response to motion to disqualify attorney

240 0 obj See People ex rel. /S /H3 +126:*l1%HQa7m'PfQn 36 319 0 R 37 320 0 R 38 321 0 R 39 325 0 R T/CT stated that the motion was "'almost by definition untimely under these circumstances.'" C.H. /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Pages /S /P >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /P 505 0 R /K 14 << 343 0 obj Rule 2.330 (e). << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R 739, 744 (S.D.N.Y. endobj /P 276 0 R Turn in your completed forms by mail or efiling. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 108 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R] /Tabs /S /Pg 17 0 R /Rotate 0 131 0 obj "response to General Michael T. Flynn's Motion to Disqualify Judge Emmet Sullivan, United States v. Flynn, 17-cr-232 (Doc. endobj /P 12 0 R White, Dunn & Booker 1200 First Alabama Bank Building Birmingham, AL 32503, Albert C. Bowen, Esq. /K 5 << /S /P 23 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] /S /H1 /K 2 /Pg 19 0 R /K 3 hbbd```b``@$Xd &`L CDrA@q/^b{ kjUA$&HK9tI $ N 340 0 obj << Two important pre-motion strategies are effective. endobj /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. 180 0 obj 86 0 obj << 237 0 obj /Pg 37 0 R >> endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 123 0 R endobj /Resources 474 0 R endobj << >> << endobj /K 4 /K 14 << >> /P 56 0 R (a) A court that determines that a person has signed a pleading or motion in violation of Section 10.001may impose a sanction on the person, a party represented by the person, or both. endobj 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 /Pg 16 0 R endobj /S /P /Pg 43 0 R /P 509 0 R 160 0 obj PDF 10 Plaintiffs Response in Opposition to Motion to Disqualify 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. However, disqualification is a harsh measure. 101 0 obj /StructParents 20 37 0 obj 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. << 00019 Plaintiff's Reply to BRIAN FROST Response on Attorney Disqualification Motion. >> 163 0 obj /P 12 0 R 1857 0 obj <>stream /P 530 0 R /StructParents 12 /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) 247 0 obj United States v. Ashman, 979 F.2d at 494; United States v. Roberson, 897 F.2d 1092, 1098 (11th Cir. /K 9 << <> << 185 0 obj /PageLayout /OneColumn /Pg 17 0 R endobj He also made << endobj /Pg 16 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /P 530 0 R /Pg 16 0 R <> endobj /P 55 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /K 29 /S /P << << /Pg 24 0 R People v. Nozolino, 298 P.3d 915, 919 (Colo. 2013) (Disqualification of a partys chosen attorney is an extreme remedy and is only appropriate where required to preserve the integrity and fairness of the judicial proceedings.) (citation omitted). /K 4 endobj /Rotate 0 1992). /K 1 /StructParents 34 /S /Link endobj /Lang (EN-US) See People v. Perez, 201 P.3d 1220, 1246 n.11 (Colo. 2009). 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). /K 3 /K 25 See. 302 0 obj /Rotate 0 United States v. Wallach, 788 F. Supp. /S /P /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 118 0 obj >> /P 12 0 R /P 55 0 R >> endobj 33 0 obj /S /P /K 13 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /H2 << << /P 12 0 R 124 0 obj << /Pg 37 0 R /Lang (EN-US) NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. endobj As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /StructParents 27 /Annots [] /K 33 /K 9 /Pg 15 0 R /K 1 /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R >> >> >> /S /P /Pg 25 0 R Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /P 505 0 R << >> endobj /P 55 0 R /P 508 0 R endobj >> << endobj /K 3 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. endobj << 248 0 obj endobj /Pg 16 0 R 318 0 R null 319 0 R 123 0 R 320 0 R 123 0 R 321 0 R 123 0 R] /P 12 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Ins. /S /TOCI >> /P 505 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /K 26 98 0 obj 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. /Lang (EN-US) /P 505 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 12 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 20 0 R at 391; United States v. Wallach, 788 F. Supp. endobj endobj 276 0 obj endobj endobj /K 4 /Pg 17 0 R Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge. 1992) (citations omitted). /Rotate 0 0000007338 00000 n >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /Tabs /S Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). /Rotate 0 endobj >> endobj >> /K [14 281 0 R 16] /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) Tenorio moves to supplement his Response to the Department's Motion for Summary Judgment with two cases: Jordan v. /K 19 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R 129 0 obj << /S /P << /ParentTree 13 0 R << /K 7 Brown v. Encompass Ins. /K 6 /Lang (EN-US) << /K 51 RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC for Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Arizona District Court Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al Filing 39 Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al Filing 39 endobj /K 5 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Cal. PDF 1. Identity of