Strawcutter v. Strawcutter

Shana Strawcutter (wife) seeks certiora-ri review of the trial court’s order granting William Strawcutter’s (husband’s) motion to disqualify her counsel. Determining that the order constitutes a departure from the essential requirements of the law, causing material injury which cannot be remedied on appeal, we grant the petition.

The husband filed a petition seeking to dissolve the parties’ marriage, and the wife retained the law firm of Kaufman, Englett & Lynd, PLLC (KEL) to represent her. The husband, who is an attorney, filed a motion to disqualify KEL, alleging that the wife had conveyed…