Gorovitz v. Planning Board of Nantucket

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• suggesting that lawyer-witness whose status as a party is a mere formality, and who has no interest in the case, might not fall under the lawyer-litigant-witness rule
• noting with disfavor impact on court resources created by motions used as \dilatory tactics\
• “Court resources are sorely taxed by the increasing use of disqualification motions as harassment and dilatory tactics”
• a lawyer may serve as counsel and testify if he is a party to the action
• use of disqualification motions as harassment and dilatory tactics taxes court resources
• an attorney who is a general partner in an LP and a named party in litigation involving the LP may represent the LP on a pro se basis even though the attorney may expect to testify as a witness

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