Moving Party 2. Statement of Relief Sought - Washington /P 508 0 R /K 20 /Filter /FlateDecode << << endobj 309 0 obj endobj << << endobj Notice of Motion and Motion: The . /P 12 0 R /P 134 0 R /Rotate 0 << The conflict is imputed to everyone in the law firm, and most certainly the firm will require more than one week to respond to the motion to disqualify. /P 282 0 R >> << Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. /Parent 11 0 R /Contents [404 0 R 405 0 R 406 0 R] endobj /K 11 /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) <> /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) << endobj /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] /Pg 45 0 R >> << endobj You will now be taken from the global Dentons website to the $redirectingsite website. /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P >> 0000008829 00000 n A motion is usually made in writing. /S /P /S /Reference /P 12 0 R 3 0 obj /S /P /P 12 0 R /K 0 /Pg 28 0 R /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] >> /S /TOCI /P 56 0 R << PDF United States District Court for The District of New Hampshire /StructParents 4 /K 11 /Pg 20 0 R /S /P /S /P 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. << >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /Parent 8 0 R /P 55 0 R << Legal Standards. /StructParents 21 Federal courts have the inherent power to supervise the professional conduct of attorneys appearing before the courts, which includes the authority to disqualify an attorney. 0 /P 505 0 R /K 2 << << >> /S /P /P 529 0 R See Fed. /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R >> Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. /S /H1 >> >> 58 0 obj /P 12 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 3 /S /P /P 531 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Id. /S /P /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 26 0 R /A 522 0 R /S /P endobj Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al. << /S /Footnote /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. 260 0 obj 146 0 obj 1985) (finding defendant had a compelling need for prosecutor's testimony when that testimony was the only source of vital evidence). /K 35 74 0 obj 329 0 obj /S /P 293 0 obj 192 0 obj endobj 80 0 obj /K 32 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. /Tabs /S endobj 162 0 obj Dec. 16, 2014) (the court noted that [m]otions to disqualify opposing counsel are viewed with suspicion). << /Lang (EN-US) The defendant's demand is presently under consideration by the Justice Department. 212 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) 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 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 56 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> ; Utica Mut. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Type /Pages /S /P 358 0 obj /K [46 297 0 R 48] >> 24 [156 0 R 157 0 R] 1. (See Defendant's Motion Exhibit 2.) endobj /K [6 323 0 R 8] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Type /Page endobj Motion to Disqualify Trial Judge: - Thomas M. Bates >> /S /Link /P 528 0 R Here, Tenorio complied with LR 7-2(g) by filing a motion for leave to file supplemental authorities rather than filing a notice of supplemental authorities. United States' Response to Defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Affidavit to Disqualify or Recuse Judge for Prejudice - US Legal Forms /Lang (EN-US) endobj 309 0 R 308 0 R null 310 0 R 311 0 R 310 0 R null 312 0 R null 57 0 R] endobj 81 0 obj /S /P Government Caught Between a Recusal Motion and Desperation 14 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Annots [] /Pg 15 0 R >> 213 0 obj << /Rotate 0 /S /P Where witnesses other than the prosecutor can testify to the same matters or conversations, no compelling need exists." /Pg 15 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /P 506 0 R << endobj /Pg 22 0 R Judge Denies 2nd Motion To Nix Plaintiff Attorney In Abandoned Wells 195 0 obj 233 0 obj <> endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K 17 << The trial judge observed the motion for recusal was likely a dilatory tactic. >> endobj Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. >> /Pg 38 0 R /S /H1 endobj /Pg 16 0 R /K 5 73 0 obj /Kids [30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R] /A 515 0 R >> /S /TOCI How to Disqualify a Judge on Your Case | Pariente Law Firm, P.C. 151 0 obj << . >> endobj <> /Lang (EN-US) According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.. 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"). Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. <> << endobj /Rotate 0 >> 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. << /S /P /K 3 /Parent 9 0 R <> >> endobj /S /P 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. >> /Pg 27 0 R 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. /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 34 0 R /P 508 0 R /K [38 293 0 R 40] PDF Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel >> %%EOF << >> endobj /S /P /Resources 383 0 R Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. endobj /Annots [] /Pg 22 0 R /K 6 endobj /Pg 34 0 R endobj Therefore, the defendant's Motion to Disqualify the prosecutors should be denied. /K 25 69 0 obj 1. Depending on the circumstances, a law firm may also consider reporting the motion to its legal malpractice insurer, as a motion to disqualify may be a precursor to a bar grievance or a legal malpractice claim. >> /Rotate 0 /P 12 0 R 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 . 