CITY NAT. BANK v. ADAMS

No. B149863.

117 Cal.Rptr.2d 125 (2002)

96 Cal.App.4th 315

CITY NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. Glenn ADAMS, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

February 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Jeffrey L. Davidson, Jeffrey L. Davidson, Beverly Hills, Benjamin M. Hill and Laura Lynn Davidson, Costa Mesa, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Feinberg, Mindel & Kline, Jeremy B. Kline and Irwin B. Feinberg, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.


PERLUSS, J.

Defendant Glenn Adams appeals from the trial court's order disqualifying his counsel, Jeffrey L. Davidson and Davidson's law firm, from further participation in this action based on Davidson's previous representation of plaintiff City National Bank (CNB). We hold that, absent the informed written consent of both the former client and the present client, a lawyer may not represent a party whose interests are adverse to his or her former client when the...

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