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Civil Litigation

Sep. 1, 2021

Former Costco lawyer isn’t disqualified from suing company, judge rules

Anthony Werbin has represented Costco in 21 matters, but the relationship between these matters and the personal injury case is “too tenuous to warrant disqualification,” U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner

A federal judge will not disqualify a law firm from representing a personal injury plaintiff, even though one of the firm's attorneys used to work for the defendant.

Downtown L.A. Law Group attorney Anthony Werbin has represented Costco in 21 matters, but the relationship between these matters and the personal injury case is "too tenuous to warrant disqualification," U.S. District Judge $95

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