Litigation & Arbitration
Jul. 21, 2023
Family company dispute sees lawyers partially disqualified
Judge Kevin C. Brazile agreed that attorneys from De Castro Law Group PC would likely be witnesses at trial in a dispute among co-founders of a family business the firm counsels, so disqualification is warranted for trial only.
A Los Angeles judge presiding over a dispute between the founders of payment processing company Leaders Merchant Services has tentatively granted in part the plaintiff’s motion to disqualify defendant LMS’ counsel.
Judge Kevin C. Brazile found that the plaintiff, Sean Jeffrey Wolfe, failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that attorney Jose Manuel A. de Castro ever represented him individually, so there is no basis to disqualify ...
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