An inquiry has been launched into the impartiality of the judge presiding over the
matter of Fogel v.
Farmers, The Leslie Brodie Report has learned.
This inquiry was launched following a review of Consumer Dogwatch legal team s
motion to disqualify Judge...
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An inquiry has been launched into the impartiality of the judge presiding over the
matter of Fogel v.
Farmers, The Leslie Brodie Report has learned.
This inquiry was launched following a review of Consumer Dogwatch legal team s
motion to disqualify Judge William Highberger (See http://goo.
gl/FGSNB ) , as well
as unsubstantiated allegations concerning Judge Highberger, Carolyn KuhlHighberger, and Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese.
According to sources familiar with the situation, the inquiry will examine the
possibility of tacit involvement by Judge Highberger in the circumstances
surrounding concurrent representation by the law offices of Girardi & Keese and
Skadden Arps.
Specifically, despite their respective roles as counsel for plaintiffs and
defendants in Fogel v.
Farmers, Girardi & Keese and Skadden Arps entered into a
separate agreement by which Skadden Arps and partner Thomas Nolan represented
Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi before the Ninth Circuit in the matter of In
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