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/K 10 /K [8 510 0 R] /K 6 /P 133 0 R /S /P 93 0 obj >> << >> >> >> /P 80 0 R /S /P /Annots [] >> >> /P 12 0 R /S /P /S /Reference endobj 282 0 obj << /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R disqualify opposing counsel, the present client of the attorney who is the target of the motion,6 and third parties. 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. disqualify the plaintiff's attorney in a suit in which the attor-ney's former 6client was not a party. /Rotate 0 /K [304 0 R 306 0 R 308 0 R 310 0 R 312 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 45 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << 1 /. <> >> /Rotate 0 /K [9 309 0 R 11] /Pg 15 0 R /Annots [] 114 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << endobj /P 508 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. /S /P 17 [132 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R null 322 0 R 323 0 R 322 0 R null 320 0 obj << endobj << 140 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 26 0 R /S /H1 /S /P /dc43kgm@9{Q CF";dlx23H(k)+BH0s0~SxDmSKfy~x|}w"l'%%o2nrQr>VKwLB3=_KJgZ%'$(":xPU.m99(+'&{Mj4k%'5CS@w7)05eX G?A*hR'*X\r^nDb'OAWMRd.ZEOp:|ECldHP?=[U'UjdW'f}\&D]J}r). << /Annots [] /Pg 16 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] A motion is a document asking the court to order something in an existing case. /K 0 /Producer <6954657874AE20352E352E3920A9323030302D323031352069546578742047726F7570204E5620284147504C2D76657273696F6E29> /K 3 Rodriguez v. Dist. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 46 0 R /S /P endobj /K 19 /Lang (EN-US) /K 12 endobj According to the Colorado Supreme Court, however, a court may not disqualify counsel on the basis of speculation or conjecture.. >> /P 12 0 R /S /P Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. /K [30 289 0 R 32] /Pg 25 0 R 110 0 obj /K 5 /S /P United States v. Ashman, 979 F.2d at 494; United States v. Roberson, 897 F.2d 1092, 1098 (11th Cir. /Pg 26 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) RESPONSE to Motion re 31 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC(an Arizona Corporation), Ed Magedson(an individual). /P 12 0 R 60 0 obj /P 12 0 R If you are not already a client of Dentons, please do not send us any confidential information. /Lang (EN-US) >> 266 0 obj <>stream >> /Lang (EN-US) << Notice of Motion and Motion. hbbd```b``@$Xd &`L CDrA@q/^b{ kjUA$&HK9tI $ N << endobj >> << The trial court heard oral argument on the motion, and on August 9, << endobj /A 499 0 R 275 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) 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. 225 0 obj endobj For example, if you need more time to answer a complaint or petition, you can file a motion to extend the time to answer. /Pg 16 0 R 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. >> 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. /S /P /P 56 0 R See People ex rel. /Pg 19 0 R /K 4 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. << >> >> << /K 11 /S /TOCI Generally, an order either disqualifying or refusing to disqualify a law firm is not appealable. /P 12 0 R /P 124 0 R << /S /P /P 12 0 R /K 7 << /Annots [] 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. 16.21 et seq. /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S /Pg 22 0 R /Type /Catalog /Lang (EN-US) 438 30 /Pg 16 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 296 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R << /K 9 >> << 149 0 obj /Pg 24 0 R 0000008092 00000 n /Pg 44 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 33 0 R /K 40 /Parent 7 0 R /S /P /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /Rotate 0 A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. /K 18 329 0 obj Defendant's Motion at 1-3. >> /Parent 11 0 R >> 228 0 obj Occasionally a Motion, Opposition, or . /Lang (EN-US) 307 0 obj endobj /StructParents 30 /P 55 0 R << <~/N 348 0 obj /K [503 0 R 504 0 R] 333 0 obj /K 19 << >> >> /Parent 3 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> endobj /Rotate 0 >> endobj << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] All rights reserved. << /P 12 0 R 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. /K [5 512 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) endobj 344 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << /K 15 313 0 obj endobj >> /Footnote /Note >> >> motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. << /S /H3 >> >> /P 528 0 R endobj /A 517 0 R >> >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 27 0 R 309 0 obj 353 0 obj /K 4 Official websites use .gov /P 298 0 R >> endobj /K 4 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> /Pg 20 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [14 523 0 R] /K [10 314 0 R 12] /Lang (EN-US) 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] /Pg 22 0 R 266 0 obj Here, as in Brothers, the defendant has