Legal Opinion
Papanicolaou v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 15, 1989No. 88 Civ. 4117PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.
On May 25,1989, the partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy who was in charge of the defense of this action discussed the merits of this case with the plaintiff for an hour and a half outside the presence of the plaintiff’s counsel. The partner admits that he violated Rule 4.2 of the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, although he states that he did not think it applied. 1 The plaintiff has now moved to disqualify both the responsible partner and his law firm from participating any further in this action.…
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