response to motion to disqualify attorney

/Pg 27 0 R 243 0 R 244 0 R 245 0 R 246 0 R 247 0 R 248 0 R 249 0 R 250 0 R 251 0 R 252 0 R /P 509 0 R >> /P 12 0 R >> /K 11 /P 508 0 R /StructParents 29 /S /P Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /Pg 40 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 21 /Pg 16 0 R endobj [18 -1] at 19. /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] /P 55 0 R /P 508 0 R endobj 345 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /Contents [459 0 R 460 0 R 461 0 R] /P 531 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 0000000016 00000 n /P 133 0 R /S /P 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. >> /Pg 44 0 R /K 6 endobj <> 109 0 obj /P 12 0 R >> /S /P Occasionally a Motion, Opposition, or . Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. /Pg 46 0 R /Pg 27 0 R /Type /Page /K 1 54 0 obj /S /P 244 0 obj endobj /Parent 10 0 R motion to disqualify for a hearing. 34 0 obj /K [4 316 0 R 6] << Rule 4-1.6 provides that, except in limited circumstances, "a lawyer shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client. 3. >> See. >> /P 505 0 R For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . >> /K 17 << << /K 30 179 0 obj /P 12 0 R 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. /P 12 0 R /K 1 /K 8 >> /K [14 516 0 R] II. /S /P /K [38 293 0 R 40] >> /S /TOCI >> 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 hb```e``Z B@1V ,$pyLqLY TZ Rktz xp;9FjeNA @+U}`D a IsA b1 5g1160g\ $]/4OWuu/Nbbpy*+# @q@l ==*FK = /P 528 0 R In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported.1 Many disqualification motions are well-founded. /P 531 0 R /K 4 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 505 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /Contents [479 0 R 480 0 R 481 0 R] By letter dated June 10, 1997, the defendant made a demand pursuant to 28 C.F.R. /Pg 16 0 R 91 0 obj 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. 3 0 obj endobj endstream endobj 234 0 obj <. /Rotate 0 You are switching to another language. /K 13 311 0 obj 361 0 obj << /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 30 0 R endobj >> /K 0 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 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.12 Nonetheless, if the attorneys choose to employ a screen, it is important that it be erected before the involvement of the conflicted attorney in the new representation.13. 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. >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang endobj >> 111 0 obj /Resources 391 0 R /Pg 32 0 R /Pg 18 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << 228 0 obj /K 3 by the party ECF No. 141 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 43 0 R /A 520 0 R << /P 123 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 16 0 R 56 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 112 0 obj /S /P << /K 1 /Tabs /S << /Lang (EN-US) << endobj Include the date to the template with the Date option. /Tabs /S 196 0 obj /Footnote /Note 60 0 obj J. 315 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 528 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P /Pg 16 0 R << 262 0 obj >> << /S /P /Parent 10 0 R /K 2 /K 15 /Pg 26 0 R /Resources 432 0 R /S /P >> /K 31 /S /Link /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) /K 18 313 0 obj << /K 6 /Lang (EN-US) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). << /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 529 0 R /P 508 0 R /K 0 << /S /P /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI specifies the date, time, and location where the hearing will take place, spells out what the party is requesting, and gives a . /S /P << /K 4 /K 34 5. endobj 0000009145 00000 n /K [7 519 0 R] << >> /S /P /P 296 0 R 328 0 obj <> Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /Pg 15 0 R >> /Tabs /S endobj /Pg 24 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. << << << /Pg 22 0 R << endobj << endobj /Pg 30 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R 1857 0 obj <>stream 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 /K 2 >> /Pg 43 0 R By far the majority of successful motions to disqualify are brought on the basis of a conflict of interest with a former or concurrent client or imputation, but attorneys should also be aware that successful motions to disqualify have been brought on the following bases, among others: (1) lawyer as witness, (2) appearance of impropriety, (3) receipt of confidential data, (4) personal interest, (5) violation of the no contact rules, and (6) misconduct with a witness. /Type /Page << endobj >> 53 0 obj A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. /Parent 9 0 R >> >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R 123 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R 359 0 obj endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) Peters v. Dist. >> /P 529 0 R 324 0 obj endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. /Pg 15 0 R 12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. 68 0 obj 236 0 obj << /Type /Page /K 31 /K 1 << << 97 0 obj /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 >> /Lang (EN-US) 25 [158 0 R 159 0 R] /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> 188 0 obj << Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. 