A federal district court in Florida disqualified “very well respected counsel” and the partner’s law firm in Miami, over a “unique situation” in a case in which the U.S. government indicted a financial asset manager for his alleged role in a $1.2 billion international money laundering scheme.

A magistrate judge disqualified attorney Edward Shohat and the Jones Walker firm from representing the manager in a case pending before U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles, who sits in the Southern District of Florida.

Edward Shohat of Jones Walker in Miami. Edward Shohat of Jones Walker in Miami.

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