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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 27, 2025

Judge tentatively denies attorney's bid to intervene in former case

Los Angeles Judge Michael Whitaker tentatively denied attorney Tina Pham's motion to intervene and reconsider rulings finding her emails subject to the crime-fraud exception in a Beverly Hills mansion lawsuit.

Judge tentatively denies attorney's bid to intervene in former case
Michael Kibler of Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP

A Los Angeles County judge has tentatively rejected attorney Tina T.N. Pham's effort to reenter a high-profile Beverly Hills mansion dispute -- a case that has turned into an unusual courtroom battle over the limits of attorney-client privilege and professional accountability.

Superior Court Judge Michael Whitaker on Friday tentatively denied Pham's motion to intervene in her former clients' case and refused to reconsider his earlier ruling exposing one ...

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