For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . >> /K 10 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.. /Lang (EN-US) 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. /S /H3 << /P 163 0 R /Lang (EN-US) See Livingston v. /Resources 456 0 R 348 0 obj /P 56 0 R 178 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R !location.countrycode?location.countryName :location.officeName }}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).languageCode | uppercase}}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).name}}. 298 0 obj << /P 508 0 R endobj Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. /K 5 << /Pg 15 0 R >> /Count 32 /Pg 22 0 R /Type /Pages >> endobj 268 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj You can find 3 available options; typing, drawing, or capturing one. << You are switching to another language. /Pg 15 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj 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 /P 509 0 R >> /Pg 45 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << endobj 12 [115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] 127 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 32 0 R The attorney may know the clients bottom line for settlement or how the client prefers to approach litigation. /Rotate 0 << /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 38 0 R << 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. 211 0 obj >> endobj >> << /Lang (EN-US) >> /A 522 0 R /P 505 0 R 126 0 obj 0000002415 00000 n /Contents [471 0 R 472 0 R 473 0 R] /Tabs /S /Contents [364 0 R 365 0 R 366 0 R] >> /Lang (EN-US) A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. endobj >> /S /P /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << >> 302 0 R null] /K 30 /K 23 endobj 34 [345 0 R 346 0 R 347 0 R 348 0 R 349 0 R 350 0 R 351 0 R 352 0 R 353 0 R 354 0 R endobj /Parent 8 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /P << /Annots [] Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). /Type /Page /P 310 0 R /Parent 8 0 R >> /S /P /S /P 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. >> /K 13 /P 506 0 R << >> /PageLayout /OneColumn /S /P /K 22 0000000016 00000 n /K 4 140 0 obj /K 16 110 0 obj Id. /P 162 0 R endobj endobj /Pg 17 0 R >> << endobj /Pg 21 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /Rotate 0 195 0 obj >> << /Pg 23 0 R Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. << << >> /P 12 0 R /P 531 0 R /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) << /K 6 /Pg 15 0 R trailer /S /P << >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 34 0 R /P 12 0 R << /S /P Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations. /P 12 0 R >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /Reference /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> (b) The sanction must be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated. /S /Footnote /Pg 29 0 R After this hearing, M retained counsel (C.H.). /K 4 endobj /P 505 0 R The Motion Clerk shall enter the "Answer" or "Response" Date on the Cover Sheet. /P 508 0 R /Pg 27 0 R endobj 283 0 obj /StructParents 29 endobj /S /P /S /Table << << /K 2 >> << /K 35 << 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) 360 0 obj endobj /S /P >> This comment makes clear that attorneys are permitted, under some circumstances, to engage in representations that are adverse to a former client. /Pg 45 0 R /K 0 100 0 obj 340 0 obj /S /TOCI /S /P >> 261 0 obj << /S /P Woodard v. Dist. 249 0 obj Because motions to disqualify seek to deprive the opposing endobj >> /Tabs /S /Pg 17 0 R /P 55 0 R 4 0 obj /Pg 28 0 R 3 0 obj /K [327 0 R 328 0 R] 87 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R endobj /S /P /StructParents 28 /Parent 11 0 R /Pg 24 0 R Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). 161 0 obj /S /P /Resources 403 0 R endobj /P 528 0 R 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. 328 0 obj /Type /Page Once the above requirements are met, the judge must enter an order granting disqualification if the motion to disqualify is "legally sufficient.". /Lang (EN-US) T/CT stated that the motion was "'almost by definition untimely under these circumstances.'" C.H. 75 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 375 0 R 180 0 obj 251 0 obj 10 0 obj /Pages 3 0 R 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. endobj endobj /Pg 44 0 R << /S /P /P 509 0 R << endobj /Annots [423 0 R 424 0 R] /P 528 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R >> 1 0 obj endobj /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] /P 528 0 R endobj /S /Link /P 12 0 R 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. << << << /P 12 0 R << /S /Reference /K 10 /P 133 0 R >> /S /P >> /Resources 478 0 R /Pg 36 0 R 0000002381 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 44 0 R 72 0 obj >> /Contents [483 0 R 484 0 R 485 0 R] /S /P << >> >> /Resources 422 0 R << /P 505 0 R disqualify Attorney Burt; and (3) plaintiff's motion to disqualify Attorneys Will and Wyatt. endobj /A 513 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R 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. /Pg 26 0 R /Tabs /S endobj >> /K 4 endobj Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . /S /P /S /H2 /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R ANSWER or RESPONSE DATE. /Rotate 0 /S /P The two motions to disqualify have been opposed; the motion to strike is unopposed. /S /P >> >> << /A 526 0 R /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R endobj >> /K [304 0 R 306 0 R 308 0 R 310 0 R 312 0 R] /Bibliography /BibEntry /K 8 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. /S /TOCI 6 0 obj Response to Motion to Disqualify, 8/14/17, at 10. /P 12 0 R >> 170 0 obj /K 6 << /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> >> /P 505 0 R 364 0 obj /K [6 277 0 R 8] /Superscript /Span /Pg 37 0 R /P 302 0 R /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /TOCI 31 [177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R] /Pg 19 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 15 << /P 12 0 R /K 4 endobj << %PDF-1.7 % /P 506 0 R /P 529 0 R 1. endobj /K 17 endobj << 00021 Motion to Strike Defendant BRIAN FROST's Affirmative Defenses. /K 2 << The defendant may not call the prosecutors as witnesses unless there is a compelling need to do so. /K 17 % /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 37 0 R /S /P . J. /Rotate 0 >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Type /Catalog /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Unsolicited emails and other information sent to Dentons will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others, may not receive a response, and do not create a lawyer-client relationship. /K 2 /P 55 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> >> >> 277 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 255 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<9A3F555EF45C79488712E0D1EABAE832>]/Index[233 34]/Info 232 0 R/Length 107/Prev 253809/Root 234 0 R/Size 267/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream 0000008931 00000 n >> << 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. An official website of the United States government. << In the motion, Petitioner alleged he was . /Count 5 /Tabs /S /K 8 >> /S /P endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << 0000006483 00000 n /P 56 0 R /K 5 /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) 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. 