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IN RE BASCO

No. 05-0771.

221 S.W.3d 637 (2007)

In re Michael Angelo BASCO, M.D., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Townend, Townend Law Firm, Mesquite, TX, for Petitioner.

James M. Stewart, Ken Braxton Jr., Stewart Stimmel LLP, Dallas, TX, for Respondent.

Donald P. Wilcox, Susan G. Taylor, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Medical Association (TMA).

PER CURIAM.

"The legal system's image is ill-served by lawyers criticizing the work of their former associates with whom they shared in the fees paid for the work." In re EPIC Holdings, Inc., 985 S.W.2d 41, 52 (Tex.1998). Here, a doctor seeks to disqualify his opponent's attorney because the attorney must question the work product of his former law partner. The trial court denied disqualification, and a divided court of appeals...

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