Bloomberg Law
June 4, 2019, 8:31 PM UTC

Lewis Brisbois Disqualification Affirmed in California Suits

Martina Barash
Martina Barash
Reporter

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP can’t continue to represent clients in a family trust dispute, a California appeals court affirmed.

It owes a duty of loyalty to another client implicated in the case, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District said.

The firm’s family trust clients allege two lawyers from Bohm Wildish & Matsen LLP unduly influenced another family member, the appeals court said May 3 in an unpublished opinion But Lewis Brisbois represented Bohm Wildish in an unrelated case, and still advocates for it in related proceedings, the court said.

Disqualification was mandatory here, and the lower court ...

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