Texas Law Form Disqualified due to Job Switch by Paralegal

Major Ethics Opinion on Paralegal Job Switching and Disqualification


The Court of Appeals of Texas has just ruled that a law firm must be disqualified because a paralegal at the firm formerly worked for an opposing law firm on the same case. A long and fascinating dissent argued that the majority opinion misapplied the rule on the effect of presumptions that govern job switching by paralegals. In re Guaranty Ins. Services, Inc., ___ S.W.3d ___ (Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin, April 16, 2010)(03-09-00640-CV). Soon the opinion should be on Google Scholar (scholar.google.com). To read the opinion on the court's site, go to: www.3rdcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/case.asp?FilingID=14960