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UNION STATION ASSOCIATES LLC, Plaintiff, v. PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., Defendant.

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL AND STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

MARSHA J. PECHMAN, United States District Judge

STIPULATION

Plaintiff Union Station Associates LLC, and defendant Puget Sound Energy, Inc., by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree to the following:

1. That Marten Brown Inc. will voluntarily and fUlly withdraw as counsel for plaintiff within 30 days from the date of entry of this Stipulation and Order,

2. That this matter shall be stayed for a period of 30 days from the date of entry of this Stipulation and Order to allow plaintiff to retain new counsel to represent it in this action;

3. That Marten Brown Inc. shall comply fully with the requirements set forth in the Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 8.4(a), in communicating with new counsel retained by plaintiff;

4. That neither Rodney Brown nor Gregory Costello shall have any contact with or provide any information or evidence to plaintiff's replacement counsel in connection with this matter, except within the confines of discovery. Other counsel at Marten Brown Inc. will not disclose any defendant's confidences or secrets known to Rodney Brown or Greg Costello and passed by them to other attorneys at Marten Brown Inc. Prior to conferring with plaintiff's replacement counsel, counsel at Marten Brown Inc. will review all information and documents to ensure that defendant's confidences or secrets known to Rodney Brown or Greg Costello or any other attorney at Marten Brown Inc. will be identified and protected from disclosure to replacement counsel.

5. That by withdrawing as counsel, Marten Brown Inc. neither admits nor acknowledges that a conflict exists under the Rules of Professional Conduct that requires its disqualification or withdrawal as plaintiff's counsel m this action; and

6. That by stipulating to Marten Brown Inc.'s withdrawal as counsel for plaintiff in this action, neither defendant nor its counsel, Riddell Williams P.S., waives the right to allege that a conflict exists under the Rules of Professional Conduct that requires Marten Brown Inc.'s disqualification or withdrawal as plaintiff's counsel in this action, including with respect to plaintiff's claim for attorneys fees.

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UNION STATION ASSOCIATES v. PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., (W.D.Wash. 2001)
(Oct 3, 2001)