Commonwealth v. Ellis

The matter before us involves the question whether or not the Attorney General’s office is a disinterested prosecutor and, therefore, the indictments against the defendants should have been dismissed, or, alternatively, the Attorney General’s office should be disqualified from prosecuting the indictments. Each defendant was a partner, of counsel, an employee, or a client of the former Worcester law firm of Ellis & Ellis, and each is charged with insurance fraud and related offenses. The firm represented plaintiffs in workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. The defendant, James N.…