In An Estate Dispute, A Court Held That A Trial Court Should Not Disqualify An Attorney Who Communicated Directly With A Beneficiary Where The Attorney Did Not Know That The Beneficiary Was Represented By Counsel

By David Fowler Johnson on February 27, 2020

Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals

In In re Jones, parties filed a mandamus proceeding to challenge the trial court’s disqualification of their attorney. No. 12-19-00354-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 11267 (Tex. App.—Tyler December 31, 2019, original opinion). An attorney sent an email to the beneficiary of the estate, stating that the attorney for estate…

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In An Estate Dispute, A Court Held That A Trial Court Should Not Disqualify An Attorney Who Communicated Directly With A Beneficiary Where The Attorney Did Not Know That The Beneficiary Was Represented By Counsel

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