State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Drobot

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSING DISQUALIFICATION

Andrew J. Guilford, United States District Judge

This matter concerns whether a lawyer can represent—at the same time, in the same litigation, in the same courthouse—a criminal and his victim.

Being a defendant—particularly a criminal one—can be lonely. As a society, we don’t require a defendant’s friends to stand by the defendant. We don’t require a defendant’s parents to stand by the defendant. We don’t require a defendant’s children to stand by the defendant. We don’t even require a defendant’s spouse to stand by the…