Jun. 23, 2020
Has lawyer incivility reached the courts? Courts should consider the motives underlying motions for judicial disqualification
Has the long but regrettable decline in civility among lawyers now expanded to incivility toward the courts? Demands for judicial recusal used to arise so rarely in California courts that most litigators spent their entire careers without ever encountering one. However, some attorneys have begun to raise motions to disqualify presiding judges frequently in their cases.
Thomas N. Vanderford Jr.
Associate General Counsel
Hyundai Motor America
10550 Talbert Avenue
Fountain Valley , CA 92708
Email: sstolfi@hmausa.com
Has the long but regrettable decline in civility among lawyers now expanded to incivility toward the courts? Demands for judicial recusal used to arise so rarely in California courts that most litigators spent their entire careers without ever encountering one. However, some attorneys have begun to raise motions to disqualify presiding judges frequently in their cases. One such motion was recently asserted against U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in $95
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