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endobj 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. << 269 0 obj << /S /P /Pg 16 0 R << /S /P /S /H3 /Lang (EN-US) startxref /P 55 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 17 0 R endobj << /Pg 17 0 R << 333 0 obj /Pg 28 0 R << endobj >> /Artifact /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P 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 endobj /Pg 16 0 R << /Tabs /S Official websites use .gov /Lang (EN-US) 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. /K 9 /Resources 367 0 R /Tabs /S Such motions are sometimes followed by either a grievance or a legal malpractice claim. >> 282 0 obj /S /P endobj /K 39 /P 531 0 R h[o\{ C@9\`d-X" ?[]&5>fR*UVSO?>|/qnou':._^:WZ.Z.Fw7w/>{_?xw?>G}N/_>}}z>xVp~/zOy_}xwMQm|_}{}?^~'v>'_]/Fkum-i^iz]:JZ_^_^_^_^_^_Y_Y_Y_Yu|]u|}u_5wuRWmVmVmV:C:C:P:~ /]2Vcu9Vcu9Vcu9.X][oW2WWsu5WWs\>rt=9u8Zk[s~VWZNNNNNNiuuu~m^|])^)^)^yuNNNNZuu&?:wmO]$uMuM7~vz?u=uHs[P;?D[R;of}f[oCchO\o^=7o?]N+B/r^No~{>#n?'_~xp@x."Zyc4k4&omcVmnX:5oM[iKfz&lrQ,eM,~e? 218 0 obj /S /P endobj >> /K 24 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj <> /Lang (EN-US) %PDF-1.6 % Mar. endobj endobj /S /P /Resources 486 0 R 292 0 R null 294 0 R 295 0 R 294 0 R null 296 0 R 297 0 R 296 0 R null << >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 29 0 R /Annots [] /Type /Page << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R << >> 202 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 506 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << 48 0 obj /S /P /K 13 /Pg 15 0 R <> /Lang (EN-US) /P 509 0 R 299 0 obj /Resources 474 0 R /Pg 22 0 R << /Type /Page 361 0 obj << /S /P /K 12 endobj /Pg 37 0 R << /Pg 46 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) endobj E.g., Celgard, LLC v. LG Chem., Ltd, No. 245 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 6 0 R Id. /Pg 15 0 R endstream endobj startxref 259 0 obj For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . Motion to Disqualify an Attorney in Florida What Is a Motion to Disqualify an Attorney? endobj 141 0 obj 35 [192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 196 0 R 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 31 0 R /K [500 0 R 501 0 R 502 0 R] endobj endobj 6. 186 0 obj My name is Adam C. Sloane. << APG/Z=p L_uQ7EVr+MHIRh2)Qg^HWjBY:],h(8BToqSirY[DHWBo~djX$dXS&U.uJ%Tj )].fm_ujmbzY'f}hHm=r5[9Bm^wcrz7zW>~/N /K 6 <> Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /S /TOCI See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. 36 0 obj /P 12 0 R >> This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << /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. /S /P 14-CV-01885-RM-BNB, 2014 WL 7177378 at *2 (D.Colo. 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 /Lang (EN-US) endobj << 106 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 1990); United States v. Brothers, 856 F. Supp. /Rotate 0 /P 12 0 R 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 >> << >> << /S /P endobj /K 40 endobj /P 55 0 R 328 0 obj General Use: Description. /Pg 25 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Once the above requirements are met, the judge must enter an order granting disqualification if the motion to disqualify is "legally sufficient.". >> /K 37 endobj >> /K 21 /Resources 383 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R /K 14 << Moreover, other witnesses are available to testify about the contested facts on which the defendant's Motion is based. 247 0 obj motion to disqualify for a hearing. endobj << >> /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 157 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 /S /P /S /P 221 0 obj Deposit Ins. /K 23 endobj ), op. >> >> 126 0 obj 1992). 0000000016 00000 n >> >> /Parent 7 0 R >> << /Pg 16 0 R /S /P /K 6 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. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj 296 0 obj endobj /K 35 endobj >> 739, 743-44 (S.D.N.Y. /S /P UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY PROSECUTORS MARK R. ROSMAN AND KAREN J. /Tabs /S /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P << /Pg 24 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 /K 0 1 0 obj NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. /Pg 24 0 R /Parent 11 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. /P 55 0 R 117 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P endobj >> /S /P by plaintiff Plaintiffs motion is unsupported by any applicable legal authority and is not . /K 51 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 348 0 obj /Resources 470 0 R /K 0 at 390-91. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) /TextBox /Art /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Disqualify is GRANTED and Andrew J. Cevasco, Esquire is disqualified pursuant to New Jersey Rule of Professional Conduct 3.7 from serving as legal counsel for the Defendants at the trial in this matter; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to R. 1:5-1(a) that a copy of this Order will be /K 2 /Pg 45 0 R /S /P /P 508 0 R << >> /Lang (EN-US) Make certain each and every area has been filled in properly. /StructParents 3 endobj The motion can be brought by either a prosecutor . /P 508 0 R As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. >> endobj 10. T/CT stated that the motion was "'almost by definition untimely under these circumstances.'" C.H. endobj endobj 291 0 obj endobj endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 210 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << 167 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R 170 0 R 171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R 174 0 R 175 0 R 176 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. /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 /StructParents 2 /Pg 22 0 R motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. /P 12 0 R /Annots [] << /Rotate 0 /S /P endobj /P 531 0 R /Type /StructTreeRoot /Lang (EN-US) << 274 0 obj Attorney Advertising. /P 12 0 R /Pg 30 0 R /Pg 22 0 R << /K 3 endobj endobj /P 12 0 R /Type /Page /K 3 /K 43 /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R 263 0 R 264 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R 267 0 R 268 0 R 269 0 R 270 0 R 271 0 R 272 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /Pg 20 0 R 231 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K 4 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 /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj 49 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> 172 0 obj /S /P In 3/19, C.H. Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. /Tabs /S 71 0 obj /S /P /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 46 0 R Turn in your completed forms by mail or efiling. endobj >> /K 17 /K 2 << /P 505 0 R endobj 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. position as district attorney. endobj << /P 12 0 R (See Defendant's Motion Exhibit 2.) /Type /Page /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] << << /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 . >> /K [26 287 0 R 28] >> /Annots [] << /Pg 29 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> Notice of Motion and Motion: The . 5 [73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 313 0 R 80 0 R /P 12 0 R 258 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R /P 506 0 R /Pg 19 0 R <> >> 300 0 obj 21 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 12 0 R << /Tabs /S 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). 59 0 obj 332 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) 75 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /Pg 26 0 R 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. /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 531 0 R 133 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported. /A 513 0 R 158 0 obj Rule 8.54. important announcement Transparency Online Contact Us Interpreters FAQ Photos Holidays Menu Important Announcement Home Search Courts Probation Jury Self Help Forms Careers Media Administration Contact us Interpreters FAQ Photo Gallery Holiday Schedule endobj /Pg 38 0 R 153 0 obj /P 290 0 R 344 0 obj 2. /S /Reference /K 16 /K 13 >> << >> In Sacramento, the . /Rotate 0 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. /Lang (EN-US) This Comment will focus on those cases in which an attorney moves to disqualify opposing counsel because the . /P 12 0 R /K 3 /K 7 /P 12 0 R /Pg 17 0 R 248 0 obj Rule 1.432 requires that a motion to disqualify be made within a reasonable time after discovering the facts upon which the motion is based. /Lang (EN-US) >> 1. /K 2 /K 9 << 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. << 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 . /Pg 46 0 R endobj /P 508 0 R 233 0 obj <> endobj endobj /P 12 0 R 0000013798 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) << endobj << endobj >> Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). 228 0 obj >> 207 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /H1 Case 2:19-cv-11661-DPH-DRG ECF No. /Strikeout /Span 335 0 obj /K 3 /S /P 271 0 obj /P 505 0 R /K [58 303 0 R 60] 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] << /Pg 30 0 R 5 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Annots [] >> /Pg 20 0 R 67 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 55 0 R /P 509 0 R >> /Pg 27 0 R endobj << endobj /P 12 0 R /K 6 77 0 obj /Resources 411 0 R /S /P /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Contents [392 0 R 393 0 R 394 0 R] /Pg 19 0 R endobj /K 16 /Lang (EN-US) << The two motions to disqualify have been opposed; the motion to strike is unopposed. /K 1 192 0 obj /Parent 10 0 R /P 505 0 R endobj << /S /Footnote /P 12 0 R /K 1 Sharp was sent via Federal Express this day of June, 1997, to: J. /Pg 19 0 R /K 7 endobj /S /H3 >> /Annots [] >> /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] 0000004782 00000 n >> 114 0 obj /K 20 /P 12 0 R /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R /S /TOCI /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] /P 506 0 R /K 10 << /S /P endobj Defendant Brian Frost submits this response in opposition to the Motion to Disqualify filed. 23 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 232 0 obj >> /S /P 29 0 obj endobj 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. 81 0 obj 171 0 obj << 132 0 obj << /S /P << << endobj /K 38 Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. /K [42 295 0 R 44] >> /Lang (EN-US) <> /P 55 0 R << /K 10 endobj >> 338 0 obj II. /K [38 293 0 R 40] /K 1 >> << 1, WSBA Public Information on Mary Ann Strickler). /Pg 18 0 R /K 30 227 0 obj 206 0 obj 128 0 obj endobj 216 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 163 0 R << /S /P 287 0 obj /S /Footnote >> /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /P 505 0 R /Lang (EN-US) In Brothers, the defendants tried to disqualify the prosecuting attorneys for being potential trial witnesses because the prosecutors had participated in a meeting in which the defendant was offered immunity. must. /K 3 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /K 13 endobj /Annots [] /Pg 35 0 R 260 0 obj endobj 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. /K 5 /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 56 0 R /K 32 212 0 obj Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. >> endobj /P 509 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /A 520 0 R /Pg 44 0 R /K 1 >> /Resources 452 0 R /Pg 33 0 R 1. /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Parent 9 0 R >> >> %%EOF He then filed a Motion for Discovery on January 29, 2002, and a Motion for Evidentiary Hearing on February 1, 2002. /P 12 0 R /K 17 /S /P endobj << 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. << /Pg 41 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> << >> /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R to the subject matter of this litigation. 161), filed on October 7, 2020" . /K 3 endobj 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. /K 11 /K 28 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. /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. >> 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. Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. 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. 0000001974 00000 n >> >> 94 0 obj Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. endobj 164 0 obj /K 1 /Annots [412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R] /K 15 /S /TOC /Pg 18 0 R /Contents [445 0 R 446 0 R 447 0 R] /K 17 trailer /P 508 0 R >> /S /P /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R] 14 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) Ins. 311 0 obj 364 0 obj /K [7 313 0 R 9] endobj 32 [180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R] >> /P 509 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /StructParents 34