>> 36 319 0 R 37 320 0 R 38 321 0 R 39 325 0 R 0000013798 00000 n << /S /P /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 0000002515 00000 n endobj /Pg 46 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) Defendants Response to Motion to Disqualify Defendants Counsel >> /P 531 0 R >> /Type /Page 359 0 obj 284 0 obj Colorado Judicial Branch - Self Help - Forms - Miscellaneous General Use endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> 8. /Lang (EN-US) endobj 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. ANSWER or RESPONSE DATE. /S /TOCI << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> endobj /Rotate 0 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R 132 0 R 133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R Rule 8.54. /K 27 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 309 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 26 113 0 obj << 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. 109 0 obj 75 0 obj /K 2 /K 5 311 0 obj << The defendant may not call the prosecutors as witnesses unless there is a compelling need to do so. /Parent 3 0 R 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 0 /S /P >> >> /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. >> /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 45 0 R 286 0 obj endobj /S /P endobj /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. The United States, through the undersigned attorney, hereby responds to the defendant's Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors Mark R. Rosman and Karen J. /P 529 0 R << 60 0 obj 112 0 obj /Pg 35 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 197 0 obj /P 12 0 R In determining whether to disqualify an attorney on the ground that he or she will likely be a witness, the court is guided, but not bound by, the standards set forth in Rule 3.7, and whether to disqualify an attorney rests in the sound discretion of the Court. >> 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. /Pg 29 0 R 2014-1675 (Fed.Cir. >> /Lang (EN-US) << >> Id. endobj /Pg 34 0 R 226 0 obj /S /P 1990); United States v. Brothers, 856 F. Supp. >> endobj Legal Standards. The State filed a response to the motion, see id. 271 0 obj /P 12 0 R /K 2 /Pg 45 0 R /P 12 0 R Where a conflict exists, an effective written consent is the best defense to a motion to disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) endobj 296 0 obj /P 12 0 R PDF In the 242nd District Court of Swisher County, Texas /StructParents 5 /S /P /P 308 0 R /K 11 /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] 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. << /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) >> Attorneys understandably may feel apprehensive about the threat of a motion to disqualify, given the potential risk and loss of work. /Lang (EN-US) /K 6 1. 354 0 obj /S /P /Pg 19 0 R /S /P 348 0 obj 250 0 obj /Rotate 0 16.21 et seq. 202 0 R] /StructParents 10 /Pg 18 0 R /S /P hearing. >> Rule 2.160(c) provides as follows: (c) Motion. >> /K 13 NME's motion was based on the confidences that it had imparted to the attorney in the prior representation under a joint defense agreement. /Parent 9 0 R 288 0 obj /S /P /P 508 0 R /Pg 27 0 R 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. A motion to disqualify shall be . /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 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. 7. /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /K 3 >> /StructParents 16 /S /P /Contents [483 0 R 484 0 R 485 0 R] /P 12 0 R 258 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) 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 Disqualification motions implicate the most important duties that an attorney owes a client: the duties of confidentiality and loyalty. /P 531 0 R >> /Parent 11 0 R /K 1 >> /P 531 0 R /P 509 0 R << << << 86 0 obj /DropCap /Figure 6 0 obj endobj /S /P /Pg 30 0 R 365 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R 0000004058 00000 n /Rotate 0 << /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /K 16 /S /Link /S /P /P 12 0 R /S /H1 But lawyers should use that weapon rarely and should resist the temptation, or a client's importuning, to . 0000009036 00000 n /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R << Opposing a Motion Filed Against You - Family Law Self-Help Center 282 0 obj 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. Upon receiving a motion to disqualify, the attorney should promptly notify the client. << endobj /Lang (EN-US) << endobj >> /K 32 /P 505 0 R /P 528 0 R << PDF Writing, Scheduling, and Opposing or Replying to Motions Guides for /K 14 He also made /Type /Page /P 509 0 R The Ethics of Moving to Disqualify Opposing Counsel for Conflict of /Type /Page 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) /P 56 0 R /Contents [449 0 R 450 0 R 451 0 R] /P 509 0 R << endobj >> /K 10 321 0 obj . /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 154 0 obj << endstream endobj startxref /Contents [400 0 R 401 0 R 402 0 R] << endobj >> /Kids [6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R] << >> /P 12 0 R 332 0 obj /K 0 PDF No. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON PATRICIA LANDES, v /Lang (EN-US) << /Tabs /S /K 11 /P 282 0 R >> << >> << 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. << 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 /Type /Page 48 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R /Contents [495 0 R 496 0 R 497 0 R] /P 531 0 R << /Parent 6 0 R /K [1 326 0 R 15] 37 0 obj /S /Reference /Lang (EN-US) 55 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Exclude This website and its publications are not designed to provide legal or other advice and you should not take, or refrain from taking, action based on its content. 