Interdiction of Charlton

The trial court’s ruling which disqualified A.D. Freeman, A. Albert Ajubita, and Byron Ann Cook as attorneys in these proceedings is reversed. The case is remanded to the district court.

The harsh consequence of disqualification is not warranted merely because an attorney-client relationship existed between a former client and an attorney who presently represents a subsequent client. Dieck v. A.B. Volvo Penta, Sweden, 577 So.2d 297 (La.App. 4th Cir.1991). As out-hned in Rule 1.9 of the Rules of Professional Conduct,1 the proper focus is whether the matters are the same or substantially related…