As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. << 95 0 obj >> endobj endobj /StructParents 11 /Tabs /S /P 508 0 R >> /Contents [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R] /Pg 44 0 R . << 28 0 obj 143 0 obj << /P 505 0 R /S /P 524, 528 (D.Colo. /Type /Page /S /P 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. Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 12 0 R << endobj 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] endobj /S /P >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) 103 0 obj endobj 126 0 obj /StructParents 20 >> /P 12 0 R >> 93 0 obj /S /P /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 15 0 R endobj /K 1 138 0 obj Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al. 31 [177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R] /Pg 30 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Co. of Am., No. 58 0 obj /P 12 0 R /S /H1 endobj /Lang (EN-US) << Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations.5 After all, parties filing disqualification motions based on multiple representation conflicts are typically strangers to the attorneyclient relationship. 261 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K [26 287 0 R 28] /Annots [] /Pg 17 0 R endobj /K 13 << >> /K 12 0 R >> /Pg 22 0 R endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /Pg 20 0 R endobj /K [0 325 0 R 13] /K 2 >> endobj >> 242 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). /Lang (EN-US) 100 0 obj 161 0 obj << /Tabs /S /S /P >> << See. << /Pg 16 0 R endobj Ensure that the info you add to the Motion To Disqualify Counsel Sample Texas is up-to-date and accurate. /K [6 323 0 R 8] >> /P 12 0 R /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 38 0 R /S /P >> << 120 0 obj /K 10 /S /TOCI << 326 0 obj RESPONSE TO SOME SPECIFIC CLAIMS OF IMPROPRIETY IN THE MOTION TO DISQUALIFY (1) THE CLAIM: Special Counsel breached confidentiality by allowing a DMS employee to be present for sworn testimony of numerous witnesses. << /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) 36 0 obj The instant motion was filed eleven days after all the testimony had been taken and five days after the judge had announced his ruling. /Annots [] >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << 135 0 obj /K 2 /Parent 7 0 R /P 123 0 R 201 0 obj << 0000009145 00000 n For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . /K 2 1992). /S /Link /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P >> /P 508 0 R 13 0 obj /Type /Page << >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 12 0 R 10. /P 55 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 2 He also made /Lang (EN-US) 155 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 /K 0 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. /S /P endobj /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] /K 3 /S /Footnote v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., No. /S /Reference /K 7 /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 17 0 R endobj << /S /P /Annots [] 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) /Tabs /S >> << /DropCap /Figure /P 12 0 R >> Defendant's Motion at 1. /Diagram /Figure >> >> /P 12 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P endobj >> << /K 15 << << The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /Lang (EN-US) and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). 141 0 obj 36 319 0 R 37 320 0 R 38 321 0 R 39 325 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /Rotate 0 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. 29 [171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R] << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 4 153 0 obj /P 12 0 R endobj << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) See also Harlan, 54 P.3d at 877 (the Court noted that [i]n determining whether disqualification is warranted the critical question is whether the litigation can be conducted in fairness to all parties and explained that [d]isqualification should not be imposed unless the claimed misconduct in some way taints the trial or legal system) (quoting Fed. /Pg 21 0 R /Annots [] << /Lang (EN-US) specifies the date, time, and location where the hearing will take place, spells out what the party is requesting, and gives a . /P 134 0 R /A 520 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /K 2 /P 282 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /K 18 /K 26 >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) 209 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R 42 0 obj /Rotate 0 << Ct. 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See Rule 2.330 (f). 