6. >> >> /K 0 /K 1 /K [304 0 R 306 0 R 308 0 R 310 0 R 312 0 R] 172 0 obj /S /P endobj << /P 81 0 R /P 506 0 R endobj Co. of Wausau, No. /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 302 0 obj /Resources 411 0 R << /Pg 18 0 R << Because there are other witnesses available to testify, there is no compelling need to put the prosecuting attorneys on the stand to testify. << 174 0 obj /P 12 0 R /K 13 /Lang (EN-US) endstream endobj 234 0 obj <. endobj /S /P >> << /Pg 27 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R >> endobj /Pg 45 0 R 246 0 obj Following this, they have two options - either to transfer the case to another judge immediately or to file a written answer with the clerk. /Pg 46 0 R /Tabs /S /K [58 303 0 R 60] /P 288 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 12 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj 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. /P 12 0 R 363 0 obj /Type /Page endobj << 204 0 obj /S /P << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 12 0 R 110 0 obj /Rotate 0 endobj endobj endobj /K 2 endobj /Rotate 0 endobj /P 12 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << endobj << endobj >> endobj /Tabs /S /Pg 15 0 R /P 508 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 25 0 R 64 0 obj /K 7 /S /Reference /S /Table /K 19 /Type /Page endobj 228 0 obj 298 0 R 299 0 R 298 0 R null 300 0 R 301 0 R 300 0 R null 302 0 R 303 0 R /Pg 31 0 R /K 15 /Resources 371 0 R /K 1 /K 2 /Pg 25 0 R 16.23(c) to the U.S. Department of Justice for the testimony of Mark Rosman and Karen Sharp. Attempting to defeat the motion without advising the client is not an acceptable solution. Ct., 704 P.2d 851, 853 (Colo. 1985)). >> /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) %PDF-1.6 % /P 506 0 R << See Fed. endobj << /P 278 0 R << << endobj /K 0 << /Parent 6 0 R Id. /S /P /S /P endobj 2. /K [7 519 0 R] 92 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << 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"). Motions to Disqualify Counsel Unpredictable 143 0 obj >> 299 0 obj /S /P << 13 0 obj endobj /Annots [] /A 517 0 R <>stream I don't recommend it, but this is what you must do to get a judge /K 18 Brown v. Encompass Ins. /K 331 0 R /S /P endobj 11 [110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R] /P 4 0 R 31 [177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R] /Contents [408 0 R 409 0 R 410 0 R] /Pg 16 0 R 308 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P For the reasons stated below, Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Counsel . However, by understanding the underpinnings of this ethical issue, attorneys will be better prepared to anticipate, respond to, or even avoid motions to disqualify. 93 0 obj /P 12 0 R position as district attorney. /K 1 /Pg 46 0 R /P 55 0 R >> /K 22 0000006178 00000 n >> 343 0 obj /P 505 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 >> /Pg 16 0 R /S /P /P 123 0 R << /Parent 3 0 R >> /K 3 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] important announcement Transparency Online Contact Us Interpreters FAQ Photos Holidays Menu Important Announcement Home Search Courts Probation Jury Self Help Forms Careers Media Administration Contact us Interpreters FAQ Photo Gallery Holiday Schedule /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /TOCI 150 0 obj /K 1 endobj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Lang (EN-US) endobj endobj R. Evid. /P 12 0 R endobj 26 [160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R null 327 0 R null 328 0 R null 329 0 R 162 0 R >> >> /Annots [] << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 22 0 R /Contents [404 0 R 405 0 R 406 0 R] /K 12 Motion to Disqualify - 4 should include disqualifying an attorney for a party for conflicts of interest under the RPCs. >> 318 0 R null 319 0 R 123 0 R 320 0 R 123 0 R 321 0 R 123 0 R] /P 12 0 R /Pg 39 0 R 105 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R << >> Further, we cannot advise the asker as to what to do during an upcoming appearance in court. /Resources 403 0 R << /P 12 0 R >> /K 2 116 0 obj /S /P /P 529 0 R << You will now be taken from the global Dentons website to the $redirectingsite website. /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page endobj /Pg 45 0 R 0000002415 00000 n /S /P II. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 0 Co. v. 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Government Caught Between a Recusal Motion and Desperation A Judge should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding where he or she: Has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party; . /Lang (EN-US) << /Type /Pages << /Tabs /S /K 8 >> 5 [73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 313 0 R 80 0 R 142 0 obj >> /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 16 0 R endobj /Pg 17 0 R 355 0 obj 74 0 obj northwoods educational foundation, inc.'s reply to plaintiff's response to motion to disqualify and response to motion for sanctions >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P /S /Reference /Pg 16 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] /Count 7 /Lang (EN-US) Disqualification motions put these obligations directly at issue. /Lang (EN-US) << /P 55 0 R << /Pg 17 0 R 12. /S /P >> /P 528 0 R 364 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) 1992). >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 39 endobj /Pg 29 0 R 31 0 obj /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 8 /K 3 14 [123 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R null 315 0 R 316 0 R 315 0 R null 317 0 R null << /P 508 0 R /K 11 << /P 134 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K 5 171 0 obj /P 302 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 39 0 obj /P 12 0 R endobj >> /P 506 0 R /Lang (EN-US) ; Utica Mut. 157 0 R 158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R /K 7 An oral motion on the record, by an attorney of record, IS a formal motion, even if not accepted and demanded by the court to be submitted in writing. Thus, there is no bright-line rule or test to determine whether an attorney should be disqualified because of her or his playbook knowledge. 