OBERT v. REPUBLIC WESTERN INS. CO.

Nos. 04-1525, 04-1587.

398 F.3d 138 (2005)

Joseph OBERT, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY, Joseph J. Fratus, Stephanie Fratus Forte, and Carissa Fratus, a minor, Defendants. Robert A. Sherman, Roderick MacLeish, Jr., Annapoorni R. Sankaran, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP., Appellants. Joseph Obert, Plaintiff, Appellee v. Republic Western Insurance Company, Joseph J. Fratus, Stephanie Fratus Forte, and Carissa Fratus, a minor, Defendants. Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, P.C., Elizabeth McDonough Noonan, Todd D. White, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Kiley with whom Nicholas Kenney and Cosgrove, Eisenberg and Kiley, P.C. were on brief for appellants Annapoorni R. Sankaran, Robert A. Sherman and Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

David J. Oliveria for appellants Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, Inc., Elizabeth McDonough Noonan and Todd D. White.

Peter J. Linn, James A. Murphy and Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney on brief for appellant Roderick MacLeish, Jr.

Max Wistow with whom Stephen P. Sheehan and Wistow & Barylick Incorporated were on consolidated brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This is a set of consolidated appeals by five lawyers and two law firms from orders of the district court revoking the pro hac vice status of two of the lawyers and making adverse findings yet to be described, with sanctions, based on violations of pertinent ethical rules and other constraints on attorney practice. Pertinent litigation dates back to 1987 but the principal events underlying this appeal are discussed in

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