Legal Opinion
Adams v. Aerojet-General Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 7, 2001No. C031323PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, J.
This case poses the following hypothetical question concerning the propriety of attorney disqualification in the context of successive representation: Lawyer’s former law firm, “Firm A”, advises “Client” on matters pertaining to land use and toxic waste disposal at its manufacturing site. Lawyer does not personally render any such advice and, in fact, spends no time rendering legal services to Client while at Firm A. Years later, having left Firm A and started a new law firm, “Firm B,” Lawyer files suit on behalf of a number of plaintiffs against Client alleging that…
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