12] and Memorandum in Support [Doc. /P 12 0 R 123 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /K 4 228 0 obj >> /Pg 43 0 R << /Pg 18 0 R << /A 517 0 R << << Note: Summary Judgment Motions have a 30 day Response period. Sharp was sent via Federal Express this day of June, 1997, to: J. << >> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION, 15 U.S.C. endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Pages endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 508 0 R Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al. /K 19 << /S /P /Pg 16 0 R /Parent 6 0 R 80 0 obj /S /TOCI /Contents [380 0 R 381 0 R 382 0 R] /K 5 +126:*l1%HQa7m'PfQn endobj endobj >> /P 12 0 R /K 7 /P 531 0 R You need a written motion signed by both your client and yourself, and sworn to by your client. /K 0 endobj /S /Reference 278 0 obj >> Once a motion to disqualify the judge in question has been filed, the judge will be served a copy of the affidavit. >> endobj /P 529 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /K 2 >> >> /Pg 15 0 R endobj << 315 0 obj << /Type /Page 331 0 obj 177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R Courts also appear to distinguish between conflicts based on multiple representations and those based on successive representations. /P 12 0 R Frequently, a former client accuses the attorney of having insider information regarding the client that does not rise to the level of a client confidence. /Lang (EN-US) << 302 0 obj 175 0 obj endobj /P 12 0 R /Type /Page /P 508 0 R endobj /P 508 0 R 323 0 obj /S /H3 303 0 obj /P 505 0 R Id. /Lang (EN-US) 199 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R <>stream
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/Pg 34 0 R endobj /Pg 29 0 R /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 << /Lang (EN-US) >> 187 0 obj /P 509 0 R /P 12 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 /Subscript /Span First, identify and resolve potential conflicts, including both multiple and successive representations, before undertaking a representation or hiring a lateral. endobj Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. /P 506 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /P endobj Box 30758 . Case 2:19-cv-11661-DPH-DRG ECF No. >> northwoods educational foundation, inc.'s reply to plaintiff's response to motion to disqualify and response to motion for sanctions >> /Type /Pages endobj 31 [177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R] This written response must be filed within two days after the motion to disqualify was . << motion to disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) << << endobj /Lang (EN-US) 339 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 364 0 obj /Tabs /S << /P 12 0 R << /S /TOCI /S /P << >> endobj endobj /P 12 0 R As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. /K 11 344 0 obj << /K [50 299 0 R 52] endobj /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R << /Pg 32 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [4 316 0 R 6] 67 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R 20 [142 0 R 143 0 R] << /Pg 45 0 R /Type /Page /Pg 37 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P >> 138 0 obj /S /TOCI /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] >> >> >> /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R >> >> /K 0 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R 132 0 obj 327 0 obj /Artifact /P endobj >> /Resources 395 0 R 10 filed 06/26/19 PageID.515 Page 2 of 32 >> >> /Type /Page /Type /Page << 234 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /S /P << /Rotate 0 /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 314 0 obj /S /P /Pg 15 0 R >> << /Pg 16 0 R /Rotate 0 /Contents [445 0 R 446 0 R 447 0 R] >> 193 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /Sect 185 0 obj << The government does not contest the fact that prosecutors Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp met with the defendant on June 21, 1995, and that the defendant was offered immunity, which he declined to accept. endobj 255 0 obj /Contents [419 0 R 420 0 R 421 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R >> >> >> /K 14 Ct., 951 P.2d 926, 930 (Colo. 1998). /P 12 0 R My name is Adam C. Sloane. /K 40 /Pg 16 0 R /P 132 0 R Legal Standards. /Contents [475 0 R 476 0 R 477 0 R] /P 12 0 R /Pg 15 0 R stream
