Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott said it should not be disqualified from representing a “kids-for-cash” scandal defendant in a civil suit when the firm sued that defendant in a civil rights suit on behalf of one of the kids because both parties signed conflict waivers.
The law firm responded last week to a motion to disqualify it from representing Robert J. Powell, his wife and a company they own in a suit against them by Powell’s former partner, Gregory R. Zappala, and a number of companies Zappala owns or co-owned with Powell.
