response to motion to disqualify attorney

/P 55 0 R 0964387 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950 Dallas, Texas 75201-4717 (214) 880-9401. >> endobj /P 12 0 R /S /P /P 55 0 R /P 531 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.. 250 0 obj 157 0 obj endobj /Pg 34 0 R endobj Almost five years later, the Wife's former counsel filed a notice of appearance, and on December 29, 2016, almost seven years after the initial motion was filed, the Wife filed a "renewed motion to disqualify." The 2016 motion alleged not only that the Husband's attorney prepared the agreement and would be a /P 164 0 R /K 2 /K [9 309 0 R 11] /K 2 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /Link 326 0 obj << 345 0 obj /S /P << 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 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K 16 /Lang (EN-US) I am over twenty-one (21) years of age and am competent to make this affidavit. /P 12 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /Reference /Contents [384 0 R 385 0 R 386 0 R] /K 3 /Pg 44 0 R /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj 0000013798 00000 n /Parent 11 0 R /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) See Fed. << /P 12 0 R /S /Reference /S /P /Annots [] 294 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 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. /S /Reference /P 531 0 R /S /P << /K 21 endobj << /Pg 16 0 R Spears, 797 S.W.2d at 656; see also TEX. 151 0 obj /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) 161), filed on October 7, 2020" . 135 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 28 0 R endobj << The Ethics of Moving to Disqualify Opposing Counsel for Conflict of /S /P Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. /S /P >> 285 0 obj 93 0 obj 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] << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 3 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] /P 529 0 R Mark White, Esq. /K 7 /Pg 45 0 R << 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 /Pg 20 0 R /Type /Pages 234 0 obj /K 18 >> /Lang (EN-US) >> 230 0 obj 210 0 obj hb```c``X8c*}"3=O62ke'\9(8b 171 0 obj endobj /Tabs /S 11. endobj /S /P /P 528 0 R /S /P endobj 30 0 obj superceded, 764 F.2d 548 (9th Cir. /P 506 0 R You have to fill out at least 2 forms, maybe more, to file your opposition. /K 11 /S /P /Resources 466 0 R Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. /Pg 20 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /S /P << << << /K [5 307 0 R 7] 59 0 obj 232 0 obj /P 12 0 R /S /P >> >> PDF Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Petition/Motion Cover Sheet /P 508 0 R >> /P 12 0 R 53 0 obj endobj /K 0 >> << 6:12-cv-01293-NAM-TWD (N.D.N.Y. /K 9 /Parent 9 0 R 74 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 0000001860 00000 n /Pg 15 0 R /K 2 >> /Pg 22 0 R 0000004782 00000 n /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Following this, they have two options - either to transfer the case to another judge immediately or to file a written answer with the clerk. 7 0 obj >> /Pages 3 0 R << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K [6 277 0 R 8] << /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Pg 15 0 R endobj 252 0 obj /Parent 3 0 R /Pg 28 0 R Opposing a Motion Filed Against You - Family Law Self-Help Center << << /S /Link /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 39 << << 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"). endobj /P 509 0 R >> /P 12 0 R /Resources 375 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. /Contents [364 0 R 365 0 R 366 0 R] << /Resources 383 0 R /StructParents 30 /P 292 0 R endobj /S /P 114 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> 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. /K 2 Few things are worse for an attorney than getting a new big matter, starting work on it, and then facing a motion to disqualify. endobj 200 0 obj 0000002614 00000 n >> /P 12 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /P 12 0 R 334 0 obj 23 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the United States' Response to Defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P Id. endobj %%EOF /S /P 110 0 obj Mar. motion to disqualify for a hearing. /S /P /P 506 0 R 12. /K 0 PDF 1. Identity of Moving Party 2. Statement of Relief Sought - Washington /K 3 /S /P /P 12 0 R endobj 290 0 obj /Superscript /Span /Pg 17 0 R PDF Bikkani v. Lee - Supreme Court of Ohio 64 0 obj 357 0 obj (See Defendant's Motion Exhibit 2.) /Lang (EN-US) /K 19 80 0 obj /K 0 340 0 obj Appeals Regarding Disqualification of Judges or Counsel /Pg 22 0 R endobj A Motion to Disqualify: Tempting, but Dangerous - Corporate Counsel endobj endobj /P 506 0 R /Resources 456 0 R 75 0 obj 41 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) 337 0 R 338 0 R 339 0 R 340 0 R 341 0 R 342 0 R 343 0 R 344 0 R] Rule 2.160(c) provides