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Judge Adams, who recused himself late in the Whittemore
cases, now faces a disqualification motion in the bitter, decade-old
litigation between warring U-Haul millionaire heirs.
Warring
U-Haul heirs want Judge Brent Adams disqualified because
of campaign contributions from lawyer-developer Harvey
Whittemore
by
Andrew Barbano
RENO,
NEVADA, THURSDAY 3-29-2012 8:40 a.m. PDT / 15:40 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT
(U-NEWS) — Late yesterday, attorneys filed
a thick motion in Washoe District Court demanding the
disqualification of Judge Brent Adams in decade-old
litigation between warring U-Haul millionaire
heirs.
The plaintiffs allege that because Adams received substantial
amounts of campaign cash from the defendants and their
interests while the case was before him, he cannot effectively
handle the case. Adams was re-elected in 2008.
"In 2008, Judge Adams received $36,000 in campaign
contributions from several of the Defendants (including
$10,000 from non-party U-Haul International, Inc., a
subsidiary of one of the Defendants.) Despite Plaintiff's
previous request for reassignment to another judge,
neither Defendants nor Judge Adams disclosed these campaign
donations to Plaintiffs," the motion reads.
Plaintiff lawyers stand to be very embarrassed for not
having noticed publicly available campaign expense reports
for almost four years.
"As evidenced by Judge Adams' recent recusal in
another matter involving significantly smaller campaign
contributions (both in absolute dollar amounts and as
a percentage of total campaign contributions received
in that election cycle), such contributions by a party
to this litigation create a sufficient appearance of
impropriety to necessitate Judge Adams' disqualification
from further hearings in this case," asserts the
motion filed by The O'Mara Law Firm, P.C., of
Reno.
Judge Adams recently recused himself from a case involving
lawyer-developer Harvey Whittemore after noting
that in 2008 he received $10,400 from Whittemore business
interests and family members.
The motion in the U-Haul heirs case is supported by
eleven exhibits including recent news articles about
Adams and Whittemore.
Lawyers and judges have been dancing the recusal rhumba
in the high-stakes Whittemore vs. Seeno Brothers
litigation. Judge Steve Elliott was randomly
selected to replace Adams but defendants' lawyers used
a peremptory challenge to disqualify him. The case was
then randomly assigned to Judge Jerry Polaha
who received $3,000 from Whittemore in his 2000 election
campaign.
Judge Polaha has not announced whether or not he will
step aside.
If Washoe County runs out of jurists, might the long
missing Judge Crater come out of a long retirement
to save the day?
If you can handle more as matters degrade and/or develop,
tune in Barbwire
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Sparks Tribune.
I know several of the guys involved in the above screwed
up mess and hereby serve notice that if any of the parties
are looking to cut costs, I'd be glad to screw up at
least as badly for just half the price or less.
How
hard can it be?
All lucky 13 documents filed yesterday are exclusively
available for viewing at DoctorLawyerWatch.com/, along
with some links to recent Harvey stories.
Be well. Raise hell.
UPDATE:
Judge Adams recused himself Thursday afternoon, March
29, about eight hours after the above story was uploaded
to U-News media and professional lists. Reno
Gazette-Journal reporter Martha Bellisle posted
her story at 5:15 p.m. PDT March 29 / 0o:15 March 30
ZULU/GMT/SUT/CUT. It ran in the March 30 print edition.
Perhaps
Ms. Bellisle has since discovered that you can't believe
everything a lawyer says. Check out the Barbwire
followup in the Sunday April 1 Sparks Tribune.
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Motion
to disqualify Washoe District Judge Brent Adams filed 28 March
2012
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