12 [115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] endobj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj %PDF-1.6 << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /P /Filter /FlateDecode /S /P /K 3 << << /K 10 >> /Tabs /S 117 0 obj /S /P endobj /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] >> /Contents [372 0 R 373 0 R 374 0 R] /K 0 /S /P 262 0 obj Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . /P 12 0 R /S /P /S /P endobj 202 0 obj Ins. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj The defendant has failed to demonstrate a compelling need to call the prosecutors as witnesses in this case. 188 0 obj /K [58 303 0 R 60] /Pg 26 0 R >> 11. endobj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 >> /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 96 0 obj /P 12 0 R /K 0 355 0 R 356 0 R 357 0 R 358 0 R 359 0 R 360 0 R 361 0 R 362 0 R 363 0 R 190 0 R << >> 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 /Pg 36 0 R Fill out the forms. 0000004782 00000 n Notice of Motion and Motion: The . 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. >> /K 0 << /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 40 0 R /S /TOCI << /Resources 486 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << 119 0 obj /Pg 20 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 >> endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 23 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /K 33 << <<329FC6C22BACB2110A0030BBE330FF7F>]/Prev 482690>> 196 0 obj /S /P RESPONSE TO ORDER REGARDING APPOINTMENT, MOTION TO DISQUALIFY PRESIDING OFFICER, AND MOTION FOR A STAY PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE MOTION TO DISQUALIFY I, Adam C. Sloane, hereby state that: 1. (See Defendant's Motion Exhibit 2.) /Tabs /S /K 8 /Pg 17 0 R /P 55 0 R /K [14 281 0 R 16] 154 0 obj 9. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 24 0 R 16.23(c) to the U.S. Department of Justice for the testimony of Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp. /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) 164 0 obj /K 21 Motions to disqualify counsel are orchestrated for two primary reasons: Either an attorney or law firm have been unduly abusive or they have been so effective in defending or prosecuting a case. /Lang (EN-US) 166 0 obj 0000008092 00000 n >> 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 . /Lang (EN-US) 91 0 obj >> 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. /Pg 46 0 R /S /P 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] 79 0 obj endobj It is only appropriate to disqualify an attorney due to her status as a potential witness if the attorney's testimony is /Pg 45 0 R << << /S /TOCI /Pg 23 0 R /P 55 0 R endobj /P 278 0 R /K 6 /S /P /A 526 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 290 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 55 0 R Tenorio moves to supplement his Response to the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment with two cases: Jordan v. 0000009454 00000 n << /S /P 76 0 obj endobj << endobj /Pg 26 0 R /StructParents 33 /Pg 32 0 R /Parent 10 0 R /K [12 521 0 R] >> /K 8 /Pg 15 0 R /K 3 /Resources 371 0 R 84 0 obj 207 0 obj /P 12 0 R endobj /Parent 8 0 R 35 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R /P 505 0 R endobj Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /Rotate 0 /Tabs /S >> /Pg 27 0 R /K 6 /K 35 /K 0 << /K 2 /P 506 0 R /Parent 9 0 R stream 291 0 obj /S /P 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. 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. /K [54 301 0 R 56] endobj 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 88 0 obj /S /P If you are not already a client of Dentons, please do not send us any confidential information. endobj /StructParents 10 /Pg 17 0 R Therefore, the defendant's Motion to Disqualify the prosecutors should be denied. endobj endobj /K 6 /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /Type /Page 314 0 obj 0000002614 00000 n However, by understanding the underpinnings of this ethical issue, attorneys will be better prepared to anticipate, respond to, or even avoid motions to disqualify. >> /P 300 0 R 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 endobj >> /S /P /P 280 0 R /P 132 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 17 0 R /P 508 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R However, as cited in Respondents' brief, there are specific provisions of the Washington constitution, state statutes, and case law regarding representation of the Insurance /Pg 19 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Type /Page 0000003370 00000 n /Pg 29 0 R /P 508 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. /P 12 0 R << >> /Pg 19 0 R endobj 219 0 R 220 0 R 221 0 R 222 0 R 223 0 R 224 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R 227 0 R 228 0 R << >> 273 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 