 234 0 obj <. /Lang (EN-US) << 127 0 obj /K [50 299 0 R 52] << /Lang (EN-US) << 2. >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /K 33 /K 9 /S /P /Rotate 0 endobj >> 258 0 obj << endstream endobj startxref << << 21 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 << /K [13 311 0 R 15] endobj endobj /Pg 16 0 R /S /H1 63 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R << /Pg 15 0 R << /Pg 27 0 R endobj /S /P /K 3 /Pg 17 0 R 100 0 obj endobj 121 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. << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 277 0 obj >> 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. 218 0 obj 268 0 obj 212 0 obj /P 12 0 R << >> >> << /P 12 0 R /Pg 29 0 R endobj 115 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 27 0 R << /S /P endobj /StructParents 20 /Lang (EN-US) 2. endobj /S /TOC 329 0 obj 135 0 obj /K 13 << endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R 264 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. /K 25 12 [115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 30 0 R 104 0 obj >> /S /Table >> << /K 0 On the contrary, a defendant must demonstrate a compelling and legitimate need to do so. << >> /S /P 302 0 R null] /K 14 143 0 obj >> 257 0 obj endobj /K 38 Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 30 0 R /Pg 27 0 R >> by plaintiff Plaintiffs motion is unsupported by any applicable legal authority and is not . /Annots [] /S /H3 /S /P 64 0 obj endobj /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 178 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /Type /Page 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 . /Resources 432 0 R [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 /Type /Pages endobj /K 4 /Count 5 endobj /P 12 0 R Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. endobj /K 4 288 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 /Pg 38 0 R endobj 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