other sources of evidence available, namely two FBI agents, that must be exhausted before the prosecutors are called as witnesses. << by the party /K 1 308 0 obj /Contents [368 0 R 369 0 R 370 0 R] >> /P 12 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /Resources 375 0 R 15 316 0 R 16 [127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R] endobj << 299 0 obj /StructParents 21 /Lang (EN-US) /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R 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. endobj << /Parent 6 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> 3 0 obj /P 12 0 R >> 134 0 obj /S /P Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 22 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 35 0 R /P 132 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) 191 0 obj One party may insist that the court bar the lawyer from representing another party through a motion to disqualify. 0000009145 00000 n /K 4 /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 490 0 R /S /P /Pg 25 0 R 264 0 obj <> /Rotate 0 /S /P << Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). /S /P /K 1 /P 507 0 R endobj /Resources 462 0 R /S /Footnote << << 334 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /Pg 19 0 R endobj /K [50 299 0 R 52] /K 3 67 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 13 /P 529 0 R Box 30758 . /K 12 /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 3 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /StructParents 20 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). /Lang (EN-US) 65 0 obj endobj >> >> /Pg 15 0 R /P 508 0 R >> >> /K 8 /Tabs /S endobj >> /Pg 37 0 R 150 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 124 0 R /K 2 Rule 8.54. 63 0 obj { 10} On July 11, 2006, the trial court ordered Bikkani to provide the discovery responses, including signed authorizations to release medical records, and notified 2022 California Rules of Court. Smithj46@michigan.gov / PLAINTIFF CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY . /Pg 20 0 R /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) >> endobj /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 19 0 R endobj 364 0 obj 88 0 obj /K [8 525 0 R] You have to fill out at least 2 forms, maybe more, to file your opposition. ________________________ United States District Judge. /Lang (EN-US) 0000003370 00000 n /S /P /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) >> >> /P 509 0 R << << gdYBC;:::@Jht Mkhml$Y*$&\@$#m ` D*e d!$4RLd` endobj Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations. /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> Colo. RPC 1.9 does not define a substantially related matter,. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Type /Page 297 0 obj endobj >> >> /Lang (EN-US) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ANTITRUST DIVISION 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Rm. >> /Lang (EN-US) Notice of Motion and Motion: The . /S /P /P 508 0 R /Length 532 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 /P 528 0 R 0000006382 00000 n /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 49 0 obj >> endobj /S /P stream 13. 245 0 obj Cal. /K 0 << << << << /S /TOCI /S /P <> 279 0 obj >> /P 12 0 R /P 55 0 R /Pg 15 0 R << /S /P 249 0 obj 123 0 obj /S /P /S /P /Type /Page /P 12 0 R /Parent 11 0 R endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /TextBox /Art %PDF-1.6 After this hearing, M retained counsel (C.H.). 1992). /K [14 516 0 R] /K 0 /K 2 /Bibliography /BibEntry /K 31 /P 12 0 R endobj /Parent 9 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. >> << endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 29 /P 12 0 R >> /StructParents 3 /Rotate 0 >> /Pg 17 0 R /K 1 248 0 obj << 355 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << >> endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 237 0 obj >> >> >> /S /TOCI /S /P endobj << /Type /Page /Kids [25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R] 0000004058 00000 n /Pg 44 0 R 327 0 obj /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /K 7 << /S /P /Parent 7 0 R endobj Ct., 951 P.2d 926, 930 (Colo. 1998). /MarkInfo 2 0 R /S /P /Pg 20 0 R /Tabs /S endobj /S /P /Parent 6 0 R /S /P /Parent 9 0 R endobj /Pg 17 0 R endobj >> /K 3 223 0 obj endobj << Legal Standards. Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. >> /P 123 0 R /StructParents 5 /Pg 22 0 R The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. 185 0 obj endobj /Pg 22 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 154 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /Resources 395 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /Footnote /S /P /P 531 0 R endobj /P 529 0 R /Annots [] /K 3 254 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R >> << /Pg 26 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) >> << 1 [233 0 R 234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R 237 0 R 238 0 R 239 0 R 240 0 R 241 0 R 242 0 R /Resources 452 0 R 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 endobj 5. << 285 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R Dec. 16, 2014) (the court noted that [m]otions to disqualify opposing counsel are viewed with suspicion). 