Essex County Jail Annex Inmates v. Treffinger

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on the defendants’ motion to disqualify the plaintiffs’ counsel, Susan Remis Silver, Esq., for alleged violations of the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct (“RPC”). The plaintiffs in these consolidated class action lawsuits are inmates at the Essex County Jail and Jail Annex. At the heart of this matter are very serious allegations that Ms. Silver, in her capacity as the plaintiffs’ principal attorney, provided security sensitive information concerning specific staffing deficiencies at the Jail…