Hall v. Tucker

Kline, Judge.

{¶ 1} Robert A. Tucker appeals the judgment of the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas disqualifying his attorneys, Robert P. Zoller and Christopher E. Torkelson, from serving as his counsel at trial. Tucker asserts that the trial court erred when it disqualified his counsel without conducting a full evidentiary hearing. Because we find that the trial court failed to conduct any evidentiary hearing before disqualifying Tucker’s counsel, oral or otherwise, we agree. Tucker also contends that the trial court abused its discretion by disqualifying his counsel absent a specific…