Dussouy v. Dussouy

JUDGE SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS

|! Relator Lisanne Alack Dussouy seeks review of the trial court’s December 2, 2016 judgment granting plaintiff Roy F. Dussouy, Jr.’s Motion to Recuse Judge Bernadette D’Souza. For the reasons that follow, we grant the writ application and reverse the trial court’s judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

Judge D’Souza has handled this contentious domestic matter-since August 2014. Following a status conference in September 2016, counsel for Mr. Dussouy learned that Judge D’Souza’s law clerk, Sara Gu-ruswamy, had previously accepted employ*199ment with Winsberg &…