293 0 obj 2023 Dentons. endobj /Lang (EN-US) 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 You cannot start a case by filing a motion. >> /K 1 Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the UnitedStates, Four Things to Know About Motions to Disqualify. << 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) >> /Annots [] >> In New York, that motion requires: the existence of a prior attorney-client relationship between the moving party and opposing counsel. /K 11 /S /P << /K 4 endobj /Pg 19 0 R /P 508 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 8 Rodriguez v. Dist. >> /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P To proceed, please click Accept. /Pg 44 0 R endobj << >> 81 0 R 314 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R] /K 30 /K 5 3d at 812. 162 0 obj << /StructParents 0 /P 12 0 R /S /Reference endobj endobj /K 20 /Pg 29 0 R << /K [7 313 0 R 9] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P 216 0 obj /P 12 0 R 124 0 obj << 171 0 obj << >> /K [13 311 0 R 15] >> endobj /S /TOCI Upon consideration of the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /K 6 This is often referred to as playbook knowledgethe attorney knows the clients paths and approaches. 234 0 obj For example, if you need more time to answer a complaint or petition, you can file a motion to extend the time to answer. /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). /K 24 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 . /S /P /S /P << /Type /Pages /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Producer <6954657874AE20352E352E3920A9323030302D323031352069546578742047726F7570204E5620284147504C2D76657273696F6E29> /StructParents 16 /Parent 9 0 R 148 0 obj /K 7 >> endobj /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R %PDF-1.7 % /S /P 114 0 obj << 167 0 obj /Rotate 0 263 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 157 0 obj /K 32 >> /K 0 /StructParents 23 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R United States v. Ashman, 979 F.2d at 494; United States v. Roberson, 897 F.2d 1092, 1098 (11th Cir. Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /Pg 18 0 R 217 0 obj << 73 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 22 0 R << /S /P >> /Pages 3 0 R Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. /Parent 3 0 R /K [6 323 0 R 8] 122 0 obj /P 509 0 R /Pg 27 0 R /P 284 0 R endobj /S /Link /S /P /Pg 44 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 Response to Motion to Disqualify, 8/14/17, at 10. /DropCap /Figure /Pg 36 0 R << endobj The defendant's demand is presently under consideration by the Justice Department. << /K [10 314 0 R 12] endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P >> /Pg 19 0 R /K [26 287 0 R 28] /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R << /Tabs /S << >> >> 210 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 531 0 R /K 47 23 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] << /Rotate 0 endobj /Type /Pages /Pg 41 0 R endobj You are responsible for serving the other party with a copy of your filed forms, usually by mail or e-service. 205 0 obj << /Pg 15 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. 13 [118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R] 63 0 obj 10 filed 06/26/19 PageID.515 Page 2 of 32 /P 528 0 R /P 508 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.2 The attorney is also obligated to elevate the clients interests above the interests of the attorney and the law firm. 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. Attorney General . << >> 0000002381 00000 n endobj /Chart /Figure 14-CV-01885-RM-BNB, 2014 WL 7177378 at *2 (D.Colo. >> << You can find 3 available options; typing, drawing, or capturing one. << /S /TOCI /S /Reference >> endobj << /S /H1 Defendant's Motion at 1-3. When it's warranted, a motion to disqualify the opposing counsel can be a potent weapon. ,"w0:IYbJ!`.^OtX]8Xhyi(< 1+!)CafX>2p1D0UXrA!iP2j\ /S /P /S /P /StructParents 34 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. /Pg 30 0 R /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> The trial judge observed the motion for recusal was likely a dilatory tactic. 25 0 obj /K 2 9. 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 192 0 obj /K 1 225 0 obj << /K 6 /P 12 0 R 227 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] People v. Harlan, 54 P.3d 871, 877 (Colo. 2002). /P 12 0 R 119 0 obj << 6 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /K [14 523 0 R] /Rotate 0 << /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) << See Fed. endobj /P 508 0 R /StructParents 31 Ins. /Annots [] << /K 19 endobj endobj >> >> /Pg 26 0 R 202 0 R] >> /Lang (EN-US) <> 344 0 obj /Pg 15 0 R /Parent 7 0 R /P 12 0 R at 241-47 . /Pg 44 0 R /K 12 << endobj /K 0 endobj 332 0 obj << /K 21 /Lang (EN-US) /Annotation /Span endobj /K 12 motion to disqualify. >> /K 24 This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . to the subject matter of this litigation. /P 12 0 R >> >> endobj The best way to deal with motions to disqualify is to prevent them. /Parent 3 0 R Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). /S /P endobj endobj 0000001860 00000 n /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P Two important pre-motion strategies are effective. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R <> /S /P /S /P /Pg 37 0 R /P 315 0 R /StructParents 9 6. