Miller v. Insurance Management Associates, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

This is an appeal from an order entered by the district court disqualifying Mark G. Ayesh, Esq., and his law firm of Ayesh, Herd & Theis, from representing the estate in this case. Ayesh was disqualified pursuant to Rule 1.9(a) (1990 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 235) of the Model Rules of Professional Con*103duct (MRPC), Supreme Court Rule 226 (1990 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 210). The district court also disqualified Ayesh from further representation of the estate pursuant to MRPC 3.7 (1990 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 267) and DR 5-102 (1990 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 184).

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