In Re Zamer G.

Bad Law
153 Cal. App. 4th 1253·63 Cal. Rptr. 3d 769
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 31, 2007B194885California9,180 words

Opinion

Opinion

Merrill Lee Toole, Monrovia, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor Zamer G.

Aida Aslanian, Glendale, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minors Naes. H. and Nay. H.

Christopher Blake, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minors Joshua E. and Justin E.

MOSK, J.

This is one of a number of recent appeals brought by the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles (the Center or CLC), all from orders of the juvenile court disqualifying the Center from representing children in dependency proceedings because of purported conflicts of interest. [1] The Center created separate units—referred to as CLC Unit 1, CLC Unit 2 and CLC Unit 3—to provide, in the same proceeding, legal representation to multiple clients who might have conflicts of interest. [2] In In re Jasmine S. (July 25, 2007, B194714) 153 Cal.App.4th 835 , 63 Cal. Rptr.3d 593 , 2007 WL 2122064 (Jasmine), we reversed the juvenile court's orders disqualifying the Center in a case involving the concurrent representation of two clients with potentially adverse interests who were represented by two different units of the Center because there was not an actual conflict of interest.

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