Matsunaga v. Worrell

The estate of Fredericka Bass Worrell appeals from orders of the circuit court of Cook County that disqualified its attorney, Vernon Rhinehart, from representing the estate in two interrelated actions currently pending in the circuit court. We do not reach the merits of the appeals, however, because they must be dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

The Illinois Supreme Court has held that a trial court’s allowance of a motion to disqualify an attorney who represents one of the parties is not a final order. As a result, no appeal from a disqualification order may be taken prior to…