A judge has refused to disqualify a law firm from representing a plaintiff in a civil rights action against Syracuse police because an attorney at the firm also works as a police detective for the city.
The city failed to substantiate its contention that the presence of Rory Gilhooley as a part-time attorney with Finocchio & English is a conflict of interest that necessitates the firm’s removal from a Fourth Amendment case against the city, Northern District Judge Frederick Scullin (See Profile) ruled in Brown v. City of Syracuse, 5:11-cv-668.
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