Legal Opinion
Burkes v. Hales
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided November 14, 1991No. 91-0661PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
Marshall Burkes sued Edward E. Hales and other members of the Wisconsin Investment Board, claiming that he was wrongfully discharged from his position as the board's executive director. We granted Hales's petition for leave to appeal from a nonfi-nal order of the trial court directing that his attorney, Stephen P. Hurley, be disqualified from representing him in the case.
The disqualification stemmed from Hurley's involvement as the attorney for one set of partners in the breakup of the law firm originally representing Burkes in this case. Generally, where a lawyer finds himself or herself in…
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