Legal Opinion
Griva v. Davison
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1994No. 92-CV-992PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This ease presents two important questions: when a law firm that represents a three-member partnership also represents two of the individual partners in matters that pertain to the partnership, may the third partner obtain (1) access to the law firm’s files concerning not only its representation of the partnership but also its representation of the individual partners in partnership matters, and (2) disqualification of the law firm from representing the partnership? Seeking affirmative answers to these questions, plaintiff-appellant, Rose Griva — a minority partner in…
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