Sobel v. Sells (In re Gordon Properties, LLC)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERT G. MAYER, Bankruptcy Judge.

First Owners Association of Forty Six Hundred Condominium, Inc., (“FOA”), one of the defendants in this adversary proceeding, asks that Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the plaintiffs, be disqualified because Reed Smith previously represented it in substantially related matters. Va. Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.9(a).1

FOA has been in litigation with Gordon Properties, LLC and its related entities and individuals for more than four years. There have been at least seven law suits, two bankruptcies, an arbitration and numerous appeals, all of…