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IN RE COLUMBIA VALLEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

No. 08-0995.

320 S.W.3d 819 (2010)

In re COLUMBIA VALLEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P. d/b/a Valley Regional Medical Center, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike A. Hatchell , Charles R. Watson Jr. , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Austin, TX, Thomas F. Nye , Robert William Clore , Gault Nye & Quintana, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, William Gault , Vidaurri Lyde Gault & Quintana, Brownsville, TX, for Relator.

Juan A. Magallanes , Magallanes & Hinojosa, P.C., Brownsville, TX, Carlos Escobar , Magallanes and Hinojosa, P.C., Mission, TX, Gilberto Hinojosa , Magallanes & Hinojosa, P.C., Brownsville, TX, Steve A. Kamel , Steve A. Kamel, P.C. , Allen Jack Washburn , Murphrey & Washburn, Houston, TX, for Real Party in Interest.

Ronald G. Hole , Hole & Alvarez, L.L.P., McAllen, TX, for Bangalore N. Lakshmikanth, M.D.

W. Richard Wagner , Patterson Wagner & Rocheleau LLP, San Antonio, TX, for Carmen Maria De La Cruz Rocco, M.D.

Steven M. Gonzalez , Marion R. Lawler III , Gonzalez Palacios LLP, McAllen, TX, for Frances M. Sweeney, M.D.

Jeffrey D. Roerig , Roerig Oliveira & Fisher, LLP, Brownsville, TX, for Settled Schumacher Defendants.

Reagan W. Simpson , King & Spalding LLP, Austin, TX, for amicus curiae, Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.

Amy J. Schumacher , Strasburger & Price LLP, Austin, TX, for amicus curiae, Guaranty Insurance Services, Inc.

Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this original mandamus proceeding, we must determine whether a law firm should be disqualified from the underlying suit on the basis of a legal assistant's work on the matter after previously having worked on the same matter while employed by opposing counsel. We have previously held that a firm can usually avoid disqualification when hiring an assistant who previously worked on a matter for opposing counsel if...

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