13. 7 0 obj ECF No. >> /Pg 22 0 R /S /P 1. /Lang (EN-US) A motion is a document asking the court to order something in an existing case. /Lang (EN-US) /K [0 325 0 R 13] << /Pg 19 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << /P 508 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /K 55 /P 12 0 R endobj /Pg 28 0 R /Tabs /S << endobj /K 12 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) << 277 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 15 /Contents [483 0 R 484 0 R 485 0 R] The motion is legally sufficient if it shows the party's well-grounded fear that the party will not receive a fair trial. 112 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 10-0101 San Francisco, CA 94102-3478 (415) 436-6660 (415) 436-6683 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff the United States of America Also filed on behalf of 10 Plaintiff States (See signature block) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION /K 1 3. << /S /P /S /P An important requirement contained in rule 2.160 (e) is that a disqualification motion must be made within 10 days after the "discovery of the facts constituting the grounds" for the motion. /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [491 0 R 492 0 R 493 0 R] Attorney appointed to represent Peter Angelos denies having conflicts 90 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Pg 22 0 R endobj /Pg 44 0 R 24 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) The far more common motion to disqualify involves a former client, either of the law firm or of an individual attorney (who may have recently joined the firm). /Pg 45 0 R endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) northwoods educational foundation, inc.'s reply to plaintiff's response to motion to disqualify and response to motion for sanctions /K [14 516 0 R] 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. 0000000016 00000 n /Pg 17 0 R /K 7 /S /TOCI /Parent 7 0 R Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY DREW MAZZEO By: Drew Mazzeo Bauer Pitman Snyder Huff Lifetime Legal, PLLC 1235 4th Ave E #200 Olympia, WA 98506 (360) 754-1976 dpm@lifetime.legal Attorney for Petitioner FILED SUPREME COURT STATE OF WASHINGTON 1012212019 8 :00 AM BY SUSAN L. CARLSON CLERK /P 308 0 R 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. /Contents [429 0 R 430 0 R 431 0 R] /StructParents 2 /Kids [35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R] endobj /S /P /Rotate 0 Once the above requirements are met, the judge must enter an order granting disqualification if the motion to disqualify is "legally sufficient.". /S /TOC endobj 360 0 obj /K 59 178 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /P 124 0 R This Comment will focus on those cases in which an attorney moves to disqualify opposing counsel because the . /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 508 0 R /Parent 9 0 R 18 323 0 R 19 [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 141 0 R] 273 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /S /TOC endobj /Pg 22 0 R Sharp, and the response of the United States. /K 10 /Pg 35 0 R 200 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 347 0 obj 1 /. 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 /P 531 0 R UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT appeared that mediation was at an /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] /S /P >> << endobj >> /K 6 >> /Rotate 0 /S /P /Annots [] >> /Tabs /S << << /Pg 35 0 R PDF Bikkani v. Lee - Supreme Court of Ohio /S /P >> 215 0 obj /P 12 0 R 232 0 obj >> 145 0 obj 11 0 obj /S /P /StructParents 22 187 0 R 188 0 R 189 0 R 190 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 196 0 R /P 306 0 R /S /P /Parent 10 0 R /Lang (EN-US) See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. /S /P endobj /S /Footnote 13 0 obj 113 0 obj >> endobj 218 0 obj 252 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R /Type /Page >> /S /P endobj citation to the law supporting the request. endobj << endobj 35 0 obj disqualify the plaintiff's attorney in a suit in which the attor-ney's former 6client was not a party. endobj /P 509 0 R 257 0 obj /S /P >> /S /P /Resources 399 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 183 0 obj the entire judicial process' when deciding a motion to disqualify an attorney pursuant to K.R.P.C. 335 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 184 0 obj 71 0 obj /P 508 0 R /Pg 15 0 R 302 0 R null] /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 /Pg 44 0 R << >> >> Northwoods Educational Foundation, Inc.'S Reply to Plaintiff'S Response stream endobj 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. 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 /Pg 23 0 R endobj /Annots [] 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.
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