as follows: (c) Motion. /K 331 0 R In fact, the plaintiff's attorney conceded in open court, "I can honestly state I am not completely pre-pared to respond to the motion for summa-ry judgment." The judge, however, allowed the plaintiff to submit a brief on the . endobj >> /P 506 0 R /P 506 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 endobj << endobj /Type /Page endobj /P 12 0 R endobj >> /K 1 /P 276 0 R << << /A 513 0 R endobj /Annots [] >> /Lang (EN-US) 258 0 obj 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. ; Utica Mut. endobj /P 12 0 R /S /Link /Lang (EN-US) /S /Footnote 0000009248 00000 n /Pg 25 0 R >> /P 505 0 R /P 508 0 R /Resources 391 0 R The defendant may not call the prosecutors as witnesses unless there is a compelling need to do so. /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 15 0 R DONE AND ENTERED THIS _________ day of ____________ , 1997. /K 4 /Type /Page endobj As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. endobj /Pg 16 0 R You cannot start a case by filing a motion. endobj /P 12 0 R 50 0 obj /Kids [25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R] /Length 532 0 R /Type /Catalog /Pg 45 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /S /P /K 9 << >> 337 0 obj /P 508 0 R 3. /Resources 482 0 R /Annots [] /P 508 0 R /Pg 17 0 R 1. >> /StructParents 11 << >> endobj 294 0 R 296 0 R 298 0 R 300 0 R 302 0 R] /S /P /Tabs /S >> /Kids [30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R] 28 0 obj 273 0 obj endobj PDF J-a23009-21 Matthew Darrow in The Superior Court of Pennsylvania Ppl >> 18 0 obj >> When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /K 3 >> /P 12 0 R endobj << >> 20 [142 0 R 143 0 R] /Count 5 >> Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335 -7603 . 63 0 obj << /S /P /S /P /K 3 /S /P endobj /K 29 << 0000009145 00000 n 327 0 obj >> << /Pg 27 0 R /Annots [] /K 1 /K 2 /K 6 /P 509 0 R 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. endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /K 13 endobj /Type /Pages /Tabs /S 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 99 0 obj 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. /Contents [459 0 R 460 0 R 461 0 R] /S /P /K 33 /S /Link >> endobj endobj 347 0 obj /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 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. >> /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] /S /P >> 238 0 obj << >> >> /K 55 /Pg 44 0 R 17 0 obj /K 7 /Parent 8 0 R >> 33 0 obj /K 1 << /Pg 38 0 R 4 0 obj endobj 0000006483 00000 n 94 0 obj << /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R >> 181 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page 318 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R 213 0 obj By letter dated June 10, 1997, the defendant made a demand pursuant to 28 C.F.R. /K 14 /Rotate 0 As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial >> /S /TOC /Contents [388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R] endobj endstream << /P 508 0 R /P 55 0 R /Pg 17 0 R << /S /H3 9 0 obj << Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /Pg 45 0 R >> endobj << /Resources 448 0 R endobj /Parent 6 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> Motions to disqualify are far from rare occurrences. 0000006382 00000 n << /K 10 /Lang (EN-US) 11. /Pg 35 0 R endobj /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] /K 2 >> /P 506 0 R >> >> /K [18 283 0 R 20] /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 /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj 288 0 obj /K 15 /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /Annots [] /S /P /P 12 0 R 275 0 obj 332 0 obj endobj 101 0 obj /K [12 514 0 R] endobj /S /Reference /P 12 0 R 3. /Pg 32 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 123 0 R /Pg 32 0 R 6 313 0 R 7 314 0 R 8 [84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R] /P 505 0 R These motions are becoming ever more common. by plaintiff Plaintiffs motion is unsupported by any applicable legal authority and is not . /Diagram /Figure /Pg 41 0 R 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. /S /P United States v. Ashman, 979 F.2d at 494; United States v. Roberson, 897 F.2d 1092, 1098 (11th Cir. Box 30758 . 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. << 1857 0 obj <>stream /S /P 189 0 obj /S /P >> endobj /P 505 0 R /P 509 0 R /Pg 33 0 R at 391. >> >> >> /S /TOCI /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) ), op. /Parent 11 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 339 0 obj /K [6 323 0 R 8] 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. 