15 0 R As the Colorado Supreme Court has noted, [v]iolation of an ethical rule, in itself, is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for disqualification, although there typically must be evidence of a violation or potential violation of attorney ethical proscriptions, such as those centered on the duties of loyalty and fairness or those intended to protect the integrity of the process.8 Often, motions to disqualify turn on the risk that a clients former attorney or law firm might be able to use against the client the confidences or secrets gained during the prior representation. /P 509 0 R /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] 53 0 obj /S /P 236 0 obj /Contents [368 0 R 369 0 R 370 0 R] /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 27 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /K 1 << << /Pg 46 0 R /K [10 314 0 R 12] /Pg 17 0 R /K 2 /Parent 3 0 R /P 508 0 R << endobj Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. /S /P /Type /Pages /Pg 22 0 R >> /Annots [] /K 1 /Pg 16 0 R /K 7 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. /S /P /K 15 /K 1 >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI /Annots [] 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 /TOCI Attorneys understandably may feel apprehensive about the threat of a motion to disqualify, given the potential risk and loss of work. /Pg 16 0 R 337 0 R 338 0 R 339 0 R 340 0 R 341 0 R 342 0 R 343 0 R 344 0 R] >> << 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. endobj 7. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 28 0 R Co. of Wausau, No. >> %PDF-1.6 % /A 513 0 R 315 0 obj /Parent 11 0 R << 337 0 obj /S /P /Annots [] /K 14 /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj << endobj /S /Reference /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] /Tabs /S 20 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R Co. v. Isham, 782 F.Supp. /P 506 0 R /Pg 33 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [433 0 R 434 0 R 435 0 R] /K 331 0 R /S /Reference /K 0 His argument is self-defeating. << 255 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R << >> 220 0 obj 1985) (finding defendant had a compelling need for prosecutor's testimony when that testimony was the only source of vital evidence). 80 0 obj /Parent 7 0 R /Artifact /P %%EOF 313 0 obj /Annots [412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 184 0 obj << /S /Link 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] /P 12 0 R /P 56 0 R << are satisfied. << /S /P 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 /S /P (Att. endobj 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 << << /P 508 0 R /P 531 0 R Where witnesses other than the prosecutor can testify to the same matters or conversations, no compelling need exists." /K 24 /Superscript /Span 179 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) hb```e``Z B@1V ,$pyLqLY TZ Rktz xp;9FjeNA @+U}`D a IsA b1 5g1160g\ $]/4OWuu/Nbbpy*+# @q@l ==*FK = /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << 216 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) 199 0 obj endobj /K 30 /P 12 0 R /K 19 These motions are becoming ever more common. /Pg 17 0 R /dc43kgm@9{Q CF";dlx23H(k)+BH0s0~SxDmSKfy~x|}w"l'%%o2nrQr>VKwLB3=_KJgZ%'$(":xPU.m99(+'&{Mj4k%'5CS@w7)05eX G?A*hR'*X\r^nDb'OAWMRd.ZEOp:|ECldHP?=[U'UjdW'f}\&D]J}r). << /S /P >> endobj The attorney may know the clients bottom line for settlement or how the client prefers to approach litigation. endobj /Type /Page superceded, 764 F.2d 548 (9th Cir. /Tabs /S << >> She must asker lawyer. 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. /Tabs /S Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. /S /P 298 0 R 299 0 R 298 0 R null 300 0 R 301 0 R 300 0 R null 302 0 R 303 0 R 327 0 obj 256 0 obj /S /P /P 12 0 R /P 506 0 R trailer << << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R 00021 Motion to Strike Defendant BRIAN FROST's Affirmative Defenses. /Pg 17 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /ModDate (D:20190627090514-04'00') >> /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /S /P 283 0 obj /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] /K [50 299 0 R 52] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /P 253 0 obj endobj >> /Contents [445 0 R 446 0 R 447 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P File the forms. 191 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R << /Resources 436 0 R << /Pg 44 0 R /Resources 444 0 R Cal. /Lang (EN-US) >> . 162 0 obj You are switching to another language. endobj 0000006276 00000 n /Annots [] 357 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P 187 0 obj << 0000009504 00000 n /K 42 << >> /Lang (EN-US)
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