response to motion to disqualify attorney

>> /S /TOCI Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. >> >> /S /Reference /P 505 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Kids [6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R] /S /P /Pg 17 0 R /S /H3 See People ex rel. 124 0 obj Among our firm's growing practice areas is litigation where one party files a motion seeking to disqualify another party's lawyers. << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /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 /K 24 << /S /P << at 390-91. /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /StructParents 14 75 0 obj >> Id. /S /H1 << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /K 10 endobj /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] >> /S /P 328 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << 350 0 obj /K 7 /Rotate 0 /K 51 228 0 obj /K 1 endobj /K 55 /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> 224 0 obj >> /Pg 29 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R Myers v. Porter (In re Estate of Myers), 130 P.3d 1023, 1025 (Colo. 2006). Defendant's Motion at 1. /S /P 5. /P 506 0 R /Resources 387 0 R See Livingston v. endobj /K 26 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> << 2. /P 56 0 R /K [50 299 0 R 52] /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) 1. >> << /S /P /S /P /K 11 77 0 obj endobj 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. /Lang (EN-US) /K [7 519 0 R] >> >> /Pg 22 0 R /P 12 0 R << 72 0 obj /P 12 0 R 333 0 obj /S /P 347 0 obj /S /P /Pg 45 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /K 9 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. << /S /TOCI << /S /P Box 30758 . /K 10 219 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 269 0 obj /P 508 0 R /Pg 41 0 R 334 0 obj << << /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 17 0 R 210 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Pg 15 0 R << /Pg 15 0 R endobj /K 1 >> >> /P 506 0 R 106 0 obj 14 0 obj 299 0 obj 148 0 obj >> /S /Reference << >> >> >> /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> to the subject matter of this litigation. /K 47 /Pg 15 0 R << endobj endobj >> /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /K [18 283 0 R 20] /S /P 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) >> endobj /K 2 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /S /P << /K 9 239 0 obj /P 509 0 R /S /H1 /Pg 29 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 508 0 R endobj /K 0 >> /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /S /TOCI /S /P /Pg 21 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. Dec. 16, 2014) (the court noted that [m]otions to disqualify opposing counsel are viewed with suspicion). 314 0 obj /K 33 Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. /Pg 45 0 R /Contents [404 0 R 405 0 R 406 0 R] Finally, assess whether the firm or different counsel should defend the motion to disqualify. The Motion is Granted Without Modification This decision grants SoCalREN's motion without modification. /Pg 32 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /P 12 0 R /Resources 494 0 R /S /P 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 /S /P /Pg 22 0 R /P 508 0 R 10 filed 06/26/19 PageID.515 Page 2 of 32 /P 531 0 R endobj /K 15 /K 30 /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 498 0 R << /S /P >> /S /P >> /S /P All rights reserved. /K 4 endobj 3 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R 298 0 obj endobj 353 0 obj << /Annots [] 331 0 obj >> /K 7 must. >> /P 12 0 R 94 0 obj endobj 292 0 R null 294 0 R 295 0 R 294 0 R null 296 0 R 297 0 R 296 0 R null /S /P >> << /K [500 0 R 501 0 R 502 0 R] >> /S /P /K 0 315 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., No. /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj 193 0 obj >> 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 xref 41 0 obj endobj on January 7, 2002. << >> /K 9 /P 280 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /Parent 9 0 R /K 14 /S /P endobj endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R << /P 56 0 R 18 0 obj << /Pg 28 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) The trial court heard oral argument on the motion, and on August 9, and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). /K 27 /K 1 /S /P /K [315 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R] << /Rotate 0 /Count 5 << endobj Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. 112 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /Footnote /ParentTreeNextKey 43 /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R endobj 159 0 obj << /Pg 15 0 R /K 13 /Pg 45 0 R /P 12 0 R /K [42 295 0 R 44] endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K 20 /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Contents [453 0 R 454 0 R 455 0 R] >> >> /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R These motions are becoming ever more common. /P 508 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> /K 1 District Attorney McEachern made no response to any of the claims presented in Mr. Williams's Application. 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. /Lang (EN-US) 240 0 obj << /K 1 150 0 obj /S /P /S /P 291 0 obj >> endobj /S /P [18 -1] at 19. >> endobj endobj /P 508 0 R endobj /Rotate 0 endobj /S /P << ; Utica Mut. DONE AND ENTERED THIS _________ day of ____________ , 1997. /P 531 0 R /Annots [] /K 6 << << /Pg 45 0 R The Texas Supreme Court held that disqualification was proper, reasoning /K 1 Indeed, even if the attorney does not possess any direct information regarding the present lawsuit or transaction, the client may say that the attorney understands how the client thinks and acts. But lawyers should use that weapon rarely and should resist the temptation, or a client's importuning, to . /S /P /Pg 36 0 R 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 12 0 R See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. /P 528 0 R >> << /Contents [491 0 R 492 0 R 493 0 R] 236 0 obj endobj >> /A 517 0 R endobj /S /P << /Type /Page endobj endobj >> >> /K 12 0 R >> /Tabs /S 17 0 obj Ensure that the info you add to the Motion To Disqualify Counsel Sample Texas is up-to-date and accurate. Background "Florida courts have held that disqualification of counsel "is an extraordinary remedy and should only be resorted to sparingly." (Manning v. Cooper (2008) 981 So.2d 668, 670 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (quoting Alexander v. 0000007338 00000 n /Pg 24 0 R endobj /K 30 << /K 7 /Lang (EN-US) As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) 268 0 obj 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 endobj >> 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. /K 5 /K 4 A motion to recuse is a legal motion filed in court that says a judge should be disqualified, or removed, from a legal case for a reason listed within CCP 170.1. