Opinion ID: 4159716
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Heading: Exclusion of Wilson

Text: The Chemence Parties also contend the district court erred when it excluded Robert Wilson, the Chemence Parties’ general counsel, from serving as a witness at trial. Our review of the district court’s decision here is “sharply limited to a search for an abuse of discretion and a determination that the findings of the trial court are fully supported by the record.” Mee Indus. v. Dow Chem. Co., 608 F.3d 1202, 1211 (11th Cir. 2010) (quotation omitted). We find no such abuse of discretion. The district court accurately assessed the history of the case, including the Chemence Parties’ multiple representations to the court that Wilson would not serve as a witness, resulting in the court’s permitting him to continue as litigation counsel over Quinn’s objection. As a result, Wilson participated in all subsequent discovery in the case. The district court was within its discretion to grant Quinn’s motion to exclude Wilson as a witness. 5 Case: 16-16655 Date Filed: 04/12/2017 Page: 6 of 6