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. /Pg 45 0 R SHARP The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [368 0 R 369 0 R 370 0 R] 212 0 obj endobj >> >> /Pg 20 0 R << Ensure that the info you add to the Motion To Disqualify Counsel Sample Texas is up-to-date and accurate. endobj /P 12 0 R 244 0 obj 95 0 obj >> /P 12 0 R /S /P endobj << endobj 162 0 obj /P 12 0 R endobj 321 0 obj 152 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) 100 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P 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 /Pg 45 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 355 0 R 356 0 R 357 0 R 358 0 R 359 0 R 360 0 R 361 0 R 362 0 R 363 0 R 190 0 R endobj Judge Denies 2nd Motion To Nix Plaintiff Attorney In Abandoned Wells endobj /Pg 44 0 R /K [13 311 0 R 15] PDF United States District Court for The District of New Hampshire 282 0 R null 284 0 R 285 0 R 284 0 R null 286 0 R 287 0 R 286 0 R null << >> >> << 266 0 obj <>stream /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 191 0 obj His Application was transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeals on February 22, 2002. According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.6 The moving partys burden for a motion to disqualify is satisfied only when the motion to disqualify sets forth specific facts that point to a clear danger that either prejudices counsels client or his adversary.7. 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. endobj endobj /Rotate 0 /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /Pg 39 0 R Dec. 16, 2014) (the court noted that [m]otions to disqualify opposing counsel are viewed with suspicion). << 115 0 obj 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 /Parent 7 0 R 267 0 obj /P 12 0 R /P 81 0 R /PageLayout /OneColumn /Pg 31 0 R endobj endobj endobj /S /TOCI >> Attorney Mulcahey's representation of [Appellant] ended almost four years ago. /Pg 30 0 R /Contents [404 0 R 405 0 R 406 0 R] >> 305 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Rodriguez v. Dist. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 249 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> 146 0 obj 60 0 obj endobj endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 20 0 R endobj << /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R >> << << endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> >> 42 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /Parent 9 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 270 0 obj >> << /S /P 260 0 obj << >> /S /Link /P 505 0 R << >> /Pg 38 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 303 0 obj << The Disqualification of Attorneys | New York Law Journal /Type /Page The Commission did not receive other responses to the motion, or a reply to Cal Advocates' response. /K 0 Generally, an order either disqualifying or refusing to disqualify a law firm is not appealable. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 19 0 R 307 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj << >> Include the date to the template with the Date option. endobj /K 17 7. /Tabs /S << << /P 531 0 R /P 12 0 R /Tabs /S >> /P 12 0 R A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. /Pg 40 0 R /P 12 0 R endobj /S /P /K 1 endobj /Type /Page >> << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Id. The defendant has failed to demonstrate a compelling need to call the prosecutors as witnesses in this case. /S /Link /S /Link 134 0 obj /P 55 0 R /Contents [429 0 R 430 0 R 431 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /P 12 0 R endobj >> << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 16 0 R /S /P << >> /Pg 20 0 R 2 0 obj /S /P /S /P endobj /P 12 0 R 187 0 obj /P 12 0 R /Type /Page /Pg 17 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 8 0 R /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) >> 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. /S /P /P 12 0 R She must asker lawyer. endobj >> /S /P /Count 5 << endobj /S /P << /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). /Lang (EN-US) 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. >> /P 12 0 R /K 12 /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> endobj /K [26 287 0 R 28] endobj 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. 119 0 obj PDF United States District Court Southern District of Florida >> endobj /P 296 0 R /K [34 291 0 R 36] /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /K 1 /P 12 0 R /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. Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. << /Parent 11 0 R << /S /P /K 0 endobj /Annots [] /K 10 /Resources 395 0 R /K [22 285 0 R 24] >> endobj >> endobj Cal. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Annots [] 190 0 obj /Contents [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R] /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> 856 F. Supp. /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 15 0 R << /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> 2. Motions to disqualify are far from rare occurrences. >> >> Disqualification of Counsel, Attorney; Conflict of Interest

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