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 44 0 R << /Count 5 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /Reference /Tabs /S /Pg 16 0 R << endobj 260 0 obj /Pg 43 0 R /S /Reference /Resources 428 0 R endobj Make certain each and every area has been filled in properly. /K 22 /Pg 45 0 R /K 2 >> endobj /S /P /S /P /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) << /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> >> 0000001952 00000 n endobj /K 3 1992) (citations omitted). As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /Pg 18 0 R /S /P endobj /Type /Page >> endobj >> 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. 270 0 obj /Resources 470 0 R Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. /Pg 44 0 R /Parent 10 0 R endobj /K 1 /K 3 /Rotate 0 See. >> << << >> endobj >> >> /P 531 0 R 2014-1675 (Fed.Cir. /Pg 30 0 R /StructParents 27 /S /P 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. /Lang (EN-US) /K 4 endobj /P 508 0 R >> Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. [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 . << 144 0 obj >> /P 55 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R 56 0 R /S /P /Pg 44 0 R >> 194 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [10 279 0 R 12] 0000013798 00000 n 85 0 obj 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. /Parent 3 0 R /K [327 0 R 328 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) >> >> << /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 233 0 obj <> endobj 467 0 obj /P 508 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 157 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj 739, 743-44 (S.D.N.Y. /S /TOCI 295 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 0000000016 00000 n << >> << /Lang (EN-US) /K 7 /Lang (EN-US) 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 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [487 0 R 488 0 R 489 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 Upon consideration of the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /Pg 16 0 R /K 1 /Pg 16 0 R 45 0 obj 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 311 0 obj /S /P 0000003370 00000 n /K 42 /Pg 44 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). /Pg 26 0 R /Tabs /S /S /P /S /P 281 0 obj << >> 9 0 obj << /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R 174 0 obj 1 /. /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 0 /P 12 0 R << /K 14 << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R endobj /P 56 0 R /Tabs /S Rule 2.160(c) provides as follows: (c) Motion. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << /Pg 16 0 R endobj /ModDate (D:20190627090514-04'00') << RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC(an Arizona Corporation), Ed Magedson(an individual). His Application was transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeals on February 22, 2002. /Pg 16 0 R endobj endobj /Type /Page << 276 0 obj >> /P 56 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj << /K 27 endobj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj 271 0 obj /S /P 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 15 endobj >> /Pg 46 0 R endobj << 1 18 U.S.C. /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [429 0 R 430 0 R 431 0 R] endobj /Pg 17 0 R 223 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R << 11. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> 288 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Pg 27 0 R /P 12 0 R /K [38 293 0 R 40] 198 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 1985) (finding defendant had a compelling need for prosecutor's testimony when that testimony was the only source of vital evidence). << /S /P /S /P >> /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 9 0 R However, Comment 3 to Colo. RPC 1.9 sets a minimum baseline: In the case of an organizational client, general knowledge of the clients policies and practices ordinarily will not preclude a subsequent representation.. << endobj >> endobj /K 0 /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /Pg 27 0 R << /A 526 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /P 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. /Pg 19 0 R 0 endobj /K 18 endobj /Pg 17 0 R /K 1 The two motions to disqualify have been opposed; the motion to strike is unopposed. 40 326 0 R 41 329 0 R 42 330 0 R] /K 2 endobj /P 12 0 R /S /P /Pg 17 0 R /Type /Page /P 505 0 R /Pg 44 0 R %PDF-1.6 % /Nums [0 [47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 203 0 R 204 0 R 205 0 R 206 0 R 207 0 R 208 0 R Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /S /P >> /P 509 0 R 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 << 200 0 obj /Pg 37 0 R 262 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) In 3/19, C.H. /S /P /S /P /P 12 0 R /Chart /Figure The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . 49 0 obj /P 505 0 R << 25 [158 0 R 159 0 R] /P 12 0 R /P 300 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> << /Lang (EN-US) /K 5 endobj /K 24 /K 14 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. /K 14 ANSWER or RESPONSE DATE. /K 12 /Lang (EN-US) >> Attorney General . 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 /Parent 10 0 R 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. /K [16 518 0 R] 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. 364 0 obj /K 8 Include the date to the template with the Date option. /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /Rotate 0 /Annots [] /P 505 0 R >> 147 0 obj endobj << /P 124 0 R /Type /Page /K 15 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 28 0 R 165 0 obj >> /Pg 45 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 22 [149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R] /S /TOCI %%EOF >> endobj /S /P << 0000009036 00000 n /P 508 0 R The defendant may not call the prosecutors as witnesses unless there is a compelling need to do so. /S /P /Pg 15 0 R When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /K 19 /P 12 0 R /S /TOCI /P 506 0 R /P 133 0 R << /P 12 0 R /K 8 /Pg 18 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) << /K 0 /Parent 11 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 20 0 R 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) 226 0 obj /S /P << >> >> 23 0 obj

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