Legal Opinion
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Caro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*881In this action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Chase Caro (hereinafter the defendant) moved to disqualify the plaintiffs substituted law firm, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP (hereinafter the firm) on the ground that he previously disclosed information pertaining to this action to attorney Brandon R. Sail, his long-term acquaintance, in an effort to solicit legal advice on the matter. Sail is “of counsel” to the firm. After the firm was substituted as the plaintiffs counsel, the defendant moved, inter alia, to disqualify the firm based on his alleged prior…
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