A White Plains attorney must be disqualified from representing a client in a lawsuit because he hired a paralegal who had extensive involvement with the client’s adversary, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Howard Sherman ruled in vacating a settlement stipulation due to the “taint” surrounding negotiations.
Sherman said solo practitioner Rocco D’Agostino, who employed James Monteleon as a paralegal, had an “ethical obligation” to inquire about Monteleon’s prior employment.
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