Crum v. Alabama

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Pending before the court is defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ counsel Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. and his law firm, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs (GSWC). Defendants claim that Wiggins *1328violated Rules 4.2, 1.6 through 1.9, and 1.16 of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct and the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, when he made ex parte contact with two employees of the State of Alabama. Defendants also claim that, if Wiggins is disqualified, his law firm should also be disqualified under Rule 1.10. The parties…