Title: Piette v. Bradley & Leseberg

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Document:

Piette v. Bradley & Leseberg  Piette v. Bradley & Leseberg 1996 OK 124 930 P.2d 183 67 OBJ 3566 Case Number: 88282 Decided: 11/13/1996 Mandate Issued: 03/21/1997 Supreme Court of Oklahoma Monica PIETTE, Petitioner, v. BRADLEY & LESEBERG, a professional partnership, L. Joe Bradley, D.D.S., Inc., Dennis A. Leseberg, D.D.S., Inc., L. Joe Bradley, D.D.S., and Dennis A. Leseberg, D.D.S., Respondents. ORDER [ 930 P.2d 184 ] ¶1 This appeal from a trial judge's order disqualifying a law firm based on conflict of interest was correctly brought under the provisions of 12 O.S. 1991 &sec 953 , Hammonds v. Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association, 917 P.2d 6 (Okl. 1996). ¶2 The trial judge's disqualification order is summarily reversed and the cause remanded for an evidentiary hearing. If, after holding a hearing, the trial judge should determine that plaintiff's attorneys should be disqualified, its order of disqualification must include a specific factual finding that attorney Wagner had knowledge of material and confidential information. Parker v. Volkswagenwerk, 245 Kan. 580, 781 P.2d 1099 (1989), Lansing-Delaware Water District v. Oak Lane Park, Inc., 248 Kan. 563, 808 P.2d 1369 (1991). ¶3 ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and HODGES, HARGRAVE, OPALA, and SUMMERS, JJ., concur. ¶4 LAVENDER, J., dissents. ¶5 VOTE FOR PUBLICATION: ¶6 ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and HODGES, OPALA, SUMMERS, JJ., concur; ¶7 LAVENDER and HARGRAVE, JJ., dissent.