SHELTON v. SHELTON


151 A.D.2d 659 (1989)

Donna Shelton, Respondent, v. Raymond Shelton, Appellant. Douglas R. Rothkopf, Nonparty Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 19, 1989


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

Following a lengthy trial, the court awarded custody of the parties' son to the wife. The husband discharged his attorney Douglas Rothkopf and brought the instant motion to disqualify the wife's attorney Elliot D. Samuelson and for a new trial on the issue of custody. The husband contended that he had discovered after the trial that Rothkopf was "of counsel" to Samuelson's law firm and that such a relationship...

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