United States v. Fisher

OPINION AND ORDER

MILTON POLLACK, District Judge.

The government, joined by Leroy “Nicky” Barnes, moves to disqualify the law firm of Goldberger, Feldman, Dubin & Weisenfeld, P.C. (the “Goldberger firm”) from representing Frank James and Wallace Rice on criminal charges levied against them. The basis of the disqualification motion is that the prior representation of Leroy Barnes by the “Goldberger firm,” generally and in previous criminal trials, creates a conflict of interest that, the moving parties argue, precludes continued representation of James and Rice by the “Goldberger firm.”

The right…