Spears v. Fourth Court of Appeals

OPINION

DOGGETT, Justice.

We consider whether an attorney and his firm are disqualified from representing a client against a state agency that previously employed another attorney now working for the firm. The court of appeals found that the trial court’s refusal to order disqualification constituted an abuse of discretion and conditionally granted writ of mandamus. 790 S.W.2d 55. We conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus seeking to vacate the court of appeals’ judgment.

Margaret Maisel served as chairman of the Industrial Accident Board (IAB) from August 1984 until October 1985.…