Brown v. Commonwealth

van Gestel, J.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has moved in limine seeking an order from this Court precluding the plaintiffs from calling as a trial witness the Commonwealth’s lead trial counsel, First Assistant Attorney General Dean Richlin (“Mr. Richlin”).

Mr. Richlin became employed by the Office of the Attorney General (“AGO”) on January 20, 1999, when he accepted the position of First Assistant. This was after the fee agreements central to this case were executed, after the pendency of the Commonwealth’s action against the cigarette manufacturers, and after the Master Settlement…