McCormack v. Russell

We deny the petition for writ of certio-rari on the merits. Petitioner seeks interlocutory review of the trial court’s order denying her motion to disqualify respondent’s law firm due to prior representation of petitioner in another matter by a recently-hired attorney for that firm; petitioner claimed that legal confidences were provided by this attorney to her new employer, who represents the opposing party to this lawsuit. While certiorari review is appropriate to consider orders denying a motion to disqualify counsel due to alleged conflicts of interest, Manning v. Cooper, 981 So.2d 668,…