340 0 obj endobj 4 [58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /S /P >> << /S /P endobj /Resources 498 0 R /Annots [] /Parent 3 0 R endobj 316 0 obj << 328 0 obj << 57 0 obj /P 163 0 R << /Pg 45 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R 152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj << >> /K [4 316 0 R 6] /P 124 0 R /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) 30 [174 0 R 175 0 R 176 0 R] /P 55 0 R /K 2 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. /Pg 16 0 R 229 0 obj /Contents [471 0 R 472 0 R 473 0 R] 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 << /K 1 /S /P << << <> /K 8 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. /Pg 42 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P endobj /Tabs /S /P 12 0 R << 137 0 obj /P 12 0 R /S /P /Pg 37 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R >> /P 12 0 R 155 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> /K 14 /Rotate 0 >> /Count 32 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P 164 0 obj /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /Resources 387 0 R << 0000001952 00000 n 304 0 obj Secure .gov websites use HTTPS << /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << endobj 252 0 obj endobj %PDF-1.6 % 274 0 obj /P 55 0 R endobj << << /Resources 391 0 R /K 18 >> endobj << /K 0 55 0 obj /S /Reference The Attorney General's Response to the Motion to Disqualify him and his Office from this matter is essentially this: rules are fine for everyone else, but I don't have to follow them. /K 7 /Lang (EN-US) 856 F. Supp. /S /TOCI /Annots [] /P 12 0 R /Pg 16 0 R disqualify Attorney Burt; and (3) plaintiff's motion to disqualify Attorneys Will and Wyatt. Response to Motion to Disqualify Counsel and Law Firm [Doc. endobj >> /Pg 20 0 R Ct. App . >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P endobj endobj In the motion, Petitioner alleged he was . 197 0 obj endobj /P 12 0 R endobj 278 0 obj << Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 27 0 R /S /P 3. endobj /K 5 >> 12. endstream endobj 234 0 obj <. /Pg 17 0 R Select the Sign tool and create an electronic signature. /Type /Pages 113 0 obj 210 0 obj /S /Reference /P 12 0 R >> /K 15 >> You are switching to another language. /Diagram /Figure endobj /P 12 0 R /Pg 18 0 R >> 16.23(c) to the U.S. Department of Justice for the testimony of Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp. /S /Link >> /K 10 /Pg 19 0 R << /Pg 46 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P endobj /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 45 0 R /S /P /S /P When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. {{ ! >> 66 0 obj >> /Type /Page >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Tabs /S /S /P 194 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 233 0 obj 0000005497 00000 n 125 0 obj /S /Reference >> /Tabs /S Upon consideration of the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. >> /K 8 << Introduction /S /P endobj >> /Pg 16 0 R /K 1 /P 508 0 R << endobj endobj /S /P /K 6 >> /S /P /K 17 /P 505 0 R /Tabs /S Because motions to disqualify seek to deprive the opposing 167 0 obj endobj /P 12 0 R << /Kids [35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R] endobj 139 0 obj 17, 2020), the Central District of California decided a motion to disqualify brought by the defendant based on two grounds: (1) a purported conflict based on plaintiff's counsel's prior employment by the defendant; and (2) plaintiff's counsel's improper receipt of information, procured >> 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. /Pg 44 0 R << endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 21 0 R /P 509 0 R /Pg 20 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. /Lang (EN-US) endobj 148 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 27 endobj /Rotate 0 >> xref /Type /Page /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 119 0 obj >> << endobj 0000008829 00000 n /S /Link /Lang (EN-US) << This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . >> 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. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R must. /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R /S /P 3. << FQ7#cM,u?ZFQwxduOnb'X)6&>7nM,m?GO68Gvxdmo8mbhX0&Eob;X1&Aob& s;F16cM,~c;716i96xcG96x#@&MM]Mgi gysl?/y?/y?/y?/y?/y?/mb],mr&^L3M*>qM&>mDYoIM >y'NHf08l&;f07axNo8_37d c{F=sX1`n #>k0807t!\}sWU0|psV77f Y}ps#VG77^ W}tsU`U_a>{n>Q|n>0|JsS47:) N}JscS4729L}Ns#STq>vndl>qvnXl>1OwnHpssqqq q";oDqxgyxx&m&H5s)0/-0Zx[6":)L6/f0K-d8ToXL1Nx6T5q,&EB1Qx6%)2FcIjIS-)2%ERY[gZVdUjY1X-q,Y1Y-+26eEhXYq10\(2EtVzVU8&E{"cZUdXkw.gvUEqd*2UE&E['s"cZSdZkEkM1i)265E?6)2f5E66(2m.