POUND v. DeMERA DeMERA CAMERON

No. F047096.

36 Cal.Rptr.3d 922 (2005)

135 Cal.App.4th 70

Ralston M. POUND III et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents, v. DeMERA DeMERA CAMERON, Defendant, Cross-Complainant and Appellant, Howard DeMera et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

December 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J.F. Smith, Fresno, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Betts & Wright and James B. Betts, Fresno, for Defendants and Appellants.

Law Offices of Wagner & Jones, Andrew B. Jones, Fresno; Law Offices of John K. Ormond and John K. Ormond for Plaintiffs, Cross-Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CORNELL, Acting P.J.

This case presents an issue of first impression involving attorney disqualification in a successive representation setting. The issue is whether the firm representing one party must be disqualified when it associates as counsel an attorney who previously obtained confidential information from the opposing party, even in the absence of any evidence that confidential information was shared between the firm and the associated counsel...

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