endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> 179 0 obj /S /P endobj endobj Cal. 294 0 R 296 0 R 298 0 R 300 0 R 302 0 R] << << 106 0 obj endobj /P 12 0 R 3 0 obj >> The Ethics of Moving to Disqualify Opposing Counsel for Conflict of /P 509 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /K 8 /K 17 /Lang (EN-US) 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. << /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI 246 0 obj /S /H2 /Tabs /S /Parent 7 0 R endobj 241 0 obj endobj /Pg 25 0 R /Annots [] /Pg 22 0 R /StructParents 12 << /Rotate 0 /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 530 0 R >> /Pg 16 0 R Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. /S /P Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. on January 7, 2002. >> /K 1 >> /K 8 /P 12 0 R /Pg 23 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) << 358 0 obj >> 0000000896 00000 n Where a conflict exists, an effective written consent is the best defense to a motion to disqualify. >> /S /H3 /S /P /S /H3 Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. /Pg 22 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R >> << 40 0 obj /Contents [433 0 R 434 0 R 435 0 R] << 201 0 obj endobj /Annots [] >> /Resources 444 0 R endobj /K 9 >> /P 4 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 15 0 R /Kids [20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R] UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT appeared that mediation was at an /P 12 0 R Rule 121 - Local Rules-Statewide Practice Standards, Colo. R - Casetext /StructParents 27 /P 55 0 R /Resources 436 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. endobj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page /Type /Page /Tabs /S 237 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R endobj << Co. v. Employers Ins. << /K 11 /K 3 206 0 obj >> /Annots [] PDF No. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON PATRICIA LANDES, v 117 0 R 118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R /S /P /Pg 16 0 R <>stream endobj endobj /Annots [] << /K 5 /Tabs /S /S /P 197 0 obj /P 12 0 R << 00019 Plaintiff's Reply to BRIAN FROST Response on Attorney Disqualification Motion. << >> 330 0 R 162 0 R] /Pg 38 0 R /Resources 440 0 R /S /P See, e.g., People v. Shari, 204 P.3d 453, 457 (Colo. 2009) (distinguishing between duties to current clients under Colo. RPC 1.7 and to former clients under Colo. RPC 1.9). /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << 343 0 obj /A 526 0 R /P 12 0 R are satisfied. endobj 308 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 3 Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. Court Declines Disqualification Under Lawyer Witness Rule >> endobj /S /Link 218 0 obj Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. 177 0 obj /S /P >> 60 0 obj However, as cited in Respondents' brief, there are specific provisions of the Washington constitution, state statutes, and case law regarding representation of the Insurance /Type /Page 97 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R /S /P endobj 0000005497 00000 n /Pg 37 0 R /Pg 15 0 R << << endobj /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 37 0 R /K [58 303 0 R 60] << 293 0 obj /S /P /S /P << /K 2 << Following this, they have two options - either to transfer the case to another judge immediately or to file a written answer with the clerk. << 181 0 obj /S /P endobj Colo. RPC 1.9 does not define a substantially related matter,. /P 508 0 R 295 0 obj endobj /Type /Page << 31 0 obj 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"). /Pg 46 0 R >> 253 0 obj << 467 0 obj endobj /Tabs /S endobj /TextBox /Art trailer /DropCap /Figure /K 6 124 0 obj >> >> endobj endobj /P 162 0 R /K 0 /Pg 16 0 R /K [1 326 0 R 15] << /S /P endobj << /K 2 >> 213 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> >> >> >> /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 21 0 R 76 0 obj Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. endobj endobj << << 312 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R 334 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) See People ex rel. /P 507 0 R << >> >> /P 508 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> 102 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R endobj 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 16 0 R /P 505 0 R /Rotate 0 175 0 obj 5. /Lang (EN-US) >> << /S /P /Type /Page /P 55 0 R PDF 1. Identity of Moving Party 2. Statement of Relief Sought - Washington endobj endobj /K 7 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 505 0 R hb```e``Z B@1V ,$pyLqLY TZ Rktz xp;9FjeNA @+U}`D a IsA b1 5g1160g\ $]/4OWuu/Nbbpy*+# @q@l ==*FK = /S /P /S /Reference 107 0 obj When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /Lang (EN-US) /K 5 This comment makes clear that attorneys are permitted, under some circumstances, to engage in representations that are adverse to a former client. /P 506 0 R /K 1 >> >> /K 4 << 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. PDF Motion And, If Filed, Determined in The District Court of Appeal of With respect to the events that occurred during the prosecutors' meeting with the defendant, it is not essential that the prosecuting attorneys testify at trial. 