Legal Opinion
Estate of Andrews Ex Rel. Andrews v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 27, 1992No. Civ. A. 2:92cv97PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAYNE, District Judge.
The issue before the court is whether counsel for plaintiff, the Estate of Virginia C. Andrews (“Estate”), should be disqualified from representing the Estate in this tax refund action when trial counsel’s law partner is a party to this action in his representative capacity as a co-executor of the Estate and when the partner will be a material witness at trial. For the reasons set forth below, the Estate’s counsel is disqualified from representing the Estate in this action.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
At the time of her death on December 19, 1986,…
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