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 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] 0000004782 00000 n /K 8 /K 17 /S /P /Pg 18 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. /S /H1 /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 /Pg 22 0 R endobj endobj << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 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 . << /S /H1 /Pg 35 0 R /StructParents 20 105 0 obj endobj /K 20 /Tabs /S /S /TOCI 24 [156 0 R 157 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << 0000002183 00000 n /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R /K 14 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] ; Utica Mut. /K 39 << /Pg 17 0 R /S /TOCI >> /K 2 endobj /Pg 26 0 R /Pg 39 0 R Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 7 0 R /Pg 44 0 R /A 513 0 R /Pg 43 0 R 1 / Employees of the U.S. Department of Justice have no authority to testify until the procedures set forth in 28 C.F.R. /S /P /Kids [15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 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. << /Pg 30 0 R << /Type /Page /Annots [] endobj /S /P <> << 59 0 obj /S /TOCI <> /TextBox /Art /Lang (EN-US) The defendant has moved to have prosecutors Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp disqualified from conducting the trial in this matter due to the ethical prohibition against a lawyer conducting a trial in which he or she will be a necessary witness. >> >> 83 0 obj Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. 67 0 obj His Application was transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeals on February 22, 2002. endobj 174 0 obj endobj >> /Rotate 0 << endobj /P 505 0 R /Lang (EN-US) in writing. /S /Footnote 275 0 obj << /Parent 8 0 R 352 0 obj /Type /Page P.O. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 10 0 R /Resources 466 0 R *243 In addition, the motion was not timely. endobj << Id. Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . /Resources 440 0 R 356 0 obj 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) /S /P /Type /Page 14 0 obj 0000006178 00000 n 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. /Lang (EN-US) 1992). << 15 316 0 R 16 [127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R] endobj /P 306 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Motions (a) Motion and opposition (1) Except as these rules provide otherwise, a party wanting to make a motion in a reviewing court must serve and file a written motion stating the grounds and the relief requested and identifying any documents on which the motion is based. /Kids [30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Tabs /S >> /Lang (EN-US) 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 >> >> /Lang (EN-US) 317 0 obj >> << (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. << /K 43 /S /P >> /Pg 17 0 R /P 506 0 R >> If you are not already a client of Dentons, please do not send us any confidential information. << 331 0 obj /K 25 /Annots [] /Length 532 0 R /P 12 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Contents [453 0 R 454 0 R 455 0 R] 270 0 obj 329 0 obj >> 258 0 obj /S /P endobj << /K 11 NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. /Contents [368 0 R 369 0 R 370 0 R] >> The defendant asserts that the prosecutors are material witnesses in this case because they "have personal knowledge of material, exculpatory information which is crucial to the defense." << 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. ________________________ United States District Judge. /Pg 15 0 R 155 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) << gdYBC;:::@Jht Mkhml$Y*$&\@$#m ` D*e d!$4RLd` << /Rotate 0 << disqualify the plaintiff's attorney in a suit in which the attor-ney's former 6client was not a party. 133 0 obj /Pg 21 0 R >> /Pg 45 0 R Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). >> endobj 142 0 obj endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 506 0 R /Rotate 0 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] /Annots [] 327 0 obj /Contents [463 0 R 464 0 R 465 0 R] Woodard v. Dist. 266 0 obj <>stream /P 12 0 R /Pg 15 0 R 168 0 obj /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) and Cynthia J. Presley (Presley). << /S /P endobj endobj << /StructParents 4 >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 304 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) 71 0 obj /K 40 /S /P /K 17 /Lang (EN-US) Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. >> /P 55 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) on January 7, 2002. /Pg 20 0 R 135 0 obj >> >> /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] 95 0 obj >> /P 508 0 R >> /P 531 0 R /K 10 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. /Count 32 /K 5 >> /P 56 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 226 0 obj << >> /Resources 411 0 R /K 1 /K 29 endobj 279 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R 152 0 obj Further, we cannot advise the asker as to what to do during an upcoming appearance in court. >> /S /Sect /K 1 172 0 obj >> !location.countrycode?location.countryName :location.officeName }}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).languageCode | uppercase}}, {{ getActiveCase(headerData.languageLinks,'active',true).name}}. endobj >> The law with respect to disqualification varies depending on the conflict relation and the poten-tially harmed party. /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page >> << /Lang (EN-US) endobj After this hearing, M retained counsel (C.H.). /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /K 4 endobj /K 3 endobj >> /S /P << /Pg 31 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 /S /P Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge.
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