Hassett v. Olson CA3
Defendants Patricia G. Olson and Jimmy Dastur (defendants) appeal from an order disqualifying Steven G. Bailey, a former El Dorado County Superior Court judge, from representing them in this lawsuit filed by plaintiff Robert J. Hassett. The trial court relied on rule 1.12 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which provides in relevant part that “a lawyer shall not represent anyone in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially as a judge . . . unless all parties to the proceeding give informed written consent.” (Rule 1.12(a).) The court found that Bailey’s participation as a judge was personal and substantial in rendering decisions in two other cases involving the validity of options and a purchase agreement for the same real property at issue in the action brought by Hassett.
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