Russell v. Clute

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) to, inter alia, prohibit respondents from disqualifying petitioner William E.. Russell from representing petitioner Frank L. Lovely, Jr. and other criminal defendants in Clinton County.

Petitioner William E. Russell is an attorney with offices in *981the Village of Keesville, Essex County. In 1992, Russell hired Michael McCormick as an associate. Thereafter, McCormick’s wife, Catherine Paul, was hired by the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office as an Assistant District Attorney. In 1994, petitioner…