Legal Opinion
Ullmann-Schneider v. Lacher & Lovell-Taylor PC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 8, 2013PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lawrence K. Marks, J.), entered December 11, 2012, which denied defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ attorneys, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
“Disqualification . . . during litigation implicates not only the ethics of the profession but also the substantive rights of the litigants [and] denies a party’s right to representation by the attorney of its choice” (S & S Hotel Ventures Ltd. Partnership v 777 S. H. Corp., 69 NY2d 437, 443 [1987]). The right to counsel is “a valued right and any restrictions must be carefully *470scrutinized” (id.).…
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- Broadwhite Associates v. TruongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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