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 19 0 R /K 27 /S /P /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. << /P 505 0 R /Rotate 0 /Pg 16 0 R endobj /S /P /K 11 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R >> 252 0 obj /Tabs /S << << Turn in your completed forms by mail or efiling. /Parent 3 0 R 251 0 obj /P 529 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> disqualify Attorney Burt; and (3) plaintiff's motion to disqualify Attorneys Will and Wyatt. /K 1 /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj 50 0 obj /Strikeout /Span /P 12 0 R /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 15 0 R /K 4 Response to Motion to Disqualify, 8/14/17, at 10. << /S /P /K 3 /Annots [] << /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /S /Reference << endobj Id. You cannot start a case by filing a motion. /S /P /S /P /K 6 >> /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /K 2 /Rotate 0 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] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << << 301 0 obj 84 0 obj >> /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) 228 0 obj << /P 12 0 R << /Pg 36 0 R White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. Instead, Colo. RPC 1.9(a) provides that, [a] lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that persons interests are materially adverse to the interests of the former client unless the former client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing. /Tabs /S 145 0 obj U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ANTITRUST DIVISION 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Rm. 330 0 obj /S /Reference /K 2 184 0 obj /S /P /P 134 0 R Legal Standards. /K 17 >> 185 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R /S /P << << << 279 0 obj /K 28 /K 4 147 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 >> Therefore, the defendant's Motion to Disqualify the prosecutors should be denied. 122 0 obj /K [503 0 R 504 0 R] /Pg 19 0 R 31 [177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R] /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /Contents [400 0 R 401 0 R 402 0 R] /S /P the matters involved in both representations are substantially related, and. << /K [4 316 0 R 6] /P 508 0 R << 364 0 obj 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. >> /Count 5 /P 531 0 R endobj 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 /S /P >> /Rotate 0 /S /P /P 164 0 R The law with respect to disqualification varies depending on the conflict relation and the poten-tially harmed party. << 438 30 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> 63 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 23 /S /TOCI >> RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC for Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. 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Stanley et al Filing 39 Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. 75 0 obj /K 39 endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) II. /S /TOCI 21 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S endobj /Annots [] /P 278 0 R /K 20 endobj /Pg 22 0 R /StructParents 23 223 0 obj /S /P Please click Confirm below to continue. /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R >> This sample opposition to California motion to vacate judgment with an attorney affidavit of fault is used to oppose a motion made under the mandatory attorney affidavit of fault provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 473 (b) on several grounds including that the motion is untimely, does not include the required attorney affidavit of 267 0 obj /S /P 339 0 obj 174 0 obj /K 4 >> << /Pg 27 0 R /P 508 0 R 149 0 obj /S /P /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). endobj /Pg 44 0 R << /P 12 0 R /K [11 511 0 R] /Pg 19 0 R 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 /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 0 endobj /Pg 20 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page unless the client consents after disclosure to the . << /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj >> /K 13 /S /P << /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 6 0 R The two motions to disqualify have been opposed; the motion to strike is unopposed. /StructParents 29 endobj See Rule 2.330 (f). /Lang (EN-US) 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. /ParentTreeNextKey 43 endobj /P 12 0 R >> /Parent 9 0 R >> /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) << /Type /Page 352 0 obj 0000004058 00000 n << /K 25 >> /K 0 /Pg 43 0 R << /K 39 /K 2 << << 177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R /K [9 309 0 R 11] /Lang (EN-US) << /K 21 /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /K [12 514 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R >> RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC(an Arizona Corporation), Ed Magedson(an individual). /K 0 In Sacramento, the . endobj ________________________ United States District Judge. /P 296 0 R /Count 5 endobj >> /P 162 0 R /P 12 0 R PDF state of maryland At that point, the attorney is put in the awkward position of either explaining to the client why he or she should pay more money to keep the attorney, or absorbing the fees associated with defending the motion to disqualify. 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. /P 55 0 R /P 12 0 R 233 0 obj /Rotate 0 >> Ct. App . /K 7 endobj Thus, any alleged confidential or proprietary information that he may have obtained would be obsolete. << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) Generally, an order either disqualifying or refusing to disqualify a law firm is not appealable.