Clinard v. Blackwood

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• observing that ethical rules must be broad and flexible and the appearance of impropriety may apply where more specific rules are ineffective
• confirming that “Tennessee courts have and will continue to apply the appearance of impropriety standard as a basis for [the] disqualification” of attorneys
• stating that “disqualification of one’s counsel is a drastic remedy and is ordinarily unjustifiable based solely upon an appearance of impropriety”
• recognizing the appearance of impartiality as an independent basis for disqualification of an attorney
• “A trial court’s ruling on attorney disqualification . . . will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion.”
• “A trial court’s ruling on attorney disqualification, or the vicarious disqualification of that attorney’s firm, will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion.”

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Other cases named Clinard v. Blackwood

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• Clinard v. Blackwood
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-10-28