20 [142 0 R 143 0 R] /Pg 21 0 R Mar. >> <> /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 163 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S << << endobj >> /K 11 /S /P endobj endobj 73 0 obj << /Pg 26 0 R /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] 8. >> >> endobj 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. /K 26 /K 1 << << Where witnesses other than the prosecutor can testify to the same matters or conversations, no compelling need exists." /Pg 19 0 R /K [500 0 R 501 0 R 502 0 R] /Rotate 0 /Pg 38 0 R << >> /S /P 78 0 obj << << This motion to disqualify is based on a single and brief telephone call in October 2007 for which there is neither a record nor an estimate of duration by Chinois counsel. and specifically allege the facts and reasons relied on to show the grounds for disqualification and shall be sworn to . 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 . endobj 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 /Pg 29 0 R 147 0 obj endobj endobj /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /S /Reference 15 0 obj >> >> /Pg 46 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Further, we cannot advise the asker as to what to do during an upcoming appearance in court. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /K 1 /Rotate 0 endobj /K [10 527 0 R] 285 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R >> /S /P /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 26 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 57 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. /Rotate 0 /Pg 16 0 R /Type /Page /K 1 Deposit Ins. /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 /ModDate (D:20190627090514-04'00') << 318 0 obj /S /P endobj >> /P 505 0 R /K 9 84 0 obj /K 0 /Rotate 0 /Parent 3 0 R >> 104 0 obj /S /P /S /P << /S /P /K 25 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. [18 -1] at 19. 296 0 obj /S /P /Pg 16 0 R Terre Du Lac Property Owners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Shrum, 661 S.W.2d 45, 48 (Mo. /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << /P 508 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R << 25 [158 0 R 159 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. >> As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /K 0 << /S /P << 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 106 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 43 /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R endobj /Rotate 0 endobj position as district attorney. endobj /K [42 295 0 R 44] /Pg 22 0 R >> 186 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R << << endobj >> 0000001974 00000 n << /P 12 0 R /K [54 301 0 R 56] /Lang (EN-US) << >> >> /Annots [] /P 506 0 R endobj /S /P /P 531 0 R 82 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R /S /H3 /S /Reference 295 0 obj /P 508 0 R /K 1 /Pg 18 0 R /P 55 0 R endobj /P 508 0 R 10 filed 06/26/19 PageID.515 Page 2 of 32 endobj /K 17 /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page /K 4 /Tabs /S 18 323 0 R 19 [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 141 0 R] /Type /Page /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << Defendant's Motion at 1. /Resources 448 0 R 316 0 obj /S /P For the reasons that follow, the two motions to disqualify are denied, and the motion to strike is granted in part and denied in part. 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 /Pg 45 0 R >> /Pg 15 0 R /K 6 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 << 266 0 obj ), op. endobj endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] File the forms. >> << /P 276 0 R 278 0 obj /K [18 283 0 R 20] /Lang (EN-US) >> >> << endobj >> >> 3.7." Venters, 293 Kan. at 103. endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported. /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 29 0 R 164 0 obj 3. << << /Pg 22 0 R /K 0 /Subscript /Span /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 367 0 R /S /P 228 0 obj /Resources 379 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R 323 0 obj endobj /K 11 << /Tabs /S Make certain each and every area has been filled in properly. /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) << People v. Harlan, 54 P.3d 871, 877 (Colo. 2002). /P 505 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 15 0 R >> 157 0 obj /K 2 >> endobj /P 12 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 1 +126:*l1%HQa7m'PfQn /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 61 0 obj << << endobj /S /P 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. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 27 0 R /Pg 17 0 R endobj endobj /K [9 309 0 R 11] 60 0 obj endobj /S /Reference >> << 0000001860 00000 n 3 [null 304 0 R 305 0 R 304 0 R null 306 0 R 307 0 R 306 0 R null 308 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R << /K [11 511 0 R] /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 44 0 R 54 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R She must asker lawyer. /S /P /K 24 /Pg 31 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 204 0 obj endobj << 202 0 R] /P 508 0 R >> See Alps Prop., 526 F. Supp. /S /P endobj /Pg 16 0 R /Contents [487 0 R 488 0 R 489 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) << endobj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /P 12 0 R /S /P /S /P /Pg 17 0 R >> /P 56 0 R /S /P /Pg 19 0 R Rule 2.330 (e). << (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). 130 0 obj /S /P /P 509 0 R /K [34 291 0 R 36] /Lang (EN-US) /K 0 /Rotate 0 203 0 obj endobj 139 0 obj A motion is usually made in writing. This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . /K 5 /S /Reference /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P 47 0 obj 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. >> << >> /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /S /Reference Brown v. Encompass Ins. /S /P /P 531 0 R endobj /Pg 39 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 18 0 R /StructParents 12 34 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R >> 198 0 obj /P 133 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. /K 51 << /Tabs /S /Pg 45 0 R /P 124 0 R /Pg 46 0 R 1. /S /P << This is often referred to as playbook knowledgethe attorney knows the clients paths and approaches. 92 0 obj 36 0 obj /S /TOCI /P 12 0 R As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. /Lang (EN-US) 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. /K 1 /K 2 /S /P Colo. 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