Oaks Management Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

McCONNELL, P. J.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred by disqualifying a law firm from representing plaintiffs at trial, based on lender-borrower relationships between two of the firm’s attorneys and a defendant that ended several years before this litigation commenced. Defendant argued the attorneys received his confidential financial information in conjunction with making loans, and plaintiffs could use it against him here, e.g., in making settlement demands.

We find error and grant the petition. Even if the attorneys did receive defendant’s financial information…