Roush

Plaintiff Patricia Roush appeals from the trial court’s order denying her motion to disqualify counsel for defendant Seagate Technology, LLC (Seagate). Roush claims that Seagate’s attorneys obtained her confidential information when Kristopher Kilgore, the plaintiff in a separate case against Seagate, settled his suit and agreed to share what he knew about Roush’s case as part of his settlement agreement. According to Roush, she had shared confidential information with Kilgore at a time when the two were both clients of Roush’s present counsel. We conclude that Roush did not meet her initial burden of proving that Kilgore possessed any information that Roush could claim was confidential. Accordingly, we shall affirm.

I. Background

A. Factual and Procedural Background

Roush sued her former employer, Seagate, and her former manager, defendant Kevin Scott, alleging sexual orientation discrimination and harassment. Roush claimed that, in March '2003, after suffering several slights from Scott and receiving what she perceived as a demotion, Roush approached Kilgore, her immediate supervisor, and asked him why Scott was treating her so harshly. Kilgore allegedly told her…