8 0 obj /P 531 0 R endobj /P 528 0 R /P 133 0 R /Pg 19 0 R >> "response to General Michael T. Flynn's Motion to Disqualify Judge Emmet Sullivan, United States v. Flynn, 17-cr-232 (Doc. /K 6 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 44 0 R 273 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) << /K 1 /Resources 407 0 R /K 1 302 0 R null] 46 0 obj 3d at 812. endobj endobj Where a conflict exists, an effective written consent is the best defense to a motion to disqualify. << 134 0 obj >> << 210 0 obj /K 0 << /K 1 trailer /Pg 16 0 R /K 20 endobj >> endobj 9 0 obj /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. /P 12 0 R >> /Pg 17 0 R /S /TOCI >> << /K 7 /K 1 /K 41 /Lang (EN-US) 304 0 obj 2 0 obj /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 11 0 R /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) << << << /Lang (EN-US) 201 0 obj Mark White, Esq. >> >> >> /S /P << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /K 2 338 0 obj /K 15 /K 1 107 0 obj 345 0 obj /S /H1 >> /Annots [] /K 19 /Rotate 0 Conflict violations are not always the focal point for resolution of a motion to disqualify. Therefore, the defendant's Motion to Disqualify the prosecutors should be denied. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K 15 /P 508 0 R >> /S /H3 << /S /Table /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) << /S /P 261 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) In recent months, a number of high-profile disqualification motions have been reported.1 Many disqualification motions are well-founded. /Pg 30 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 10 /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj endobj >> 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 /P 12 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 2 endobj endobj >> 153 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /S /P 4. /P 55 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /K 21 >> /P 528 0 R /S /P endobj /StructParents 33 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R null] /S /P /Pg 41 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K [16 518 0 R] 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. 0000005497 00000 n
/S /H3 >> endobj 856 F. Supp. /Lang (EN-US) /P 506 0 R endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /S /Link /Lang (EN-US) /Count 5 endobj << 151 0 obj 167 0 obj << II. /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /S /P 254 0 obj /Pg 41 0 R 269 0 obj 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. endobj << 81 0 R 314 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R] /Outline /Span 162 0 obj /P 508 0 R endobj 216 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /P 80 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /P 12 0 R << << /Pg 29 0 R /S /P endobj >> 0000001974 00000 n
/P 505 0 R << >> /Pg 42 0 R 212 0 obj /S /TOCI 226 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj /Annots [] endobj /K 8 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 /P 55 0 R 294 0 R 296 0 R 298 0 R 300 0 R 302 0 R] /P 12 0 R /Pg 17 0 R << /P 12 0 R /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj Despite the Attorney General's best attempts to cast himself a super- /Footnote /Note 281 0 obj /K 0 /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj endobj /S /P /P 505 0 R Where witnesses other than the prosecutor can testify to the same matters or conversations, no compelling need exists." /P 506 0 R ; Utica Mut. /Pg 44 0 R /S /P 16.21 et seq. << endobj /Pg 40 0 R specifies the date, time, and location where the hearing will take place, spells out what the party is requesting, and gives a . /S /P /S /P /Resources 428 0 R /S /TOCI 0000002614 00000 n
263 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 302 0 R /S /P << >> /K 2 /Pg 44 0 R /P 12 0 R Two important pre-motion strategies are effective. /P 315 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P << 292 0 R null 294 0 R 295 0 R 294 0 R null 296 0 R 297 0 R 296 0 R null >> endobj endobj 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. /Pg 22 0 R << /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) endobj 292 0 obj /K 13 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 20 0 R << /Type /Pages << /Lang (EN-US) A motion to disqualify shall be . 71 0 obj << /Pg 45 0 R /S /P 24 0 obj /Pg 38 0 R /Parent 6 0 R >> /S /P 2. /P 12 0 R Defendant Brian Frost submits this response in opposition to the Motion to Disqualify filed. /P 280 0 R /Pg 16 0 R << /Pg 15 0 R 79 0 obj (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Speth, Maria). /K 0 Attorneys understandably may feel apprehensive about the threat of a motion to disqualify, given the potential risk and loss of work. /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> endobj << /P 12 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Because motions to disqualify seek to deprive the opposing 197 0 R 198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R] Co. v. Employers Ins. >> SHARP The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /S /P /S /P 104 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /K 9 /K 30 /P 528 0 R endobj << /S /P << /S /P << /S /P endobj /K [8 510 0 R] 152 0 obj 8. