State Ex Rel. Bryant v. Ellis

The issue in this proceeding is whether a circuit court has authority to disqualify an attorney for one or more of the litigants from appearing in a civil case and to enjoin attorneys from other conduct pertaining to the case. 1 Relator, one of several defendants in an action in the Circuit Court for Multnomah County, moved for an order disqualifying first a law firm, Diamond & Sylvester, and later another lawyer, Steven J. Cannata, from representing the other defendants in the action, alleging conflicts of interest. Diamond & Sylvester voluntarily withdrew as attorney of record. The…