A judge has refused to disqualify Martin Tankleff’s attorney from representing Tankleff at his upcoming Court of Claims trial for wrongful conviction and false imprisonment for killing his parents.
Judge Gina Lopez-Summa (See Profile) said she could find no valid grounds to permit the state to call Tankleff’s long-time attorney Bruce Barket as a witness at Tankleff’s trial, a move that would disqualify Barket as the plaintiff’s lawyer under the Rules of Professional Conduct §3.7.
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