Legal Opinion
Baird v. Hilton Hotel Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 28, 1991No. CV-88-1017 (CBA)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
AMON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
By Order to Show Cause dated December 14, 1990, defendants moved for an order disqualifying plaintiffs’ counsel on the ground that an attorney who was previously associated with defendants’ former counsel Bivona & Cohen (the Bivona firm) and who represented the defendants in the discovery phase of this case, is now employed by plaintiffs' law firm, Katz, Katz & Bleifer, P.C. (the Katz firm).
For the reasons set forth below, defendants’ motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
The facts surrounding this motion generally are not disputed. Candice Pluchino…
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