Legal Opinion
Kassis v. Teacher's Insurance & Annuity Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 16, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J. P.
The IAS Court’s denial of plaintiffs’ motion to disqualify the law firm of Thurm & Heller, the attorneys for defendants and third-party plaintiffs, Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association and Cauldwell-Wingate Company, Inc., should be affirmed. We are persuaded that disqualification is unnecessary, given the steps undertaken by Thurm & Heller, a firm comprised of 26 lawyers, 12 partners and 14 associates, to create a “Chinese Wall” around its associate, Charles Martin Arnold, a young lawyer one year out of law school, formerly employed by Weg & Myers,…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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