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 21 0 R /K [30 289 0 R 32] /P 12 0 R /P 531 0 R /P 506 0 R endobj /Count 5 The Motion Clerk shall enter the "Answer" or "Response" Date on the Cover Sheet. /Pg 16 0 R endobj 289 0 obj >> endobj 259 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. /Type /Pages /S /TOCI /Type /Page Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel /P 12 0 R /Rotate 0 << /Tabs /S 183 0 obj 739, 744 (S.D.N.Y. /Rotate 0 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> endobj /S /P /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 6:12-cv-01293-NAM-TWD (N.D.N.Y. >> << endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 15 0 R /S /P /S /TOCI endobj 12-1]. /Parent 3 0 R /K 33 /Pg 46 0 R /P 509 0 R /K [13 311 0 R 15] /S /P << /S /P /StructParents 32 <> Rule 8.54. /P 531 0 R 257 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R /S /P /P 55 0 R /Pg 20 0 R /K 20 Rule 4-1.6 provides that, except in limited circumstances, "a lawyer shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client. /Pg 18 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /Link /Lang (EN-US) /P 163 0 R 119 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 256 0 obj /K [7 313 0 R 9] endobj >> endobj As the motion describes, the purpose of the Compensation Pilot is to address a financial 116 0 obj /Pg 46 0 R 207 0 obj /K [54 301 0 R 56] 68 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /Pg 16 0 R /P 12 0 R >> Response to Motion to Disqualify Counsel and Law Firm [Doc. /S /Footnote /Kids [25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R] 72 0 obj << /P 505 0 R /P 12 0 R /P 12 0 R 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 The Texas Supreme Court held that disqualification was proper, reasoning /Lang (EN-US) /P 529 0 R Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. /P 530 0 R /P 12 0 R 125 0 obj << /K 4 /Type /Page endobj /S /Reference As another court has observed "[t]he law does not liberally permit a defendant to call a prosecutor as a witness. 40 326 0 R 41 329 0 R 42 330 0 R] endobj /Rotate 0 Attorneys should be aware, however, that clients can make a successful case for disqualifying attorneys who had a greatly invested role with the organizational client or where the playbook knowledge is uniquely and particularly relevant to the new representation. endobj 24 [156 0 R 157 0 R] /P 506 0 R 1 0 obj >> /StructParents 26 189 0 obj << /Pg 33 0 R /S /Reference 362 0 obj endobj << /S /P /K 1 /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 29 0 R << /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] /Pg 27 0 R /Contents [467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R] << >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 5 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. >> /Parent 9 0 R /S /P Visit the Civil General Use forms page.. Self-Help Resources Formularios en Espaol. 0000000016 00000 n
endobj /P 530 0 R <<329FC6C22BACB2110A0030BBE330FF7F>]/Prev 482690>> endobj 196 0 obj /S /P /K 7 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." /P 12 0 R /Pg 22 0 R 190 0 obj /K 6 >> /Annots [457 0 R 458 0 R] >> /Pg 16 0 R endobj /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 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. 0000007338 00000 n
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>> /Parent 7 0 R /Pg 41 0 R /Pg 24 0 R << /S /Link /Pg 45 0 R /P 12 0 R /Underline /Span >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Pg 40 0 R /K 2 The best way to deal with motions to disqualify is to prevent them. /K 19 *243 In addition, the motion was not timely. 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. << /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> /Resources 456 0 R /Pg 44 0 R /P 508 0 R 11 0 obj /K 10 Attorney General . /P 531 0 R /K 14 /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R 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. >> Deposit Ins. /Lang (EN-US) 44 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R /P 12 0 R /Pg 19 0 R << Make certain each and every area has been filled in properly. /Resources 490 0 R /Annots [] << /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 12 0 R /K 3 Secure .gov websites use HTTPS /P 509 0 R 1. 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. /P 12 0 R endobj /S /P 225 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) %PDF-1.6
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