249 0 obj /P 12 0 R /S /H3 endobj /S /P 146 0 obj /Parent 8 0 R /S /P endobj >> /K 14 114 0 obj 214 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R >> /P 505 0 R /S /P . /K 0 /K 24 /Pg 22 0 R /K 4 15 316 0 R 16 [127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R] /Pg 44 0 R endobj << /Pg 16 0 R /Pg 44 0 R When faced with a motion to disqualify, the first course of action is typically to notify the client. /P 12 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /P 12 0 R << 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. /Lang (EN-US) 239 0 obj /K 4 endobj /Tabs /S /Count 5 /Pg 34 0 R << . /Resources 490 0 R Few things are worse for an attorney than getting a new big matter, starting work on it, and then facing a motion to disqualify. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Response to Motion to Disqualify Counsel and Law Firm [Doc. /K [5 307 0 R 7] /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P The trial judge observed the motion for recusal was likely a dilatory tactic. >> >> /P 12 0 R Attorney Advertising. /Lang (EN-US) >> /Tabs /S /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /P 12 0 R /P 55 0 R 163 0 obj /S /TOC << /S /P 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." /Contents [376 0 R 377 0 R 378 0 R] /K 10 /StructParents 22 endstream /P 123 0 R In New York, that motion requires: the existence of a prior attorney-client relationship between the moving party and opposing counsel. >> 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. endobj 12-1]. 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R] /Pg 44 0 R << /P 12 0 R v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., No. >> endobj 10 [106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R] >> 315 0 obj endobj /K 1 /Type /Page DONE AND ENTERED THIS _________ day of ____________ , 1997. /K 8 PDF United States District Court for The District of New Hampshire 8 0 obj HarrisT19@michigan.gov . << Ct., 719 P.2d 699, 704 (Colo. 1986). /S /P /K 0 >> /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 16 0 R /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R << /Pg 17 0 R /K 4 endobj "response to General Michael T. Flynn's Motion to Disqualify Judge Emmet Sullivan, United States v. Flynn, 17-cr-232 (Doc. endobj >> /Pg 15 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 357 0 obj /Pg 45 0 R /K 19 >> /Contents [396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R] /Contents [415 0 R 416 0 R 417 0 R] /S /Reference << 123 0 obj /K 1 >> /S /Reference by the party /S /TOCI << endobj 88 0 obj /S /P /S /P See People v. Perez, 201 P.3d 1220, 1246 n.11 (Colo. 2009). endobj 253 0 obj 118 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 30 0 R /P 508 0 R endobj << >> /S /Reference Legal Ethics 71, 77 (Winter 2014). 21 0 obj 1985) (finding defendant had a compelling need for prosecutor's testimony when that testimony was the only source of vital evidence). >> >> /K 18 endobj 136 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R See Livingston v. << << In Sacramento, the . /Pg 27 0 R >> /Underline /Span /K 2 /S /P /Pg 44 0 R endobj /P 12 0 R /S /P >> /Resources 498 0 R 83 0 obj /S /Reference /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 38 0 R endobj /P 162 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Notice of Motion and Motion. PDF state of maryland /Pg 44 0 R /Pg 16 0 R 306 0 obj /S /P 141 0 obj /Pg 43 0 R /K [22 285 0 R 24] /StructParents 21 ________________________ United States District Judge. motion was pending, Bikkani fil ed his third motion to disqualify attorney Fitzsimmons, along with a request that the trial court "disbar" him. 200 0 obj /StructParents 27 /StructParents 19 /S /P >> /P 506 0 R /S /P Defendant Brian Frost submits this response in opposition to the Motion to Disqualify filed. /Rotate 0 endobj /P 506 0 R >> 238 0 obj /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R] /S /H3 Sharp ("Defendant's Motion"). `%qs2"Z(-> ^eZAst`zqz~5{=rvvl6r7rhi_WSztQa%_`e.~QFCPN!Px:v7Pp}VDl|RUjND,a5KFVo}W4+7H/)fJ%o5mgS9BFcQ7HP13+Fxk{N25 wx7O)&[ /iCw %Fk|7on6 r9rH_wFS&`E9T8`jPDlm(n /S /P /Pg 45 0 R >> >> >> /StructParents 29 PDF STATE OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION /Outline /Span << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 3 0 R << << /Pg 38 0 R /S /P Include the date to the template with the Date option. /S /P >> 155 0 obj /Pg 44 0 R 1 /. >> /Contents [380 0 R 381 0 R 382 0 R] As with the substantial relationship test, whether an attorneys playbook knowledge is sufficient for disqualification is heavily dependent on the facts. endobj /S /H3 << >> Among our firm's growing practice areas is litigation where one party files a motion seeking to disqualify another party's lawyers. >> 259 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 /P 12 0 R On the contrary, a defendant must demonstrate a compelling and legitimate need to do so.